MIC Chairman’s Awards Presented at Annual Meeting Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters Honored IRVINE, Calif., March 5, 2007 – Larry Little honored five recipients with Motorcycle Industry Council Chairman’s Awards at the MIC Annual Meeting in Indianapolis, held in conjunction with the Dealernews International Powersports Dealer Expo. The awards, presented by MIC Chairman and Cycle World Publisher and Vice President Larry Little, acknowledge significant contributions to motorcycling and the industry. U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters, who is a motorcyclist herself and a strong advocate for rider safety, was honored for more than two decades of service in her field. President Bush appointed Peters to head the Department of Transportation in September. She is the principle advisor to the president in all matters regarding federal transportation programs and policy. The department includes the Federal Highway Administration and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Peters completed the Motorcycle Safety Foundation Basic RiderCourseSM in 2004. “As we celebrate the 14th straight year of sales growth for motorcycles, I’m proud that we can honor Secretary Peters and four other top experts who have helped us get where we are today, and continue working with the MIC to preserve, protect and promote our powersports business,” Little said. Retired forester Tom Crimmins received one of the inscribed glass awards in Indianapolis. Crimmins worked for the U.S. Forest Service for 32 years and has more than two decades of experience planning and designing off-highway vehicle trails. He now serves as a trails consultant and is active in many projects to promote and protect off-highway vehicle recreation. Crimmins is an adviser to the National Off-Highway Vehicle Conservation Council, the BlueRibbon Coalition and American Trails. He’s also a spokesperson for Americans for Responsible Recreational Access, and was one of the primary curricula developers of (and is a lead presenter for) the MIC/SVIA-sponsored OHV Route Designation Workshops, bringing together Forest Service staff and off-highway riders. Russ Ehnes, the executive director of the National Off-Highway Vehicle Conservation Council since 1998, received a chairman’s award. Ehnes is a founding member of the Montana Trail Vehicle Riders Association and the Great Falls Trailbike Riders Association. Throughout his career, he has promoted OHV recreation through extensive work with outdoor and conservation groups as well as government agencies. Under his leadership, NOHVCC has developed extensive programs to teach and promote responsible OHV recreation. This includes the development and implementation of the MIC/SVIA Route Designation Workshops and other efforts designed to share the latest OHV management techniques with both land managers and recreationists. Chairman of Parts Unlimited/Drag Specialties Fred Fox was a 2007 recipient of an MIC Chairman’s Award. Fox served on the MIC Board of Directors for 13 years, the longest tenure for an aftermarket/allied trades representative. He also was a long-time, active member of the MIC Aftermarket/Allied Trades Committee and Discover Today’s Motorcycling Subcommittee, and was instrumental in the recent formation of the American V-Twin Committee. Newly retired from the board, Fox plans to continue his long support of the MIC, in particular the V-Twin Committee and DTM’s public awareness efforts. Former MIC chairman Bob Moffit accepted an award. Now semi-retired, Moffit was vice president of marketing & product management for motorcycles & watercraft at Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A. He first served on the MIC board in 1980, was chairman for nine years, sat on the board of the Motorcycle Safety Foundation, and was a founding member of the Specialty Vehicle Institute of America. Most recently, Moffit has provided a great deal of his time and effort in the development and establishment of the MIC’s new Powersports Standard Protocol online parts ordering system. The MIC, located in Irvine, Calif., is a not-for-profit national trade association representing manufacturers and distributors of motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles, scooters, motorcycle parts and accessories, and members of allied trades.

