The vendors have packed up, the campgrounds are empty, and traffic is back to normal now, as the 2016 Sturgis Motorcycle Rally becomes just another fond memory. Regular attendees have already begun counting down to next year’s event. Perhaps the biggest news from this year’s rally was the noticeable drop in attendance […]
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WASHINGTON, DC – Last week (August 2016), the Governor’s Highway Safety Association (GHSA) released its preliminary data and findings regarding motorcycle fatalities in 2015. The GHSA represents the state and territorial highway safety offices that implement programs to address highway safety. Although GHSA’s primary mission is to improve traffic safety, their latest report appears to
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The American criminal justice system is aptly named. It is criminal the way the system dispenses “justice,” and that criminality infests the entire system. That’s because the system has become a business and a blood sport based on profit, control and winning rather than determining a person’s guilt or innocence. The result is that
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“India Shining!” said the Tourism Advertisement in international magazines. Then came the popular government in 2014 launching “Make in India” campaign. The major objective behind the initiative focused on job creation and skill enhancement in 25 sectors of the economy. Ray-Ban sunglasses has a manufacturing unit in India. Microsoft is building “smart-city” in India. IBM
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Rumors abounded since earlier this year and today Harley-Davidson pulled the veil off of an all-new V-twin engine, the Milwaukee-Eight; it will power its touring bikes for 2017. The ninth in the lineage of the company’s Big Twin engines, the Milwaukee Eight is said to deliver more power and an improved motorcycling experience while
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Ron Loynds, owner of Metalsport and three other companies is an interesting cat. He’s not like a rich business guy who inherited his business from the family and flies in and out of his office in a helicopter. Ron is a biker who worked for his stepdad in a machine shop as a kid. Ron
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THE AIM/NCOM MOTORCYCLE E-NEWS SERVICE is brought to you by Aid to Injured Motorcyclists (A.I.M.) and the National Coalition of Motorcyclists (NCOM), and is sponsored by the Law Offices of Richard M. Lester. If you’ve been involved in any kind of accident, call us at 1-(800) ON-A-BIKE or visit www.ON-A-BIKE.com. NCOM BIKER NEWSBYTESCompiled & Edited
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Last year during the 75th Anniversary of the Sturgis Rally I attended The Flying Piston Benefit Breakfast at the Buffalo Chip. It’s held the first Sunday of the rally and it provides scholarships to newly minted grads and for veterans that are interested in starting a career the motorcycle industry. What’s cool about it is
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Jug Junky Vintage Motorcycle Gallery From 1931 to 1969, a definitive list of some of the most legendary bikes whose wheels ever graced both highways and backroads. Read to the end to vote for YOUR top pick! 1969 Honda CB750 FourPhoto: Motorcycle Classics Inducted into AMA’s Motorcycle Hall of Fame, this model became the
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Indian Motorcycle’s launched its new Scout FTR750 flat track race bike at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. The event is the latest milestone in the historic return to professional flat track racing for Indian; the Scout FTR750 represents Indian Motorcycle’s bid to return to AMA flat track racing. Exciting! The Indian Scout FTR750
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“I love it,” said Ray Wheeler, the former Bikernet Performance Editor. “It reminds me of the ‘60s.” Born Free Number 8 rocked Oak Canyon Park behind the almost dry Irvine Lake Park this year. Each year, it shifts and evolves. The Born Free of today is nothing like the first free event in an alley
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THE AIM/NCOM MOTORCYCLE E-NEWS SERVICE is brought to you by Aid to Injured Motorcyclists (A.I.M.) and the National Coalition of Motorcyclists (NCOM), and is sponsored by the Law Offices of Richard M. Lester. If you’ve been involved in any kind of accident, call us at 1-(800) ON-A-BIKE or visit www.ON-A-BIKE.com. NCOM BIKER NEWSBYTES Compiled & Edited by
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Indian Motorcycle has just release a detailed schedule of event for the 76th Sturgis Motorcycle Rally to run August 8 – 14 in Sturgis, South Dakota. Indian Motorcycle will offer demo rides on three newly released models to Sturgis attendees which include Indian Scout Sixty, Indian Chieftain Dark Horse and Indian Springfield with
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It was almost midnight as the flat and lonely Kansas country road led onward into the distance. Although seasonal daytime temperatures now soured into the100s, this night ride was cool, beautiful, slightly surreal, and devoid of sunburn. Absentmindedly I stroked the gas tank of the trusty old Electra Glide who’d been my closest companion
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Okay, it’s that time of year and we’re pumped. Nothing is more exciting than the ride to Deadwood. It’s the mecca of the custom motorcycle industry. It’s the Wild West Escape Run from the bills, the jobs, the traffic, the population, the ol’ lady, the kids, you name it. This is the time to feel
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Sitting alone at my steaming computer at midnight, slamming keys like the Hell on Wheels crew with sledgehammers against railroad spikes in the 1880s. I was pissed, when the phone rang and a gravely voice from far away started to drill questions into me. “Where’s Atomic Bob?” the voice coughed. “How the hell would I
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It was that time of year again when THE HORSE SMOKE-OUT storms into Rockingworld, North Carolina like a freight train on fire. The weather was perfect, sunshine 82 degrees and no humidity (which is rare). Perfect! This year The Smoke-Out was damn special for me. My son, Zach, bought a bike last November. We left
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Best Exotic Show Award went to Pete Phillips’1966 Bultaco Metralla 250. Speaking of exotic, the gracious trophy presenter is named, believe it or not…Harley! About to celebrate its 20th anniversary, the annual Two-Stroke Extravaganza pitched its tents at the popular Hansen Dam 40-acre recreational area located in Lake Terrace, CA in the
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There are quite a few situations that a motorcycle owner may face that will call for them to have their motorcycle shipped instead of riding it. Whether you may be moving, vacationing or even traveling to a motorcycle show out of state, it is quite important that as a motorcycle owner, you know that
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We’ve come to the Saddlemen point in the story, to finish Jim’s seat construction over his custom fiberglass pan. The notion was to help Jim with a cool custom-styled seat, but when it comes to Saddlemen there’s much more to seat fabrication, and their mantra revolves around comfort. Tom Seymour and Dave Echert have been
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FOOTHILL RANCH, Calif. (July 1, 2016) – Fifty years before Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A. (KMC) opened in America, in 1916, Augusta and Adeline Van Buren began a life-altering journey that made history. Starting in Brooklyn, New York and finishing in San Francisco, California, these two sisters became the first women to ride across the
Hollister Power Sports offered to celebrated Hollister’s July 4th Motorcycle Rally with demo rides on their new Indian and Victory models. Branscombe Richmond star of the TV series RENEGADE will host the event…Samantha and Amanda check out a couple of Indians. Which one to ride first…I own a 2013 Victory
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We rode the rest of the night putting mile after mile between us and the town of Oakley. The longer I was on the Raider the more I remembered its particulars; in particular the particulars surrounding its six foot wheelbase and extended rake. When I say extended rake I mean extended relative to the
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Winter, 2014 – Read Part 1 Here. Compared to the U.S., deep Mexico is another universe; but after two weeks in the city of Oaxaca I was beginning to settle in. My $3.50 a day campground was set, membership in a local gym offered something of a daily routine, and I’d begun to meet
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