BOUCHERVILLE, QUEBEC, CANADA. AUGUST 8, 2009

Elka Suspension is proud to announce that a dedicated team of technicians will be offering free suspension tuning clinics during the next AMA Pro Racing Series round #11 at Loretta Lynn’s in Hurricane Mills, TN on August 15-16, 2009.

Riders can meet Elka’s staff at the factory racing support trailer on site. Elka customers and prospective customers are invited to attend the clinics in small groups every 2 hours thoughout the weekend. Technicians will educate riders about suspension tuning procedures such as adjusting the ride height and using each adjustment in order to achieve optimal performance and settings. A question period will be held after each clinic, providing a good opportunity for customers to learn more. This will also help the company to better connect with its customer base, potentially helping to improve its products and service.

« With this new pilot program, we are aiming to increase our customers’ satisfaction by helping them use our products to their full potential. We care about our customers and we want to provide them with added-value and support when they purchase our shocks with their hard-earned cash. We feel it’s our responsibility to give back to those riders that believe in our products.» – said Robert Jetté, PR & Communications Manager at Elka.

Those attending the clinics will have the opportunity to get a special rebate on Elka products, should they be interested in placing an order on site. Complementary refreshments will also be served to attendees during the clinics. Elka technicians will also be available all weekend to offer full servicing on all Elka products.

We are looking forward to meet you there!

ROBERT JETTÉ

Public Relations & Communications Manager

robert@elkasuspension.com

Phone: 450-655-4855 ext.259

Toll Free: 1-800-557-0552 ext.259 (North-America)

Quad Magazine Editors visit our factory and attend the 12 Hours of La Tuque endurance race.

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At jagged we are always stretching our imaginations to push the outer limits of the UTV envelope so we were very excited to jump into our latest creation. Introducing “Project X”, our monster rock crawler Polaris RZR. Very recently we were contacted by our friends at Polaris who introduced us to the producers of a new television series featured on the Outdoor Channel. The new show titled “Destination Polaris” will be a 13 week series

that highlights Polaris products and features segments promoting responsible OHV and land use. The show will travel around the world to experience some of the coolest riding spots and will feature some of the hottest vehicles from Polaris. The show promoters also wanted to show the

audience just how far you can go with a Polaris vehicle. They challenged the Crew at JaggedX to build the ultimate hard core RZR. Tune in to watch us take a mild mannered stock RZR and turn it into a monster of an off road machine.

We would like to thank all the vendors who came on board to help create this beast. Elka Suspension, ITP Tires & Wheels, Gorilla Axle, Uni-Steer electric assist steering, HMF Performance, Warn industries, Renegade Suspension seats, Fullbore Innovations, Trophy Engineering Suspension, Simpson safety equipment, Vision X Off road lighting, CR Designs Off Road Custom paint, ATL racing fuel cells, Monster Energy and of course Polaris industries for all their help.

Check back for more details on this unique build or contact us if you would like us to build one for you.

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Don’t forget to tune in to the Outdoor Channel Monday evenings at 9:30 EST for “Destination Polaris”.

Round 7 ACU British MMX Quad Championship August 2nd 2009 Leuchars, Fife, Scotland. – With perfect conditions at the beautifully maintained Leuchars track, John Mitchell took an incredible overall win this weekend on his development ATV World Yamaha YFZ450R in its first British Championship race. Remarkably John is still recovering from a shoulder injury earlier in the season, which only highlights his ability as he took the fastest lap during race two!

Qualifying in second place, John reported back to the pits that his development ATV World Yamaha YFZ450R felt great and handled well. With four rounds of the championship missed, the decision was taken to race for the first time with the 450R. With full Elka suspension, Scorpion exhaust, Laeger A-Arms and Goldspeed sand cross tyres the 450R was ready for some serious racing.

John was able to pull off the line well in race one and tucked in just behind the KTM of Paul Holmes. On lap three the KTM pulled up leaving clear space for John to carve out a lead. With the likes of Paul Winrow and Jason Macbeth behind him, John got down to pulling away and finished 7.5 seconds ahead, taking an ecstatic victory and the first for the 450R.

Still aching from the first race, John started race two brightly and again was able to gain a good start. Initially in fourth, John battled past Paul Winrow and then Jason Macbeth but by this time was too far behind the KTM of Paul Holmes. Settling for a comfortable second place, John knew he had taken first place overall and bagged the fastest lap!

After a day of superb racing John commented “Today has been fantastic! I have wanted to race on the fuel injection YFZ450R in the British Championship and today I took my chance. Although I have been feeling much stronger, I’m still not fully fit and my body really hurts now. But winning makes the pain worth it and I am thankful to everybody involved in both my recovery and the development of the 450R. I’m off for a bath now and will hopefully be feeling better for round eight at Blaxhall in two weeks.”

Meanwhile, there were other good results with ATV World Yamaha rider Leon Beda bagging yet more points with a well deserved overall sixth, despite carrying a nasty hand injury throughout the weekend. Sean Goss picked up 12th place in race two and Josh Barrett had a best finish in race one finishing 19th.

Next race is at Blaxhall, Suffolk for round eight of the ACU British MMX Quad Championships.

John Mitchell races on Elka Suspensions