motoverte.com is reporting that 5-time FIM MX World Champion Georges Jobe was seriously injured during a ride with friends in Dubai. According to Belgian newspaper reports Jobe suffered a spinal cord injury that has left him with weakness on his right side. Our wishes for a positive diagnosis and full recovery go out to the [...]
Entries from December 19th, 2007
My Split Personality
December 18th, 2007 · No Comments · Uncategorized
This is the other side of my motorcycling life – my Moto Guzzi Breva 750. This picture is from about a year ago, as I got ready to ride over to the 2006 Barber Vintage Festival for the weekend. You can see the Guzzi is an air-cooled 90° V-twin. I love them. They sound different [...]
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“No Limits” New Year’s Eve
December 18th, 2007 · No Comments · Events
Here’s an announcement on Cycle News about the Red Bull Experiment, live from Las Vegas (where else?) on New Year’s Eve. Sounds like quite a party, but just maybe things are getting a little out of hand. Well-known 4-wheel racer Rhys Millen plans to backflip an offroad truck:
Then Robbie Madison plans to attempt a new [...]
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Muddy Waters Site Update
December 17th, 2007 · No Comments · Uncategorized
It’s time for a site update. I’ve been working on this site for a few weeks now and I’ve got it about 85% complete. There are a few things that still don’t work, but I’ve picked up a few readers despite not having announced it or publicized it in any way. So I need to [...]
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What About the Changes at the AMA
December 17th, 2007 · No Comments · Politics of Riding
I was discussing all the turmoil at the AMA today with a friend, who asked me, “So what do you think about all this? Is Dingman going to make it better?”
Quite simply, I don’t know. Sweeping out all the old creates the potential for rapid, positive change. It creates equal potential for rapid, negative change. [...]
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Employees Revolt Over AMA Firings
December 17th, 2007 · No Comments · Industry, Politics of Riding
Boy, things got pretty heated over the AMA firings last week. Cycle News reports on two separate, strongly-worded letters from interested parties. The first, from former AMA president Ed Youngblood (read the entire letter here) indicates Ed is really pissed:
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In my opinion, the current regime is monstrous, and I am simply dumbfounded that the AMA [...]
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Nice Vintage Engine Stand
December 16th, 2007 · No Comments · Reviews, Technology, Vintage
This is a product I’ve used in my shop for over a year. It works really well with ca 1969-1975 CZ motors. From what I can tell it will work with almost any vintage single – two-stroke or four-stroke. It’s highly adjustable, easy to use, and Mike Kincaid over at Rampant Racing is a great [...]
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High Quality CZ Logos
December 15th, 2007 · No Comments · Vintage
One of the things that always bugs me is not being able to get decent logo images for the old vintage bike brands. If I want to make some kind of graphic or flyer or use it on the web I have to scrounge the internet and try to find something. And usually it’s a [...]
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1973 Honda CR250 Elsinore Jumps 301 Feet
December 14th, 2007 · No Comments · Vintage
Think you need a modern MX bike to get some air time? Think the Step-Up contest at X-Games is a new thing? C’mon! We did it all in the ’70s already. Bob Wills flies his ‘73 Elisnore over 300ft off a ramp.
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Are We Really Ready for Mainstreaming?
December 14th, 2007 · No Comments · Industry
I’m catching up on stuff from around the world of MX/SX today, after a few hard weeks of business travel. Ran across this post regarding SX chic extraordinarie Leticia Cline over at Blogandt. It’s a week old and not really news anymore, but it’s kinda funny. The upshot is Ms. Leticia – Playboy bunny, SX [...]
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