We update you on all the action from the exciting fourth and final day at X Games 17 in beautiful Southern California.With the streets of downtown Los Angeles packed with screaming fans, we check in on RallyCross and then head up and over rocks, mud, and logs to a progressive new event, Enduro X
The U.S. House has approved legislation by a vote of 421-2 to exempt kids’ off-highway vehicles (OHVs) from the lead law that essentially bans the sale of those machines at the end of the year, the American Motorcyclist Association reports.
On Aug. 1, Reps. Mary Mack Bono (R-Calif.) and G.K. Butterfield (D-N.C.) introduced H.R. 2715 to grant the exemption. The measure earned House approval later in the day and now goes to the Senate for consideration.
The Senate is considering similar legislation  … More
The obscure motocross discipline of Enduro X got prime-time spotlight at the close of X Games 17 Sunday, and true to its billing, the new event proved a suitably bone-crunching affair entirely worthy of X involvement.
“It’s pretty clear Enduro X is here to stay,” said X Games host Sal Masekela.
The sport’s biggest hero, Taddy Blazusiak of Poland, came-from-behind to win his first X Games gold medal after surviving an unplanned trip to the last chance qualifier in order to gain entrance to the main event. That was one more grueling race than he wanted  … Pictures and more