How to Revive an Old Motorcycle
Motorcycles are a lot of fun. They can also make for cheap and convenient transportation. I will try to describe a few easy steps to revive (salvage) most old motorcycles. You would not believe how [more...]
Date: 2008-07-25 12:21:08
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Citrus Heights police investigate rash of motorcycle accidents
From David Richie: Citrus Heights police are trying to determine if a recent spike in motorcycle accidents can be attributed to inexperienced ... traffic backed up at least a mile. The 19-year-old motorcycle rider will be cited for excessive speed and riding without a proper motorcycle endorsement on his driver's license, said Sgt. Eric Mattke [more...]
Date: 2008-08-21 22:16:16
Into the old Wild West
Well we had a fun day out yesterday, touring some of the local landmarks ... Cadillac, and some fabulous old bikes. Including this old 'Indian' motorcycle, which reminded [more...]
Date: 2008-10-18 04:43:01
T.E. LAWRENCE LETTERS SOLD FOR £10,000
from the Times of London "Letters by Lawrence of Arabia in which he says how well his Brough Superior motorcycle is running and speaks of his love ... ; he enthuses about how his old motorcycle is running “like a new one”; and he says ... than 18 months later in a motorcycle crash near the cottage in Bovington. The correspondence, which [more...]
Date: 2008-12-01 21:22:23
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
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
"Liberty's" Last Ride? Motorcycling to Silver Falls Park -Oregon
I rode my motorcycle to our campsite in the middle of a rainforest with my 14 year old son on the back, ... , it was a "bittersweet" one. The thought of it being the last run for my old friend, the motorcycle I've named ... be on 2 wheels, -a bicycle that is. Hopefully I will find a way to get another motorcycle sooner rather than [more...]
Date: 2008-08-09 09:06:00
Barack Obama is Not a Socialist
With 2 weeks to go before the buzzer sounds John McCain, The Wall Street Journal, and a plethora of desperate, ... of bicycles 3. Scrap a plan to build a 4 lane highway near town 4. Tax every interested developer ... chose a 29-year old pothead motorcycle racer as their candidate for Mayor, and they came within [more...]
Date: 2008-10-20 04:48:32
No Speeding On YouTube
motorcycle Over in Jolly Old England, a local citizen has been ordered to serve a twelve week jail sentence after being caught speeding - on the video sharing site YouTube. That’s right, the man (now jailed) posted a video of himself racing his motorcycle at speeds in excess of 130mph, as well as performing dangerous driving stunts [more...]
Date: 2008-10-21 00:39:16
An Ode to Old Boots
You may just see a pair of old, worn out motorcycle boots in that photo above, but let me tell you I see a thing of beauty ... . :) Now maybe you've never worn motorcycle boots, or maybe ... . I bought those boots 16 years ago at a small boot and leather shop in Washington state [more...]
Date: 2008-09-26 09:45:58
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
November 2008 - Nike SB Releases
words by Steve Jaconetta Well November is here and with that we have new releases from Nike Skateboarding. This month you will see a variety of apparel as well as footwear with the usual quickstrike ... inspired by Lance’s old motorcycle jacket. Alonside this first “Elite” footwear style of SB’ [more...]
Date: 2008-11-01 22:41:26
Hey there, hey Sarah Palin! Do Real Americans wear Valentino?
By now, if you are alive and have read a newspaper, or watched the news on television, you all know about Sarah Palin's gift from the RNC ... boots, perhaps? That red leather jacket wasn't quite right for you, Sarah. Honestly sweetie, you looked like an old motorcycle chick. Nope, it wasn't illegal. The RNC paid the bill, not the McCain [more...]
Date: 2008-10-23 23:44:44
Analog Debugging is Hard
I took a new job at a software company in Palo Alto, which means an 80 mile commute every day through Bay Area combat traffic. The first two weeks wore hard on my motorcycle - a 14 year old Ninja 500. Last week on my ride home, the left turn signal stopped working. Fuck. If you thought debugging a software problem [more...]
Date: 2008-11-24 15:47:20
On Embassy Wall, Photos of Eyes Surprise
By Chun Sakada, VOA KhmerOriginal report from Phnom Penh01 December 2008Cambodian onlookers expressed surprise and wonderment outside the walls of the French Embassy Monday, where prints of giant eyes peered back at them, slowing traffic ... ,” Pich Sary, a 28-year-old motorcycle taxi driver, said, adding that while he didn’t fully [more...]
