High School Built Custom Motorcycle
The Bernice Mac Naughton High School Bike Klub is an after-school program that helps the kids learn about self-worth, induces confidence and respect while teaching the all the trades involved in custom motorcycle construction and creation. Canada’s only Chopper Class,... This is a content summary only. Click [more...]
Date: 2008-11-22 14:21:31
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High School Chopper Class
I bet there’s not one person out there who didn’t have a favorite class back in high school. Usually they were the easiest ones ... motorcycle during the school year at KHS. Under the tutelage of Mr. Baas and with the sponsorship ... the bike. How to obtain or manufacture the necessary parts and then assemble the bike within [more...]
Date: 2008-10-23 16:40:13
I’m Sort of Legal To Ride a Motorcycle Now
So this past Thursday, I had another Motorcycle Lesson with my instructor, Dave Clayton, at 2Wheel 2Ition Motorcycle School ... patient and thorough instructors of anything that I’ve ever been instructed in. Motorcycle riding ... , to slightly wet pavement in the downtown core of Maple Ridge. Despite never being on a motorcycle [more...]
Date: 2008-10-05 00:17:58
"We must not forget these girls"
Two distinguished Canadian soldiers make a plea (earlier post here) ... with acid by men on a motorcycle while on her way to school in Kandahar. Shamsia, 17, lies in hospital in Kabul after being sprayed with acid by men on a motorcycle while on her way to school in Kandahar [more...]
Date: 2008-11-21 14:46:35
Up Your Nose I was in Walmart this morning. Yes, indeed the Christmas decorations were there and have probably been up for quite some time ... Kawasaki I had in high school than with the motorcycle I was on in this photo. Labels: New Hampshire ... four are used almost exclusively during our ordinary days. Surely, the ability to smell rancid meat [more...]
Date: 2008-11-23 16:14:59
Racin' With The Wind
Trying to look cool but succeeding only in looking angry.After enduring a month and a half of motorcycle lessons through the Ondřej Horázný school, and agonizing over the very tricky Czech motorcycle license test, I finally received my Czech motorcycle [more...]
Date: 2008-10-12 13:44:00
Completely Random Things - Presidential Election 08 Edition
So today is the day that Americans decide whether Obama wins or McCain wins ... like that was reflected in my riding. Prior to my test, my instructor, Dave Clayton of 2Wheel2Ition Motorcycle School ... , I just couldn’t help but smile. My learning to ride a motorcycle journey is over. All the restrictions [more...]
Date: 2008-11-05 01:18:51
If three astronauts are in a canoe…
Because I almost majored in psychology back in college, I thought I’d dedicate today’s edition of WikiAnswers Wednesday to my talents in analysis ... . Seen very often in middle and high schools. 73 because a motorcycle has no doors. Ah, yes. Drawing ... you need. Verbose ranting. Indeed. Ice Cream has no bones Thank goodness. 42 A classic respo [more...]
Date: 2008-11-19 09:00:42
Since I was asked…
My good nature wants me to comply. Gunny over at Tired ‘n’ Retired has tagged me with a meme thingie: The rules are, ... to it. My brother and I used to trap fur animals and catch and sell live snakes when I was in high school. I ran ... , but a motorcycle accident severely weakened both ankles and I’ve had sprains that required casts [more...]
Date: 2008-11-15 22:20:33
Closing Alice's Restaurant
Way back in the day, back when I was raising pigs in South Vietnam, a woman who I scarcely knew sent me a letter of news from back in the states ... her name, but she wanted permission to publish my writing in some Vietnam thing where she taught school ... her for a motorcycle ride. I think she fell for me at the time, but I don't think she loved me [more...]
Date: 2008-11-26 01:20:17
One Down, One To Go
One Down, One To Go Share Post Print November 14, 2008 Posted by John at 8:14 PM Michael Yon has reported more fairly, ... eight months. And the place we're at, South Baghdad, used to be one of the worst places in Iraq ... at a girls' school after Taliban members on motorcycles accosted a group of students and teachers walking [more...]
Date: 2008-11-15 02:14:56
Political Stunt
Political Stunt Posted by Frank J. at 10:28 am Some are saying that McCain suspending his campaign is just a political stunt, but wouldn’t a political stunt be something more like McCain jumping eight school buses on a motorcycle to show his support of education? And then he did a flip with the motorcycle halfway through [more...]
