Harley-Davidson's second quarter earnings dropped 91%, causing the iconic Milwaukee manufacturer to announce reduced shipments and lay-offs in the worst sales climate in modern history.Second quarter net income was $19.8 million, compared to $222.8 million in the second quarter of 2008, on revenue of $1.15 billion compared to $1.57 billion from the same quarter in 2008. The primary cause was a 27.6% reduction in motorcycle shipments compared to last year. The company shipped 58,179 Harley-Dav... Read Full Story
450 Moto OneOpening up the action at round nine of the Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross Championship at Unadilla was the 450 action - highlighted by Rockstar Makita Suzuki's Chad Reed, who continues to extend his points lead in the series.Canidae Kawasaki's Tommy Hahn was impressive, finishing second behind Reed followed by Red Bull Honda's Davi Millsaps, who rounded out the podium. Reed's Suzuki teammate Michael Byrne finished fourth ahead of the Red Bull Honda teammates, Andrew Short and Ivan Te... Read Full Story
What do you do when you’ve got a perfectly prepped track (Washougal in this case), a brand new YZ250F, and a day-and-a-half free to test it?Ride it like you stole it, that’s what.The 2010 Yamaha YZ250F in one of the most scenic settings around, Washougal Motocross Park. Click this image (or an other one in the article) for a larger version.Yamaha invited us up to get a first look at the new 2010 YZ250F, and we brought along privateer Scott Champion to check it out. While Scott’s been racing a... Read Full Story
Nice basic helmet.Little noisy. I get kind of a buffeting that I didn’t get with my old cheapo helmet. Seems to create a vacuum that makes my ears pop a little sometimes. The locking mechanism that supposedly locks the screen down is pretty much worthless, doesn’t do anything. Not sure why its needed anyway. Maybe in case you wipe out and screen doesn’t open and you get hit in the face with debris?? Cant see it holding up under that circumstance anyway. I can still open the screen with it loc... Read Full Story
We’ve reached the halfway point of the 2009 Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross Championship campaign, and we’ve got another first-time winner in the 450 class, and more…Last week at Thunder Valley MX in Lakewood, CO, we had a first-time winner in the 450 class, as Honda Red Bull Racing’s Ivan Tedesco scored an overall victory with a pair of moto wins. Josh Grant (JGRMX Toyota/Yamaha) may not have had the same perfect score, but his 2-1 tally was good for the overall win, the first of his career. Jos... Read Full Story
Motorcycle Helmet: Tricks to Purchasing the Perfect One| You cannot choose a helmet based on its size or the material it’s made from alone. There are many things that need to be considered when purchasing motorcycle helmet. Sure, it’s probably possible to locate a helmet that is the right color or that is made from the type of material that will satisfy your safety concerns, but when it comes to “proper fit” it opens up a whole new can of worms. It is so important to consider the “safet... Read Full Story
If you trust that MLB 09 The Show is the most realistic baseball simulation out there, feel free to bet on the National League in the All-Star Game. Unless you’re a future hall-of-famer , of course. Despite not taking a game off the American League since 1996 , the Senior Circuit is expected to win 5-2, according to the simulation, announced yesterday by Sony Computer Entertainment. San Francisco’s Tim Lincecum, expected to be the N.L. starter IRL, threw two shutout innings in the simul... Read Full Story
Tired of your old helmet? Fancy a spanking new cheap motorcycle helmet? Thought about buying one online but not sure what you’ll get? Fear not! Biker Mike to the rescue, that Champion of cheap motorcycle helmets, the doyen of shiny lids, the man who put the “Brain” in Brain Buckets, is here to help!Well I may be getting a little carried away, but permit me to offer a few simple guidelines that will help make your online search for a cheap motorcycle helmet a whole lot easier…Tip number one Do... Read Full Story
And just like that, two foreign riders lead the points chase for the U.S. motocross national championship (using the word “foreign” seems kind of, well, foreign, but it stills sounds friendlier than “non-American” I suppose). This past weekend, a truly historic occasion for American professional motocross because of the tremendous live television coverage by NBC (tremendous, to me, because it was live; I have no comment on the production values yet, as I actually missed the broadcast due to t... Read Full Story
