Crazy Holiday Sale
Posted: 29th November 2010 by Competition Accessories in NewsTags: crazy, holiday, sale
Motorcycling in America – 1969
Posted: 29th November 2010 by Competition Accessories in 1960s, Front PageTags: 1969, america, event, motorcycle
Life In America 1969– The median family income is $9,400. Richard Nixon becomes president. Nell Armstrong lands on the moon. An estimated 450,000 turn up for the Woodstock music festival. The Beatles perform for the last time. The seminal motorcycle movie, Easy Rider, is released. The first Wendy’s opens. The Plymouth Roadrunner is Car of [...]
News from Second 2010 Ducati Dealer Meeting
Posted: 28th November 2010 by Competition Accessories in NewsTags: DNA, ducati, meeting, news
Ducati North America (DNA) recently held its second dealer meeting of 2010 in Las Vegas, Nevada, to convey a message of commitment to the North American market. An earlier meeting in spring was held as a way to assure Ducati’s dealer network that the company was still stable even in the midst of the Great [...]
American Honda Listens and Imports CB1000R
Posted: 27th November 2010 by Competition Accessories in NewsTags: 2011, CB1000R, honda, import
The 2010 EICMA show in Milan might have taken place in the nation of Italy far across the Atlantic Ocean, but the US motorcycle market seems to have been a primary story of the event. There were either new announcements or confirmations of rumors concerning some new models from many different marques which would finally [...]
Lane Splitting, You must have a death wish
Posted: 26th November 2010 by Competition Accessories in NewsTags: death wish, lane, splitting
Lane splitting, a two-wheeled vehicle moving between lanes of vehicles that are proceeding in the same direction. Some people will tell you that Lane splitting is guaranteed by the 1st and 14th Amendments of the Constitution of the United States. Some may say that you save on gas and reduce green house gasses; others will [...]
Current Motor Expands Electric Motorcycle Market
Posted: 25th November 2010 by Competition Accessories in NewsTags: current, electric, scooter
Electric scooter and motorcycle companies all over the United States – and nations all over the world – are finding their products in demand more and more. Of course, at this point in the development of the industry, the profits are not exactly rolling in for everyone. Most such companies are relying on so-called “angel” [...]
Too Quiet? Zero Emissions Race Bike Hits Man
Posted: 25th November 2010 by Competition Accessories in NewsTags: bike, emissions, hit, pedestrian, zero
I have never bought into the adage that “loud pipes save lives.” However, the extreme quiet of one of the motorcycles involved in what is billed as the ”World’s First Zero Emissions Race” may have contributed to an accident that seriously injured a 50-year-old bicyclist in Vancouver, Canada earlier this month. The zero emissions race started [...]
AMA Announces Changes to Supersport Division for 2011
Posted: 24th November 2010 by Competition Accessories in NewsTags: 2011, ama, Changes, supersport
The AMA Supersport class will see a few small changes for the 2011 season. The biggest change is that the AMA Supersport will no longer be divided into the Top Gun and Young Gun classes. The Supersport series will still give awards to the younger Supersport riders between the ages of 16-21 who score the [...]
Roberto Rolfo Will Ride with Team Pedercini in 2011
Posted: 23rd November 2010 by Competition Accessories in NewsTags: 2011, pedercini, roberto, rolfo, superbike, team
Roberto Rolfo Will Ride the New Kawasaki ZX-10R During the 2011 World Superbike Season Robert Rolfo will be returning to the World Superbike series after a year in Moto2. The 30-year-old Italian will be riding Kawasaki’s brand new ZX-10R during the 2011 World Superbike season for Team Pedercini. It isn’t the first time that Rolfo [...]
Archive
Recent Comments
Links