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Time to pack up and go ATV riding with the family

Have you ever wondered or pondered upon what it will cost you to get the whole family together for an outing to the woods riding on ATVs? Well, wonder no more – at Jackel Motorsports, you will be able to get the ATVs that you have been dreaming of for your family – at prices that are almost unbeatable. Using Japanese seals, bearings and other small parts in producing those top of the line ATVs for all their ATV models, you can be assured that you are getting quality ATVs at very affordable prices – compared to the prices of the “branded” or top of the line ATVs, that is.

Did you know that a family that “plays” together stays together? It’s not just about disciplining or shouting at your children that will get them to obey or respect you all the time – it’s also about spending great, fun time with them that gets them to be “connected” to you. Think about it, while you hook up a trailer of ATVs and start out the journey for some great outdoor fun with your family, we bet your kids will be beaming with pride as they travel along the roads and highways to get to the destination with their very own ATVs trailing behind. Besides, with ATVs from Jackel Motorsports, you will not end up with a huge hole in your wallet like you would if you were to buy those top of the line ATVs.

Recreational ATV riding is one great way for family bonding. There are hundreds, if not thousands of trails available for ATV riding that you can explore together with your family. It’s an excellent time for you and your family to spend the day out in the sun, enjoying what nature has to offer and yes, it’s also a way for you and your wife to work off some stress too. Another wonderful point about ATV riding is that you get to stretch your lazy bones a bit and burn some calories at the same time too! Such family bonding time will be memories that will last forever and your kids will thank you for you for memories like these in years to come. Oh, and you can bet your kids will have much to share with their friends when they return from the trip.

If you feel that it is about time you pack your bags and head out to the woods for some ATV riding with the family, pay Jackel Motorsports a visit at their website. They have different models of ATVs for different riders in your family – ATVs for youth and adults alike. Oh yes, they even have a pink ATV just for the girls!

By the way, if you are looking for some great locations for a day of outdoor ATV riding fun with the family, check out www.atvoutdoors.net for some fabulous places to go. You will not regret it!

Buying ATVs for the whole family – yes, it can be achieved!

So, you are feeling rather generous and you would like to get your every member in your family an ATV each – perhaps it is a case of one for yourself, one for your wife and well, 2 for the kids. Before you head out to the nearest local ATV dealer, it is best that you do some calculation first – or you’ll end up with a huge hole in your pockets and regretting your decision and kicking yourself for that “spur of the moment” decision.

Ask yourself this question, “Is it really necessary to get new ATVs for everyone in the family or can you live with used ATVs?” If you’ve answered “Yes” to the latter, well, good on you! Not only will you be able to save hundreds of dollars, if not thousands, you can put the money aside for better use – for example, repainting the ATVs so that it becomes a “custom made” color for you. Who knows – you may even want to have a “family theme” color to the ATVs, just to be unique and different from the rest.

Here are some tips which we believe will be of great help to you as you begin your search for the best deal on used ATVs in town.

Bring a friend with you

Always have a friend (one with experience on buying used ATVs would be great) to go along with you to inspect the used ATV that you would like to buy. Besides, your friend can help you to raise the ATV for you to inspect the undercarriage of the ATV to check if there are any serious damages. Another way for you to raise the ATV is to use a jack stand. With the machine being supported by the jack stand, check the front and rear wheels (alternate the jack stand in front and at the rear of the ATV to check the wheels accordingly) and check for worn out wheel bearings or ball joints. After that, you may lower down the ATV to check the other parts of it.

Once the ATV is lowered to the ground, move the handlebars to see if it’s worn out too. There is also another place that is usually overlooked when one is buying a used ATV – the air box. Remove the seat of the ATV and check the air box because an air box can collect water and this leads to the damage of the engine. If you spot a clean air box and filter – you are safe.

You should also check the engine oil to see if it looks contaminated and another place that you should check for rust is the gas tank because a rusty gas tank causes carb problems. You could shine a flashlight into the gas tank and see if it is rusty.

Never forget to check the brakes of the ATV – the hand, foot and parking brakes. And don’t forget about the tires too! Be sure to check the exhaust to see if the spark arrestor is intact.

Inspect the machine carefully

In the midst of the excitement of buying an ATV, one could get carried away and not inspect the machine as carefully as possible. Hence, try not to be over excited about the machine that you are looking at. Inspect the frame and look out for signs of rusting as this is usually a sign of stress crack and you would most likely need to have some welding and repainting works done. Don’t forget to check all headlights, tail lights, as well as the engine’s shut off switch and key switch.

It is without doubt that buying a used ATV can be a tedious process, but once you have the machine in your home, you’ll soon forget all the hard work you went through.

For some great looking ATV models, you may want to visit Jackel Motorsports’ website at www.jackel.com and if you want more tips on buying used ATVs or just to ask questions about buying used ATVs, check out the forum at their forum too.

July 16th, iFunia, a professional developer of Mac multimedia applications, announced today the immediate availability of its new family of Mac video converter products that offer a quick and simple way for consumers to convert video formats on Mac. iFunia Mac video converter products allow consumers to convert their digital video content to appropriate format for use on personal computers or popular portable and mobile devices such as the Apple iPod, iPhone, Sony PSP, Apple TV Vision and Smartphones.

“iFunia Mac video converter products offer a comprehensive solution to the challenge of converting video content between vavious formats on Mac,” said Raymond Lu, President of iFunia, Inc. “Our software is entirely wizard driven, stepping consumers through three simple processes to get their video in the format they want, while also enabling them to place more content on their devices by utilizing our advanced compression technologies. With iFunia Mac video converter products, consumers can easily convert all their favorite videos to enjoy whenever and wherever they want.”

