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  • Video: Sidecar Racing Crash

    Video: Sidecar Racing Crash

    This happened about a month ago at the first race of the SRA-West season. We were running second when the bike in front of us– Team 5150– got a heavy weave under braking at Chuckwalla Valley Raceway and couldn’t make the turn. Sound didn’t record but I added some music from a band I used to be in, Sarn, to…

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  • Industry Spotlight: Nic Swensgard

    Industry Spotlight: Nic Swensgard

    I recently did an interview with MotoAmerica Junior Cup rider Nic Swensgard. The 17 year-old Arizona native is a privateer of the highest order, balancing school, a part-time job, and racing along with social activities like being a youth leader at his church. The full-length article is here on the Russ Brown Motorcycle Attorneys Blog. Have a look and make…

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  • Dick Hawes: The End of an Era

    Dick Hawes: The End of an Era

    The world of sidecar racing is pretty small, but there are still 100’s of names out there, each with dozens of stories. Dick Hawes is a name I did not know until today, when I came across this piece about him on the Steve English website. The Isle of Man TT is quite well known to motorcycle racers and it…

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  • What I’ve Been Up To

    What I’ve Been Up To

    I haven’t been able to post in quite awhile, and now isn’t a good time either. Still, it’s best to get the bullet points out there. Sidecar racing will happen this year. The team exists as Strategic Protocol Motorsport, renamed and relaunched last year after I partnered up with promotion & film company Strategic Protocol. One of the reasons I…

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  • Dakar Rally 2018

    Well, I won’t be giving daily updates on the Dakar this year, but I did write up a detailed piece for those who want to follow. The Russ Brown Motorcycle Attorney’s blog has the piece live now. There will be more restrictions on access this year when it comes to viewing out-of-region feeds, so the challenge in following the event means you…

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  • Off Season Video Reminder: Why We Do It

    Off Season Video Reminder: Why We Do It

    I just put together a quick clip of myself and Matt Blank chasing after the #69 sidecar of Kelly Bell and Johnny Glover last summer during the MotoAmerica races at the Utah Motorsports Campus. Fellow Racers probably know that feeling of being about as fast as the person in front of you but they are using the same line as…

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  • NUVIZ Heads Up Display: Unboxing

    NUVIZ Heads Up Display: Unboxing

    Greeting earthlings. I bring to you a youtube video I made showing the NUVIZ heads up display, a super-wizz-bang-number-one-happy-lucky-do-everything magic box. I have been using the device since August and already have a video showing my initial impressions, but I wanted to

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  • Route Report: San Francisco’s East Bay

    Route Report: San Francisco’s East Bay

    Greetings Earthlings, I had a piece go live a few days ago that I wanted to let you know about. This was my first post for the Russ Brown Motorcycle Attorneys Blog. It’s a pretty decent sized piece that shows off my favorite loop through the inland side of the San Francisco Bay. I really enjoy this route since it…

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  • Moto Guild Gift Certificates for the Christmas Holiday

    Hey friends, followers, racers and fellow gearhead motorcycle lunatics! A good friend and sponsor of mine, Moto Guild in San Francisco, has a gift idea for you: the gift of time. Their gift certificates can get petrolheads access to their work stations, discount parts, tire machine, machine shop, classes, or even their huge selection of consignment riding apparel. Go to…

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  • Video: BOTTPOWER at Pikes Peak

    Video: BOTTPOWER at Pikes Peak

    If the weather is no good for riding, or you find yourself with a free half-hour, I recommend spending it by meeting David Sanchez, the mastermind of BOTTPOWER and their Pikes Peak Project. This episode of Power Art goes to the BOTTPOWER shop in Valencia, Spain, to figure out how a Spanish engineer ended up using an American engine to…

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