Sunday Morning Moto News - Gulf Bike Expo, AMA Team Sponsorship & Husaberg

Over in the UAE, the Gulf Bike Festival started last Thursday and Mohammed Ben Sulayem, FIA Vice President and President of the Automobile and Touring Club of the UAE (ATCUAE), also announced two more motorcycle models which will be sold in the Gulf Coast nation this year. They presented models from BMW, Kawasaki and Honda, which have never been sold in the UAE previously. The show goes through the weekend and will attract thousands of attendees.

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Two AMA Pro Racing teams have just signed sponsorship deals this past week. First up is Crozier Roberson Motorsports has signed with DNA Beverage Corp for the 2010 season. They will field two Duacti 848 bikes in the DMG/AMA Pro Racing Daytona SportBike class. In American Superbike, the Jordan Motorsports team has signed another agreement to use Chicken Hawk Racing products in their garage.

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Husaberg's riders in the 6th annual Hell's Gate event in Italy - the toughest one-day extreme off-road event in the world - took on some heavy competition. Xavi Galindo and Alessandro Botturi rode in the main event for the Husaberg Factory team, with Galindo finishing in sixth and Botturi crashed hard and could not finish. Another Husaberg rider, Erich Brandauer, managed to come home in 29th position.

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Husaberg Brings Tough Riders to Compete in Red Bull Romaniacs 2009

In what is billed as the "world's toughest Hard Enduro Rallye," Husaberg will be sending four riders. Shane Cuthbertson (who also rode in last year's event), Jimmy Lewis (yes, THAT Jimmy Lewis), Erich Brandauer, and Dieter Happ will all be competing in the enduro which is held August 15th to 19th, 2009 in Sibiu, Romania - in the heart of Transylvania. All will ride in the Pro class. Since all four are highly accomplished off-road racers, and they will be running the new Husaberg FE 570 and FE 390 models, it should be a very tight and well-ridden competition!

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