Swapmoto Live Podcast

Presented by Fly Racing We're in Whistler, Canada, at the Crankworx Mountain Bike Festival, and we sat down with Maxxis Tires' Chris Meyer to chat about all things Maxxis, from mountain bike tires to truck tires to the all-new motocross tires that have been developed by Jeremy McGrath. Coincidentally, The King is also in Whistler, so he sat down to help us co-host this show and this is definitely...

Presented by Fly Racing American Honda invited Swapmoto Live to Fox Raceway today to take delivery of our 2020 Honda CRF250R test bike. Our initial impressions of the bike are rock solid as the changes made to the little red rocket equal big performance gains. Pat Foster and Michael Antonovich run down the changes and the gains they yielded in this installment of the Fly Racing Swapmoto Podcast.

Presented by Fly Racing In 1992, Jeff Steber hand-built his first mountain bike inside his SoCal garage, a full-suspension MTB that he dubbed The Spider. Intense Cycles was founded one year later and made its debut at the '93 Interbike Show in a 10'X10' booth, and the rest - as they say - is history. Today, Intense Cycles is one of the most accomplished bike brands in the gravity sectors of racing...

Presented by 6D Helmets Michael Antonovich and Chase Curtis recap the stories of the 2019 Unadilla Motocross round of the 2019 Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship on the 6D Helmets Kickstart Podcast. Ken Roczen's big win, Eli Tomac's arm pump struggles, Dylan Ferrandis and Adam Cianciarulo's duel for the overall, Team USA's roster announcement for the 2019 Motocross of Nations, and talk of riders...

Presented by Fly Racing Just before the start of the motos at the 2019 Unadilla Motocross, the AMA and MX Sports announced the lineup selected to represent Team USA at the 2019 Motocross of Nations will be Jason Anderson in the MXGP class, Justin Cooper in the MX2 class, and Zach Osborne in the Open class. For Osborne and Anderson, the selection is a much-desired second shot at the Chamberlain Tro...

Presented by Fly Racing The 2019 Kawasaki KX450 was all new and the green machine emerged from several shootout comparisons with Bike of the Year honors thanks to its strong, usable powerplant, excellent suspension package, and well-balanced chassis. For 2020 it returns unchanged, but is that enough? swap and SML test rider Pat Foster review the '20 KX450 and also talk about what they learned afte...

Presented by Fly Racing Japan's Taka Higashino has been a fixture on the American freestyle motocross circuit for over a decade now, but it wasn't until we sat down with him for this podcast that we realized just how cool hos story about coming to the United States is! In 2007, Higashino came to California with $6000 in his pocket and a dream, but no plans whatsoever! After riding at Lake Elsinore...

Presented by 6D Helmets GEICO Honda's Hunter Lawrence returns as a co-host on today's 6d Helmets Kickstart Podcast. Sadly, Hunter has been on the injured reserve list for a few weeks now after breaking his collarbone in a practice crash when his engine let go on the face of a jump. Lawrence had just won his first couple AMA motos and was looking for his first overall win, but that will have to wai...

Presented by Fly Racing We're at Gray's Harbor ORV Park for round seven of the 2019 WORCS Series, as KTM invited the media to actually race test the new line of 2020 KTM XC TPI bikes. After our race, we bumped into two familiar faces: TransWorld Motocross test rider, Supercross racer, and current SLR Honda team rider Tallon LaFountaine, and his team owner Mark Samuels who is himself a multi-time B...

Presented by 6D Helmets What a week it's been! The SML crew has been spread all over the map over the previous seven days, and we have a lot to talk about! From the Washougal Motocross National, to Fly Summer Camp, to the Fox Racing HQ to see the new gear, to Whistler Mountain in Canada for some downhill mountain biking...we've been busy boys!

Presented by Fly Racing This week's Fly Racing Swapmoto Podcast is with my buddy Mike Sleeter, whom I've known for nearly two decades. During that time, we've tested bikes together, talked a whole lot about bike settings and handling, pedaled mountain bikes together, raced together, and even ridden road bikes together. I've watched Sleeter race Supercross events, mountain bike races, and even plen...

Presented by 6D Helmets Michael Antonovich, Chase Curtis, and Dominic Gaytan recap the wild and wet 2019 Spring Creek Motocross, plus discuss the MXGP championship, the SwapMoto Race Series, and some contract talks for the 2020 season in the 6D Helmets Kickstart Podcast.

