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The press release from the Arizona Game and Fish says it all…
News Media - Dec 19, 2008 -New state laws requiring purchase take effect Jan. 1

A coalition of state agencies has agreed on a price for the new off-highway vehicle (OHV) decal that will be required in Arizona to operate most ATVs, dirt bikes, and other OHVs meeting certain criteria beginning in January.

The “OHV Decal” will cost $25 and will be issued annually through the Arizona Department of Transportation, Motor Vehicle Division (MVD). Revenues from the purchase of the decal will help better manage Arizona’s exploding OHV use and help protect natural resources.

“This is the most important legislation that I have sponsored,” said Rep. Jerry Weiers (R-Glendale). “This

(Sorry, no more “Beast Reports”, to over the top, not how I see myself at the track.)

Round #9 was a Big weekend for me with two bikes and 5 races on Sunday. .. As allways I want to thank my sponsors, kurveygirl.com (Got Dzus and Vesrah Brake Pads) and M4 Exhaust (Best SV650 Exhaust on the market).

This months race was held at Firebird Raceway’s Main track.  On saturday I went out on the SV and then my new GSXR1000. The tower turn was slippery in the morning but improved during the day. I noticed that I shift the SV allot going from 3rd to 6th all around the track and I putted around the track on the GSXR

Executive Summary:

• Big improvement in the suspension and the ride quality
• Excellent handling, adjustable range from single to two up riding.
• Nice red spring to replace the old black spring.
• Just buy it… It’s only $1300 to have RaceTech do the install while you wait at their SoCal Shop.

Bike Specs:

• ST1300 – 2004 NON ABS Model
• Suspension: Stock, no changes or upgrades
• Mileage: 6500mi at time of change.

Rider Specs:

• 20+ Year riding experience
• 3 years current racing/track days on sport bikes.
• Skill level: Above average.
• Weight: To much (The far far side of 275lbs)
• Passenger: Good sized wife (Not going to share her weight or size)

What was changed?
Front:

• Upgraded springs from stock to 1.2kg/mm springs
• Damping upgraded with
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Ok,

So as we all know the 2009 AMA Pro-Racing package for the superbike class has been released.

Some of you might want to check out all the details on the rules, so jump on over to the amaproracing website and download a copy of the rules.

Some other bonus information…..

Dunlop will be the only tire of choice and no “Special” tires will be available.  In general this should be a good thing, with a few top teams and riders ticked that they don’t have access to special tires that most others do not have.  The AMA rules have a few interesting lines about tires…

• Unless otherwise announced, tires approved for use in dry
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As a few have been reading, Aaron Clark out in Denver, Colorado is struggling to recover from a serious motorcycle crash why praticing at Pikes Peek International Raceway.  First off you can follow how Aaron Clark is recovering at www.getwellclarkie.com.  He is soon going in for sugery for his injured hip and pelvis, and his breathing is not 100% due to an infection he has right now.

Now if you would like to help Aaron Clark out, you have two options.

#1:  Go to www.getwellclarkie.com and click on the donation page…. You can just go their directly with this link, and send money via paypal to the fun setup to help Aaron Clark.

#2:  You can now

This weekend was to be a happy weekend for the wife and I.  Unfortunately Saturday morning we heard about Aaron Clark having a bad accident at PPIR in Colorado.  If you would like to follow what is going on and maybe make a donation to help Arron and his wife Tedi with medical expenses, feel free to go over to getwellclarkie.com to help out.

For thoese who do not know, Aaron Clarke is a New Zelandar transplant who has been racing in the USA for the better part of 8 years.  He came over to run the Aprillia Cup and other racing series.  In the past few years Aaron

The upcomming AMA Superbike round at Laguna Seca will be covered by www.OnTheThrottle.tv with 18 hours of webcast coverage.  The Gang over at www.OnTheThrottle.tv are developing exapnded coverage of the races for us webheads that are crazy about motorcycle road racing.

Check out the press release below and watch a few if not all the webcast coverage this weekend…
OnTheThrottle.tv (OTT) is proud to announce Live Internet Webcasting this weekend Sep 27th and 28th during the Corona AMA Superbike Finale from Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, presented by Parts Unlimited. Over 18 hours of non-stop coverage will be available right here at HYPERLINK “http://www.RoadracingWorld.com” www.RoadracingWorld.com all day Saturday and Sunday.
Coverage includes:

Live behind the scenes coverage and interviews

I am a diehard speed metal head. Not an Iron Maiden, Mötley Crüe, Guns and Roses kind of fan. No, I am at my core a hard core speed metal fan. Nothing is better than putting on some serious miles while listing to some speed metal. Has kept me awake for many an hour as I ripped across a lonely desert at night in the middle of summer to make time and escape the heat.

The Late 90’s and New Decade has not been the best of times for Speed Metal. Speed Metal has migrated off into Industrial and Metal/Goth hybrid music. I have been keeping my grove on listening to System, Manson, NIN, Keep reading >>

With the leader of this Blog going dirt for the foreseeable future, it has me wondering… Why Road Racing and not do something less “organized” like trail riding.

I can see the draw to going dirt bike riding. People have limited time and it is easier to run off for a few hours out in the desert, than to spend a day or weekend out at the track. Who needs to pay $$$ every time you want to go for a ride.

In all honesty, riding off-road trails is much closer to going on a street bike ride. I like to go out and ride and have a good time. But while exploring

I am back to racing and got a lesson on how important suspension setup is.

Over the summer I had my rear spring on my SV650 changed to a higher rate spring. This was to help keep the back end up under the higher corner speeds that I have been achieving. So when I installed the shock, I took the opportunity to set the shock length at 10mm longer than stock.

What a big mistake that was. The bigger mistake was for me to think my slower lap times were due to the effect of heat and not my big change of setup. I spent my whole Saturday practicing thinking the weather and heat was the cause of