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In case you were wondering about the lack of news from Bonneville this year - that ' s because the 2022 AMA Land Speed Grand Championship was cancelled . The AMA announcement came on August 14 , just ten days after SEMA had praised the conservation and restoration efforts at the Salt Flats . It was flooding that caused the abandonment of FIM Land Speed World Record chasing for 2022 . The event ' s assessment team , led by Bonneville Motorcycle Speed Trials ( BMST ) promoter Delvene Reber , reviewed current conditions of the Bonneville Salt Flats both by air and on the ground on August 12 and 13 , and determined that all track locations and alternatives were still flooded . With between 4 and 10 inches of water in many places , the team determined that there was no possibility the salt would be sufficiently dry in time for track preparations and operations to begin .

Following the news in the United States that Arai is to end its distribution agreement with Tucker Powersports of Fort Worth , Texas , comes news that Yoshimura R & D of America ( headquartered at Chino , California ) is to " dissolve its distribution partnership with Tucker Powersports . After a 20- year relationship we find ourselves at a difficult crossroads and have made the decision to part ways with Tucker Powersports as a distribution partner ". While an announcement is still awaited from Arai as to what alternate arrangements it plans to put in place , Yoshimura has acted quickly , announcing on the same day that Western Power Sports ( WPS ) will be its exclusive U . S . distributor . After being in private hands since it was founded as a snowmobile distributor in the 1960s , at Boise , Idaho , at the start of this year WPS announced that it had been purchased by Arrowhead Engineered Products ( AEP ), the owner of component brands such as All Balls Racing , Hot Cams and others , and the owner of multiple businesses in Europe such as Vertex and , since this summer , Bihr . Neither decision affects the brands ' existing European distribution plans ( as far as we know at this stage ), but it is yet more evidence of " churn " in the distribution sector .

French battery specialist BS Battery has taken its business relationship with LeMans Corporation to another level . Having distributed through Parts Europe ( Wasserliesch / Trier , Germany ) for the past five years , the Paris based manufacturer has announced that it is now to be distributed by Drag Specialties and Parts Unlimited in the United States . Present in both OEM and aftermarket sales , founder and General Manager Benjamin Sebban told IDN : " We offer an exhaustive range of battery solutions with all the technologies available - lithium batteries , AGM sealed lead acid batteries , AGM maintenance-free batteries for all powersports applications - motorcycle , V-twin , SSV , ATV , UTV , snowmobile and watercraft ." The company has even designed a dedicated line for big engines - called " SLA MAX " - with reinforced cases and grid framework to reduce vibrations and provide riding comfort , specific terminals to facilitate

Italian performance piston manufacturer Vertex is celebrating yet another year of race success - especially with allconquering Slovenian Tim Gajser taking his fifth MXGP title ( with two rounds to spare ), riding the HRC CRF 450R equipped with the multi-titled Vertex GP Racer ' s Choice pistons . Top of the Vertex Pistons 4- stroke off-road pistons range , the GP Racer ' s Choice is hot forged in high resistance VP-310 alloy , equipped with the exclusively machined , F1 inspired T-Bridge and a DLC

Founder and General Manager Benjamin Sebban told IDN : " We offer an exhaustive range of battery solutions with all the technologies available ."

coated pin , rings in chromed or nitrated steel and the exclusive shape of the head that Vertex has developed - a design that " guarantees excellent performance without any loss of reliability ". Gajser ' s title was one of many achievements for Vertex equipped riders in 2022 . Jeremy Seewer is this year ' s MXGP Vice- Champion , Jago Geerts ' the MX2 Vice-Champion and Nancy Van de Ven took the WMX world title . All this in addition to the successes achieved by Maxime

mounting without using spacer rings and an advanced construction design to increase the capacity and enhance starting power . Focused on innovation , the manufacturer also offers lithium batteries with robust terminals , lighter weight ( up to 70 % lighter than lead acid batteries ) and equipped with a voltage indicator to check the state of charge at any time . " Thanks to our strong technical racing partnerships with leading racers and teams such as Fabio Quartararo ( MotoGP World Champion ), Yamaha GMT94 ( World SuperBike ), Kawasaki Bud Racing ( MXGP ), Sherco Racing ( Enduro GP , Hard Trial ) and others , BS Battery tests its products under extreme racing conditions to innovate more in lithium technology ." www . bs-battery . com

Renaux , Glenn Coldenhoff , Mitch Evans and Thibault Benistant - all finishing in the top ten of their respective classes ; then there is also the achievements of Kawasaki factory rider Romain Febvre . www . vertexpistons . com