Date: 2008-12-01 15:50:00
RV news
RV news Posted by JT under: RV News Headlines. No 5. Florida (7-1, 4-1) meets the eighth-ranked Bulldogs (7-1, 4-1) in the contest formerly known as the “World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party. More on this RV story… Today Retread Motorcycle Club, 8 a.m., Old South Restaurant; 967-3355. Community blood donations [more...]
Date: 2008-11-04 01:00:06
BOOK REVIEW: 'JAPAN'S MOTORCYCLE WARS'
I'm keenly interested in the development of the Japanese motorcycle industry, and unlike many old bike aficionados, I don't have resentment against them for overtaking all others in the 1960's and 70's. Oddly, although I respect the level of technical sophistication that the Big Four (Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki, Kawasaki) [more...]
Date: 2008-09-17 21:13:11
Motorcycle Accident with 4-year-old
I debated whether to post this one. It's another sad one after the baby deaths ... his son Ashton was riding his bicycle when his father, who was on a motorcycle, struck him. It happened ... with the motorcycle. The Peoria County State's Attorney's office did not return a call for comment.PJStar.com [more...]
Date: 2008-10-07 04:56:00
Definition Stumper: Embonpoint
Do you know the definition of "embonpoint"?I didn't.You're asking for context?Here:.. ... t so much the 37-year-old vicar’s love of motorcycles that scandalised the congregation, nor ... "Embonpoint" is most often used to describe people of heavy, but not necessarily unattractive, girth [more...]
Date: 2008-11-23 09:33:00
Other Eyes
Our connection was immediate, and intense. My breath caught as I staggered with the visceral impact of recognition ... I slowly slipped the clutch of my old BMW motorcycle and left the intersection of farm and pasture [more...]
Date: 2008-10-28 00:40:03
Caturday evening tired kitteh blogging
Caturday evening tired kitteh blogging I'm not sure why they're tired, all they did most of the day was take turns on my lap, ... to use pieces of old inner tube (from my motorcycle) as gaskets between the washers and the body of my tailgate to keep the paint from rubbing through but I wasn't doing anything in the rain. Huh [more...]
Date: 2008-11-09 05:10:59
Beltoise says Disneyland F1 demise ‘good’
Former grand prix driver Jean-Pierre Beltoise has welcomed news That Disneyland Paris is no longer bidding to host the French grand prix. The 71-year-old, who raced both motorcycle and four-wheeled grand prix machinery, is closely ... motor sport. “Why? Because in Paris we lack a circuit for automobile racing and testing [more...]
Date: 2008-11-22 06:29:27
dollhouse walls
I've always loved dollhouses and when I saw in the Fall issue of Small magazine a dollhouse that was just walls I knew I could try to make something similar but with an antique look to it. I decided to use books and looked for old books ... as well with images of motorcycles and maps. This one here is not really finished because I am still [more...]
Date: 2008-11-29 19:36:00
A car show worth staring at!
Walt Kaplin and Ron Anderson have been around Northwest auto racing for a long time. Plenty of memories have stored up in their heads ... Dome and Exhibition Hall. More than 300 vintage motorcycles, old-time dragsters, classic hot rods [more...]
Date: 2008-10-31 22:55:02
I think I got to have one.....
Hello to all from another newbie, Well today for the first time I saw pictures of bike motor kits ... my attention. I was scanning craigslist under motorcycles looking for vintage jap bikes ... of these things for sell. The picture in the ad kinda look like an old turn of the century motorcycles [more...]
Date: 2008-11-27 09:40:17
Water Fuel Savers…The Water Run Car conventions Reveal All
Water Fuel Savers…The Water Run Car conventions Reveal All By Paul Petersen | July 10, ... is one of many new “water fuel” entrepreneurs who are selling manuals and creating huge controversy because ... can do something about this problem now. HHO systems will work on any car, truck, SUV or motorcycle. Old or new [more...]
Date: 2008-07-10 20:09:46
This Day in Geek History: October 30
In the United States, today is National Candy Corn Day as well as Mischief Night, which, is also known as Devil’s Night in some areas. 1888 [ ... chest, cardboard scanning discs, an empty biscuit box, old electric motors, darning needles, motorcycle [more...]
