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TRAIN LIKE A PRO
Are you tough enough to go toe-toe with Mat Mladin? The six-time AMA Superbike champion has teamed with exercise physiologist and coach Simon Sostaric to create a personalized fitness program called Mat Mladin & Simon Sostaric’s Insider Training. “Fifteen years is a long time for any sportsman to remain at the higher echelons of his chosen sport,” said Mladin, who finished second to his Yoshimura teammate Ben Spies last season, “and it has made me realize that without failure there can be no success.” Sostaric, a former 4-minute miler, added, “We will give athletes every opportunity to learn in theory and in practice. The athlete can have oneon-one contact, providing very specific feedback to their needs.” For an explanation of program details and pricing, e-mail Mladin and Sostaric at info@ ms-insidertraining. com.
TRIUMPH’S NEW CRUISER
Is there a hole in the British bike-maker’s cruiser line? Yes, there is, according to VP of Marketing Todd Andersen. “We have two new cruisers coming out in the next 12 to 18 months,” he said. “Our line right now has an 865cc engine and a 2300.1 think you can figure out where the new one will be.” He further added that one platform will be all-new, the other a derivation of an existing model. Will the new one be another Triple or a bigger-thanBonneville Twin? The former outnumber the latter in the lineup and so would seem a likely candidate for expansion.
Exact displacement is not known, nor are any fundamental specifications (pushrods orDOHC, liquidor aircooled?), but because cruisers are so important in the U.S. market, the stateside subsidiary will play a big role in styling the likely 2009release big Twin.
A VERY BIG ADVENTURE
Motorcycle travel writer Emilio Scotto’s book The Longest Ride chronicles his amazing 10-year, 500,000-mile journey around the world on the 1980 Honda Gold Wing he dubbed “The Black Princess.” In his native South America and almost everywhere else, Scotto took lots of compelling photos and tells even more compelling stories about the 279 countries and territories he visited. For more information on the $35 tome, visit www.motorbooks.com.
KIDS’ HELMET STANDARDS
The Snell Foundation and the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile Institute have proposed new helmet standards for teenage-and-younger kids participating in all kinds of motorsport. “Children, especially those under 12 years old, have very different physiological characteristics from adults in terms of head size and neck strength,” said the release. Two ranges are specified in the yet-to-be published Snell/FIA CMH-2007 standard, one for 6-to 11-yearolds, the other for youngsters 12 to 15, with the intention that additional certification from DOT would also render the helmets street-legal.
