CONTENTS
RACED
58 BRNO MOTOGP
Marquez Czechs out
72 BUFFALO CHIP TT
Sturgis surprise
FEATURED
82 STATE OF AFFAIRS:
MOTOAMERICA
Appraising American road racing
RIDDEN
94 2019 YAMAHA WR450F
Late bloomer
DEPARTMENTALIZED
6 VOICES
8 CAPTURED
24 IN THE WIND
106 STUFF
110 CALENDAR
112 LEADERBOARD
114 RACING ON THE TUBE
116 INDUSTRY JOBS
118 ARCHIVES
120 BIKES OF THE STARS
122 LOOKING BACK
124 EMPIRE OF DIRT
QUICK LINKS IN THE WIND 24 LEADERBOARD 112
VOLUME 56 ISSUE 31 AUGUST 6, 2019
2019 REVIEW
YAMAHA WR450F
TAMING OF THE WOODS
BUFFALO CHIP TT
STUNNER AT
STURGIS
BRNO MOTOGP
MASTER AT WORK
FEATURE
THE STATE OF
MOTOAMERICA
ALSO…
LORETTA LYNN'S
MX WRAP-UP
WASHINGTON WORCS
DOUBLEHEADER
MXGP OF BELGIUM – LOMMEL
RED BULL ROMANIACS
HARD ENDURO
FIRST LOOKS: 2020 TRIUMPH
ROCKET 3 AND ROCKET 3 GT
ARCHIVES:
HALF CENTURY IN SONOMA
On The Cover: Yamaha recently
revealed its 2019 WR450F, and we
headed to the hills with test rider
Nic Garvin to evaluate the goods.
PHOTOGRAPHY BY KIT PALMER
P4
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Visiting WORCS racer
Thad Duvall taught
the West riders a thing
or two about woods
racing at the Washougal
doubleheader at Grays
Harbor OHV Park.