“I don’t want a pickle. Just want to ride my motorsickle…I don’t want to die. Just want to ride on my motorcy…cle.”
Young would-be motorcyclists from Oklahoma and around the country may not know those lines from Arlo Guthrie’s “The Motorcycle Song” of the 1970s, but they can identify with them these days.
Because of a decision by the Consumer Product Safety Commission, they will not be able to get dad to buy a miniature version of his motorbike so they can train and maybe compete in the many mini-motorcycle events held in communities around the country.
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Formula One’s new rules — designed to increase competition on the track — could end up dragging the intense rivalries from the race course to the courtroom.
With the season-opening Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne next week, teams and F1 powerbrokers have been discussing potential legal challenges and protests over their various interpretations of the 2009 rules on aerodynamics.
At the heart of the dispute are… Details
Formula One’s new rules are forcing even the drivers to adopt a more aerodynamic profile for the 2009 season.
With the biggest changes coming to the world championship in more than 25 years, it may be a racer’s weight that decides the title.
The brand-new Kinetic Energy Recovery System, a hybrid technology that gives drivers an extra boost for overtaking, will take up approximately 77 pounds, while car weight limits have not been increased. That leaves teams with only one variable – the driver.
“(Weight’s) always been an issue in F1, but particularly this year because of …Â Details
Acura rolls out its new prototype—designated the ARX-02a—in the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring in what may be the most interesting sports car race of the year.
The 57th running of the classic endurance race in central Florida will bring together Acura, Audi and Peugeot for the first—and probably only—race this year in the most technologically advanced sports cars on earth…. Details