It is a story that has been repeated many times: A car company is founded by a larger-than-life visionary with unconventional ideas. It goes on to create remarkable vehicles.
This story can have many different endings. Some of the plucky startups, like Ferrari and Honda, endure, and their cars become the stuff of legend. Many more – Bricklin and DeLorean, for example – drop out of sight before gaining a commercial foothold.
Among the failures is one of the most fascinating chapters of American automotive history, the story of Preston Tucker and his attempt to break into a market dominated by Detroit’s Big Three in the years …Â Details
There’s no two ways around it. I’m a road racer. I’ve always dreamed of being an uber-fast motocross rider, throwing flat whips and having great style and speed (if I could only ride a dirt bike like I can a street bike)… But it’s just not in the cards. At least not with as little as I ride off-road these days. It’s been a good seven or eight months since I’ve purposely taken flight on anything with two wheels, thus when I realized I had to fill in for our normal moto guys at the 2010 Honda CRF250R press intro, let’s say I was a tad gun shy. That was until I actually rode the bike: Flat-out couldn’t have picked a better machine to make my sudo-MX comeback on. But while it’s all good that my slow self got back to riding and liked the Honda, we brought our hired gun, former professional-level SX rider Matty Armstrong to really put it through the paces and breakdown how the CRF250 performs in the hands of someone who knows what they are doing. And while I typically don’t give this away up front, what the heck… The verdict: “Best 250F I’ve ever ridden!†were some of the first words out of his mouth after only a few laps on the new Honda. And it just kept getting better…  Details & Pictures
It took Pascal and his 11 crew a mere 3 days 15 hours 25 minutes and 48 seconds to rocket from Ambrose Lighthouse to Lizard Point, averaging 32.94 knots. You simply can’t compare this with Eric Tabarly’s record back in 1980, though it was a true exploit back then, when he crossed the North Atlantic in 10d5h14m20s, averaging 12.15 knots onboard his Paul Ricard.
http://yachtpals.com/sailin… Sailing the Largest Racing Trimaran Sailboat in the World – Banque Populaire V. Sailing the new trimaran sailboat in France. Banque Populaire V ready to set some new …
What is going on with surfing this past week? From Cali to Costa Rica and home again, it has been all thrills. It may not have been the “best week ever.” But, after a week of daily surf in Galveston, who could complain?
First, Brett Simpson wins the Hurley U.S. Open of Surfing. The local Huntington favorite turned heads for trumping World Champion and world-class athlete, Mick Fanning. Australia has maintained their reputation as the Oz of great surf and even greater surfers. American surfers made a mark placing more times than AUS, BRA, or PYF. Sunday, thus, brought a new-founded context to the phrase “land down under.”
Spoke too soon? Although Cali brought the competition…Â Details
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