Archive for March, 2010

Motorcycle Fees Paying For Passenger Rail System

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[?]Submitted by Northwest Harley Blog

In Oregon, when you purchase a custom motorcycle or Moped license plate for your ride the surcharge supports and benefits the Oregon passenger rail program.
Huh?
What’s the Passenger Rail Program you ask?  It’s responsible for the planning and development of Oregon’s growing passenger rail service, including contracting for train and motorcoach [...]

Jobs, Motorcycles And Nostalgia

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[?]Submitted by Northwest Harley Blog

Steve Jobs Riding a 1966 BMW (Taken in 1982)

The word “nostalgia” is a compound from ancient Greek consisting of nóstos (”returning home”) and álgos (”ache”). Etymologies don’t get much more interesting than that if you’re into that sort of thing.
In the late 1600’s a Swiss doctor identified [...]

Free And Easy Down The Road I Go

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[?]Submitted by Northwest Harley Blog
It’s hard to pinpoint the exact moment it happened. Maybe it was the first time I saw that trucker crying in his beer while the Blues Brothers sang “Stand By Your Man,” but on occasion I like to run the dial through the XM country music channels [...]