Archive for March, 2010
Pike NF Trail Closures
Monday, March 8th, 2010
Pike National Forest considering closing areas to off-road vehicles
By Associated Press
10:52 AM MST, March 6, 2010
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) – Off-road vehicles could be gone from parts of Pike National Forest under a plan by forest managers. (more…)
Tags: Colorado Trails, Colorado Trails Preservation Alliance, Jeff Slavens Racing, Pike National Forest
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Hell’s Gate Enduro – Italy
Thursday, March 4th, 2010
Submitted by Steve V.
Tags: Extreme offroad, Hell's Gate Enduro, KTM, Slavens Racing
Posted in Videos | 1 Comment »
Committed to Trail Maintenance
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
Submited by Bill Dart
Tags: Colorado Trails, KTM, Slavens Racing, Trail maintenance
Posted in Photos | 1 Comment »
Winter on 5 Miles of Hell
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
Submitted by Mike Stokes @ Apex Sports
Tags: 5 Miles of Hell, KTM, Moab Utah trails, Slavens Racing
Posted in Photos | 2 Comments »
Closure to a Rant
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
During my 36 years in the motorcycle industry I have come across many obvious design flaws and I’ve often wondered “what horse’s ass came up with this”? Now I finally have some closure as it appears that motorcycle designers come from the same gene pool as train track designers.
The history of railroad tracks
(Be sure to read the final paragraph; your understanding of it will depend on the earlier part of the content)
The US standard railroad gauge (distance between the rails) is 4 feet, 8.5 inches. That’s an exceedingly odd number. Why was that gauge used?
Because that’s the way they built them in England , and English expatriates designed the US railroads. (more…)
Tags: KTM, motorcycle design, Slavens Racing
Posted in Rants | 5 Comments »