England’s leading motorcycle product cleaning company Pro-Clean make in three in a row this week confirming their on-going support to Maico International in 2011 for the third year in succession.

With innovative new products introduced in to the range the company has been the U.K. market leader in its field for over fifteen years and is continuing to grow with the recent appointment of a U.S.A. distributor. www.proclean-racingusa.com

Many people have a love – hate relationship with the Honda Motor Corp when it comes to Motocross machines. So many love the build quality, engineering and ergonomics of the two-stroke racers that Honda has built over the years. So much so that they do almost anything to continue riding and racing them.

On the other hand Honda has stated very clearly over the past few years that they will no longer build two-stroke machines and that four-strokes are the future.

At the Burro Enduro this past weekend…. Paul found a rock which sheared off his throttle tube.

No problem…. a couple of twigs and use of the index finger as way to raise the twigs thereby raising the rpms…

One of our readers from Sweden sent in his opinion of the state of motocross. This may upset some folks but it’s an interesting point of view.

Read your diatribe about the state of mx whilst chugging a top class Swedish beer.

The third round of the Supercross European Championship was held yesterday, Saturday the 6th of November, in front of a public 100.000 people, crowded around the track of EICMA Moto Live in Milan (Italy).

In the first heat of SX1 class the victory went to French Cedric Soubeyras (KTM), who started behind, but demonstrated to be the strongest today by winning the race in front of French Fabien Izoird (Suzuki) and French Cyrille Coulon (Suzuki). The second heat was strongly fought with final victory going to French Gregory Aranda (Kawasaki) in front of French Kounsith Vongsana (KTM) and the overall winner of the day Cedric Soubeyras. In the SX2 class the victory went to Italian Samuele Bernardini (KTM) in front of Italian Simone Zecchina (Suzuki) and Swiss Killian Aubeson (KTM). In Milan was held also the second round of the SX Rookie Championship with the dominance of French riders and the victory of the French Dan Houzet (KTM).

Once again a cool and wet afternoon greeted riders and fans for the third round of Super X in Launceston, Tasmania. The night started off with another first, with a team relay event that pitted Australia’s best riders against the USA’s best riders. Each rider completed two laps, and had to tag the next rider, who then went flat out for two laps. Team Australia got out of blocks well and lead the event for the first eight laps, with some great rides from Jake and Matt Moss, Tye Simmonds and Jay Marmont. It wasn’t until the last round where Kevin Windham made time on Daniel Reardon and was able to make a pass stick through a rhythm section to give Team USA the win. A great idea that gave some great battles, and another different format of racing.

Once again the one on one eliminator for the number one gate choice provided some great racing, with some big moves on a track that gave riders plenty of line choices. A big talking point was the move Mike Alessi put on Jake Moss. Alessi rode straight at Moss coming into a corner and there was big contact, but Jake still managed to hang on for the victory. Once again it came down to a battle between Windham and Brayton for the number one gate pick, with Brayton leading up until the second last corner, when he washed the front on the entry to the corner and Windham was able to ride past him to the victory.

Hans from the Netherlands sent these photos of his four-stroke killer KTM 380 Supermoto machine. This bike is a beautiful example of a race machine that is well prepared and race ready.

In the November 2010 issue of Dirt Rider magazine, they did a comparison test. Putting the two-stroke KTM 150 against the KTM 250F. The results are a bit different than you might expect. It’s a worthwhile test to read. Please post your comments and opinions below.

Dirt Rider Magazine SX150 Review

With Maico Internationals Dunlop Maxima rider Neil Berry subjected to  mid season surgery on his arm which effectively ruled out any serious challenge for silverware in any of the British two stroke Championships, the firm continue to build on their long term relationship with one of their main sponsors.

Working closely with fuel guru Anthony Webb at the newly re-branded U.K. distributors “W.P. Motorsport” the motor sports division of “The W.P. Group” Maico International is pleased to be approaching their third year in association with the leading American brand Maxima Racing Oils. 2011 will see the relationship extended to include O.E.M. fit of Maxima gearbox oil to the entire range of production M.M.X. Maicos as standard.

Embracing the science of a wide and varied selection of technological advances, Maico International are pleased to release a glimpse into the specification of the optional factory engines which will be available for the 2011 M.M.X.

Providing the wow factor on the outside, billet ally casings will adorn the factory power-plant reducing the overall weight of the unit. Providing the same wow factor on the inside and using the same process that is used in many Formula One engines, the crankshaft and complete gearbox is coated in titanium nitride which drastically reduces the friction and increases durability and wear by up to three times and ultimately provides increased horsepower.