Honda Motorbikes: Bikes in the Fast Lane: Know Where To Ride Motorcycles In Northern California plus 2 more

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Know Where To Ride Motorcycles In Northern California plus 2 more

Know Where To Ride Motorcycles In Northern California
Cyril Despres Writes A Book and Why You Should Buy It
Fly The Flag On Your Motorcycle

Know Where To Ride Motorcycles In Northern California

Posted: 09 May 2012 09:00 AM PDT

There are lots of sites out there that have route descriptions for great motorcycle rides, almost all using crowdsourcing. But here's a site that will tell you very well where to ride in Northern California, and all the rides have been created by several knowledgeable local "guides".

The site, MotoSFO, was created under the leadership of Carla King, well known adventure rider and author. Together with several other, mostly female, bikers she's put together a comprehensive database of routes to put your motorcycle on when you are in Northern California.

The itineraries are not some generic database, but a well laid out travelogue of the route. There are the inescapable Google Maps with the actual route, but also the recommended restaurants and hotels/B&Bs.

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Cyril Despres Writes A Book and Why You Should Buy It

Posted: 09 May 2012 05:00 AM PDT

Any Dakar fan will know the name. You can't escape it if you watch the famous car & motorcycle rally. Cyril Despres, 4 time winner of the Dakar, and 9 times on the finish podium, needs no introduction.

Cyril is a mild manner gentleman, and an "alien" (to coin a MotoGP phrase) motorcycle racer. The Frenchman has published a book, entitled "4X Dakar", about his Dakar experience. As Cyril has said himself "Normally a rider waits until the end of his career before publishing a retrospective. Except that I have never been a fan of convention!".

The reason this factory KTM rider is publishing a book is to raise money for a school in Africa that he started after the untimely death of his friend Fabrizio Meoni in the 2005 Dakar rally in Africa. The school is located in the suburbs of Dakar, Senegal, and has 13 teachers and 321 children. But the area has 500 children who can not go to a school, so Cyril wants to expand the school and for that he needs money.

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