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Moto Mayhem with Jim Muir

A young boy dressed in full moto gear standing by a race dirt bike.

“How do I get on the team?”

This is my second time running a motocross team. The first time was when I worked at Duncan Motorsports in Duncan, B.C., and I ran that team for five or six years.

Motocross rider in the air.

Early season indicators

The new motocross season is finally underway and I sense more enthusiasm than I’ve felt in several years!

Guy in a yellow shirt on a dirt bike.

Supercross 2013

This is shaping up to be the best season of the AMA Supercross in over a decade. For much of the history of supercross the sport has been dominated by one or two riders at any given moment.

Man on blue dirt bike in air.

Chilliwack Arenacross Championships: pretty much Spenny!

The big news at these rounds of the KTM Canadian Arenacross Championships was the attendance of Canadian motocross megastar Dusty Klatt and the focus of the anticipation was the intense points race developing in the Pro Open class between Spencer Knowles and Brock Hoyer.

A close up of a shiny gold motorcycle.

Motocrosser versus motorcycle show

You will have to bear in mind that this is an article about the Vancouver Motorcycle Show, written by a motocrosser for a motocross column. 

A father helping his son across the dirt track.

Motocross parents: don’t get confused

When we got home from the last race of the year it was dark, cold and wet. We were exhausted. All I wanted to do was get the truck unloaded and curl up on the couch with my family.

A young man going over a jump on a neon green dirt bike.

KTM Canadian Arenacross Championships

Every motocross rider and fan worth their salt wishes they were in British Columbia this winter. We are the envy of the Canadian motocross scene because we have all 12 rounds of the KTM Canadian Arenacross Championships here.

Photo of a group of guys on dirt bikes, sliding around the corner and flinging up mud on a motocross track.

Go Goerke! Go Maier!

And so another Canadian motocross season is winding down. The Nationals are over and done, racing has wrapped up back east, and we just have a few races left to run here on Vancouver Island, B.C.

Photo of two guys battling it out on in a dirt bike race.

VIMX Fall Club Series: bigger is better

For the Vancouver Island Motocross Association (VIMX) Fall Club Series on Vancouver Island, B.C., the powers that be decided to combine many of the classes that have been shrinking to unsupportable numbers.

A young man landing a yellow dirt bike over a jump.

Vancouver Island MX season review: Part 3, the prospects

If you read Part 2 of this series of articles you will have read my disclaimer regarding putting a list like this together and you can feel free to skip to the list.

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Jim Muir

When I was 13 years old, I worked all summer for five dollars an hour to buy my first dirt bike. I wanted one after the first time I rode my friend's minibike across his yard, twisted the throttle and immediately lost control and watched the bike hurtle across the yard and off the top of the ravine into the trees below. It was the adrenaline of the bike's power that seduced me; when the bike tore out from underneath me I knew that I would be chasing motorcycles forever.

I raced for a few years in my late teens before life's little diversions ended my riding days for over two decades. I got a degree in fine art and a diploma in literature while I dreamed about motocross and then I went to work at a motorcycle shop where I rekindled my passion. I started racing again at the age of 42 and recently retired after too many broken bones. Now my son races, and I get a chance to express my passion as well as give something back to the sport I love.

I also write a weekly Race Report blog with Moto Photos, Race Reports, and more.