Hygear Motorcycle Works gets special permit.(Snowmobile Report)(Brief Article)

Powersports Business, June, 2005 by Keillor, Lynn

An aftermarket performance company using a test track for snowmobile suspension development, and unknowingly operating outside the law, recently received a special use permit.

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A half-acre test track at Hygear Motorcycle Works in Lansing, Mich., includes a wood-chipped route with three turns, several moguls and a few jumps. Russ Benson took over the shop in 2002, where the test track already existed.

When Benson bought Ithaca Motorcycle Works there was no mention that the two-year-old track was not permitted for use so he upgraded the facility to make ...