Major Motorcycle Rallies for 2009

In the off season, many riders like to plan rides to various motorcycle rallies. I have just updated my motorcycle rally article and schedule for 2009 to assist you.Motorcycle rallies (biker rallies) are simply gatherings of riders and motorcycles at specified times and places usually with attendant vendors, food, games, and other activities.Motorcycle rallies or biker rallies may last from a ...

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Piaggio Recalls Aprilia Scarabeo 200 for Carburetor Problem

Piaggio has issued a recall of certain 2008-2009 Aprilia Scarabeo 200 motorcycles.The float level in the float bowl of the carburetor was not set correctly in production, dirt and the varnish residue of dried gasoline not allowing the float needle to seat correctly, and a blockage of the evaporative emission hoses that did not allow the float bowl to vent correctly. The carburetor was not able...

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Piaggio Recalls Aprilia Scarabeo 100 for Emission and Fuel Problems

Piaggio has issued a recall of certain 2008-2009 Aprilia Scarabeo 100 motorcycles.In the evaporative emission system there are hoses connecting the fuel tank to the charcoal canister through which the evaporative emission passes. It has shown that the emission hoses to the canister were pinched and/or crimped. In other cases the hoses in and out of the charcoal canister were installed backwards,...

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Save the dogs

I was over at Life At Perewitz's blog, and read about this.No use rewriting what was already there. For the most part I just copied an pasted.Please help spread the word, and do your part.Change (in the life of animals) we can all participate in.Please tell ten friends to tell ten today!The Animal Rescue Site is having trouble getting enough people to click on it daily to...

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Put what ever it is you may be drinking down before reading this.

This is the funniest thing I've read in a long while. I've never had a colonoscopy, but I knw my time will come. This is from newshound Dave Barry's colonoscopy journal:I called my friend Andy Sable, a gastroenterologist, to make an appointment for a colonoscopy. A few days later, in his office, Andy showed me a color diagram of the colon, a lengthy organ that appears to go all over the place, at one point passing briefly through Minneapolis . Then Andy explained the colonoscopy procedure to me in a thorough, reassuring and patient manner. I...

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From my H-D calendar...Here's one I've never heard before.

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Tires, those round rubber things that suck the money right out from underneath of ya.

Regarding tires, I have some background for you on my choices, and a question for you.I use the Dunlop Harley factory tires. I'm sick of putting on new rubber so often. I'm switching to Metzler this time to try it out, based on a recommendation by a fellow rider, who swears that they aren't quite as soft, and they get more life out of them than the Dunlops.I've recently had another one of my friends tell me they thought the Metzlers were even softer than the Dunlops, and won't last as long. He said I'm going to be disappointed. Since I already...

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Suzuki Recalls 2005-2006 GSX-R1000 Motorcycles for Frame Crack

Suzuki has issued a recall of certain 2005-2006 GSX-R1000 motorcycles.American Suzuki (Suzuki) is conducting a safety improvement campaign involving 26,082 model year 2005-2006 GSX-R1000 motorcycles. Cracking or breakage of the motorcycle frame can occur in certain extreme situations where unusually high stress is placed on the frame. Repeated hard landings from hazardous maneuvers such as...

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2.5 really damn ass cold miles

I rode my bike to the bike shop on Monday. The day was supposed to top out at 5 degrees F.. When I got a ride home from the shop, the thermometer read 0 degrees F.Now mind you in Celsius Zero is Freezing cold (Literally). But in Fahrenheit Zero is 31 degrees below freezing, and then lets add some windchill factor just for kicks. I think topped out at about 40 MPH and got a wee bit cold.I only wore my half shell with a mask and shades. The exposed area around the eyes was screaming for me to stop. I trudged on. I want that new tire on before it's...

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2008 collection of mailboxes that I've photographed while riding.

Mail boxes, lots and lots of mail boxes.I know, it sounds silly, but when you ride, you are "on the road" "in the wind", and out in the open. Your senses heighten, and you begin to notice "everything". You see things many times missed by the casual passerby in a car. That to me is one of the greatest joys of riding a motorcycle.I've taken the time to create a collection of...

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Motorcycle Pictures of the Week - Neice

Here are my Pictures of the Week as displayed on the Motorcycle Views Website. These are taken from the Moto Pic Gallery. See Neice with her 2009 Harley-Davidson Dyna Lowrider. For details, see Motorcycle Pictures of the Week.If you'd like to see your bike as Picture of the Week, submit a picture of you and your bike along with a description of the bi...

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Redneck humor has been going rampant around the biker blogs lately.

Why not add to it.You might be a Redneck...if'n yer local drag strip looks anythn like this un he...

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Ain't It supposed to be a Chevy Bowtie?

Something I saw yesterday, and thought WT...

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Biker joke

A professor at University of Minnesota was giving a lecture on "Involuntary Muscular Contractions" to his first year medical students. Realizing that this was not the most riveting subject, the professordecided to lighten the mood slightly. He pointed to a young woman in the front row and said, "Do you know what your ass hole is doing while you're having an orgasm?"She replied,...

