Dirt Bikes

Dirt Bikes — page 1 — www abdopublishing com Published by Abdo Publishing a division of ABDO PO Box 398166 Minneapolis Minnesota 55439 Copyright 2015 by Abdo Consulting Group Inc International copyrights reserved in all countries No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher SportsZone is a trademark and logo of Abdo Publishing Printed in the United States of America North Mankato Minnesota 082014 012015 Cover Photo Shutterstock Images Interior Photos Shutterstock Images 1 14 15 26 27 Frank Mattia NewSport Corbis 4 5 Hoppenworld com Jacob Kahn AP Images 6 7 Ernest King AP Images 8 9 Universal TempSport Corbis 10 11 Dieter Demme dpa Corbis 11 Pukhov Konstantin Shutterstock Images 12 13 Teemu Tretjakov Shutterstock Images 16 17 Gines Romero Shutterstock Images 18 19 Marcel Jancovic Shutterstock Images 20 21 31 Ilya Andriyanov Shutterstock Images 22 23 Victor R Caivano AP Images 24 25 25 Eraldo Peres AP Images 28 29 Editor Chrös McDougall Series Designer Nikki Farinella Library of Congress Control Number 2014944186 Cataloging-in-Publication Data Scheff Matt Dirt bikes Matt Scheff p cm Speed machines ISBN 978-1-62403-609-5 lib bdg Includes bibliographical references and index 1 Dirt bikes Juvenile literature 2 Trail bikes Juvenile literature I Title 629 227 dc23 2014944186

Dirt Bikes — page 2 — CONTENTS PULLING AWAY 4 THE HISTORY OF DIRT BIKES 8 DIRT BIKE DESIGN 14 COMPETITION 23 Glossary 30 For More Information 31 Index 32

Dirt Bikes — page 3 — PULLING AWAY Fans get on their feet for the final of the 450 supercross event in Salt Lake City Utah Ryan Dungey is in the lead But defending champion Ryan Villopoto is closing fast Villopoto’s green Kawasaki dirt bike sails over a jump and heads into a turn He burns past Dungey into the lead 4

Dirt Bikes — page 4 — Ryan Villopoto is one of the world’s fastest dirt-bike racers 5

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