MICHELIN LOOKING FORWARD TO FIRST 800 BATTLE This long-awaited first 800cc MotoGP race follows a grueling winter of research and development during which Michelin engineers have dedicated themselves to creating the best tires for the new 800cc machines. The 800s have quite different characteristics to the 990s they replace. They aren’t lighter but they are more nimble, allowing them to enter corners faster and maintain higher corner speeds, so even though the 800s are slightly slower on the straights they are often faster over a full lap. Michelin’s main focus of development is to help the 800s take full advantage of these qualities. The company’s new 16-inch front slick replaces last year’s 16.5-inch tire to offer less inertia for lighter handling, so riders can flick the bike onto its side even quicker, and a larger footprint to give riders more grip and confidence in attacking corners. Michelin’s latest 16.5-inch rear slick has been developed to deliver even more edge grip, allowing riders to exploit the 800s’ stunning cornering ability. Although the 800s will race for the first time at Losail on March 10, the traditional preseason qualifying session took place last month at Jerez, where Michelin riders proved the effectiveness of their 2007 tires by filling the top four places; Valentino Rossi (Fiat Yamaha YZR-M1-Michelin) ahead of Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda Team RC212V-Michelin), Colin Edwards (Fiat Yamaha YZR-M1-Michelin) and reigning World Champion Nicky Hayden (Repsol Honda Team RC212V-Michelin). MICHELIN & THE TECHNICAL CHALLENGE OF QATAR Michelin has won all three MotoGP races staged at Qatar and had a successful preseason test at the track on February 13-15. The circuit was constructed in 2004 and is characterized by a series of interflowing corners that place a lot of emphasis on agility and corner-entry performance. “Qatar is going to be very interesting and we are expecting a nice battle,” says Michelin’s director of motorcycle racing Jean-Philippe Weber. “I think the difference in performance between the various 800s isn’t as big as it was with the 990s, so the racing could be very close. Also, with these bikes you need to be more aggressive to overtake, so I think it will be a very exciting race. We are really looking forward to it because we have tested a lot of tires and done a lot of development, and now it’s time to start racing. “We got a lot of good information during last month’s Qatar tests. Obviously, it’s very useful to test at a track quite close to the race and our riders’ lap times were quite fast. Dani was quick on qualifiers and also did a very good long run, plus the Yamahas also performed well, so we are quite confident for this first race with the 800s. “As always at Qatar, the problem is that we don’t know whether our work will be disturbed by sand. If it’s windy then sand gets blown onto the track surface, reducing grip and working against the tires like sandpaper. Even if we have two good days of practice we can’t be sure that track conditions won’t change on race day, so we need to have tires to face this problem. Also, the conditions will be warmer than they were during last month’s tests.” There is one other big change in MotoGP this year, apart from the introduction of the 800s. All Michelin riders are now limited to 31 slicks (14 fronts/17 rears) per race weekend. All slicks are bar-coded and logged with Grand Prix Technical director on the evening before practice starts and are controlled by pit-lane scrutineers equipped with barcode scanners. “We have had to do a lot of work to get ready for this new system, adapting our way of working to be best prepared,” says Weber. “Now we are ready.” THE NEW TIRE & TESTING RULES ­ WHAT THEY MEAN * All tires must be registered with race organization on the day before official practice begins at each GP. So tires cannot be manufactured by tire companies during GP weekends and taken to the track. * Riders are limited to 14 front tires and 17 rear tires per event. This does not include rain tires and other treaded tires. And tire manufacturers who haven’t won at least two MotoGP races since the start of 2005 are not subject to this limit. * During the racing season testing is limited to the three days succeeding a GP, at the track where the GP took place. Manufacturers may nominate one GP circuit where they can test at any time during the season, but they may not use current MotoGP riders during these tests. * Winter testing is limited to eight three-day official test sessions. Manufacturers may also nominate one GP circuit where they can test at other times during the winter, though not during the six-week testing moratorium, commencing December 1. No rider may participate in more than eight winter tests. MICHELIN IN QATAR Michelin tires are distributed in Qatar by Ebrahim Khalil Kanoo, a long-established Bahrain-based company with extensive automotive interests. The techno-commercial support from Michelin is covered by one technical commercial manager who shuttles between the nations of Qatar and Bahrain. TRACK DATA Losail: 5.380km/3.344 miles Lap record: Valentino Rossi (Camel Yamaha Team YZR-M1-Michelin), 1:57.305, 165.108kmh/102.593mph (2006 – Lap 3) Pole position 2006: Casey Stoner (LCR Honda RC211V-Michelin), 1:55.683, 167.423km/h/104.054mph Recent winners of the Qatar GP 2006 Valentino Rossi (Camel Yamaha Team YZR-M1-Michelin), 43:22.229 2005 Valentino Rossi (Gauloises Yamaha Team YZR-M1-Michelin), 43:33.759 2004 Sete Gibernau (Telefonica Movistar Honda RC211V-Michelin), 44:01.741 (first race at track) Michelin’s 2007 MotoGP riders Carlos Checa (Honda LCR RC212V-Michelin) Colin Edwards (Fiat Yamaha Team YZR-M1-Michelin) Nicky Hayden (Repsol Honda Team RC212V-Michelin) Jeremy McWilliams (Ilmor X3-Michelin) Shinya Nakano (Konica Minolta Honda RC212V-Michelin) Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda Team RC212V-Michelin) Andrew Pitt (Ilmor X3-Michelin) Kenny Roberts Junior (Team Roberts KR212V-Michelin) Valentino Rossi (Fiat Yamaha Team YZR-M1-Michelin)

6TH ANNUAL DAYTONA 200 PARTY Presented by NSR Racing Saturday March 10th At Black Dawg Bar & Grille Burnsville, MN 612-207-0822 10 AM Superbike 11:30 Flat Track 12:30 Daytona 200

Super Dave to Race with Three or More Endurance Teams at Topeka to Benefit Cancer Charity Eagle, WI – Veteran Road Racer “Super” Dave Rosno will be racing for at least three endurance teams during the Championship Cup Series Team Challenge race at Heartland Park Topeka on April 27th. Last year, Dave Rosno and his teammate, Tim Hull, finished first in GTU and second overall in the event raising nearly $1000 in purse money and trackside donations for the Kansas City Ride For Kids’ Rosno has committed to race with three teams, Team Oversprung, Team Silverback, and Livewire Racing, during the Team Challenge event. “I’d love to come away with another win, or at least be a part of other successful teams in the event,” Rosno states. “Last year was almost a storybook ending for us. We had an honorary pit crew with pediatric brain tumor survivor Noah Sanchez and his family. This year, we’re hoping to bring more families out for the event. Had we had a little quicker pit work with our fuel, I think we would certainly have taken the overall win. The reality is that what our play time on the bike doesn’t compare to what the kids have to go through, and that’s what this is all about for us: generating funds for research to extend lives and potentially end cancer.” “Super” Dave would entertain riding for more teams at Topeka if it can benefit the program. Interested parties can contact Rosno at [email protected] or at 262-902-9105. In addition, Dave will donate his purse money from American Sportbike Racing Association races to the Kansas City Ride Kids program. He started Super Dave’s Race Against Childhood Cancer was in 2003 in memory of his mother who passed away in 1995 from cancer, and his father in 2005. More information is available at ~http://www.superdavesrace.com~