Race the Base

Race the Base was a once in a lifetime opportunity for Icon sponsored rider Ethan Barkley. Eighty-five of the worlds fastest exotic cars from all over North America came to participate in this prestigious charity event held at Cold Lake Air Force Base.

Ethan was fortunate enough to have been invited by the military to make exhibition passes on behalf of the Canadian Motorcycle Drag Racing Association. This was a car only event so he was the exotic among the exotics! Read the full report on his website.

Too close for missiles...switching to guns.

Local Icon Dealer Event

One of our local Icon dealers is throwing a couple events this month at their 3 stores and it looks like a great chance to scoop up some fresh gear and some cool prizes. Check it out if you're in Oregon. Dibs on the flat screen!

The Captain Says...

MotoGP & Icon Street Scene in Indy this weekend. The Captain says be there or be square. 

Last Call

The Icon@ Indy event is a mere day away - are you headed to Indianapolis yet? The location is just outside the Blu club in downtown Indy. Friday and Saturday nights starting around 8 pm. Jason Britton. Free Icon Swag. Loud Music. Hot chicks.  Good times.

Busy Week

Hey - if you're gonna be anywhere in the vicinity of Indianapolis this week there's a whole bunch of stuff going down. The Moto GP is kicking off on Thursday. XDL freestyle championship round - featuring Nick Apex and Ernie Vigil will be running on Friday and Saturday. After the races and the stunt competition Icon will be putting on it's own performance. Come to downtown Indy to check out the Icon @ Indy event at the Blu club on Meridian street. The show will be both Friday and Saturday nights kicking off around 8pm - Jason Britton and Eric Hoenshell will be in attendance on Saturday along with hot chicks, loud music, louder bikes, tons of free swag, and a chance to check out the latest Icon gear. 

Jason Britton - Exclusive Meet-N-Greet

Jason Britton will be appearing this Friday at an exclusive Kawi owners meet-n-great. So if you swing for team green, and live in the Upper Darby Pennsylvania area, be sure to swing by and do whatever it is you Kawasaki guys do when you get together.

No limit - Myrtle Beach

Jason Britton and friends will be doing their thing at Myrtle Beach this weekend

Oregon Superbikers

If you're into low budgets and good times race number two is this weekend in McMinville, Oregon

Our development manager #555 can be found in the pits whining about the dirt section

The Kitten

Back in 2008, when gas was close to four bucks a gallon, people got scared…. people got real scared. Would this mean the end of bikes as we know them? Is it time to buy an electric? Should we move to Canada? Some of us went so far as to downsize our daily rider just to save a few pennies for Friday at Slabtown. Others just downsized our wife’s rides so we could continue on in 1100cc bliss. 

Enter the Kitten. Purchased new by an Icon employee to replace his wife’s Suburban as the family grocery getter, it only took a long winter and a little time on E-bay before it faced the inevitable grinder.

230cc’s of unsalted Honda butter. Good for 100mpg and 71.3mph.

Rendering the bike worthless

 Our patented handlebar-weakening process - you know, for fun

Jason Britton sampling the kitten's flavor

They ask: “Why would you do this to a perfectly good bike?”  We ask: “Were you just talking?”

 The true test of any bike comes during the SFRC “Alley Sweeper” Urban Enduro.

Hobo cake from the back-alleys of NE Portland

Headfirst into a wall at 35mph - this is why removing the cross-brace from a set of Renthals is a bad idea

Maybe if we park it nose first the wife won’t notice

Speedway

PIR is running a Speedway challenge. Dust off your Jawa, top of your meth (anol), and show 'em what you got.

Hopefully they'll have the skanky hot Euro grid girls as well

Team No Limit - San Diego

Jason and the rest Team No Limit will be performing in San Diego this Saturday, April 24th. Check them out at them San Diego House of Motorcycles.

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XDL Round 2 Recap

The following is a recap of last weekends second round of the XDL Freestyle Championship from last years champion Nick 'Apex' Brocha


There are weeks where everything that can go wrong does, and there are weeks that make those weeks feel like a vacation. Last week was the latter.  For XDL Round 2 I hosted two Japanese riders at my home in Las Vegas, loaned them competition bikes, and overall just had a good time.  That good time however was cut short about two days into their eight day stay when the first bike problem appeared.  After a marathon bike setup my teammate, Shin Kinoshita - a Japanese ninja mechanic and one of my favorite riders - couldn't accept the way his bike was running.  So we went home - pulled off everything, replaced everything with new parts and got back to it the next day.  Now four days until competition and the second day on Shin's bike the problem worsens.  So with limited resources we decide to build another bike. I've been working on a new competition bike but it still needed some serious love. We'd finish that bike and I'd let Shin use my current competition bike. I wasn't a total fan of that idea as it's critical I'm comfortable with the bike I  ride in the XDL events - but that's what friends are for.  

