A new way form of transportation that doesn’t use any gas, and also minimal human effort sounds like a vehicle from the future, but actually, this vehicle exists right now.
E+ Mountain Bike and E+ Cruiser offer these incentives; they are bicycles with battery-operated motors that allow people to ride the bike like a scooter, as well as a regular bicycle.
People are really grasping the concept of the use of electronic bicycles as a form of economical transportation, said Dan Robinson, owner of Golden Gate Veloteq and Velolectric EBikes in San Carlos…Â DetailsÂ
Makers and sellers of ATVs and motorbikes continue to suffer losses nationwide because of a well-meaning but overbroad regulation aimed at protecting children from lead.
Ever see a kid chewing on the air valve of an ATV tire? Licking the battery? Biting handlebars?
They all can contain lead and that’s the kind of effort it would take for it to endanger kids, critics of the regulation say.
Yet, an immediate halt has been placed on these motor vehicle sales. Also, there’s no grandfather provision for models already sitting in stores… Details
The head of the Consumer Product Safety Commission said she would allow retailers of youth-model all-terrain vehicles to unload their older inventory despite new restrictions on lead content that prohibit sales. But it isn’t clear if acting CPSC Chairman Nancy Nord has the authority to grant such permission.
Ms. Nord told her compliance staff Friday to hold off on its enforcement for a year on youth ATVs. A spokesman for Ms. Nord said that, as agency chairman, she can enforce her decision. But CPSC Commissioner Thomas Moore said he hasn’t made a decision, and until he does, Ms. Nord doesn’t have authority to act… Details
Motorcycle madness will take over Infineon Raceway during a three-day stretch as race fans are invited to the 4th annual Two-Wheel Thunder, April 20-22.
The three-day stretch will be highlighted, April 20-21, by an official AMA Pro Road Racing test session, one of just three in the country planned for the 2009 season. The top teams in American Superbike and Daytona SportBike will converge on the Sonoma Valley in advance of the Kawasaki AMA Superbike Showdown, presented by Supercuts, May 15-17.
Some of the teams scheduled to attend the session include Monster Energy Attack Kawasaki, Rockstar Makita Suzuki, Corona Extra Honda and Foremost Insurance Ducati.
Fans will be admitted FREE to the raceway both days, but should target Tuesday… Details