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It’s time to forget the finances and focus on the road!
Fortunately Washington and Oregon have partnered up to provide a unique riding opportunity for the 2010 H.O.G. Rally and this is a save-the-date notice.
Motorcyclists now have the opportunity to attend two rallies back-to-back and ride more than [...]
Motorcycle Fees Paying For Passenger Rail System
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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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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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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 [...]
What Harley-Davidson Exec’s Want For Christmas
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Santa wasn’t good to the motorcycle industry in 2009. A weak economy, company layoffs, a housing melt-down, credit freeze, higher manufacturing costs and an ever discriminating consumer to boot. As Harley-Davidson executives ponder over what happen this year, I can’t help but believe there are some major [...]
Harley-Davidson Racing
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“…They may be disappointed now, but someday they will be able to look back and see what great things were accomplished this season.”
This quote from Harley-Davidson Racing Manager Anne Paluso who this past November was commending the racing team after Eddie Krawiec rode a Harley-Davidson V-Rod to win [...]
Broadcast Film Critics nominees announced
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As a member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA), I usually publish a list of the organization’s major nominees for year-end honors. The 15th Annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards will be announced Friday, January 15. The list — more expansive than most other such lists — [...]
Mt Hood Déjà Vu
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Mac (red) — Mt. Hood Peak At 11,239 Feet
The names have changed, but once again experienced mountain climbers get into trouble on Mt. Hood.
Something went wrong for climbers Luke Gullberg, Katie Nolan and Antony Vietti. This past Saturday, rescuers found Gullberg’s body and retrieved a digital camera [...]
30th Annual Shriners Toy Run
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This past Saturday was Portland’s annual Shriners Children Hospital Toy Run.
The major organizer and motorcycle advocacy group for the event is ABATE and this year marks 30 years.
The weather was dry, but it was cold. In fact, the temp gauge registered a new low (28 degrees) on [...]
Supporting Veterans
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On this Veterans Day we still feel the shock of the 13 who were killed and the 43 injured on the base of Fort Hood just 6 days ago.
I have not been injured or nearly killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq. Nor do I personally understand [...]
Motorcycle Discrimination
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Craig Bramscher (Brammo CEO) and Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden
Equal treatment from the state and federal government. It’s a topic that many motorcycle groups and individuals invest a lot of time to ensure.
Whether it’s fighting against profiling of average citizens who ride motorcycles or “anti-gang bills” that defines [...]
Veteran Disturbia
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The Fort Hood, TX., shooting spree yesterday by Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan is disturbing. He had duties as a psychiatrist to help treat soldiers returning from combat with P.T.S.D. and it’s being reported that he shouted “Allahu Akhbar” (phrase meaning “Allah is great” in Arabic) as he [...]
The Perfect Storm
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It happens this Saturday, October 31st. Halloween falls on a Saturday this year and it’s a particularly deadly night due to impaired drivers.
The ODOT Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) data reveals a startling fact. It turns out that 90% of the fatalities (10) on Halloween night (6:00 [...]
Reconsidering Happiness
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Keith Urban
Whoa! My two previous posts on the current state of the Harley-Davidson state was clearly like a sad country song in an old rundown coffee shop, yup one of those “bummer zones” so, we need a change of scenery.
Speaking of, have you been to Nashville? If [...]
Are You Significant
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This is the question I’ve been pondering over after having an opportunity to spend a couple of hours with “No Barriers” founder Neal Petersen.
To save you some time the short version of Neal’s story is — He is a black South African who grew up poor and disabled during [...]
Harley-Davidson Fanaticism Can’t Save Timpanogo
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GM, Rick Story and Owner, Dave Tuomisto
It’s starting to look a lot like a “job-less recovery”… and the R-word continues to take a toll as bankruptcy filings nationally surged past the 1 million mark during the first nine months of 2009. Many states have similar statistics, but [...]
Motorcycle Freedom And NCOM
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NCOM Agenda — Portland, OR
Some things are immutable. You’ve got to show up for appointments on time.
And speaking of meetings the National Coalition of Motorcyclists (NCOM (Region 1)) meeting and seminar is set for Saturday, October 17th in PORTLAND, OR. The venue is the Holiday Inn (Portland [...]
Blogging Timeout
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According to a 2008 survey by Technorati, which runs a search engine for blogs, only 7.4 million out of the 133 million blogs the company tracks had been updated in the past 120 days. That translates to 95% of blogs being essentially abandoned, left to WOW (wallow [...]
Road Trippn’ To Street Vibrations 2009 – Part 3
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Street Vibrations is a 4-day event that brings two-wheel enthusiasts from all parts of the country to show-off customs, parade the vendor booths and enjoy the entertainment. Oh did I mention the local rides? Yes, there are plenty from Virginia City to Lake Tahoe as well as [...]
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Riding Shotgun On A Trike
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Delonte West
Do 3-wheeled motorcycle (”Trike”) owners carry more weapons than the 2-wheeled brethren?
Although there is no scientific research or poll which confirms the “packing” attributes of each vehicle type, the recent arrest of NBA player Delonte West is an indicator that we might want to give the [...]
Ridin’ Easy
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It’s iconic. “A man went looking for America and couldn’t find it anywhere.”
Forty years later Sony Pictures prepares to re-release (on October 13th) a newly digitized version of “Easy Rider” on Blu-ray disc and leverage movieIQ technology which allows fans to access relevant cast and crew trivia [...]
Buell Adds Viral Marketing Fuell
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2010 Buell Blast
The public has been manipulated so many times, that when something extraordinary happens and becomes instantly viral in our networked world, many people cross their arms and say – “not real!”
They say the public is cynical. Who’d blame them? What with the Borat and Eminem [...]
Obama Is Correct
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Kanye West is a ‘jackass’. And not because of his 2007 video for “Stronger” which used a genuine Japanese motorcycle gang in the video.
Here’s the 411 — President Obama ‘off-the-record’ called Kanye West a ‘jackass’ for his outburst at VMAs when Taylor Swift won. You can listen [...]
Cajita Feliz
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That’s Spanish if your uncertain and stands for “Happy Box” (or loosely translated into Happy Meal) and it’s the 30 year celebration of the Happy Meal at McDonalds.
First introduced by Dick Brams (McD’s Regional Ad Manager) in 1977 and initially called the “McDonaldland Fun-to-Go” meal. Since first [...]