Date: 2008-10-30 05:00:37
Nike SB November 2008 Releases
Lance Mountain’s follow-up to the recent Lance/Stecyk Blazer launch anchors Nike SB’s new November 2008 releases. It’s so posh, Nike called it the Blazer SB “Elite”—the shoe features premium leather inspired by Lance’s old motorcycle jacket plus a comfy quilted lining. Nice, right? The rest of the Nov08 [more...]
Date: 2008-11-03 17:23:07
Screw tonemapping: long live enfuse!
Because I recently bought a new motorcycle I wanted to sell my old GS500 ... . So I dusted of my Nikon, gave my trusty Suzuki a nice cleaning and started taking pictures. With HDR ... hugin-tools (a dependency for qtpfsgui) from there. The added benefit was that qtpfsgui could align [more...]
Date: 2008-09-14 20:26:09
Happy World Cardmaking Day, Part 1: Just For Fun!
It's such a special day! Not only is it World Cardmaking Day (and there's lots of fun stuff (like challenges & chats) ... for a "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" vibe, using an old favorite from A Muse. Be sure ... from Jody Morrow shares, Copic Sketch & Spica markers, White paint Sharpie [more...]
Date: 2008-10-04 18:08:15
Driver In Morongo Valley DUI Injury Accident Arrested
Carlos Rodriguez, 35, of Long Beach was arrested after officials say he caused a DUI accident in the Morongo Valley, which injured four people including two people on a motorcycle. According to a news report ... when he rear-ended a motorcycle injuring 24-year-old Marco Garcia and his passenger Erica Jacome, 20. Two [more...]
Date: 2008-12-02 08:15:53
Bike Dump
Posted by quinncreative on November 18, 2008 There is an old saying among motorcycle riders that if you haven’t dumped your bike yet, you will ... that wasn’t moving. A motorcycle in motion wants to stay upright, but when it stops moving [more...]
Date: 2008-11-18 07:01:07
THESE LEGGINGS WERE MADE FOR WALKING
It was all eyes on Lindsay Lohan as she left the Bowery hotel in New York City today. Not surprisingly, the 22-year-old tabloid darling paired her sexy motorcycle jacket and sky-high boots with a pair of leggings from her own collection. Still no sign of Lindsay’s once ever [more...]
Date: 2008-10-14 20:20:38
Pininfarina CEO dies in motorcycle accident
51 year old Pininfarina CEO (and grandson of Pininfarina founder Battista Pininfarina) ... to Pininfarina’s R&D center on his Vespa motorcycle. He is survived by his wife and 3 kids. This is bad news ... family currently controls 55% of the company’s voting shares but stands to lose its majority [more...]
Date: 2008-08-07 12:13:26
Rider Down - Elmer Smith
November 21, 2008 Plant City man hurt in motorcycle accident PLANT CITY -- A 59-year-old man was taken to Lakeland Regional Medical Center after his motorcycle wrecked on State Road 60 Friday evening, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. Elmer Smith of 5712 Connell Road was riding his 1999 Harley Davidson west [more...]
Date: 2008-11-23 05:41:04
Indian Motorcycle, Motorsports Museum
POMONA, Calif. (Sept. 16, 2008) – From America’s first motorcycles – Indians to 100-year-old Harley-Davidsons and vintage and classics – will be ... California on Oct. 25 for its 2nd annual Indian Motorcycle Day. The event, held in conjunction with California Bike Week, runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and is sponsored by Coker Tire and Duke Video USA [more...]
Date: 2008-09-17 02:27:29
Vulture Watches the Next Three Indy Movies
Courtesy of Paramount Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull opens this weekend, and while David Edelstein's review calls its story " ... : 1997 Mutt Williams, now retired from journalism, runs a motorcycle-repair shop in his old [more...]
Date: 2008-05-22 22:00:33
Human Flying Jet Vehicle
Are you feel bored to the common and usual transportation vehicle?? such as plane?? car?? or maybe motorcycle?? ... about the old transportation method and change to the futuristic way of vehicle.. Here it is.. Let's try [more...]
