If you read the boss’ first ride of the Harley-Davidson XR1200, you know he liked it. And what’s not to like? It looks great, has acceptable handling, and has plenty of smooth, reliable, classic Harley power.
Well, I’ve spent a few weeks tooling around on one of the big orange bikes, and while I also liked it a lot, I found it too heavy for the sort of ill-advised backroad antics I sometimes choose to engage in. And Steve Storz agrees.
Storz, a former H-D race-team mechanic, started Storz Performance in 1980 to supply parts to AMA dirt track racers. After a while, he started selling parts for Sportster owners to build street-going, flat-track replicas…Â Details
UIM F1 World Championship Tour Promoter Nicolo di San Germano has announced the new formation of the upcoming Hall Of Fame and along with it the Lap of Honor Award that will be honoring the most talented and influential drivers and persons that have made up the sport of catamaran racing that dates back to the 1960’s and you the fans can play a giant part in who gets voted in and who doesn’t.
Here’s how it works. You have from now until April 2nd to go online to the official website of the UIM F1 World Championship at www.f1boat.com and cast a vote for your choice of whom you feel is the greatest person of the past 40 years in the sport. Just pick the person you feel is most …Â Details
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At this year’s RYA Volvo Dinghy Show, Weymouth-based Tomahawk Foils will unveil its Tomahawk foil, the surface running, ventilated hydrofoil it has invented and patented for both sailing and powered water craft.
The foil has been fitted to a windsurfer on display in the Palm Court and can also be seen on the Ovington Boats’ concept dinghy on Stand C88.
The foil’s inventor, Jonathan Howes explains the concept… Details
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With only days remaining in the annual event cycle, new entries continue to arrive in record numbers for the Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards presented by Monster Energy. Although California and Hawaii have suffered through an abnormally placid year, the rest of the planet has bridged the gap and then some, providing more than 450 pieces of visual evidence of the mammoth surf on the event website at BillabongXXL.com.
New video clips and still photos continue to arrive in all key categories of the event, including…Â Details