High-performance two-stroke snowmobile engines lead demanding lives. These potent powerplants are expected to start in sub-zero cold, lug through wet spring snow and endure a 10-mile wide-open blast across a frozen lake, all while delivering reliable performance through radical changes in elevation and temperature. Using...
Caution, courtesy and common sense help keep public trails open and sledders safe. Snowmobiling can be an exhilarating activity. Exploring the expansive woods of New England, the winding trails of the Midwest or the deep powder of the wild Rocky Mountains is a fun pastime enjoyed...
Floyd Clinard and Tony Cruse are the real deal. Day jobs for the first nine or 10 hours of the day, then in the shop until the late hours of the night. Cold fried chicken gnawed on with greasy hands. The distinct scent of gear...
When it’s time for off-season storage, don’t forget to give your kicker outboard a little love, in the form of an oil and filter change. Because auxiliary outboards spend most of their life at idle or very low rpm, it is common for condensation to...
Well they don’t call it the Alabama Rollercoaster for nothing. The lows really made us appreciate the highs and there was no feeling greater than making the MotoAmerica Stock 1000 grid and finishing the race on Sunday. The two-man-crew made up of Mark Hein and Kim...
Automotive and marine engines are engineered to run quite differently. In order to meet emissions and fuel economy standards, automotive engines are calibrated to run within a certain RPM range and seldom see any heavy loads. Most of the time they are running at low...
The famous yellow mustard flowers are blooming around the banks at Kentucky Lake this week at the Bassmaster Elite, and that means the bass should be biting. Straight-shooting veteran anglers Greg Hackney and Jacob Powroznik preview the event that begins Friday and concludes on Monday near...
When I [Jacob Powroznik] was growing up, if I wanted to learn about fishing, I looked to the men in my life to teach me. Just as many of the other professional anglers did. If one of my idols was fishing in a tournament, we...
Austin, Texas (April 22,2018) Austin, Texas and Circuit of the Americas (COTA) hosted Round 2 of the MotoAmerica season. It was an abbreviated race weekend for MotoAmerica as they shared the venue with MotoGP. This stop is MotoGP's only US appearance so...
Braselton, GA (April 15, 2018) One Fifth, One Fourth, One Crash, and One Gremlin. That was the essence of the inaugural race for the Quicksilver LEXIN Hudson Motorcycle Racing Team in MotoAmerica's Round 1 at Road Atlanta. Our Superbike hero, Bobby Fong, had a strong first day by placing...
ODDS: 7-1 “Not known for being the most emotional guy, Powroznik was literally moved to tears when he slipped past Michael Laconelli to win the 2017 Bassmaster Classic Brack on Pokegama Lake. The cannonball he did off the end of the dock following the post-tournament interview,...
After loosing Rich, Wayne, Mike and Simon continued on to Peru and are seeing some of the most beautiful scenery and saw snow for the first time since Alaska! Here's the latest on their journey! February 28 at 7:02pm: So there we were.. BUCKETS of radiator fluid leaking everywhere!...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Mercury Marine Eric Reilley Marketing Manager 920-929-5208 Eric.reilley@mercmarine.com Quicksilver and Hudson Motorcycles team up for 2018 MotoAmerica race series FOND DU LAC, WIS. (March 5, 2018) – The MotoAmerica Race Series announced a whole new look for 2018: four new classes (SuperBike, SuperSport, Stock 1000 and Junior Cup) and...
February 19, 2018: We filmed this on our way to Medellin, Colombia yesterday. For those wondering why only three bikes: Rich made the hard decision to fly home to Alaska since his KLR did not make it through the Darien Gap. While he will be sorely...
The 6th open qualifier for the North American Ice Fishing Circuit (NAIFC) was just completed in northern Michigan roughly 200 miles northwest of Detroit. At 2,400 acres in size and depths ranging down to 25 feet the forty-two, 2-person teams had plenty of territory and...
Hello, QCREW! Jacob here; What at year it has been. I had my first crash at Road America in the rain, crashed out while leading the race. Have come back strong since then, with podiums in 2 out of 3 races at Blackhawk Farms July 22-23,...
It might be hard for QCrew members Jacob Powroznik and Stetson Blaylock to match 2017 from the standpoint of being memorable: Blaylock was the 2017 winner of Ultimate Match Fishing Powroznik made a dramatic entry into the 2018 Bassmaster Classic thanks to a thrilling win...
Here the most recent update from Wayne Mitchell himself: [embed]https://www.facebook.com/wheretheroadendsmoto/videos/951287055020615/[/embed] For those of you who are just joining us, we are sponsoring a team of 4 U.S. military veterans that are currently in the middle of their 4 month adventure of riding motorcycles from the Arctic-Circle to the tip...
The last time we were able to catch up with our intrepid explorers, they were dealing with a few setbacks. Rich was struck by a car that lost control on the icy roads as they tried to pass him. We are grateful that he only...
SONOMA, California (August 14, 2017) After a 3 week hiatus on the MotoAmerica race calendar, Bobby Fong and the Quicksilver Latus Motors Racing Kawasaki Team were back on the track at Sonoma Raceway this past weekend for round seven of the series. This is a new track for many...