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After a very successful 2004 season the KTM supermoto factory racing team again goes for victory in the world championship. 2005 brings some changes for the team: Ivan Lazzarini and Fabrice Lecoanet left the team, so world champ Thierry van den Bosch and european champ Bernd Hiemer will race in the S1 (unlimited) class. Boris Chambon changed to the S2 class using the new 450 cc engine – one of thedevelopments of the KTM engineers.The goals for the KTM supermoto factory racing team are set: Winning the championship titles in both classes!

TEAM MANAGER KTM SUPERMOTO RACING TEAM - KLAUS KINIGADNER

Maybe this reprised oldie has turned golden again.

An estimated 200 dirt-bike and ATV riders turned out Sunday for the 21st century revival of what used to be Wednesday night cross-country races at Kimball Bottoms.

"I was shocked," Tammy Bohn, a member of the North Dakota Off Road Association, which sponsored the event, said Sunday. "We thought we might be lucky and have 100 (racers)."

The return of organized dirt-bike events in the "Desert," that sandy, undulating and rutted terrain that lies adjacent to the Missouri River south of Bismarck, came more than 30 years after similar Wednesday night races there faded away.

As Windsor Township's supervisors consider how best to regulate dirt bike and all-terrain vehicle riding, residents are offering up their own suggestions as well.

Last night, supervisors heard from Chris Frantz, a 10th-grader at Red Lion Area Senior High School and an avid dirt bike rider. He is the son of township residents.

"I've done some research, and in order for an ordinance to be constitutional, it has to use the least restrictive means necessary," he said.

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Only two years after taking up competitive ATV and dirt-bike riding, Dededo resident Jeff Rios will team with veteran rider Rob Bucek with one lofty goal in mind: win the 2005 Smokin' Wheels ATV one-hour endurance race Sunday at Guam International Raceway.

The 34-year-old said he used to ride ATVs about a decade ago, and really got into racing through the influence of his brother, Frank Rios.

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A dream of many Boxer fans is coming true: BMW Motorrad is proudly presenting a truly uncompromising, sporting and exceptionally light enduro - the new BMW HP2

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In Saturday night’s racing in the Victorian Summer of Supercross BTX Motorcycles – Junior Race Team’s Taylor Potter took his KTM 85SX to four huge wins to totally dominate the 85cc class in the second round of the Honda Summer of Supercross at Bacchus Marsh on the western edge of Melbourne.

Racing started at 7.00 pm for the Warranwood youngster in front of a fantastic coloured sunset that made for an awesome back drop for the first races.

With the popularity of four-wheel ATVs (all-terrain vehicles) continuing to grow across Australia for both sport, industry and primary production uses alike, off-road motorcycle racing legend Stephen Gall is proud to announce that the Yamaha-sponsored Stephen Gall’s ATV Safety Institute programme has shifted into top gear for the 2005 season.

Now entering its fifth year of promotion, Stephen Gall’s Yamaha ATV Safety Institute will stage ATV safe riding demonstrations and new model ATV and motorcycle displays at 17 leading agricultural and machinery Field Days around Australia (schedule follows).

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After bypassing the podium presentation for the 125 event due to the atrocious conditions, the 250 event was held in a shortened 12 lap format.

Ricky Carmichael got the holeshot, and James Stewart dropped it in the whoops on the first lap, dropping him to around 15th place, with Carmichael lapping him later in the race, just before Carmichael fell, and was unable to lift the bike up due to the slippery conditions for some time.

Kevin Windham took over the lead, with Chad Reed keeping in touch with him in the mud.

Carmichael made an impressive run back to the lead, still doubling the jumps when all others were rolling the jumps.

Despite the extremely muddy conditions, Nathan Ramsey managed to keep his KTM 250SXF upright to take the win in the 125 class at the Anaheim supercross.

Josh Woods took out second, and Akira Narita third.

Ivan Tedesco, last seasons champion had his bike stop on the last lap, within sight of the finish line,

There were no two strokes in the main event at all, with the four strokes proving much more tractable in the muddy, slippery conditions of the shortened 10 lap race.

Australia's Brett Metcalf and Jay Marmont got 9th, and 21st respectively.