Articles by Michael Le Pard

WHILE THE SOPHISTICATED VITPILEN 401 & SVARTPILEN 401 ARE ALREADY AVAILABLE AT EUROPEAN DEALER FLOORS, THE PROGRESSIVE VITPILEN 701 WILL ARRIVE BY THE END OF MARCH Husqvarna Motorcycles are pleased to announce the availability of […]

AUTOTRADER YOSHIMURA SUZUKI 6th – DECOTIS UPDATE

Team Suzuki Press Office – March 11. Autotrader/ Yoshimura/ Suzuki Factory Racing riders Weston Peick and Kyle Peters both put in solid sixth-placed finishes in yesterday’s AMA/ FIM Daytona Supercross in Florida in the 450 […]

DAYTONA TT Draws America’s Road Racing Heroes Back to The Dirt

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (March 11, 2018) – Any list of all-time great motorcycle road racers is invariably stacked with converted dirt trackers. In fact, during 500cc GP’s fondly remembered golden age — an era that […]

ROCKSTAR ENERGY HUSQVARNA FACTORY RACING’S JASON ANDERSON MAINTAINS RED PLATE AT DAYTONA SUPERCROSS

The Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing Team rolled into the historic Daytona International Speedway in Daytona, Florida for the 10th round of Supercross on Saturday. Jason Anderson fought hard to maintain his red plate status […]

Kevin Stollings Jr. Unveils 2018 American Flat Track Team

INDIANAPOLIS (March 10, 2018) – Kevin Stollings Jr. is pleased to announce that Roof Systems of Dallas, Texas has come on board as a title sponsor for his American Flat Track race program in 2018. […]

Team MotoX Racing Unveil 2018 WorldSSP300 Team

Team MotoX Racing officially launched their 2018 FIM Supersport 300 World Championship campaign by unveiling the rider that will spearhead their title challenge onboard the Yamaha YZF-R3 in the highly competitive class at the Moto […]

Yamaha bLU cRU Champion JD Beach Set to Race DAYTONA TT

Philpot, Ky. (March 9, 2018) – Donning his steel shoe and throwing his leg over the #95 G&G Racing/Rickdiculous/Team95/Yamaha FZ-07 flat tracker, 2015 MotoAmerica Supersport Champion JD Beach will compete in the AFT Twins presented […]

Shayna Texter and Husqvarna Motorcycles Team Up for 2018 AFT Singles Season

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (March 9, 2018) – American Flat Track star Shayna Texter, who won five races in 2017, will team with legendary marque Husqvarna Motorcycles in the AFT Singles division for the 2018 season. “I’m thrilled […]

TEAM SUZUKI ECSTAR QATAR MotoGP TEST VIDEO

Team Suzuki Press Office – March 9. Suzuki Motor Corporation has today released a new video following three positive days of testing with Andrea Iannone and Alex Rins at Losail International Circuit, Qatar earlier this […]

Rekluse Returns as Official Clutch of American Flat Track

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (March 8, 2018) – American Flat Track and Rekluse have reached an agreement expanding their existing partnership for the 2018 season, naming Rekluse – the industry leader in clutch performance technology – […]

Finding the Flow: Discovering more about motorcycle aerodynamics

It is something of a mysterious art. By nature motorcycles and riders are not the most aerodynamic of vehicles on the road so what do KTM do to maximize this area of their R&D and […]

Harley-Davidson Enters Second Year as Official Motorcycle of AFT Twins presented by Vance & Hines

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (March 8, 2018) – American Flat Track and Harley-Davidson® Motor Company are excited to announce details of their 2018 sponsorship and enhancements to their coordinated marketing efforts. Through the strategic alliance, the companies […]

Lee Johnston positive after debut test with Honda Racing

The 2018 campaign started in earnest this week for the Honda Racing roads team as they embarked on their first pre-season test at Monteblanco in Spain, with its new rider line-up of Ian Hutchinson and […]

Indian Motorcycle Names Ola Stenegard Director of Product Design

MINNEAPOLIS, (March 8, 2018) – Indian Motorcycle Company today announced the hiring of motorcycle industry design veteran Ola Stenegard as its Director of Product Design. Stenegard brings Indian nearly two decades of product-design experience, a life-long passion […]

Custom Motorcycles Hit the Road as J&P Cycles’ 2018 Mobile Tour Rolls into Daytona Beach