Dirtbike Tech

Project Lowbucks: Bringing a 1982 Yamaha YZ125 Back to Life

Rick Sieman takes on another Project Lowbucks vehicle to find a dirt bike for dirt-cheap

Top 10 Ultimate Vintage Dirt Bike Collection

What if you could have all of these vintage dirt bikes?

Strangest Maico Ever: 1470cc Dirt Bike!

Rick Sieman highlights the strangest Maico dirt bike he’s every seen

Davi Millsaps Enlists SoCal SuperTrucks for GMC Sierra Build

Supercross racer Davi Millsaps teams up with SoCal SuperTrucks to build up his 2015 GMC Sierra 2500

Test: Are You an Old School Dirt Biker?

Rick Sieman lists 100 things that will test whether you’re an old school dirt biker

The Legendary Maico 760

The biggest two-stroke single ever made

Foggy Goggles: Fact Vs. Fiction

Tips and tricks on how to address foggy goggles during your next off-road adventure

Dirt Bike Tips & Tricks: Safety Wire

Keep your dirt bike in once piece with these safety wire tips and tricks

Castor Bean Oil: Fact vs. Fiction

Castor bean oil will eventually gum up your machine, but it offers amazing lubrication qualities

Remembering the Hodaka

A dirt bike blast from the past with the world’s fastest toaster

The Legendary 501 Maico

Legends are strange things. Some of them are real and some are not. So here's the inside scoop on the legendary 501 Maico dirt bike

Round Slide Mikuni Carburetor Secrets

Tips and Tricks for Mikuni carburetor secrets

Make Your Own Dirt Bike Spring Tester

Want to find out the real rate for the springs on your dirt bike? Check out this simple setup

Steve McQueen’s "Other" Husky 400

A look at this one-of-a-kind Husqvarna built by Solar Automotive

Two-Stroke Fuel Ratios: Pre-Mix Myth vs. Reality

Rick “Super Hunky” Sieman demystifies two-stroke pre-mix ratios

Dirt Bike Tech: How to Fix Cracks in Plastic Tanks

Rick Sieman shows the step-by-step process to repairing plastic fuel tanks on dirt bikes

Building a Working Replica of the Yamaha YZM400F

The Four-Stroke That Started the Revolution

The Most Beautiful Triumph Dirt Bike Ever Built

When nothing is held back, this is the end result of an amazing Triumph dirt bike

The Triumph Metisse

The Triumph Metisse was a big-twin dirt bike years ahead of its time

The Bike Maico Never Built – The Kramer Monoshock

A closer look at a unique Maico dirt bike that never saw production but should have

Vintage Dirt Bikes: Four-Stroke Jawa CZs

It’s surprising, but the Jawa CZ factory once churned out four-stroke bikes

Jawa Speedway Motocross Special

A one-of-a-kind Jawa Speedway built into a motocross bike

The Ultimate Maico Vintage Bike Guide

Everything you need to know about Maico vintage dirt bikes

Building a Cheap Dirt Bike Bench

Build a dirt bike bench for your garage and save big bucks

Don’t Ask: Dirt Bike Technical and Maintenance Questions

Super Hunky answers reader dirt bike questions - go ahead, but if your question is stupid, you’ve been warned

Dirt Bike Fork Oil Leak Fix [Video]

Get the skinny on Motion Pro’s Seal Mate

2-Stroke & 4-Stroke Dirt Bike Header Pipe Repair

Vintage Dirt Bikes: A Look at Rokon Automatics

Disc brakes, a snowmobile motor, and a CVT made Rokon dirt bikes one of a kind

History of Honda Dirt Bikes, Part Two

Honda off-road motorcycles such as CR250R Elsinore, XR500, CR480R, XR600 and more.

History of Honda Dirt Bikes – Part One

Off-road Honda beginnings with the Mini, Mighty, Hawk, Scrambler, Elsinore, XRs and the Future.

Extreme Restoration on a 1991 Honda CR 500

This dirt bike restoration is a step above anything we've seen.

Dirt Bike Tech: How to Determine Spring Rate on an Old Spring

With the tremendous surge in vintage bike popularity, the suspension of the bikes has become even more important than ever. We explain how to determine your old spring's rate.

How to Rebuild a Non-Rebuildable Muffler, Spark Arrestor

Do-it-yourself dirt bike maintenance: how to rebuild a muffler, spark arrestor.

Dirt Bike Tech: The Ultimate Chain Guide Tool

After our dirt bike's chain issues, we turned to the Sidewinder Straightaway tool to keep our chain on track for off-road riding and racing.

Dirt Bike Tech: Two-Stroke Seizure

Seizure is an easy thing to recognize. The engine doesn't just shut off, like the kill wire getting pinched or a fouled spark plug - it just stops. To put it in the language of the two-stroke - it goes URP and locks up solid.

2010 Baja 500 Husqvarna 400 Cross Project for Cade Courtley

TV host Cade Courtley has a Custom Racing 1970 Husqvarna 400 Cross built that he will race in this year's Tecate SCORE Baja 500 race.

Project Foo Fighter: 2007 Yamaha XT225 Build, Part 3

The Foo Fighter project on our XT225 is still coming along nicely. We continue to improve its on- and off-road abilities.

2002 Yamaha YZ125 Restoration, Part 3

We install the engine on our Yamaha YZ125 dirt bike, as well as parts from Boyesen, Works Connections and Moto-Master.

Don't Ask: Super Hunky Answers Your Dirt Bike Tech Questions (May)

Super Hunky returns to answer more dirt bike tech questions. You have been duly warned, so don't snivel.

Dirt Bike Handling Upgrades You Can Do

Make your dirt bike suit your riding style with just a wrench.

Don't Ask: Dirt Bike Tech Questions Answered (April)

Sieman "Super Hunky" tackles reader dirt bike questions about a Honda CRF230F, a Yamaha YZ125, a Kawasaki KX60, a Yamaha TTR230 and more.

Closer Look at Factory Motocross & Supercross Bikes

Here's a quick walk through the pits of the Toronto round of the AMA Supercross Series, the FIM World Enduro Championship and the Canadian National Motocross Series.

Project Old School KTM 380: Replacing the Chassis

In our last installment, we swap out the chassis for a 2005 model and upgrade a few other parts in the meantime.

The $50 DIY Dirtbike Trailer

Our trailer had to be small enough to put inside a garage and light enough to be moved around by one person. And it couldn't cost a lot of money.

CAN-AM 125-175 MX/ENDURO - Vintage Dirt Bike

Specs, Facts And A Genuine Rating System