Presented by 6D Helmets This past weekend was a nice break in the Lucas Oil MX National Championship Series, and racers and crew members alike took the weekend off to enjoy a little R&R. After spending the past couple days at the beach, Monster Energy/Star Racing/Yamaha's Justin Cooper stopped by the SML offices this morning to join us on the 6D Helmets Kickstart Podcast to bench race with us...

Presented by Fly Racing Last week, Husqvarna Motorcycles invited SML to test the 2020 Husqvarna FC 250 motocross bike at Milestone MX Park. We brought out our Pro-level test rider Rene Garcia to help us put the new bike through its paces, and he came away very impressed with the new Husky, even though only a few small changes were made to the bike for 2020. The new machine is already on dealership...

Presented by 6D Helmets The Red Bud Motocross National saw some interesting twists and spectacular moments, and HEP Suzuki's Adam Enticknap drove down from Central California to join us on today's 6D Helmets Kickstart Podcast. The 722 is an absolute student of the sport and had a ton of insight to throw out there, but he wouldn't grant us a freestyle rhyme. Haha! This was a fun show to do, and we'...

Presented by Fly Racing We took delivery of the new 2020 Kawasaki KX250 yesterday at Castillo Ranch in Central California yesterday, and the bike is much improved with changes to the engine, suspension, and chassis. Senior test rider Rich Taylor and I spent the entire day spinning laps on the new green machine, and we break down our first impressions of the KX250 in this episode of the Fly Racing...

Presented by 6D Helmets The Red Bud Motocross National saw some interesting twists and spectacular moments, and HEP Suzuki's Adam Enticknap drove down from Central California to join us on today's 6D Helmets Kickstart Podcast. The 722 is an absolute student of the sport and had a ton of insight to throw out there, but he wouldn't grant us a freestyle rhyme. Haha! This was a fun show to do, and we'...

Presented by Fly Racing Doug Dubach is a legend in motocross. From his days as a struggling privateer, to his time as a factory Yamaha rider when he won the San Jose Supercross, to his days as R&D rider for Yamaha, to his brand Dubach Racing Development; Doctor D seems to have done it all. We caught up with Doug at his DRD shop for one of the most enjoyable chats we've had on the Swapmoto Podc...

Presented by 6D Helmets Monster Energy/Star Racing/Yamaha's Colt Nichols suffered some bad luck at MX 338, but even after an off weekend in what has otherwise been a great season for the Oklahoma native agreed to join us to bench race and fill us in about his program on today's installment of the 6D Helmets Kickstart Podcast. Nichols was a solid fifth in the first moto at Southwick, but a lap-one...

You'd think that a retired racer would do his best to enjoy a life of leisure after leaving the non-stop travel and hustle and bustle of professional motocross and Supercross, but these days it seems as if Ryan Villopoto remains as bust as he's ever been. Since joining forced with Yamaha, RV has been having more fun than ever, racing selected events, joining the press on media junkets, playing aro...

We took delivery of our 2020 KTM 450 SX-F test bike today at Fox Raceway in Pala, California. Sister to the Husqvarna FC 450 that we tested last week, the KTM has some distinct differences that make it a bike all its own. SML Senior Rest Rider Pat Foster joins us to talk about the intricacies that make this what he calls, "The best KTM ever."  

Presented by 6D Helmets Our buddy Carson Mumford swung by the Swapmoto Live office this morning to join us on the 6D Helmets Kickstart Podcast. The AMSOIL Honda rider is days away from heading to the High Sierras for the annual Mammoth Mountain MX, so we wanted to chat him up about amateur racing at the highest level and also do some bench racing about last weekend's WW Ranch MX National. Thanks t...

It's almost unbelievable that it is mid-June and we just took delivery of our first 2020 motocross bike. The new Husqvarna FC 450 is based on last year's 2019.5 Rockstar Energy Edition, but it has several notable refinements in the engine mapping and suspension departments. Test rider Pat Foster put the bike through its paces alone today as swap is battling the flu, but hear his first impressions...

Team Honda HRC's Cole Seely saw his summer come to a premature end last week when he crashed while training in Florida and suffered a dislocated and broken shoulder. The SoCal native will undergo surgery today to repair his shoulder, but we caught up with him last night to chat about everything under the sun: from what effect this injury will have on his career, to driving drift cars one-handed, t...

The Lucas Oil MX Nationals headed east last weekend and High Point Raceway yielded some great racing action. Michael Antonovich was on hand for SML, and joins Donn Maeda and guest Broc Tickle for some bench racing and BS. Enjoy! Thanks to 6D Helmets, Yoshimura R&D, and KTM USA.