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AFT SuperTwins- Briar Bauman( No. 3), Dallas Daniels( No. 1), and Chad Cose( No. 49) celebrated podium finishes at the inaugural Parts Unlimited ThrottleFest- Bauman on the HD XG750R securing a third consecutive win in the round-6 Budds Creek Motocross Park Half Mile at Mechanicsville, MD on May 16, 2026. Reigning Grand National Champion Dallas Daniels( Yamaha MT- 07), and points leader Kody Kopp( HD XG750R) were second and third respectively. There were three XG750R riders in the Top Ten, five on the Yamaha MT-07, and one each on the Honda CB750 and Aprilia Taureg 660. Kage Tadman took a fourth career win on the Honda CRF450R in the Singles.

The Milwaukee Business Journal reports that the Milwaukee sevencounty region added fewer than 1,400 people over the past five years with Milwaukee County itself losing about 15,000 residents while suburban counties gained population. International migration into the region plummeted 71 % between 2024 and 2025. The M7 region ' s combined population stood at 2,048,504 as of July 1, 2025, up just 0.07 % from 2,047,120 at the 2020 Census, with the region shrinking in 2021 and 2022 before growing again. The United States National population grew 3.1 % over the same period. That drop seen by Milwaukee County is a 1.5 % decline that makes it one of the 10 fastest-shrinking urban counties in the Midwest.

USA- In April the National Powersports Dealers Association( NPDA) released a new white paper examining the growing conflict between Federal Trade Commission( FTC) " all-in " pricing requirements and the current pricing structures used by powersports manufacturers. The white paper outlines how dealers are being placed in an untenable position. While the FTC now mandates that the most prominent advertised price include all mandatory fees- such as freight and setup- OEMs continue to publish MSRPs that exclude these costs, leaving dealers exposed to legal, competitive, and reputational risk; www. npda. org

The four event / eight-race 2026 second season of the Motorcycle Storehouse backed Bagger Racing League European Cup got under way at the popular Cremona Circuit in northern Italy in May. Fittingly for a series that former WorldSBK and MotoGP racer Ruben Xaus did much to bring into being, it was the Spanniard who took both the race wins to start his season with a double-header on his Ducati Diavel. It was an intense weekend, marked by hot weather and even hotter battles on the track, further enhanced by an excellent turnout of spectators. Drawn by the unmistakable style and sound of the Big Inch Baggers they filled the paddock over the two race days. A solid and determined performance saw Xaus take the win in a spectacular first race after a closely fought battle with Italian Andrea Tomio, second, also on the Ducati Diavel – one of three in the race( Swiss / Italian racer Marco

Attanasio brought his home in fifth). Xaus and Tomio put on an intense duel, establishing themselves from the very first laps as the benchmarks of the weekend, with Xaus taking the 8-lap race win by just 0.201 of a second in 13 minutes and 41.799 seconds. Tomio set the best lap time though in 1:41.726 with a top speed of 133.346 kmph. Behind them, Antonino Pio Vecchio( Italy) took third, delivering a strong performance on his Indian Challenger despite finishing some 31 seconds behind the second placed Ducati. Dutchman Milan Merckelbagh was fourth with Vittorio Iannuzzo( Italy in sixth, both on Harley Road Kings. It was a disappointing Saturday for two other Harley riders with Japan’ s Takeshi and Spain’ s Sergio Martinez both forced to retire( DNF) and a A technical issue before the start prevented Italian rider Vittorio Nazzareno Lumina from starting

( DNS). The top 5 in Race-2 on the Sunday was an exact repeat of the Race-1 order but this time Vittorio Nazzareno Lumina, Scooped sixth, ahead of Takeshi and Martinez in seventh and eighth, all three on the Road Kings. It was a high-impact debut for the Bagger Racing League European Cup, which in Italy confirmed all its potential in terms of show, technical level and public interest. The next round of the BRL Europe championship will take place on the weekend of July 11-12 at the Brno Circuit, in the Czech Republic, alongside the Alpe Adria European Championship. After which the series moves on to the legendary Nürburgring on 5-6 September before the series concludes at The Circuito de Jerez in Spain on October 31 / November 1. www. baggereurope. com