| Dakar2013: Day 11 - KTM Report Posted: 15 Jan 2013 10:15 AM PST #Dakar - After the many upsets of yesterday in the motorcycle part (and also cars and trucks), the rally continues into stage 10, day 11. The KTMs have taken the upperhand again, and it's looking like Despres is getting strong and stronger in the 2nd half. Strategy or Luck? ... |
| USA: Woman Fired Because Hubby Was In Biker Gang Posted: 15 Jan 2013 08:00 AM PST Talk about discrimination, bigots and perceptions.. Melissa Summerson works in the city of of Kingman (North Arizona) as human resource technician, and she's been doing that for 11 years. But recently she got fired, and not because she was bad at her job, or got drunk on the job, or took pay-offs.... no, she got fired because her husband is a member of the Desert Roadriders motorcycle club........... ...........Click on the headline to continue reading this story....... ... |
| Ad: Volkswagen Makes Our Lives Safer Posted: 15 Jan 2013 04:00 AM PST It's no secret that the Chairman of Volkswagen is an ardent and passionate motorcycle rider, so much so that he decided to buy Ducati; not the motorcycle but the company. And although through history, TV commercials and print advertisements from the German manufacturer were often biased or satirical against motorcycle, in this ad they show something else. In the new Volkswagen Touareg SUV, they're highlighting the technology that will show vehicles, in this case motorcycles, that are in the blind spots alongside the car. In other words, if the car driver uses the technology, it will permit us from being seen and not side-swapped. ... |
| Italy: Rome Send €725 Clean-up Bill To Dead Biker’s Mother Posted: 14 Jan 2013 10:00 PM PST There are times in one's life that you just shake your head in dismay, pickup your .357 and start shooting. This is one of those cases. In 2009, a 15 year old kid crashed his scooter in Rome, and died while hitting a lamp post. On a side note, the lamp post was placed there illegally and since then has been removed and the people involved in placing the post are being investigated for involuntary manslaughter. But that did not stop the city to send the dead kid's mother a bill for cleaning the blood of the street for รข‚¬725. Heartless b*stards........... ...........Click on the headline to continue reading this story....... ... |
| Dakar2013: Day 10 - KTM Report Posted: 14 Jan 2013 08:45 PM PST #Dakar -Stage 9 Day 10, 1st day after day 9 which was a "rest" day for the Dakar. The first day after a rest day is always the most dangerous day on the Dakar, since riders are not as sharp as they should be. Day 10 was also the longest of the rally, with Despres going balls-to-the-walls. But will he make it? ..........One thing is sure, Yamaha is no longer in the lead, the difference 1 day makes, but then, it's the Dakar! Poor Casteu and the unfortunate cow... ...........Click on the headline to continue reading this story....... ... |
