There’s a pantheon of motorcycle mythology in our culture, and some of these stories are heard so often they must be true, right? One of these—oft repeated by posters to the MD chatboards—is that Harley-Davidson is living on borrowed time, selling the same overpriced, under-performing products to the same aging buyers…and when they die, so will die H-D, as a singularly brainwashed pack of Baby Boomers are solely responsible for the MoCo’s undeserved success. That the same predictions were made in 1971, 1981, 1991 and 2001 makes no difference to the doom-criers.
So if that’s true, what’s the best-selling brand of streetbikes to 18-34-year-old buyers?  … Details
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GEICO Powersports Honda’s Kevin Windham is the elder statesman of the AMA Supercross Championship. And by “statesman”, we mean it. He’s a great representative of the personality and genuine nature of the sport of motocross. And by “elder”, we mean that, too. He’s 33, and he just landed on the box in Seattle, finishing second to James Stewart in the main event. We caught up with him after the main event.Â
Motocross.com: You were fast all day, obviously, and everybody knows when tracks get super technical that … More
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CORONA, Calif. (April 18, 2011) – Monster Energy/Pro Circuit/Kawasaki’s Broc Tickle took over the points lead at Qwest Field in Seattle, Wash. as he rode to his fifth podium of the season. His third-place finish was good enough to put him two points ahead of teammate Josh Hansen in the AMA Supercross Lites, Western Region championship standings. After crashing in practice, Hansen was forced to ride with an injured hand, but still came away with a sixth-place finish. Tyla Rattray came back from the eight-week break strong, scoring fifth in the tough track conditions  … More
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