Words & Photos_Steve Mullholand
Michael Jordan Motorsports will be screaming down the straights of Daytona International Speedway this weekend for the season opener for year 6. A bike/sneaker enthusiast’s perennial moment is when the team takes to the track for the first time at Daytona to reveal the new team colorway. Each year Michael Jordan Motorsports creates a truly unique colorway for the bike and kicks – and this year they are connected at an even deeper level. From the base colorway to the signature design elements – the kicks and bike were created to work as one. No doubt, if I had to choose one word to describe the colorway it would be “clean.”
Michael Jordan Motorsports won their first championship with Aaron Yates riding the Jordan/Suzuki last year in the Superstock class. This year they are gunning to win the championship again in a new division, and will be taking their first step at Daytona. The race is this weekend (March 6, 2009) and Sole Collector will be there covering it. For more information about the Daytona 200 and for tickets click here.
More photos and features on the race team can be found here throughout the year. Also check out Sole Collector Issue 27, the Air Jordan 2009 Issue, which hits stands within the next few weeks and has an in-depth look at the bike, Aaron Yates, and the people behind creating this year’s colorway.
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I took this photo at a closed track in FL during a test session. More will be posted soon.
March 4th, 2009 at 1:17 pm
I need these!!! Can we see a side photo?
March 4th, 2009 at 1:52 pm
Will those 6s come out this year???
PLZ say yes!!
March 4th, 2009 at 2:08 pm
these r fresh to death!!! r the shoes specificly for motorcross? i want that bike too!!!!
March 4th, 2009 at 3:20 pm
Clean Photo shoot and pic!!
March 4th, 2009 at 3:31 pm
I love the pictures that you take Steve, great quality, only the best from SC!
March 4th, 2009 at 3:37 pm
chances are they wont come out like the blue version of the mars iv he made for them a few years back, but now you never know cuz the xx3 motorsports version did, if these vi’s drop it will be the hottest shoe of the year no doubt
March 4th, 2009 at 4:05 pm
the xx3 “motorsports” that came out this year are really actually the wizards xx3’s ..but people still came them the motorsports…but true motorsport colorways never come out to the public, motorsport V’s are out there somewhere also..but good luck finding them and be ready to drop some serious dough on them.
March 4th, 2009 at 6:49 pm
wat about the front of dem kicks
March 4th, 2009 at 8:26 pm
The Best pic in SC!!!!!
March 4th, 2009 at 8:47 pm
This is GREAT!!!!! I am a huge motorsports enthusiast and am heavy into the AMA/MotoGP scene. This is a great image and a great pair of kicks to go along. Thanks again Sole Collector-my life would be empty without you.
March 4th, 2009 at 9:49 pm
Can’t really see the sneaker.
March 5th, 2009 at 10:43 am
damn this kickz r fresh…im gonna cop dem hoes…tell me when they come out n when do they come out…i dont kare if it cost 2bills im gonna buy dem…aight deuce h-town wuz poppin
March 5th, 2009 at 10:48 am
HAHAHAHAhahaha thisssssss guyyy ^^^
its def gonna cost over 2 bills. maybe 2 GEEZ. if they’re the motorsports for the team, suuuuuuuuper rare ass kicks dawg. 2 bills wont get you nuthinnn
March 5th, 2009 at 3:56 pm
i’m saying bout 4gs 5gs maybe even more.every single person on here sayin, o im copin these o i cant wait till these drop are complete idiots you’ll never get em they’ll prolly only make 50 of em or something. every single person saying that doesnt know what there even talking about.
March 6th, 2009 at 2:35 pm
i agree with michaelj23 and cameron good luck getting these
March 6th, 2009 at 5:04 pm
These shoes straight fire no lie.
prolly a on-line exclusive
expensive i know it
hopefully they 250 or 300
thats my limit.
March 6th, 2009 at 7:35 pm
Hottest shoe I’ve seen JB make in a while … are these shoes for Basketball, or motorcycle racing? I hope its not Patent leather though….
March 6th, 2009 at 10:13 pm
“These shoes straight fire no lie.
prolly a on-line exclusive
expensive i know it
hopefully they 250 or 300
thats my limit.”
^^^^ im laughing at you…. “motorsport” man. get it thru ur skull lol.t hat means many things if u know what i mean and one of thoes things is that ur paying at least a few K
March 7th, 2009 at 3:06 pm
fuk da kicks i want the bike
March 7th, 2009 at 10:38 pm
me-
your a complete dumbass.
not a few K is getting spent on those shoes
i dout there even releasing.
i was trying to be optamistic
the motorsport 4’s didnt relese
but the 5s did
the 6s might not
a couple grand?
when they first released they were kinda cheap not even 1grand but after time they did
your a dumbass sorry. check your shit.
