Supercross Champion Jeremy McGrath was our Rider of the Year
30 years ago and he was pictured on the cover... We also featured
interviews with Steve Lamson, Miguel DuHamel, Doug Chandler
and Jay Springsteen... Our 125cc Motocross
Shootout featured the Honda CR125R,
Kawasaki KX125, Suzuki RM125 and the winning
Yamaha YZ125... We tested the Kawasaki
ZX-7R... We rode Honda's experimental
environmentally friendly and Baja-raced EXP-
2, a fuel-injected CR500 two-stroke o-roader
that featured Activated Radical Combustion
technology.
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Our Rider of the Year was Ricky Carmichael, who was featured on the
cover 20 years ago. We traveled to Florida and spent the day hanging out
with the Supercross and MX champ at his ranch... We also had interviews
with Valentino Rossi, Chris Carr, Mat Mladin,
Juha Salminen and Ivan Tedesco... We
covered the Vancouver round of the Amp'd
Mobile World Supercross GP Series, in
which James Stewart nabbed his second
win of the season... Steve Hengeveld and
Johnny Campbell teamed up to win the
Henderson's Terrible 400.
January
3, 1996
Doug Chandler
125cc Motocross
Kawasaki KX125, Suzuki RM125 and the winning
Kawasaki
Baja-raced EXP-
, a fuel-injected CR500 two-stroke o-roader
that featured Activated Radical Combustion
January
4, 2006
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, who was featured on the
cover 20 years ago. We traveled to Florida and spent the day hanging out
with the Supercross and MX champ at his ranch... We also had interviews
Mat Mladin,
covered the Vancouver round of the Amp'd
nabbed his second
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(Left) We interviewed
NHRA Pro Stock
Motorcycle champ
Andrew Hines 20 years
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to record a six-second
elapsed time, with
a 6.991 run at the
2025 Gatornationals.
(Right) Thirty years
ago, we rode the 1996
Kawasaki KX500, which
could be had for $5149.
