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Motocross legend Brad Lackey was notified this week that MX Champ, ESPN X-Games Gold Medalist, daredevil and rally car driver Travis Pastrana is on board and contributing $5,000 towards Lackey’s on-going efforts to get former MX hero Danny “Magoo” Chandler a new special needs van.

“Me and others have made great careers out of doing incredible things… no, IMPOSSIBLE things on motorcycles! However it was Magoo who showed everybody way back when what was possible if you   …  Details

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Jolene Van Vugt is a motocross national champion and the first female to backflip a full-sized dirt-bike, but you might know her from being “Nitro Girl” on the hit MTV show, Nitro Circus .

FanHouse recently spoke to the Canadian motocross star about the show, succeeding in a male-dominated sport and the new MX vs. ATV Reflex game, which hit stores earlier this month … Details

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Monster Energy Kawasaki’s newest rider Chad Reed made an impressive debut with his new team by reclaiming the Monster Energy Super X Championship in his native country of Australia.

Competing on a Kawasaki for the first time since 2001, Reed put his KX450F on the top step of the podium four times during the seven race season, including wins at the final three events  …  Details

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There are some stunning designs and examples of great engineering among the electric motorcycles we’ve seen over the past few years, everything to indicate the electric motorcycle is just around the corner. Brammo is on sale in Best Buy, the Zero X and Quantya are dueling it out on the dirt and the TTXGP grew quickly, in just one year, into an event filled with more competitors than even the organizers had hoped for. We’re almost there, we’ll soon see them everywhere, just a few loose ends and the promise of electric bikes will be fulfilled, … real soon, as soon as those batteries last longer, … and charge faster, … and cost less, … and don’t weigh as much, … or maybe, just possibly, they’re still quite a ways off.

The engineering expertise available today made short work of  …  Details

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