2012 Dakar Rally

(Reuters/Jacky Naegelen)

The 2012 Dakar Rally came to an end last week. This event is the gnarliest racing event in the world. 30 days of racing with minimal rest covering multiple countries in South America. The course covers a wide variety of terrain with daily routes pushing 1000km. KTM riders Marc Coma and Cyril Despres dominated the bikes while Stephane Peterhansel won the cars in a Mini! See the 2 videos below for highlights of the bikes and cars. For some awesome pictures from the event click the link here: http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2012/01/the-2012-dakar-rally/100223/

2012 Michigan Supermoto Schedule Announced

Saturday June 9 - Street Race- Downtown Wayne, Mi (track map above Sunday June 24 - Auto City Speedway - Clio, Mi
Friday July 20 - Street Race - West Branch, Mi
Sunday August 26 - Auto City Speedway - Clio, Mi

Thats right, 2 Street races! I rode the West Branch street race last year and it was awesome. Racing on the streets infront of lots of people is very unique experience. The Mi Supermoto guys have stepped it up for 2012. The Auto City Speedway track is also one of my favorites as it it laid out on an oval/ figure 8 car race track with a dirt section in the infield. Check out their website for more info: http://www.misupermoto.com/

A1 Supercross GoPro Vids: Stewart and more

The 2012 Supercross season kicked off last weekend with the first round in Anaheim, California. The people at GoPro managed to get a sponsorship deal with James Stewart for the season. Guranteed to have some good footage from the top of his helmet: scrubs, passes and crashes as seen below. Click read more for videos from other riders.

Supermoto Ontario at the Bike Show This Weekend

The Supermoto Ontario Club has a booth at the Toronto International Motorcycle Super Show this weeknd. The booth is in hall 4 directly across from the stage. There will be 2 bikes on display, a TV playing videos, a draw for a Maxima Oils prize pack and memberships will be available for purchase. Come check out the show and stop by the booth to get the scoop on 2012 events

Robbie Maddison and Levi LaVallee Bread Distance Jump Record

Click picture to go larger © Garth Milan/Red Bull

Robbie Maddison and Levi LaVallee rang in the new year in style when they both broke distance jumping records as part of the Red Bull: "New Year. No Limits." event. The two riders jumped their machines side by side through the fog over the San Diego harbour. Maddison launched his 450cc Yamaha motocross bike 378' 9" breaking his preious record of 351'. LaVallee broke his previous record of 361' by jumping his 800cc Polaris snowmobile an amazing 412' 6". Check out the video below.   

My Christmas Toy Donation

At work we do a Christmas toy drive. Here is what I'm donating:
Some little dude is going to get a sweet KTM Duke 690 Supermoto. Planting the seed young for a future motohead...

Dougie Lampkin Tours the Renthal Factory on his Trials Bike

Multi time world trials champion Dougie Lampkin tours the UK Renthal factory. Pretty cool video...

2011 Supermoto Race Season Highlights Video

Here is my highlights video from this past season. Clips from races in Ontario, Quebec and Michigan. Lots of passing, crashes and tight racing. It's only November now and I can't wait until next season.

Awesome Luc1 Honda Team Video

The Luc1 Honda Supermoto team who races the France National Championship and more in Europe put together this really cool video. Its a cool concept that incorporates their sponsors: Honda, Michelin, Ixon & more. Their #1 rider Sylvain Bidart has some skills on a bike, thats for sure!

Supermoto Article From Inside Motorcycles Magazine

I submitted my race report from the last race of the season to Inside Motorcycles Magazine for them to run in the magazine. They ended up having to cut it down substantially and didn't have room for any pictures. Kind of a bummer but hopefully we can get some better coverage next season. Click the picture to go full size and you should be able to read it.