Three days to go,and my bike still won't idle. Visually it looks better than any of my previous bikes and I'm determined to fix it.  Shin and I tear it apart - check everything, voltmeters, vacuum tests, new coilpacks/injectors/throttle bodies and so much more.... it was a long list.  One day to go and we discover the headgasket is blown.  There isn't the tale tell water/oil/bubbles in the radiator to give it away, but it now overheats in three minutes and won't run for crap unless I'm hard on the gas.  At this point Shin's transmission decides to start jumping out of 1st gear. Note to self - get some nicer bikes.

Last minute mechanical heroics are the sign of a true champion

So we pile into my truck with two very questionable bikes and make our way to Arizona for what felt like a suicide mission.  We meet up with Icon riders Tony Carbajal and Ernie Vigil along with my other teammate, Lin Eshalom. Somehow qualifying  went well. I discovered if I went out with a fairly cold bike it would idle for the first 30-90 seconds.  With XDL's new two minute format that might be enough. The entire team qualified well. My run was good enough to qualify in the top spot earning a bonus point for the overall title.  Shin rode through the transmission problems and scared everyone that's ever wheelied a bike.  In fact, I think it was one of his best runs ever, he's a madman!  That night we ripped apart another two bikes to build him a new one thanks to Vegas local and good friend Matt Soras.

Tony Carbajal getting "in the zone" before his run

Saturday (the finals) Ernie and Tony are riding well. This is Ernie's first time back after his horrific accident and even with limited use of his right foot he's cleaning up!  My first run was a catastrophe. It had been a long time since my last crash in competition so I guess I was due.  I wadded myself, twice.  With the XDL three run format we drop the lowest score so there was still hope. I went into the next two rounds with a lot of pressure - I'd have to ride mistake free.  Thankfully, all the bad luck must have vanished  as I ended up coming out on top at days end.  It was one year to the date since a major accident had destroyed my shoulder.  I had lots of personal doubts if I was able to win again. Thankfully I can now move on and focus on fighting for the 2010 points lead.  I'm happy the whole Icon team did well and both of my Japanese friends made it through the finals safe and placing well.

Thanks everyone for the support, I love this and can't wait for round 3!

-Nick

The tricks being executed were truly eye poping and  jaw dropping

Photo courtesy the-nags.com

Photo courtesy the-nags.com

Worlds Quickest Harley

Joey Sternotti mid launch on the 1000HP Ray Price Funnybike - the picture doesn't begin to do it justice - insane

Rocking a custom Automag suit and the 'Thirteen' Domain 2 helmet, driver Joey Sternotti and the Ray Price team layed down another seriously insane season. Check out the full write up on Joey's record breaking pass of 6.144 ET at a incredible 234.37 MPH on the Ray Price website.

Wanna see more? Check out the 900HP movie we put out a couple of years ago - that was 100hp less than he's currently running. Like we said - insane.

Nick Apex

Some of you might remember that Nick Apex won the XDL Championship last year. Well, he's back at it again this year. If you want to see where the sport of sportbike freestyle has progressed too, check out Nick and Ernie (his partner in crime) when XDL rolls through your town. In the mean time peep the video blog update Nick made from last year.

Events - International Motorcycleshow

Be sure to catch the latest and greatest bikes on display at the Cycle World International Motorcycle Show when it rolls into your hood.

No Limit Japan

Team No Limit japan will be performing at X-5 located at Ajinomoto Stadium, Tokyo on the 22nd of September

Events

Be sure to catch the latest and greatest bikes on display at the Cycle World International Motorcycle Show when it rolls into your hood. We'll be there with the new Icon gear so be sure to stop by our booth. Next stops are Dallas, TX Nov. 13-15, 2009 and San Mateo, CA Nov. 20-22, 2009

Bikes and Beats

What could be better than watching the Doc battle it out with all the other top riders in the world, seeing King Kenny take to the dirt oval and Schwantz on the old V4 two stroke zuki? Well, why not throw in our latest and greatest Icon product in fashion show format, the proper urban setting, hip hop artist on the mic, and solid beats to freak the speakers all night! It's Bikes and Beats brought to you by 2 Wheel Tuner and Icon. Event starts at 4pm, Icon fashion show at 7pm Friday and Saturday.

Team No limit - August Events

Jason and Team No Limit are ripping around the country, be sure to check them out when they roll through your town.

August Events:
Aug-15-16 VIR Big Kahuna/Stunt Shows
Aug 22-23 Naval - Marine Corps Memorial Stadium

Fully Tilted

Icon hit up the annual Full Tilt bike wash today, and our boy J-Style took home first place in the performance category with his Kawazuki!