Date: 2008-12-01 04:57:06
Too much watermelon…
A friend of mine, name’s China, and no not like the wrestler with the dickclit, ... affluent parts of the great city. Basically what that means is a bunch of wealthy kids and a bunch ... man killed by 15 year olds Lohan can’t get married, bummer Sexy motorcycle racer? oh, it’s possible [more...]
Date: 2008-11-05 07:01:42
5 Candidates for 6th Malaysian PM
Remember that "very intelligent" (or so he claims) 24-year-old subtitler named Kavilan who got everyone in stitches with his hysterically madcap Bee ... Cartoonists! I've known Lat for 38 years. He used to ride a noisy old Triumph motorcycle to work [more...]
Date: 2008-11-06 14:09:00
High gas prices put more motorcycles on the road but increase risk of injuries
Stuart Bauer | The Flint JournalEdward Barnett of Flint looks over his old motorcycle, now on sale at Townline Powersports in Mt. Morris Township. Barnett now owns just four motorcycles, joking "That's three too many. I think more and more... [more...]
Date: 2008-06-01 14:41:06
My new car has 200,000 on it
My new car has 200,000 on it and is over ten years old. My motorcycle came in pieces and I am still putting it together and have been for the past ten years, my newest shoes were given to me by my brother two years ago. I know that many people [more...]
Date: 2008-12-03 00:39:34
Two motorcylists injured in early morning crash
LUTZ -- A 42-year-old man was left in critical condition and a 34-year-old seriously injured after their Harley Davidson motorcycles slammed into ... of Odessa was driving his 1986 Harley northbound in the outside lane of U.S. Highway 41 behind the 2004 Harley of Chad M. Canady of Wesley Chapel when Odonnell struck Canady. Both drivers were thrown off [more...]
Date: 2008-10-03 09:56:48
Ducati Streetfighter
Ducati Streetfighter No, the Ducati Streetfighter isn’t an old arcade game—it’s a motorcycle that will melt your face off ... with big-bore torque and Trellis frame and powerful continue reading… $15000 Check It Out MORE Rides [more...]
Date: 2008-11-21 15:43:25
Gwen Stefani Echoes in the Park
Gwen Stefani takes her two sons — Kingston, 2, and Zuma, 2 months — for a play date at Echo Park in Los Angeles on Sunday afternoon. How slick does Kingston look in his leather motorcycle jacket?!? The 39-year-old No Doubt frontwoman, who was accompanied by her brother Todd and sister in-law Jen, even took Kingston to play [more...]
Date: 2008-11-03 17:39:25
My mom will love the first part and hate the second
My mom will love the first part and hate the second November 20th, 2008 After years of what some would call a struggle, ... probably head up there by myself. On Sunday, however, a co-worker and I are going to rent off-road ... motorcycle but considering I’m a 27 year old single male, it really seems like something that I should [more...]
Date: 2008-11-21 07:48:02
Jimmy’s Execution - in His Words Part 1
PART OF PRISON REFORM SERIES January 1, 2004 RE: Denial of essential medical care by the State of Illinois, ... the influence of a thirty two year old biker, affiliated with the Banditos Motorcycle Club in Southwest Texas [more...]
Date: 2008-11-30 06:01:19
NY motorcyclist is cited for 144 miles-an-hour pace
NY motorcyclist is cited for 144 miles-an-hour pace by The Associated Press Friday June 27, 2008, 6: ... in New York's Putnam County faces having his license suspended. The state police in Brewster said the motorcycle driven by 21-year-old David Puchalski, of Carmel, was stopped at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday [more...]
Date: 2008-06-27 10:05:02
Back to the Future
Crocker Motorcycles. Who? Exactly. Most people have never heard of these American pre-war two-wheeled hot rods, ... languished until a new Crocker Motorcycle Company began to produce replacement parts for the old machines ... of which less than 100 were ever built. An appearance in a 1998 motorcycle exhibition [more...]
Date: 2008-11-26 13:51:21
welcome to vietnam
ah whats up peoples, its been a long time as some of you know i’ve been MIA in Vietnam ive been here for like 2 weeks so far, place is pretty dope ... the street watching haha i also saw the end result of a truck hitting a motorcycle - not pretty ... town, some buildings are lie 400+ years old (which is OLD in vietnam, considering most citys were [more...]
Date: 2008-11-30 06:34:57
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