Electric bikes trace route of car executives to DC

An Oregon company that makes electric motorcycles thinks it has a homegrown solution to the nation's energy woes. To prove it, the company sent two riders on a 10-day odyssey from Detroit to Washington, re-creating the 2008 trip of automobile company CEOs looking for billions of dollars in government aid.

1

1

MotoGP racers in Indy aim to give fans better show

Motorcycle racers are hoping clear weather will give Indianapolis fans a better look at their sport.

0

0

Motorcycle shops say lead law weighs them down

Larry Neill has $118,000 worth of small motorcycles and all-terrain vehicles sitting on his lot in Missouri's capital city. He'll be fined if he sells any of them.

1

0

New lead rules send small dirt bikes to storage

A new national limit on lead in children's products — which has toy makers scrambling for new testing methods and retailers for storage space for inventory they're not sure they can sell — also is forcing motorcycle dealers to pull dirt bikes off showroom floors.

0

2

Lawmakers add tax cuts for cycles, RVs to stimulus

Add motorcycles and motor homes to the list of things buyers can get federal tax breaks for, courtesy of lawmakers and lobbyists who won eleventh-hour additions to the stimulus bill to help home-state industries.

1

1

DOT Secretary Gives Fellow Bikers Tips

When Transportation Secretary Mary Peters tells motorcyclists to wear helmets, she knows what she's talking about.

0

0

Noise Laws Could Muffle Motorcycle Sales

Cities from New York to Denver are giving motorcyclists the silent treatment.

0

1

South Park takes on the Harley riders in a great satire piece.

0

1

In industry news today, Wimmer Custom Cycle has decided to end their distribution deal with industry powerhouse Drag Specialties.

0

0

If you are heading towards the Three Sisters Rally in the beautiful Texas Hill Country, this article will provide you with lots of tips and points of interest.

0

0

True bikers will understand this article!

0

0

The York Dispatch reported that a company statement said that Harley-Davidson representatives met with Kentucky officials this week. Harley-Davidson spokesman Bob Klein said the company is also still considering the possibility of staying in York.

1

1

[Manila, Philippines] Georgie Antonio, as the final act of loyalty to Joseph Estrada, has now decided to devote his energies, time, contacts, money and effort, to a movement that he has been thinking of for the past three decades.

2

2

Maven of motorcycle madness

A guy down the block just bought a motorcycle, and I'm thinking more and more about getting a motorcycle of my very own.

1

1

Chris Carr and the BUB Racing team have done it again. Carr piloted the BUB Racing Streamliner Seven to a new motorcycle land speed record of 367.382 mph yesterday on the Bonneville Salt Flats at the Land Speed Shootout promoted by Mike Cook.

1

1

The National Schoolyard Revealed

Recently here I wrote of a study conducted which covered a thirty year period following groups of children through life. To recap: A team of clinicians followed a group of 600 preschool children on into their thirties,classifiing such behavior as needed for a conclusion on perso …

0

0

Lorenzo Lamas has teamed up with Eddie Trotta for his custom motorcycle line.

1

0

Billy Lane of Choppers Inc has just been sentenced to 6 years inside, 3 years probation, has lost his license for life.

2

0

Lorenzo Lama launches his own motorcycle company.

0

0

When it's almost 100 degrees outside, buy leather!

0

0

Texas Rangers host Bike Night on Tuesday, August 18.

0

0

A man who crashed an allegedly stolen motorcycle on NSW's south coast also copped some rough justice as he lay impaled on a garden spike - somebody punched him.

2

2

Texas Rangers launch "Operation Backpack" to help raise school supplies for area kids in need.

0

0

NEW motorcyclists face the prospect of more stringent testing and training, with experts saying the ease with which riders can obtain licences is increasing deaths on Victoria's roads.

1

1

Motorcycles and Politics

I admit it, I love motorcycles, always have, always will. I have been riding for over 40 years. In fact I didnt even own or drive a car until I was 35 years old, when I had to purchase a car when I bought a house in the sububs of Melbourne, Australia.

8

14

The day in pictures...pretty cool.

1

1

Interview with Mike Smith, founder of ActiveGeezering.com

0

0

Police are still looking for the people who took a motorbike from a fatal crash in Clarkson yesterday afternoon which claimed the life of a 37-year-old man.

2

1

I miss my dad too.

Scott butki just wrote an article about his dad. Mine was so unique that I felt I should tell his story. When he was about 20 ,he joined the Navy to be a gunners mate,on a submarine. But they found out that he had had scarlet fever as a child which gave him a heart murmer.

16

16

SPUCK BENNETT'S dealership just outside Ocean City, Maryland, is cluttered with 65 shiny Harley-Davidson motorcycles, including the chrome Sportster and the sleek V-Rod. Last year, Mr. Bennett, 79, sold 200 bikes, down from 280 the year before.

1

1

CW2 Matthew G. Kelley was killed in action in a helicopter crash in Iraq on Jan. 26, 2009. On Saturday, February 7th, 2009 he was laid to rest - an American Hero - by the grateful citizens of his hometown. Also present to honor him were members of the Patriot Guard riders.

2

1