If you’re a deeply rooted fan of motorcycles, then you’ve surely heard of a little sport called Trials. Trials is a mixture of balance, precision and technique. The main goal of competitive Trials is to get to the top of whatever object is in front of you smoother and cleaner than the next guy. But in Lyon, France, a 28 year-old named Julian Dupont is taking Trials to an entire new level and is the pioneering face of a new discipline called Trials X or Street Trial.
Trials X isn’t a so-called competitive sport, but it’s gaining world-wide notoriety because it’s simply bad-ass. My French friend …Â Details & Pictures
The Aussies (and New Zealander’s) have replaced the Euro’s as the next region to take down the American FMX Empire
There has been a quiet invasion happening in the world of FMX. An invasion so insidious that few may have noticed it, but I fear that now it may be too late to avert.
A couple of years ago, my concern was that those pesky Euros were going to come storming into the Americas and that, once they figured out the big dirt courses here, they would be an unstoppable force. We had some notable visits from riders like France’s Manu Troux and Germany’s Busty Wolter. Troux executed what is still probably one of the most epic bike ejections of all time at an event in Colorado Springs and went home with a broken femur…Â Details
Run off the road in a bad economy, scores of Harley-Davidson motorcycles are being sold through auctions and occasional tent sales.
Many of the bikes are from Harley-Davidson Financial Services, the motorcycle company’s consumer lending arm. It uses multiple auction services to resell motorcycles after the owners fall behind on payments and are forced to turn over the keys.
Several million dollars worth of repossessed Harleys are coming from Navigator Remarketing Group. It organized a tent sale last month in Indianapolis to sell about 120 motorcycles at near-wholesale prices. …Â Details
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If someone gave you a brand new 2009 Buell Ulysses XB12X, what would you do with it, where would you go? Buell wants to know, in fact, if you sit down and write a 250 word essay to describe your idea of the ultimate American on or off-road riding adventure, where you would go, the routes you would follow, why you want to take the trip and a little bit about you, you might get the chance to live your dream. Buell is giving away a new Ulysses XB12X to one lucky winner and it could be you! They’re also including money for parts and accessories and travel expenses. Pretty cool.
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