Kawasaki KDX 200: It keeps going and going and...

For those who have been riding dirt bikes for the last umpteen years, I'm sure we fondly remember Suzuki's first big bore bike, the Suzuki TM 400 Cyclone. It had an ugodly ferocious hit somewhere in the mid-range that varied! It was believed that the powerband was dependent upon engine temperature, jetting configurations, daily PEI ignition performance variations and the alignment of the planets with undiscovered galaxies. This adventuresome engine performance was lodged in a frame that lacked any well considered engineering thought.

The Green Machine gang produced a so called "works" bike in ?86 that came with a "dynamite" engine, literally. It was the first Japanese MX bike that received front and rear disc brakes!

KTM decided that a really big 2-stroke dirt bike would be cool! The KTM 540 DX/C was also know to some as the "European Torque Master".

MAKE YOUR OWN SPRING TEST TOOL WANT TO FIND OUT A SPRING RATE? - BEST OF ALL & IT'S FREE! Mar 1, 2001 By: Rick Sieman

If you're playing around with vintage bikes, you're going to run into some puzzling moments when it comes time to figure out what springs to use. After all, springs do wear out with the years, or if you're heavier than the previous owner, you might simply need a stouter spring.

MAKE YOUR OWN AIR FORKS FOR FREE!: VINTAGE BIKE TECH TIPS ALL YOU NEED IS A DRILL AND SOME DIRECTIONS Mar 1, 2001 By: Rick Sieman

If you have a vintage bike and the forks are bottoming out, adding a few pounds of air to each fork legs helps wonders. In fact, many bikes of the mid-70s ran forks with no springs at all. They just installed air caps, raised the oil level, pumped in 18 – 20 pounds of air (or nitrogen) and went racing.

MAKE YOUR OWN SPRING TEST TOOL WANT TO FIND OUT A SPRING RATE? - BEST OF ALL & IT'S FREE! Mar 1, 2001 By: Rick Sieman

If you're playing around with vintage bikes, you're going to run into some puzzling moments when it comes time to figure out what springs to use. After all, springs do wear out with the years, or if you're heavier than the previous owner, you might simply need a stouter spring.

The Vintage Scene Clews Stroka? Mar 1, 2001 By: David Wilson

Clews Stroka was the original name for the English motorcycle later named Clews Competition Motorcycles or CCM. CCM motorcycles like the 1974 1/2 500 GP replica pictured here were the last gasp of four stroke English MX bikes. Born out of the collapse of BSA?s Competition Department in 1971 these machines went on to hold up the English four-stoke banner through the 70?s.

While Off-Road.com is a great site with something for all off-roaders, we have not had a market place for all that old stuff you've got laying around gathering dust. This should certainly correct that!