Hello, I'm hrlyman and I just joined up here at dirtbike.ws, looks like a great site! Just thought I would share a little about myself here. Im 44 and been riding since age 7. Started with PAL (Police Athletic League) in the San Francisco Bay Area in California way back when... (when 2-strokes were the only real dirt bikes around and there was no such thing as commuter traffic) I grew up in and around San Jose area, did some events as a kid with PAL on 50cc up to 90cc bikes and then eventually graduated to 125cc bikes riding alot at Hollister Hills, Clear Creek, Lake Tahoe National Forest areas, Loma Prieta Mountain range and many other places.

i rember my first bike i had gotten it was a ttr-90 i had gotten it for christmas about 5 years ago, my brother had gottan a honda 50, my first impresion was that i would not like the sport called motocross at all, and i didnt even like the bike but when i first rode, something happend. i really started to get into dirtbiking at this time my step dad had a 2004 yz250f way faster than me when i had my ttr-90. lol i didnt care though i rode for a long time and every time i rode i got better at the sport and i started liking it more, my ttr-90 was cool i didnt understand dirtbikes well then so i thought this was a very fast bike and i didnt need another bike.

Could round 9 be a breaking point in the championship where Sven attacks Yves Demaria for the championship-lead?Teammanager Jacky Martens comment´s;"Out here the track is very special. It is hardtrack with a layer of loose dirt which was soaked with water after a cloudburst on saterday.Weatherconditions today were hot and the stinging sun dried out the surface just enough to provide exeptionally good grip to the tyres.In the first race Yves Demaria had a bad start.By the time Yves had worked himself thru the pack to 3rd position, leader Sven Breugemans and Honda mounted Christian Beggi where long gone. As a professional Yves is very critical to his bike-setup, so for the second race we changed to a more flat powerband with more torque on low rpm and it paid off. This time he got a good start and reversed the situation by winning and leaving Beggi and Sven 2nd and 3rd place"

At the half way stage in the ’06 FIM World Enduro Championship KTM Factory Enduro Team Farioli riders Ivan Cervantes, Samuli Aro and David Knight currently lead their respective Enduro 1, Enduro 2 and Enduro 3 world championship classes following double class wins by all three riders at the 40th GP Valli Bergamasche it Italy. With Cervantes claiming two important wins in the E1 class, Samuli Aro returning to his best to win in E2 and David Knight continuing to dominate in the E3 class KTM Factory Enduro Team 1 also currently leads the Team competition with KTM Factory Enduro Team 2 lying in third position.

David Philippaerts shone again in the FIM Motocross World Championships with his second victory inside a week on the 250 SX-F, this time in front of 39,000 fans at the Matterley Basin circuit for the British Grand Prix.

The brand new venue was hard, sun-baked and dusty as blue skies bore down on the track located on England’s south coast. The layout was suitably impressive within the bowl-setting as rolling countryside providing a scenic backdrop but the long drags and wide banked curves meant a course that was hard on the throttle and little else.

Philippaerts passed Nicolas Aubin (again impressive on his KTM France machine) within the first stages of the opening moto and then pulled away from Billy Mackenzie and Christophe Pourcel for his third race win in a row. He was leading again in the second outing but pressure from World Champion Antonio Cairoli proved too much and he had to relinquish first spot. His 1-2 results were still sufficient for the overall win and a neat compliment to his Italian success last Sunday. His recent good form means that he has risen to third and is only fourteen points from second.

SWAN REACH RIDE 4/6/06

20 riders fronted with a sea of yellow predominant on a fine cool day, just what the doctor ordered. It wasn’t long before the rugged downhill started to warm us up, quickly followed by the beginning of LOTS of single track to get the blood pumping even harder. Ian’s 300k pre-ride the previous Sunday gave lots of track with very little boring road to us to enjoy & we skirted around any contentious farm houses so no dramas. First crash I came across was Andrew & XR4 lying down across a high speed rut as a result of the old uh-oh the front wheel is climbing out, what do I do? Too late, I’m down! A slight headache for the rest of the day didn’t keep him down, although he did stall twice soon after on a tricky hill climb – oh for a button. Ian’s yellow markers in the odd strategic tree kept us on the crooked & narrow, just as we like it, til we eventually emerged at the ferry. Over the river & not far away was the shop we couldn’t find last year, just around the corner from the other one. They were well prepared & well organised & dispensed fuel & lunch quickly along with much appreciated FREE cold waters to top up drinkers – we will be back.

The fourth round of Italian Enduro Champs was held in the small village of Bosio, just north of the port city Genova. Merriman returned to top form after struggling with Flu and fever in the third round. In cooler than expected, dry conditions Merriman returned to the top of the podium to claim another victory from nearest rival in the championship, Simone Albergoni. After a two week break since the last World Enduro Round in Spain, Merriman has worked hard to make improvements to his bike setup to best suit enduro conditions. His changes were consolidated as he took victory in 6 of the 10 special tests, despite crashing in two tests.

Young gun Troy Herfoss is on his way to the USA today to compete in rounds 2/3/4 of the AMA Supermoto Championships. Riding a full factory spec SM450RR for the GP Husqvarna team in season 2006, Troy is concentrating purely on the premier Supermoto class and aiming for podium finishes in the coming rounds.

Finishing his first two motos in 9th and 5th place secured him 7th overall in the championship after round 1 held at the California Speedway back in April 29, 2006.

The next round will be held at the Road America circuit, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin on June 3rd, 2006.

AMA Supermoto comes to Road America’s Briggs & Stratton Motorplex

PICKERINGTON, Ohio (May 30, 2006) -- Doug Henry surprised himself with a pair of victories in the AMA Supermoto Championship presented by Parts Unlimited season opener in Fontana, Calif., in April. The Graves Yamaha rider hopes to continue his remarkable comeback as the series gets back underway at Road America’s Briggs & Stratton Motorplex this Saturday, June 3 in Elkhart Lake, Wis.

Henry is no stranger to making comebacks from injury. In 1995 Henry broke his back in a terrifying motocross crash at Budd Creek, Md., while dueling with Jeremy McGrath for the lead. Doctors said Henry would never race again, but come back he did. He won the AMA Motocross Championship in 1998. A year ago at Road America Henry beat World Supermoto Champ Thierry Van den Bosch in one of the most exciting AMA Supermoto races yet. But two rounds later he suffered a bad crash at the Copper Mountain, Colo., race and injuries forced him to miss the rest of the season.