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
You can hear it from a mile away – thick and baritone – nothing like the irritating sounds of cheap scooters.
It grabs everyone’s attention because no one has ever seen anything like it. It’s more than a motorcycle and not quite like anything else – it’s a chopper.
So what exactly is this machine?
“They’re called choppers because all unnecessary parts from a factory-tuned and trimmed bike are chopped off,” said Lee Hyun-eui, the founder and chief engineer of Seoul-based Moon Choppers…. Details
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We’ve been hearing the rumors for a while, but we now have hard proof that two-time X Games Best Trick gold medalist Kyle Loza has indeed been perfecting the Bike Flip at his private training facility in Orange County, California. According to reliable sources, Kyle has been working on the trick for over two and a half years and is aiming to throw it at X Games 15 in Los Angeles… Details and Pictures