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Friday, March 31, 2006

Bern Buster's CRF 450 stolen

Imagine walking to your garage, you open the door and your bike is missing. It happened to Universal friend Bern Buster. His 2006 CRF 450 was gone and while the scumbags were at it, they took his Scott mountain bike too. The anger that builds up at a moment like this is huge and we hope Bern will be back on a bike soon.

Radius Top Clamps

The evolution continues with our Radius top clamps. Select new models now feature recessed machining to reduce weight. Our top clamps now come with aircraft-grade stainless-steel bolts that are pre-drilled for safety wire. Colour: Black anodized. Precision CNC-machined finish. Super strong forged Kinesium alloy billet construction. Top clamps include adjustable handlebar mounts.

Wednesday, March 29, 2006

Robins is struggling (or is he?)

I believe we'll have to fire Erwin Robins soon. He didn't win both motos last weekend in Schaijk. His second and a first wasn't even good enough for the day victory. We can't have that. Erwin, you gotta step it up bro! 7 wins out of 8 motos doesn't cut it. Of course we're kidding. We haven't had so many victories since the Alessi brothers jumped on the Orange boat. Keep it up!

Monday, March 27, 2006

Verhorevoort nears top 10 of Open Dutch MX1 class

The highly competitive Open Dutch Outdoor season had its second race over the weekend. Another sandy track as you can tell by the photo of UMX's Jarno Verhorevoort. A crash in the first moto held him back a little but after the weekend Jarno moved up to 12th place in the MX1 standings.

Next championship round: 14 May, Halle, NL.

New for '06: Universal MX Steer Nuts

New for 2006: our heat treated aluminium lock nut is CNC machined to reduce weight and drilled for easy safety installation. Black anodized and laser etched finish for full works style.

Busty on Live Nation Hardcore FMX tour

Universal FMX rider Sebastian "Busty" Wolter is part of the European Freestyle Motocross crew that battles with team USA on the Hardcore FMX tour, put on by Live Nation. The tour started in Belgium over the weekend and will move on to Finland and Switzerland in May. At the very first show Busty made the finals in the whip contest and was only beat by Dustin Miller of team USA. The show will be on Eurosport TV so look out for Airwastl's goon ride on his UMX equipped RM 250.

Friday, March 24, 2006

Solution Tie-Downs

A Samson bed rack and two pair of Solution tie-downs is the ultimate set-up for bike hauling. Each strap features a locking carabiner hook on one end and a loop-and-hook handlebar strap on the other. Our spring-loaded cam lock is weather-resistant and very secure. Everyone needs these.

Wednesday, March 22, 2006

Robins leads the MX3 class too

Erwin Robins has been on a winning streak. You wouldn't tell he was out with a broken bone earlier this season. Erwin is focusing on the MX2 MON title this year but when the occasion arises, he doesn't mind stepping up to the MX3 class. It's the Yamaha support that makes this possible. Last weekend he won both motos of the first round of the Dutch MX3 championships. Let's see what he ends up with at the end of the season.

Monday, March 20, 2006

Universal MX Solex handlebars in 7 bends and 3 colours.

At Universal, the evolution of our high-performance parts and accessories is relentless. Consider our Solex handlebars. New bends, more colours, better materials. Switch to Universal and you'll see what we mean. Available in Black, Silver and Two-tone (shown).

GP rider Johan Carlsson on Universal

Johan Carlsson is the latest member of the Universal MX squad. The Swede finished 2nd in the Swedish MX2 class in 2005 and will be challenging the title this year. More importantly, Johan will ride the entire 2006 Grand Prix series and some Dutch races as well. Johan is currently living in "MX Mecca" Belgium to get ready for the first GP in Zolder (2 April next). Thanks to Carla Pro Shop for the support. Good luck to Johan.

Wednesday, March 15, 2006

Universal FMX riders Busty Wolter and Fabian Bauersachs participated in the Night of the Jumps in Nurnberg, Germany. Local Fabian scored a rad photo in the Coburg Tageblatt (newspaper)and got some more press with an interview on the Forty8 website.

Fab just picked up AudioBahn as a new co-sponsor so next time you hear a booming van at the FMX compound, it's probably Fabian.

Tuesday, March 14, 2006

Erwin Robins wins again

Universal MX rider Erwin Robins is on a roll this season. After convincingly winning both motos in Emmen last weekend, he repeated the scenario in the MX1 class in Mill, The Netherlands. Erwin twisted his ankle in the first moto but dealt with the pain and finished 1st in front of Universal MX-Holland supported Christian Mandigers in both motos. That makes it one and two for Universal, something that doesn't happen very often.
The race in Mill was a qualification race for the international Imba series so there's a good chance that the Yamaha sponsored riders will be doing some riding across the border this summer.


Top: Erwin Robins
Left: Christian Mandigers

Photos: Paul de Jong

Monday, March 06, 2006

The IFMXF held their first FIM World Championship round in Innsbruck, Austria and Universal rider Fabian Bauersachs qualified to take part of this round. The FIM had a bit too much MX in mind as the run-ups and turns felt like a motocross track which made it hard to concentrate on the actual jump you wanted to do. FAB didn't make the finals and is working on his MX skills in the snow right now over in Germany. Where's spring?

Sunday, March 05, 2006

The Dutchies are tough ones. Today the MON and the KNMV held their first championship outdoor national in the freezing cold added with some snow. Universal rider Erwin Robins lead every lap in the MX1 Inters class in Emmen winning moto one by almost a minute on #2. Congrats to Erwin. At the KNMV championships in Gemert, Jarno Verhorevoort scored a 19th and a 21st in his first MX1 race of the year. Just keeping y'all posted.

Wednesday, March 01, 2006

Dealer Expo trade show in Indy. Booth # 3915

Thanks to everyone for stopping by at the Universal MX booth at the Indy show. Here's a pre-show photo of Justin Reichel, Mike D, Joe Jones and Erik Westergaard our product engineer. We had a lot of new product to show such as Solution Tie-Downs, the Treo rack extender, a new clutch perch, CNC fork lock nut, All new Optima hot start button, a lock nut wrench, new eight-bolt bar mounts, Two-tone handlebars and prototypes of the front and rear sprockets. We've got new hot looking bar pads too for both the Deuce and Solex bars. Visit your Universal dealer for the latest offerings.

East Coast Universal MX Sales rep Joe Jones burnt his hand when he opened the window of the space shuttle too soon when he landed at Cape Canavral. He wanted to wave at all the girls that were waiting but instead he set his hand on fire.

This might have been one of the stories you heard when you talked to Joe at the Universal booth at the Dealer Expo in Indinapolis. These girls fell for it and tied Joe's shoes. Hey, whatever works.....

Joe can still pick up the phone and type in orders so give him a call: 1-951-506-0149

Glen Helen Ride Day for James Marshall

HelpJames.org is pleased to announce event details for the Outlaw Ride Day Fundraiser benefiting James Marshal on Tuesday March 21st at Glen Helen Raceway.

The Outlaw Ride Day at Glen Helen Raceway has received tremendous industry support from companies, fans, and pro riders alike. The ride day benefits fallen rider James Marshall (nicknamed The Outlaw) who was tragically injured on February 11th at round 6 of the Ampd Mobile Supercross series in San Diego. The impact of the crash left James with a broken C2, C5, and C6 vertebrate and a broken pelvis resulting in paralysis from the neck down. Miraculously, he is beginning to recover and could have a chance of regaining complete feeling again someday. Read more on: www.helpjames.org

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