Date: 2008-09-25 14:28:07
The good stuff
I tend to struggle a bit with this time of year. Having all 3 of my kids in school, ... of a custom painted motorcycle gas tank- this is one of the better paint jobs I have seen- looks like a good blend of airbrush and traditional brush work here. The entire bike was done up with a superhero theme [more...]
Date: 2008-05-23 15:41:00
Revolve’s Gossip Girl Style Guide with Eric Daman
Eric Daman, the famed costume designer for “Gossip Girl” recently styled Revolve’s Fall 2008 Style Guide ... mixing prints as long as it’s tone-on-tone like black-and-white with pops of color in layers ... This is a totally different girl. She’s rockin’ out on her way to school in her little leather motorcycle jacket [more...]
Date: 2008-09-17 05:47:26
High Schoolers Design Enclosed Electric Motorcycle
We’ve seen conversation on EcoGeek lately about tiny electric cars looking and running similar to enclosed motorcycles. Well, a team of high school students from Saint Thomas Academy decided that they might as well create that enclosed electric motorcycle for you all. Using 60 volts from lithium phosphate batteries [more...]
Date: 2008-06-25 18:09:20
Chocolate Cake Club -- Four Peas Review
Four Peas Toddler Backpacks A MUST have for your back to school needs!!! ... . Mason chose the black motorcycle bag with the matching lunch box! These bags come in a variety of cool prints that really stand out in a crowd—think monkeys, skulls, motorcycles, pink stars, blue sharks [more...]
Date: 2008-08-07 06:52:36
Xtreme Choppers raising money for charity.
The Xtreme Couture G.I. Foundation together with O School Choppers hosted a Motorcycle Poker Run last weekend to help raise money for wounded ... at O School Choppers and the Moutain Springs Saloon along the way. Here are some pictures from throughout [more...]
Date: 2008-10-02 22:47:16
Johnson Eager For “The Last Round-up” To Begin
News From Steve Johnson’s Snap-on Tools Suzuki Pro Stock Motorcycle Team WyoTech Technical Schools Mickey Thompson / Simpson / Web Cam / Goodson / Vanson IRONDALE, AL 11/10/08 Steve Johnson, rider of the Snap-on Tools/WyoTech Technical Schools Suzuki, is heading into NHRA POWERade Drag Racing’s “last round-up” this coming weekend – [more...]
Date: 2008-11-12 01:36:58
Motorcycle Buying Guide: The Five Types of Bike
For someone who’d never actually owned a motorcycle, I’ve spent some time on them. Several of my friends own bikes and I know the owner of a small motorcycle dealership through ... to get a bike, you’ll probably have to go to a riding school first before you can get your motorcycle [more...]
Date: 2008-08-22 21:07:31
Get This Custom Motorcycle For $20.
As you already know, Kevin Baas teaches teenagers of Kennedy High School the art of building custom motorcycles. And from time to time, one of their bikes has to be sold or raffled to continue [more...]
Date: 2008-11-09 13:35:55
New Moon (the Twilight Saga, Book 2) (Paperback)
New Moon (The Twilight Saga, Book 2) (Paperback) by Stephenie Meyer (Author) ... reviews) List Price: $10.99 Price: $6.04 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over ... befriends Jacob, a sophomore from her school with a penchant for motorcycles, that both the pace [more...]
Date: 2008-12-01 09:35:48
Real Wedding: Kate + Keith, Part I
We couldn't take our eyes off Kate! She is absolutely stunning in her pink bridal gown with pink flowers in her hair. She was truly pretty pink ... . His first move when he got home was to buy a motorcycle. Keith ran into an old friend from high school ... when he walked in that I would marry him. He swears it was the motorcycle jacket. Describe the [more...]
Date: 2008-11-11 17:00:15
Apes. The Rebel.
When Apes and I first started dating, we spent hours talking about our childhoods and favorite memories. I found out Apes was the only girl on the high school football team (of course). She had a motorcycle she drove all over the place. She didn't drink a drop of alcohol until college. Her mom never [more...]
Date: 2008-10-29 18:14:33
Mother and Daughters Break Speed Records
Klock girls at Bonneville What does a mother of two teenage daughters do instead of fighting about clothes, unsuitable boyfriends and school, she puts them on motorcycles and teaches them how [more...]
Date: 2008-11-28 09:43:32
Someone shows a bit of character: Kitamura Yuusaku of Toradora!
I’m trying out this new regular column here on We Remember Love ... to be not so good with girls, but rides a motorcycle to school and significant characters seem [more...]