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How tequilla really works

If you see this, It is not safe to drive.Do NOT ride your motorcycle home.Get a cab, or ride bitch.I know you are thinking it so I'll just say it.No her name is not Bit...

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Warning TOTALLY NOT POLLITICALLY CORRECT

This is a spin off of some things that were said on Road Grits Cafe the other day. FLHX Dave posted Suddenly, I'm a Cracker. Which brought up all sorts of interesting comments about racism, racist jokes, and this spun off into Blonds, sexism, and you name it regarding, being politically correct, and not so politically correct.The fact is people need to...A:), not just assume...

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Motorcycle Pictures of the Week - Torii

Here are my Pictures of the Week as displayed on the Motorcycle Views Website. These are taken from the Moto Pic Gallery. See Torii with her 2008 Harley-Davidson Street Glide. For details, see Motorcycle Pictures of the Week.If you'd like to see your bike as Picture of the Week, submit a picture of you and your bike along with a description of the bi...

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Rumor has it....

Now mind you, I tried to check this out on Snopes.com to see if there was any validity to this, but they had nothing, so for now, I'll have to believe it is so.Rumor has it that Honda is supposedly releasing a factory "Fury Chopper".Although I will always be partial towards Harley Davidson, I gotta admit this is not a bad lookin mota scoota for around $20K. U.S.For more details,...

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WTF were they thinking when they made the opening to this bouncer????

Quickly Children! Everybody get inside Pikachu's vagi...

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Women are so much better at financial planning than men.

Dan was a single guy working in the family business that his father owns.When he found out he was going to inherit a fortune when his sickly father died, he decided he needed a wife with which to share his fortune.One evening at a company investment meeting he spotted the most beautiful woman he had ever seen.Her natural beauty took his breath away. 'I may look like just an ordinary man,' he said to her, but in just a few years, my father will die, and I'll inherit $65 million.'Impressed, the woman obtained his business card and three...

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When ink goes wrong. Very very wrong...

Can you say laser removal time...

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Yamaha Recalls 2006-2009 FJR1300 Motorcycles for Ignition Switch Defect

Yamaha has issued a recall of certain 2006-2009 FJR1300 motorcycles.The internal switch wiring could become disconnected. If this occurs electrical current flow will be stopped and the engine could stall. If the engine stalls, the operator may be unable to start or restart the engine increasing the risk of a crash.9300 units are affected.Check out my Motorcycle Recalls feature for more detai...

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The Indian Motorcycle is Back - Again

From the Wired Blog Network comes this article by Ben Mack about the introduction of the 2009 Indian motorcycle. Yes, Indian is back with seven dealers to sell the new limited edition Chief. Here's an excerpt:"Champagne is flowing in celebration of yet another comeback for Indian Motorcycles and the arrival of the first limited-edition 2009 Chiefs. The retro but thoroughly re-engineered big tw...

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"Motorcycle Wisdom"

Someone took the time to put together some great motorcycle sayings.Some we already know, some, maybe not.Four wheels move the body. Two wheels move the soul.Life may begin at 30, but it doesn't get real interesting until about 70 mph.You start the game of life with a full pot of luck and an empty pot of experience. The object is to fill the pot of experience before you empty the pot of luck.If you wait, all that happens is that you get older.Saddlebags can never hold everything you want, but they CAN hold everything you need.The only good view...

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Who wins????

Doug Klassen from Forty Years On Two Wheels Wins the Mr. Motorcycle word challenge!Doug said.... "In his regular job as a kiddie toy he was just "Mr. Potato Head" but on the weekends he was a bad ass biker who was known only as "Spud.""Way to go Doug!Ye...

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Motorcycle Pictures of the Week - La Mala "c/s" forever

Here are my Pictures of the Week as displayed on the Motorcycle Views Website. These are taken from the Moto Pic Gallery. See La Mala "c/s" forever on her 2008 Suzuki Boulevard C50T. For details, see Motorcycle Pictures of the Week.If you'd like to see your bike as Picture of the Week, submit a picture of you and your bike along with a description of the bi...

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ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

For at least 17 years (At least how long I've been married), I've had problems sleeping. Not problems falling asleep, or going back to sleep, but problems staying asleep once sleeping. Several years ago, my wife and I saw a show on the television regarding sleep apnea. She said not only do you snore like a son of a bitch, but I think you have this too. Sleep apnea is where...

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Wish I had this.

This my friends is a snow mobile!This would make winter a lot more entertaining, and lessen the woes of parking the motorcycle for the seas...

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How not to... You get the picture.

The other day, I saw this and just about crapped. Sorry for the bad images, but it was snowing, my windshield was dirty, I was in fast moving traffic, and only had a few seconds to find my digital camera and snap off a couple of pictures before I hit a freeway exit ramp.There are a lot of cops driving the same car as I drive around here. I could easily be misconstrued as...

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Motorcycle Pictures of the Week - SpyderWoman

Here are my Pictures of the Week as displayed on the Motorcycle Views Website. These are taken from the Moto Pic Gallery. See SpyderWoman with her 2008 Can-Am Spyder Roadster. For details, see Motorcycle Pictures of the Week.If you'd like to see your bike as Picture of the Week, submit a picture of you and your bike along with a description of the bi...

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