2011 Lucas Oil Motocross Championship
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (April 22, 2011) – The core of motocross in America has long been rooted in the strong amateur racing scene featuring the future stars of the sport. As American Motocross enters its 40th year of world-class competition, MX Sports Pro Racing and the National Promoters Group (NPG) announce the 2011 Amateur Days schedule that will run in conjunction with each round of this summer’s Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross Championship.
For 12 weeks, the world’s best riders engage in battle  … Details
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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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Before yesterday afternoon, I had a hard time getting excited about Polaris. I think they make snowmobiles…but I’m not sure. This is how engaged with their brands I was, but of course this has all changed with the news that Polaris Industries, Inc. has acquired Indian Motorcycle for still undisclosed terms. Covering the business strategy side of motorcycling for the past two and a half years, I can tell you that there are few moves or decisions that strike me as truly inspired, but that events of the past 24 hours are surly Mensa-worthy  … More
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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
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