With advanced video compression technology, iFunia Mac video converter products support for high definition video, Flash video and all the latest video formats and devices; the ability for users to edit video like trimming, cropping, merging, adding special effects and watermarks before conversion; and a convenient automatic shutdown feature. Furthermore, with multi-threading and batch conversion supported, it significantly increasing the speed of the Mac video conversion process.

The iFunia Mac video converter family of products includes:
- iFunia Video Converter Pro for Mac can convert video among all popular formats(including HD). Designed as all-in-one Mac video converter, use it to convert video in the format you want, edit video on-the-fly, or watch converted videos on devices ranging from HDTV sets to cell phones and portable media players, including iPod, iPhone, PSP, BlackBerry, Apple TV, etc.
- iFunia iPhone Video Converter for Mac converts multimedia files from any supported format to Apple iPhone compatible format to play on iPhone, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3G S.
- iFunia iPod Video Converter for Mac allows users to convert all common video formats to iPod-ready MP4 video .
- iFunia PSP Video Converter for Mac allows users to convert multimedia files from any supported format to Sony PSP(PlayStation Portable ) compatible format using H.264 or MPEG-4 compression.
- iFunia Apple TV Video Converter for Mac allows users to convert and enjoy video entertainment on HDTV with Apple TV.
- iFunia MKV Converter for Mac allows users to convert MKV to AVI and other video formats, as well as converting video to MKV format.
- iFunia FLVConverter for Mac allows users to convert Youtube FLV video to AVI, FLV to MP3 and other more video/audio formats, as well as converting any video to FLV format.
- iFunia 3GP Converter for Mac allows users to convert video to 3GP as well as converting 3GP to other video formats.
- iFunia WMV Converter for Mac allows users to convert video to WMV as well as converting WMV to other video formats.
- iFunia MOV Converter for Mac allows users to convert video to MOV as well as converting Quicktime MOV to other video formats.
- iFunia AVI Converter for Mac allows users to convert video to AVI as well as converting AVI to other video formats.
- iFunia MP4 Converter for Mac allows users to convert video to MP4 as well as converting MP4 to other video formats.
- iFunia HD Video Converter for Mac allows users to convert among HD video (AVCHD, MKV,etc., as well as converting HD video to SD video.
- iFunia Mobile Phone Video Converter for Mac can convert and compress video and multimedia files to play on their Mobile phones.
- iFunia Video to Audio Converter for Mac can extract audio from common video formats and save in MP3, AAC, WAV, OGG, WMA, etc.

Pricing and Availability
The Mac Video Converter family is now available through the iFunia website (www.ifunia.com). Exclusively for the Mac OS platform, Mac Video Converter for iPod, PSP, Apple TV, iPhone and more all retail for US $29. The Pro edition, which supports all formats, is US $35. Free evaluation copies of the products are available from http://www.ifunia.com/freetrials.html

About iFunia
iFunia was founded by and for people who are passionate about Mac. iFunia is dedicated in creating affordable and easy multimedia software to make Mac life fun. iFunia has been established to create innovative Mac video conversion software, and to market that software to end users. iFunia will take full advantage of her multimedia and compression technologies in the development of its exciting new product line. For further information, visit www.ifunia.com

ATV riding – a growing sports and entertainment for the family

There is certainly no doubt about it – ATV riding has become one of the fastest growing sports in town and it’s popularity is gaining great momentum each year. This is the kind of entertainment that suits just about anyone in the family – from the kids to the teenagers to the parents and in some cases, even to the grandparents! There is just so much enthusiasm and positive response toward ATV riding and a lot of people are becoming more receptive to the idea of riding an ATV. The number of people joining in ATV races and riding contests especially the kids shows that ATV riding is definitely here to stay.

However, with such increase of interest in ATV riding, it is important that the general public is made aware of the basic rules of ATV riding. Most first timers to the racetracks are eager to win and ride with speed that they forget the basic rules of ATV riding. If you are bringing your kid to his or her first racing experience, it is your duty to ensure that they understand and follow the rules and regulations of racing. It has always been a thumb rule that ATV riders are to be polite and nice to each other on the racetrack – even if you are all charged up to win the race. The race will not be fun anymore if we have racers who refuse to adhere to such a simple rule. Remember, if you do not teach your kids “good manners” on the racetrack, they could endanger their own lives as well as the lives of the other ATV riders.

At Jackel Motorsports, we have always stressed the importance of safety in ATV riding and being in a race does not mean that you can violate the safety issues involved. We strongly discourage riders from swearing at each other or showing unruly behavior or signs when they are in the racetracks. Such behaviors are intolerable and offensive to other fellow ATV riders. Be sure that you tell your kids that they are required to “stick by the rules” – at all times. For more rules and safety regulations while riding an ATV, you could visit our website at www.jackel.com or one of the popular ATV sites at www.atvoutdoors.net

There is also one trick that you should never pull while you are in a race – that is, the “dusting” trick. Dusting means riding on high speed past other ATV riders and leaving a cloud of dust on the faces of the other riders. This trick is only funny when you are riding with your own friends, but it is definitely not funny to those whom you do not know, so never try to pull a stunt like this one on the racetracks. If you are really keen to show off some of your ATV riding skills or tricks, try some of those that will not offend the other riders.

Also, if you happen to ride past another rider and you see that he or she is having problems with his or her machine, you should at least stop and ask if they need help. Don’t just ride by them as if you didn’t notice them at all. If you were in their shoes, wouldn’t you feel grateful if another fellow rider stopped by to help?

ATV riding is one great way for family entertainment but it can only be a lot more fun when everyone involved knows and follows the basic rules. Don’t try to be different by ignoring the rules of ATV riding. It is always better to go with the flow in this case than against it!