Monday Kickstart – Los Angeles SX

Like many teams, Muscle Milk Honda uses the Moto Tassinari Air4orce instake on its race bikes. Trey Canard is said to prefer the longer of the interchangeable inner tubes, as it provides more aggressive low-end power.

The Hammerhead brake pedal on Davi Millsaps’ JGR Yamaha features a custom design that pretects the master cylinder from damage, should the tip of the pedal be jammed upwards in a crash. On a sidenote, Millsaps’ footpegs are the scariest we’ve seen yet!

First seen as a KTM accessory, this rubber-mounted handlebar clamp helps take the sting out of impacts on the JGR Yamahas.

Aftermarket hydraulic clutches are all the rage in 2012. Star/Valli/Rockstar/Yamaha’s Austin Stroupe runs a Magura system on his Yamaha YZ450F.

The Magura hydraulic slave unit attaches to the standard clutch actuation arm.

Davi Millsaps‘ JGR Yamaha is outfitted with a hydraulic clutch system manufactuered by SDi. When we asked why James Stewart’s bike didn’t have the same set-up, Stewart’s mechanic Patrick Barker told us that Stewart barely uses his clutch out on the track, and has no need for a fade-free hydraulic system.

Here’s a look at the rest of the SDi hydraulic clutch. We asked SDi’s Dan Workey when the system would be available for sale, and he reported that he hopes to have systems for Yamaha, Kawasaki and Honda bikes available by March.

In addition to the foam pieces in between the skid plate and frame, seveal teams glued foam to their radiator guard louvers to keep mud from sticking. This is James Stewart’s JGR Yamaha. The black foam underneath the fender and on the skidplate is produced by N-Style, and comes with an adhesive backing.

Check out these full-coverage carbon fiber fork guard that were mounted on Brett Metcalfe’s Yoshimura Suzuki to protect the expensive works Showa components from mud and rock damage. The team will also use them at the Unadilla MX National, where rocks are a major factor.

The Yoshimura Suzuki team built a bike up for Ricky Carmichael to ride at the Fox Racing Instinct boot and V4 helmet press launch at Zaca Station MX in Central California, this Tuesday, Plenty of fans got excited over the idea that RC might compete at Los Angeles, but alas, the bike was simply for display at Dodger Stadium.