The title “My house in Rome” has a symbolic meaning in the life of the now eight-time motocross world champion Antonio Cairoli.

Rome, the Roman Empire and the Flavian Amphitheatre more commonly known as the Coliseum have helped shape the world we live in; bread and games, the bloody entertainment of the emperors in the first century after Christ, their beautiful women and their nobles; slaves who under the approving eye of the Roman ruler fought the uneven battle against lions and other wild beasts to leave the scene of battle as free men.

“Acta non Verba”, which means “Deeds, not words”, is a Latin saying from that era, words that are written on the body of the reigning MXGP world champion. As a passionate writer about motocross, for me this sport has a tinge of the heroism of the gladiators about it, gladiators who slashed at each other with axes and swords until the strongest was the last one left standing. The world championship also knows …

Read the whole story in “The Art of Motocross” #12.

Also in issue #12, an item featuring former Hawke’s Bay man Jeremy Long, the mechanic for Belgian giant Ken De Dycker.

The shadow of Ken De Dycker …

Top world riders like MXGP factory rider Ken De Dycker end up in the spotlight every Grand Prix weekend long, just like an actor on the stage who forgets everything around him through a bundle of parallel rays of light. The team of the best professionals that are necessary to make an actor or athlete shine at his best, prefer to work away from the harsh glare of the media. Away from all the glamour and glitter, they are passionately engaged in their assigned tasks in the much bigger structure of the team they belong to.

Our interest, however, has for a long time been to remove one of the many links around Ken from his isolation around engine blocks, steel frames, sticker sets and plastic.

Jeremy Long, the always smiling mechanic, who is always ready for the tallest and most solid rider in the MXGP paddock, had to spend this season on the sidelines. So, what does an experienced spanner man, who is addicted to Beta spanners, wrenches and petrol fumes, do when his rider leaves his 450cc KTM untouched …

“The Art of Motocross #12”.

96 pages

Inside MX and SX stories

Magazine dimensions 240 mm wide x 320 mm high…

Laminated cover

English, order your copy (English language) “The Art of Motocross #12”

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The magazine will be available from October 20th 2014.

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