Archive for August, 2010
2011 AMA Arenacross Schedule Features 14 Events
Feld Motor Sports announced today the 2011 AMA Arenacross Series schedule, which includes 14 stops, begins at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Okla., January 8 and concludes at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on April 9. The 2011 AMA Arenacross Series schedule includes a new stop at the Verizon Arena in Little Rock, [...]
Dungey Clinches 2010 AMA Motocross Title
Rockstar Makita Suzuki’s Ryan Dungey has made history by becoming the 2010 AMA Pro Motocross Champion – and securing his second title of the year this weekend at Southwick MX in Massachusetts. The 20-year-old rookie has gained enough points in the series with his complete domination of the 450 motocross class to take home the [...]
Bezzi Concept: Chaparral Electric Racer
Italian motorcycle designer Oberdan Bezzi set his mind to imagining a battery-powered electric motorcycle. Based off the now defunked Chaparral (no relation) brand, Bezzi sees the Texan company reinventing itself and entering the electric motorcycle racing scene. The bike has a full carbon chassis, a liquid cooled motor, and great attention to aerodynamics. Viewable on [...]
Kymco Introduces Three New Scooters
Kymco announce today the introduction of three new scooter models. KYMCO Downtown 300i You’re about to enjoy commuting like never before. The Downtown 300i was designed and built for it! With the open road performance of a maxi scooter and sport bike agility, the Downtown 300i delivers the ultimate scooter riding experience. This new entry [...]
Ducati and Rossi Partner for 2011
Ducati and Valentino Rossi have signed a two year agreement for the nine-times World Champion to race with the “Rossa” of Borgo Panigale in the Ducati Marlboro Team from 2011. The arrival of Valentino in Ducati opens a new and exciting chapter in the Italian factory’s sporting history and, indeed, of the whole MotoGP Championship. [...]
AMA Seeks Suspension of Grant Program that Targets Motorcyclists
A federal traffic safety agency is offering law enforcement agencies hundreds of thousands of dollars to set up checkpoints that target only motorcyclists, and the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) wants to know why. The AMA has asked the agency, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), to suspend the grant program until questions raised by [...]
U.S. Interior Department eyeing OHV land
Recently revealed documents show that a federal land management agency has been talking about changing land-use designations on public land that could close from 35 million to 140 million acres to off-highway riding, the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) reports. In a letter to U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar dated Aug. 9, Ed Moreland, AMA senior [...]
2010 Motocross of Nations to be in USA
Youthstream is pleased to announce that the 2010 Red Bull FIM Motocross of Nations, will be run at the Thunder Valley Motocross Park facility, just outside metro Denver, in Lakewood, Colorado on September 25 & 26. Only three years after the amazing success of Budds Creek, Maryland, that marked the last professional motocross appearance of [...]
Yamaha and Rossi Part Ways
Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. would like to announce that the partnership between Valentino Rossi and Yamaha will come to an end at the close of the season, when Valentino will move on to new challenges. Yamaha and Valentino have enjoyed seven fantastic seasons of racing, during which time they have won four MotoGP World Championships [...]
New Motocross Park Opens in California
This 700-acre facility will be called “The Ranch” and is designed and built by Marc Peters of Petersbuilttracks.com. Five (5) Motocross tracks with terrain for all rider’s capabilities and equipment, from the Main track with four-five lines through every corner and 36 ft wide straight a ways. The track carved out of a natural hillside [...]
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