The entire professional road racing community has been up in arms since DMG (now officially AMA Pro Racing) began making their presence felt. The complaints have been long, loud, and many. A person less magnanimous than me might even call it incessant whining. But I won’t do that. I understand what all the furor is [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Politics of Riding'
Smart money says AMA Pro Racing will get it right
July 27th, 2008 · No Comments · Industry, Politics of Riding, Racing
Tags: AMAProRacing·future
Mike Kidd chosen to lead AMA Pro Flat Track
July 27th, 2008 · No Comments · Industry, Politics of Riding, Racing
AMA Pro Racing (the new AMA Pro Racing) announced Thursday that long-time, old school flat track racer, former AMA Grand National Champion, race promoter, Motorcycle Hall of Fame member, and Texan Mike Kidd has been chosen to head the redevelopment of the national flat track program. This is good news. Kidd has been around the [...]
Long live the two-stroke Part Deaux: FUD in the marketplace
July 12th, 2008 · No Comments · Industry, Politics of Riding, Technology, Two-Stroke
Editor’s note: You may want to read Long live the two-stroke: Part 1 and FIM to put 2-strokes on even footing in 2010 for more background. Recently a vintage racing/CZ friend posted the following query here: Hey Terry, Correct me if I’m wrong because I’m not totally sure, but hasn’t Calif banned 2 stroke sales [...]
AMA approves sale to Daytona Motorsports Group
July 10th, 2008 · No Comments · Industry, Politics of Riding, Racing
Here’s the press release from the AMA regarding final approval of the Pro Racing/DMG deal. I’m sure the road race community is up in arms over this, and I feel for them. The changes underway there have created a lot of friction with the riders, factories, and race track owners. There’s a lot of bluster [...]
Tags: AMA·AMAProRacing·DMG
Why has only one company successfully entered the MX market since 1985?
June 3rd, 2008 · 2 Comments · Politics of Riding, Technology
To my knowledge only one (1) company has successfully entered the motocross market since 1985 – the small Hillsdale, MI firm of Cobra Motorcycle Mfg. What did Cobra do? They brought innovation to a market the Big Four were ignoring. They met a need. They built good products – right here in the USA. Once [...]
Are AHRMA ticket prices really too high?
June 3rd, 2008 · No Comments · Politics of Riding, Racing, Vintage
Recently there was some discussion group dialog about the gate fees at AHRMA nationals. The $20/head fee at the Perris national did not sit well with some attendees. I thought it might be instructive to look at comparable prices for other entertainment. Here’s what I found: The average trail use fee for mountain bikes is [...]
Tags: ahrma
Residents and greenies fight new track in Seattle
May 30th, 2008 · No Comments · Politics of Riding
This Seattle Times news story tells the tale of another local battle to prevent legal riding areas. MXGP of Kirkland, WA have a 467-acre tract in rural Washington state, about an hour from Seattle. The promoters want to use 75 acres to build a multi-track MX facility and have gone to great lengths to address [...]
Tags: enviro-nazis·motocross·Seattle
Davey Coombs says info on new MX Nationals this week
May 25th, 2008 · No Comments · Industry, Politics of Riding, Racing
In this week’s Racer Head Davey Coombs said the Big News we’ve all been waiting for – what’s going to happen to the AMA Toyota Motocross Championshps – will likely be announced before Hangtown next weekend. To quote DC: Needless to say, there are going to be a few confused people out there, but the [...]
Dan Kleen, NOHVCC, on PitPass Radio
April 29th, 2008 · No Comments · Events, Politics of Riding
Tonight’s PitPass Radio featured Dan Kleen, president of NOHVCC – the National Off-Highway Vehicle Conservation Council. Dan did a good job of explaining some of the organization’s functions. Specifically, he was on to discuss a legislative victory in Iowa that got the State to return ATV fees that the legislature had confiscated for the past [...]
Tags: DanKleen·media·NOHVCC·Pitpass Radio
Washington State Gov vetoes new trial ban
April 24th, 2008 · No Comments · Politics of Riding
According to this press release from the AMA Washington State governor Christine Gregoire vetoed a portion of the state’s annual budget that included a last-minute rider to ban all new ORV trail construction until 2009. The AMA today praised Washington State Gov. Christine Gregoire’s line-item veto of a measure that would have banned all construction [...]
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