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Aug022017August 2, 2017August 2, 2017by Adam Wheeler

The hardest sport: 3 ways in which MX will blow your body (as well as your mind)

Posted in Bikes, People, Racing

Anybody who has ridden a dirt bike in anger will know how demanding it can be. For the very top professional motocross athletes at a Grand Prix or AMA National then each race brings as much punishment as it does exhilaration. In an effort to work out what is going on with the human body over the course of a thirty-five minute Grand Prix moto we asked renowned Sport Scientist Stephan Neusser for some more information …


Jun162017June 16, 2017June 21, 2017by Adam Wheeler

Playing the motorsport mind game

Posted in Bikes, People, Racing

Red Bull KTM MX2 Team Manager Dirk Gruebel has to deal with Grand Prix rookies to perennial winners and coax the best of his riders across a grueling nineteen race season. We asked about the intricacies of motivating and moving motocross athletes …


May052017May 5, 2017May 30, 2017by Adam Wheeler

Interview of the Month: Go fasta, eat pasta – The diet of a champion

Posted in Lifestyle, People, Racing

Eight times FIM Motocross World Champion Tony Cairoli is still winning Grand Prix at the age of 31 and defeating opponents a decade younger. We decided to ask the Sicilian what ‘petrol’ keeps him at the peak of arguably the toughest motorsport there is …


Apr262017April 26, 2017April 26, 2017by Adam Wheeler

The most common injury in MX & how to fix it

Posted in Lifestyle, People, Racing, Riding

With MXGP into full European swing we picked the brains of Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s physio Giuseppe Chiodi on the bulk of his work at each Grand Prix and the biggest problem he addresses for the likes of Cairoli, Prado, Herlings and co …


Mar202017March 20, 2017March 20, 2017by Adam Wheeler

Interview of the Month: Going large – Herlings and the change to MXGP

Posted in Bikes, People, Racing

A fresh challenge for one of the very fastest offroad motorcycle racers in the world in 2017 as twenty-year old Herlings moves up from three FIM World Championships in the last five years in MX2 to tackle the ‘big boys’ in MXGP. We asked the Dutchman and his crew about the transition from pushing the limits on the KTM 250 SX-F to the KTM 450 SX-F …


Feb222017February 22, 2017February 22, 2017by Adam Wheeler

MXGP – Before they ‘Go’: Did you know?

Posted in Bikes, People, Racing

This week the 2017 FIM Motocross World Championship – MXGP – starts its 61st year of existence. The series was inaugurated after five years of European status in 1957 (Swede Bill Nilsson was the first ever world champ on a 500cc AJS) and the latest incarnation will awaken far from EU shores with Qatar and the Losail lights opening proceedings for the fifth year in a row.


Dec202016December 20, 2016December 20, 2016by Geoff Meyer

Pit Beirer: Season review

Posted in People, Racing

It’s been a very successful season for the Red Bull KTM Factory Teams. Be it in America, Europe, Africa, on Supercross, Motocross, Enduro, Rally, Moto3 or even MotoGP, the success and participation has been what we have come to expect from the very strong Austrian company.


Apr062016April 6, 2016April 6, 2016by Adam Wheeler

The Apprentice: 5 things you might not know about Davy Pootjes

Posted in People, Racing, Riding

Red Bull KTM’s latest Grand Prix rising star might share the same nationality as world champion powerhouse Jeffrey Herlings but eighteen year old Davy Pootjes is very much looking to carve his own niche at the highest level.


Mar012016March 1, 2016March 1, 2016by Adam Wheeler

Interview of the Month: The threat from the shadows – Red Bull KTM’s Glenn Coldenhoff

Posted in Interview of the month, People, Racing

Quiet but with an easy smile, poster boy looks and a determination that is hard to match in a Grand Prix paddock already full of purposeful and dedicated athletes; Glenn Coldenhoff is a prospect.


Feb252016February 25, 2016February 25, 2016by Adam Wheeler

MXGP 2016: Three big KTM questions

Posted in Bikes, People, Racing

MXGP launches this week in Qatar for the first of eighteen rounds. What should race fans be looking for when it comes to the formidable orange?