Guide
Kids Motocross: Ages, Classes, Bikes and First-Season Cost
What age kids can start racing motocross, the 2026 AMA and Loretta Lynn's youth classes, which 50, 65 or 85 fits, required gear and a first-season budget.
Blog
Inside a race program
What it takes to race the desert on a motorcycle: the budgets, the prep, the bikes and the logistics, with our real numbers. Written by the riders who do it.
Guides
Guide
Motocross Race Day Checklist: What to Bring
A printable motocross race day checklist: paperwork, gear, bike, spares, tools, fuel, pit setup and food, with what the 2026 AMA rulebook actually requires.
Guide
Dirt Bike Maintenance Schedule by Hours (4-Stroke and 2-Stroke)
A printable dirt bike maintenance schedule by engine hours, built from Honda, Yamaha and KTM owner's manuals, with 2-stroke differences and racing intervals.
Guide
How Much Does It Cost to Race Motocross for a Season?
A 2026 motocross season budget built from real entry fees, AMA dues, MSRPs and parts prices: about $1,500 to $11,800 a year to race, before bike and gear.
Guide
How to Start Racing Dirt Bikes: A Beginner's Guide
How to enter your first dirt bike race in the US: pick a discipline, join the AMA ($49 a year in 2026), choose a beginner class, pass tech and get through race day.
Latest posts
Getting started
How to Start Racing WORCS, NGPC and AMA District 37
WORCS, NGPC and AMA District 37 compared for a first off-road race: format, race length, 2026 rounds, beginner classes, memberships, fees and bike rules.
Maintenance and setup
How Often Should You Check Valves on a 4-Stroke Dirt Bike?
Valve check intervals and clearance specs from Honda, Yamaha, Kawasaki and KTM manuals, the signs of tight valves, and when shims stop being the fix.
Choosing a bike
2-Stroke vs 4-Stroke Dirt Bikes: Which Should You Ride or Race?
2-stroke vs 4-stroke dirt bikes compared on price, weight, power delivery, service intervals, premix and class rules, using manufacturer and AMA figures.
Choosing a bike
Used Dirt Bike Buying Checklist: What to Inspect First
What to check before you buy a used dirt bike or ex-race bike: VIN and paperwork, signs of hours and abuse, what a refresh costs, and when to walk away.
Fitness, health and mindset
Arm Pump in Motocross: What Causes It and How to Fix It
What the medical research says arm pump is, which fixes riders try have evidence behind them and which are just rider practice, and when to see a doctor.
Choosing a bike
250F vs 450: Which Dirt Bike Should You Race?
250F vs 450 compared with manufacturer specs, dyno numbers, class rules and service intervals, and a plain answer on which one to race.
Maintenance and setup
Dirt Bike Tire Pressure Guide: Motocross, Trail, Sand, Rocks
What psi to run in a dirt bike: sourced starting pressures for motocross, trail, sand, rocks and desert, plus what going lower or higher actually does.
Maintenance and setup
How Many Hours Before a Top-End Rebuild?
Manufacturer piston intervals for 250F, 450F, 125 and 250 2-stroke dirt bikes, from 12.5 to 45 hours, plus the warning signs and what waiting costs.
Maintenance and setup
Mousse vs Tubes vs Tubliss: What Should You Run?
Tubes, bib mousse or Tubliss? Flat protection, equivalent pressure, weight, 2026 prices, speed limits and lifespan compared for motocross, woods and desert.
Getting started
Motocross vs Enduro vs Hare Scramble vs Desert: Explained
Motocross, supercross, enduro, hare scramble, GNCC, grand prix, hare and hound and desert racing compared: the course, race length and how you win each one.
What racing costs
What it costs to run a desert motorcycle race team
Our real 2027 budget for a three-rider Open Pro desert team: $85,144 for six races, broken down by entries, fuel, travel, parts, bikes and reserves.
Race updates
Follow the season
Race previews, live tracking links and recaps by email. A few messages around each race, nothing else.