The US House of Representatives unceremoniously approved H.R. 146: Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Battlefield Protection Act last week. The eco-Nazi’s are ecstatic at all the new places they can put up “Do Not Enter” and “Keep Out” signs on 2.1 million acres of American public land. Preserved for their use and their use [...]
Entries from March 30th, 2009
US House votes to ban Americans from public lands
March 30th, 2009 · No Comments · Politics of Riding
Tags: badcongress·badlaws·badpoliticians
Youthstream announce new 125cc Euro Championship in 2010
March 30th, 2009 · No Comments · Racing, Two-Stroke
The European embrace of lightweight, lower-cost two-strokes for motocross continues with this formal announcement of a 125cc European Championship that will run in concert with the FIM MX1/MX2 Championships in 2010. According to the release, Youthstream President Giuseppe Luongo says the new series is designed to help young riders and their families reduce costs. It [...]
Tags: EuropeanMX·FIM·Youthstream
Final vote on Omnibus Lands bill tomorrow
March 24th, 2009 · No Comments · Politics of Riding
As noted in the post below, the Senate is holding the final vote on H.R. 146: Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Battlefield Protection Act, the vehicle used to sneak in the Omnibus Lands Bill of 2009 as a 1,300-page amendment, tomorrow. This bill is very likely to pass, and summarily lock up 2.1 million [...]
Senate votes to proceed with sneaky lands bill
March 17th, 2009 · No Comments · Politics of Riding
Yesterday the U.S. Senate voted to proceed with a back-door, sneak attack to lock up more than 2.1 million acres of Public Lands making it illegal for responsible Americans to use them. The vote was 73 Yeas, 21 Nays. The vote was actually a vote on cloture – a way to see if the Senate [...]
Tags: badcongress·badlaws·badpoliticians
SPEED TV launches new AMA Pro Racing show
March 14th, 2009 · No Comments · Events, Racing
SPEED has announced a new, weekly TV show featuring AMA Pro racing beginning March 21 at 10:00 or 11:00 pm ET. The show is primarily road racing. It will feature flag-to-flag coverage of AMA Pro Racing’s American Superbike and Daytona Sportbike, coverage of other road racing classes, and highlights of other AMA Pro disciplines. Supercross [...]
Tags: AMAProRacing·SpeedTV
Daytona SX definitely the best of the year
March 7th, 2009 · No Comments · Events, Racing, Reviews
I’ll go out on a limb here and predict that Daytona is and will be the best SX race of the year. Mostly for all the reasons that make it the least Supercross-like of all the races — longer track, no 180-degree bowl turns, multiple soil types, varied obstacles, really rough. What a wild get-off [...]
