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Cycle News 2016 Issue 05 February 9

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VOL. 53 ISSUE 5 FEBRUARY 9, 2016 P23 STEWART CONTINUES TO RECOVER Y oshimura Suzuki's James Stewart is still re- covering from the concussion he suffered at the January 9 Anaheim 1 Supercross. As a result, Stewart sat out the February 6 Arizona Supercross and his return is still uncertain. He pulled out of the January 23 Anaheim 2 Supercross, complaining of blurry vision. And the team's Blake Baggett is still recover- ing from a bruised shoulder that he suffered at the Oakland Supercross. With both riders on the mend, the team did not make the trip to Arizona. "After retiring from the race with vision problems in Oakland, we encouraged James to undergo further testing and make sure he is 100 percent healthy before returning to racing," said Mike Webb, team manager for Yoshimura Suzuki. "And Blake took a big hit to the same shoulder he just had surgery on [in Oakland]. Fortunately, he hasn't re-broken the shoulder, however, it is deeply bruised and at this point he only has limited range of motion. Blake is fairly confident that he should be ready to go by the following round in San Di- ego." CN PHOTOGRAPHY BY KIT PALMER MEANWHILE, AT THE ISLE OF MAN… S o what do you do if you're living in the world mecca for road racing—the Isle of Man— and there's not much action going on? Well, if you're local mechanics David Anderson and Mathew Hine, you figure out a way to break the mobility scooter world record, that's what. The two mad dudes were originally equipped with a garden-variety Days Strider mo- bility scooter, which is good for about 8 mph. Clearly that was no good for a crack at the title, so they fitted a four-cylinder, liq- uid-cooled (unknown displace- ment), Suzuki road bike engine, fitted go-kart tires, a drag racing wheelie bar and headed for the drag strip. The result? An incredible 107.6 mph over the quarter-mile, easily eclipsing the old mark of 71.59 mph. Check out the video here. CN James Stewart isn't rushing his return to racing.

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