Date: 2008-11-08 10:17:00
Teen racer on learning curve
As the Labor Day Weekend approaches Most teenagers are thinking nervously about the upcoming school year. But for 17- year-old motorcycle racer Brett McCormick, the focus will be squarely on the track ... racers opens Friday with qualifying on Saturday and racing set for Sunday afternoon. Riding [more...]
Date: 2008-08-28 14:10:52
Öhlins electronic suspension comes to WSBK Yamahas
Very soon, Yamaha may run Öhlins fully electronic suspension on their WSBK R1sIn a development that could possibly be significant for future Yamaha ... CZ-i110-based concept...Old school cool: Kawasaki Z1300...AC Schnitzer BMW F800GS...Motorcycle racing ... well. However, Donington Park is the first time this suspension will be used in an actual race.‘ [more...]
Date: 2008-09-04 18:27:00
McCain, Obama focus on finding running mates
McCain, Obama focus on finding running mates • More Nation/World » OUR WIRE PICKS There’s the party schools, ... Pierce fire chief 5. OLYMPIA: Man killed in motorcycle crash with transit bus was from Tacoma ... Ships Tacoma brought dozens of vintage sailing ships and other vessels to town in July. See [more...]
Date: 2008-07-29 22:56:22
LA///SKYJACKING///GENTS OF DESIRE x UNDFTD…
Mixmaster Spade lives!… LA’s revolving outdoor art gallery that is the UNDEFEATED BILLBOARD PROJECT on LaBrea Ave features new work this month by none other than the local art collective/”social club” GENTS OF DESIRE, aka ... MIXMASTER SPADE who died in a motorcycle accident in 2005, the billboard puts their trademark old school [more...]
Date: 2008-06-28 00:47:01
2 Afghan schoolgirls blinded in Taliban acid attack
What was their crime? They were going to school. In Afghanistan, freedom is struggling. Or maybe dying. KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) – Two men on a motorcycle used water pistols to spray acid on girls walking to school Wednesday ... request for more German troops in Afghanistan. SOURCE: article.aspx?RsrcID=39281 Related Videos [more...]
Date: 2008-11-13 01:12:17
Conscience and Dogma
From globeandmail.com: Acid attack blinds Afghan student: KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN — Before yesterday, ... splashed with acid near a school yesterday morning in an attack by two men on a motorcycle. But friends ... that the scum that ordered these attacks aren't worth the dirt on those girls' shoes. I still feel [more...]
Date: 2008-11-18 01:44:08
Jesus, Again.
From two days ago: Two men on a motorcycle used water pistols to spray acid on girls walking to school Wednesday ... , the girls were attacked with battery acid. Two teenage sisters, one of whom suffered serious burns [more...]
Date: 2008-11-14 16:51:22
13 Random Things
So there’s these group of people who do “Thursday Thirteen”…and this is my first week participating ... The year that I was 9….I fell out of a moving bus, got hit by a motorcycle and got in 6 fights ... and was the most respected kid in school (K-8th grade). My parents didn’t even know I was hit by a motorcycle [more...]
Date: 2008-11-06 14:28:18
TEST by William Sleator
In a world not much different than ours, people are divided into two classes ... to see a mysterious man on a motorcycle bearing a weird logo on her way to and from school [more...]
Date: 2008-10-19 19:11:30
Would it happen today?
In reply to Bud and Dick: 1915: I find it difficult to believe anyone's parents would let a couple of HS teenagers disappear across the country ... today ... even in a car, let alone on a motorcycle. Did anyone do this kind of thing while still in high school in more recent times? So if you were 18 and and had just graduated from high school [more...]
Date: 2008-11-30 21:10:49
Religion Of Peaceful Inner Struggle And Acid Burnings
Acid attacks and wife burnings are common in parts of Asia because the victims are the most voiceless in these societies ... in Pakistan, I’ve been investigating such acid attacks, which are commonly used to terrorize ... on motorcycles threw acid on a group of girls who dared to attend school. One of the girls, a 17-year-old named [more...]
Date: 2008-12-02 03:38:00
I've come a long way
I was rummaging through some photos, and saw a picture of a motorcycle tank and fenders that I painted when I was at Tech school for auto body, and paint way back in 1991.I did my very first Harley Davidson custom paint job for a guy who was going through the heavy equipment mechanics class next door to the Auto Body Shop class [more...]
Date: 2008-10-31 11:00:00
The Fonz Goes Hybrid in British Tour
Aaay “The Fonz” has left his leather jacket and bad boy motorcycle to rest in piece in the past as he’s touring schools across the U.K. in a Lexus RX 400h, in support of the Government’s 2008 [more...]
