Bikes in the Fast Lane: Top Internet Stories - 31 April 2013 plus 2 more

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• Top Internet Stories - 31 April 2013
• USA: Dodge City Brings Back 100 Year Old Motorcycle Race
• Switzerland: Cop Gets Slap On Wrist For Speeding & Endangerment On A Motorcycle

Top Internet Stories - 31 April 2013 Posted: 31 May 2013 09:00 AM PDT Tomorrow is June, and I'm thinking about trading in my motorcycles for submarines or jet skis. I'd get more use out of them with this weather. So I've been reading a lot of motorcycle articles on the internet, here are a few you may have missed. - Honda Releases First Image Of Production (Motomatters) - Why I Ride A Slow Uncomfortable Unreliable Noisy Motorcycle (Ride Apart) - Lewis Hamilton Talks Of His Secret Love For Motogp (Motorbiketimes) - Summer Motorcycle Riding Tips (Bikesure) - What To Do After A Motorcycle Accident (Motorcycle Blog From Jafrum) - Why Motogp Must Try A Bit Of Proactive Promotion (Autosport) ...

USA: Dodge City Brings Back 100 Year Old Motorcycle Race Posted: 31 May 2013 05:00 AM PDT #Vintage #Race #DodgeCity - It used to be that you had to get out of Dodge City if the Hollywood Western movies were to be believed, but in this case, it's you should go to Dodge City. Here's why: Next year (2014), 100 years ago, Dodge City saw the creation of a major motorcycle race. Back on 1914, 17,000 people flocked to Dodge City to see the first motorcycle race there, dubbed the "Indianapolis of motorcycle racing", a 300 miles long race and since then named the "Dodge City 300". People like William Harley and Walter Davidson, the founders of Harley-Davidson, were there, as were many other famous motorcycle celebrities........... ...........Click on the headline to continue reading this story....... ...

Switzerland: Cop Gets Slap On Wrist For Speeding & Endangerment On A Motorcycle Posted: 30 May 2013 11:00 PM PDT #Switzerland #Police - This Swiss police officer can be glad he didn't do what he did this year, since he'd be playing hide & seek in jail. What did he do, I hear you ask? In Geneva, Switzerland, on the 11th of December 2009, the 40 year old cop was first of all caught popping a wheelie while going through a green light on his official police motorcycle. A pedestrian who was jaywalking got hit by the cop. It was obvious that the Swiss Gendarme could not see the pedestrian since his front wheel was up off the ground. A witness saw him on one wheel going over a length of 10 meters. The cop initially denied the accusation, then changed his mind and stated that the wheel came up by itself. A bit less than a month later, the same cop, but this time on his private motorcycle was caught speeding by a radar doing 105 kph in a 50 kph zone (i.e. in the city). He claims that he loaned out the motorcycle, but did not want to give the name of the person who had it. He claimed he was not able to ride, since he was still hurt from the wheelie accident, but he did admit he had taken out the bike earlier. So a double lie........... ...........Click on the headline to continue reading this story....... ...

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