The Triumph SuperBike Classic this Weekend at Barber
This weekend sees the return of the Triumph SuperBike Classic to the Barber Motorsports Park in Leeds, AL. It also sees the return of Nashvilleriders.com staff to once again cover this event for our readers. Each year we cover this event we work on improving the experience for our readers and this year will be no exception. My intent is to provide faster turnaround of the race results as well as getting more photos and videos published faster than before. In order to make the race weekend content easy to find, there will be a separate Triumph Superbike Classic 2013 link at the top of the page which will take you straight to the latest news from Barber this weekend.
ISC Board of Directors Approves Plan to Redevelop Daytona Speedway Frontstretch
- Via Industry press release
International Speedway Corporation (NASDAQ Global Select Market: ISCA; OTC Bulletin Board: ISCB) (“ISC”) today approved funding to redevelop the frontstretch of Daytona International Speedway, the Company’s 54-year-old flagship motorsports facility, to enhance the overall experience for its fans, marketing partners and the motorsports industry. This historic, multi-year project will break ground on July 5, 2013, and is targeted for completion in January 2016, in time for the 54th Rolex 24 At Daytona and the 58th DAYTONA 500.
Total Control Advanced Riding Clinic Returns on Oct 5 and 6
Nashvilleriders.com is pleased to announce that we will be hosting the Lee Parks Total Control Advanced Riding Clinics again October 5th and 6th of 2013. These classes will be level one sessions for those who have never taken the Total Control Class before or just want to take Level 1 again (I took it twice myself).
The dates for the Fall 2013 classes are Saturday, October 5th and Sunday, October 6th. Price for the class is $300.00 and you can register by clicking the link in the main menu above or by clicking here. After you register you will receive an email from the instructor, David Beyer, to arrange for payment.
June 17th is Ride to Work Day
This coming Monday June 17th is the official Ride to Work Day for 2013. This day occurs the 3rd Monday in June every year so don't miss out. Why ride to work? Why not!! Of course there are several ways that Ride to Work day is used to benefit the riding community beyond just giving you an excuse to do so.
- From the Ride to Work Day website:
- Motorcycle riders are a minority. Commuting and transportation riders are a minority within a minority. Motorcycles will someday be more widely recognized as good solutions to many social, urban and environmental problems. In our technological era, increases in motorcycle use can become a benefit for everyone. Motorcycles are safe and fun...and riding everywhere is a social good. Everyday motorcycling and commuting has an enormous unrealized cultural potential. We want to carry these ideas forward and teach them to as many road users as we can. I start by choosing to ride to work... This organization wants your help. Ride to Work is a new entity. If you can join us with a supporter's contribution (see inside), thanks. If you are interested in making a direct, working contribution please let us know.
Whether or not you're interested in contributing to the Ride to Work Day cause, at the very least get out,ride, and enjoy it. I know I will be.
Yamaha Makes a Triple Threat: The New FZ-09
Looks like Yamaha is muscling in on Triumph and MV Agusta's territory with the newly announced FZ-09, an 847cc, naked, triple cylinder machine. With the FZ8 quietly exiting, the newest FZ brings a lot to the party and looks like it could really shake things up in the middleweight category.
There are lots of details and photos below from Yamaha's press materials but there are a couple of highlights I want to touch on. First, the new triple engine puts out 115bhp at 10,000 rpm (in European spec, USA numbers should be close). That's a bit more than the inline 4 800cc engine from the FZ 8 while at the same time weighing in at nearly 50 lbs less than that bike (414lbs). The max torque delivered by the new engine tops out at 65ft/lbs which bests such bikes as the BMW F800 R and the Ducati Monster 976.
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