This week’s PitPass Radio show had AMA president Rob Dingman scheduled for the 2nd hour. Due to my wretched travel schedule the last few months I missed the live show and haven’t had time to listen to the MP3 yet. I’m interested to hear what Dingman had to say regarding his new vision. I’ll post [...]
Entries from October 12th, 2007
AMA president Rob Dingman on PitPass Radio
October 12th, 2007 · No Comments · Events, Politics of Riding
Tags: AMA·media·Pitpass Radio·RobDingman
The non-profit professional
October 11th, 2007 · No Comments · Politics of Riding, Racing
In AMA Motocross is Not NASCAR I noted that NASCAR is all business. The AMA is a private, non-profit corporation chartered in Ohio. Think about that. Professional racing is so named because the racers are professionals – that is, they expect and work to make their living by racing motorcycles. By inference then, racing is [...]
Tags: AMA·badbusiness
My new Leatt brace arrived today
October 8th, 2007 · No Comments · Safety
My new Leatt brace arrived today. Ordered it from BTO Sports. I also ordered an EVS Revolution 5 body armor which is designed to fit around the Leatt. Last Friday I got my new Organic air-cushion body armor from RXR Protect North America. RXR got me setup with one to test with the Leatt. The [...]
Tags: bodyarmor·LeattBrace·ridinggear
Got my RXR Protect body armor today
October 5th, 2007 · No Comments · Reviews, Safety
Got my RXR Protect Organic chest protector today. Thanks to Chris Favro of RXR Protect North America for fixing me up with a sweet deal so I can test this with the new Leatt Brace. After talking with Chris we determined that the best path forward was to just get one and see how it [...]
Tags: bodyarmor·ridinggear·RXRProtect
Protect yourself – vintage racing and the Leatt brace
October 1st, 2007 · 1 Comment · Reviews, Safety
Today I ordered some modern protective equipment – a neck brace and a couple of different chest/body armour units to try with it. The neck brace I bought is the Leatt, the new and somewhat controversial HANS-style device invented and patented by South African Dr. Jeff Leatt. For core protection I ordered an EVS Revolution 5 [...]
Tags: LeattBrace·ridinggear
