The Michelin Commander tires have been around for many years and frankly the competition from tire manufacturers like Dunlop, Avon and Metzeler have really beaten them up in the market place. As a result, Michelin created the Michelin Commander 2 tires. Michelin has made it there mission to construct the best touring tire available in [...]
Steve McQueen still brings in a pretty penny at automobile auctions. The racing suit worn by the late actor in the 1971 film “Le Mans” sold for close to $1 million at an auction in Los Angeles. Steve McQueen’s suit sold for $984,000, nearly twice as much as the DeLorean that was used in the [...]
The 2012 MotoGP calendar has just been released by the FIM. The 2012 MotoGP year will start at Qatar in April and will end in November at Valencia. The 2012 MotoGP calendar consists of 18 rounds at famed circuits like Silverstone, Motegi, Phillip Island, and Le Mans. The MotoGP riders will have two back-to-back rounds [...]
An extremely rare, and extremely old, motorcycle will be heading to the auction block in a few weeks. The 1906 Indian Camelback is expected to fetch big money when it goes under the hammer at Bonhams in Las Vegas, US, on January 12, despite the fact that it’s a little rusty and hasn’t been driven [...]
Casey Stoner grabbed 10 wins, 12 pole positions, 16 podiums, the MotoGP Championship, and $9.1 million in 2011. Not too bad of a year… A new report in the Business Review Weekly places Stoner second on the annual list of Austalia’s top 50 sports earners. Andrew Bogut, the center for the Milwaukee Bucks, is the [...]
Swan Yamaha has to feel pretty confident about their chances in the British Superbike Championship in 2012. Defending champion Tommy Hill will be racing for the Swan Yamaha outfit, as well as TT record-breaker Ian Hutchinson. “At the end of last season after winning the title I was speaking to different teams and looking at [...]
Motorcyclists in New Hampshire will be able to crank their engines no matter where they are in the state. A Superior Court Judge ruled that individual cities do not have the power to impose limits on motorcycle noise that are more strict than state laws. “If each town in New Hampshire had the authority to [...]
You may not be aware of it, but for the last few years a battle has been raging in Florida over who has the right to use the words “Daytona Bike Week.” A local company claimed that they owned the term and they started suing vendors for selling merchandise with the slogan “Daytona Bike Week.” [...]
Motorcycle-Superstore.com is already the title sponsor of the AMA Supersport class. They also contribute a $25,000 points fund. The company has just announced that it will be throwing another $50,000 into the mix for a contingency program in the 2012 season. Any rider who wears a Motorcycle-Superstore.com branded Bell helmets will be eligible for a [...]
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