According to Kyodo News International:
A Tohoku University, Japan, study group and motorcycle maker Yamaha Motor Co. said Wednesday they have found riding motorcycles useful for brain training.
The group, led by Ryuta Kawashima, a professor who is known for brain research, looked into brain functions as measured by devices put on the heads of 21 males riding motorcycles and found their brains’ prefrontal areas activated. The area covers memory, information processing and concentration functions.
In another test, 22 males who had motorcycle licenses, but did not ride motorcycles often, were divided into two teams — one for … Details
Riding in the unseeded group, AMPM Boost Mobile Yamaha’s Jason Lawrence turned in a surprising performance during practice today, topping both San Manuel Yamaha’s James Stewart and Red Bull Honda’s Davi Millsaps for the fastest time during qualifying for tonight’s round of the Monster Energy AMA Supercross, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida…. Details
James “Bubba” Stewart, the Haines City motocross racer who has been dubbed the ” Tiger Woods of motorcycle racing,” may be more deserving of that description than we thought. He called Wednesday afternoon, on his day off: “I’m playing golf,” he said, at Grenelefe Resort in Haines City.
Are you winning?
“Um, no. I’m kind of saving up the winning for this weekend.”
Stewart, 23, comes to the Daytona Supercross race Saturday as the odds-on favorite to win, but it won’t be easy. The lifelong Kawasaki rider has moved to…. Details
Harley-Davidson Inc. of Milwaukee made the unusual move Thursday of disclosing in a regulatory filing that worldwide retail sales of Harley motorcycles fell 13 percent during the first two months of the year, results that one analyst said topped prior expectations.
U.S. retail sales of Harley-Davidson motorcycles were down 9.4 percent compared with the same period in 2008. …Â Details