March 8th, 2009 at 5:30 am
steezy790, im with you on that 1… f.u.c.k the shoes, the bike is worth way more….this pic really got me thinking of buying a bike and re-painting it the same way…sorry JB ima bite that colorway…
March 8th, 2009 at 12:58 pm
Thse look rather..coppable =D
March 8th, 2009 at 9:47 pm
they auction street legal replicas of each seasons bike at Monterey Classic Bike Auction in Laguna Seca, you goot a better chance of gettin the bike at 20 grand before you get the shoes, unless you become a AMA rider for the Jordan Suzuki team or ya boy is on the team.
Al CapOwned Says:
March 4th, 2009 at 4:05 pm
the xx3 “motorsports” that came out this year are really actually the wizards xx3’s ..but people still call them the motorsports…but true motorsport colorways never come out to the public, motorsport V’s are out there somewhere also..but good luck finding them and be ready to drop some serious dough on them.
^^^^^
very true i didnt realize that when i wrote my first reply
March 9th, 2009 at 12:04 am
my friend said the motorcycle comes with the shoes
im gonna buy the shoes just so i could ride the bike lol
March 9th, 2009 at 12:34 pm
They’re not that fresh!
March 9th, 2009 at 12:45 pm
I retract of course just very upset knowing there not availiable to me, pure anger is what i feel at the moment!
March 9th, 2009 at 5:52 pm
i want these the vi r my favorites and it wud fit in with the infrareds and the olympic originals along with my CDP Carmines
March 9th, 2009 at 10:13 pm
my friend just sold his gsr 1000…..and after seeing this bike… he’d probably want it back….lol…im not much of a VI’s fan….but they look clean…. i would want the motorsports IVs better!! lol
March 9th, 2009 at 11:12 pm
They seem hot, but I really don’t think “copping” these is an option, these are more for show, so don’t start saying you’ll be copping.
March 10th, 2009 at 12:47 am
Would be dope if they get released. Nice simple colorway, plus I don’t own any VI’s yet.
March 10th, 2009 at 2:09 am
can someone tell me when they will come out?
March 10th, 2009 at 7:01 am
I would fuk Rosie O’ Donald for these
March 10th, 2009 at 1:32 pm
I hate seeing shoes that are not dropping, even more so when they are so fresh!!! I WANT NO NEED THESE!!!
March 10th, 2009 at 5:31 pm
DAMNNNN when these comming out and where? how limited will dey be?
March 10th, 2009 at 8:00 pm
What a disgrace to the VI legacy.
March 10th, 2009 at 11:21 pm
yes, 10 out of 10 need a release date ASAP !!!
March 11th, 2009 at 10:04 am
yall some dumbass’s these not gon drop.
March 11th, 2009 at 6:55 pm
Sick!! I got to cop these! I got a Suzuki Gixxer already, that scheme is nice this year!!!
March 11th, 2009 at 10:18 pm
The front of the shoe iz ugly
March 13th, 2009 at 1:48 pm
the bike, awesome, but the shoes should be sb’s not j’s
March 13th, 2009 at 5:05 pm
Man Im A Teen I Will Save Every Penny If These Release And Someone^^ Said THe Motorsport 4s Didnt release they did!!
March 14th, 2009 at 5:18 pm
OMG DEM WHEELS N DEM SHOES R BOTH HOT…i can c me ridin down 75 wit dem shoes on wit dat motorcycle
March 17th, 2009 at 10:27 pm
these shoes will never release so all of you that say your gonna “cop” are complete idiots. Its ridiculous how many complete idiots there are on this site. Get your shit straight so you dont look like a moron.
March 22nd, 2009 at 1:45 pm
ok ok. you guys really need to get this threw your heads. NO ONE IS GONNA BE ABLE TO GET THESE. if you do i will praise you. they will only be given to the motorsport team. check your guys shit. they’ll be goin for bout 5grand 6grand on flight club. MAYBE MAYBE. proably not but sometime you get lucky. but you guys are a buncha scrubs and wanna be sneakerheads.
March 31st, 2009 at 11:28 am
I AGREE 1000% WITH MIKEJORDAN YOU GUYS ARE ALL LAME AND CLEARLY WILL NOT GET THESE THEIR NOT EVEN LIMITED RELEASE NONE OF YOU WILL GET YOUR HANDS ON THESE SO DONT ASK ITS NOT LIKE THESE ARE JUST SOME REGULAR RETROS YOU IDIOTS AND I AGREE YOU GUYS ARE WANNA BE SNEAKERHEADS!!!!
April 8th, 2009 at 12:45 am
so so sick!!!!!!
April 10th, 2009 at 11:15 pm
look check it y is it that when something that as small as this a exclusive jordan can get people all worked up all the serious cats on here callin people dumbasses yall need to check ur own situation and quit tryin to put down the fact that someone wishes this jordan would drop and there hopes are up….seems like to me the negativity yall are creating mite be frustration of knowing there are shoes out there THAT YOU WILL NEVER OWN JUST LET IT GO…let people have their own opinions and hopes…sc brings people together who loves shoes…not fuckboys that talk shit over the internet