Cult of Dualsport

Bike sales still down for 2010

2010-07-26T15:19:50-07:00

Motorcycle USA reports on the latest stats from the Motorcycle Industry Council. The bad news? Sales are down by 18% from last year. The good news? Dual sport sales are down the least, with only a 3.8% drop. Off-Highway vehicles...

Jesus would ride a dualsport

2010-07-26T15:09:50-07:00

The guys at MISSIONmoto were interviewed by the West Seattle Herald recently. My favorite quote? "Jesus would drive a dual-sport ... You can get anywhere."

America's Great Outdoors

2010-07-26T00:12:20-07:00

A post over at Motherlode Dualsport has information on the Obama Administration's "national dialogue about conservation in America." Save The Trails, ARRA and American Landrights teamed up to post alerts recently asking people to VOTE for IDEAS to help ensure...

Nice roundup of electric motorcycles

2010-07-25T17:38:15-07:00

Popular Mechanics has a buyer's guide for plug-in bikes. I've blogged about the Quantya, Brammo and Zero, but there are a few others here that I haven't heard of. Like the Ultra Motor A2B Metro below, which is cool but...

100,000 miles of secondary and unpaved roads

2010-07-25T17:30:29-07:00

Thanks, guys! The Backroads Touring - Kansas site has this to say about the 100,000 miles of "secondary and unpaved roads" that they ride: We consider ourselves most fortunate to have access to the tallgrass prairie and other unique areas...

Moab

2010-07-25T17:04:17-07:00

Awesome photos of Moab here at Mojave Dualsport. This is the kind of riding that Wildlands CPR and other groups want to ban.

Adventure riders of years past

2010-07-25T16:55:29-07:00

A few cool old photos here at Two Wheeled Texans. And here at AdvRider.

The Max Factor

2010-07-25T16:26:34-07:00

I wonder if this ad sold more lipstick, or more motorcycles? Roost: Helmet Hair Magazine.

Sacramento Bee commits journalistic crime

2010-07-25T13:03:17-07:00

The Sacramento Bee says that grave robbers and tattooed parolees are terrorizing California's state parks, and there aren't enough park rangers to stem the tide of crime.I'm getting pretty fed up with the government-media complex and its penchant for publishing...

Faster, faster, faster! In Dutch.

2010-07-25T10:26:22-07:00

Over at Faster and Faster there's this image. The graphic indicates it came from somewhere over here. (Use Google Chrome if you want to quickly translate the site from Dutch.)