Date: 2008-07-02 19:51:00
Two schoolgirls blinded in acid attack in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) — Two men on a motorcycle used water pistols to spray acid on girls walking to school Wednesday in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, blinding at least two of them [more...]
Date: 2008-11-12 16:17:54
Custom Bike Parts
I want a motorcycle. Been wanting one for years really. Back when I was in high school I had a little Suzuki TS100 dirt bike ... . My brother had a Yamaha 175 something or other that he was always working on, so there were yamaha motorcycle parts scattered all over the driveway. I haven’t even been on a bike since I sold that Suzuki [more...]
Date: 2008-11-26 03:54:45
Conkering lucidity.
Posted by: Sampson - Daytime in a vague indoor setting something like the cloakroom at a school or college where the lockers are, I am given a set of old motorcycle leathers by an unidentifiable person. The protective clothing ... like these combat clothes which were all the fashion not so long back. The leather is worn, rugged and wrinkly [more...]
Date: 2008-09-16 20:31:10
MATCO TOOLS LAUNCHES NEW INTERACTIVE TECH ED WEBSITE
News From David Powers Motorsports and Matco Tools STOW, Ohio (Nov. 24, 2008) ... community college and technical school student in the field of general automotive, diesel, paint and body, marine, motorcycle, aviation, or an OEM program. With that in mind, the content ranges [more...]
Date: 2008-11-26 22:23:47
Linkpost: 07/07/08
07/07/08 23:38 | Links | Technorati | Comments (1)06 July 2008Linkpost: 07/06/08 New Twin Towers? (Nicole Gelinas, City Journal) ... of a hotheaded old-school retread like Wade? Dorsey looks to excel with Rockets (Steve Campbell ... : When riding a motorcycle, don't try to kick someone in a Miata. The results can be fatal [more...]
Date: 2008-07-08 04:38:26
US: Iraqi fighters extort, kidnap to raise funds
US: Iraqi fighters extort, kidnap to raise funds • More Nation/World » OUR WIRE PICKS There’s the party schools, ... 4. Loved ones mourn fallen East Pierce fire chief 5. OLYMPIA: Man killed in motorcycle crash ... Projects Tall Ships Festival: Tall Ships Tacoma brought dozens of vintage sailing ships and other [more...]
Date: 2008-07-30 03:23:38
NHRA: Charlotte: Steve Johnson preview
The Countdown Begins — And Steve Johnson’s Ready! IRONDALE, AL 9/9/08 “Last weekend’s NHRA U.S. Nationals was everything I could have asked for,” admits Pro Stock Motorcycle rider Steve Johnson of Irondale, Ala. Aboard his colorful Snap-on Tools/WyoTech Technical Schools Suzuki Johnson [more...]
Date: 2008-09-08 22:51:24
Sucker Punch Sally Launches The Destination Duo
Equal parts old-school and modern, the Destination Duo bike celebrates the 50th anniversary of the first fully suspended American motorcycle. The motorcycle is nostalgically styled after the Harley-Davidson Duo Glide while featuring the modern components standard on all... This is a content summary only. Click on headlines for full [more...]
Date: 2008-11-26 17:47:28
More Boots On The Ground In Galveston
An ornery-looking biker gang will be cruising down the Gulf Freeway later this morning towards Galveston ... taking their kids to school. Or, maybe, they'll be donating boots and money to the Galveston police ... of the Reguladores motorcycle club, which is made up of cops. The Montgomery Chapter is donating 140 [more...]
Date: 2008-10-23 00:25:03
boots that are aged to perfection
High school was when I discovered the brilliance of “All American” style ... on boot Golden Goose Black Kate motorcycle boot Golden Zip Cowboy boots ... . The alluring quality behind a pair of Levi’s, a white t-shirt, and an old pair of boots. It’ [more...]
Date: 2008-11-06 12:45:04
Ian and Wendy - Alameda Flea Market, Alameda
Ian: "She helped me on it. She's more into fashion than I am." Wendy: "I ended up looking Japanese school girl I think ... sharp by the Thanksgiving holiday. Black shoes in the form of Converse and motorcycle boots. [more...]
Date: 2008-11-04 00:53:55
Not Feeling It Today
Maybe it was going to bed a little late. Maybe it was the nap I had yesterday ... out the trench. - Pick up and repair my son's pre-school computer. - Stop by and fix a pal's munged up Wifi ... rather than chance it on the motorcycle because a hip cramp while moving can be damned difficult [more...]
Date: 2008-10-27 22:13:14
