City officials in Guangzhou, China have had enough. Motorcycles and scooters have become a plague on the streets of the city. So, they did what any reasonable communist government organization would do: they banned them.
As of January 1, 2007 over 250,000 registered motorcycles will no longer be legal to operate on the cities roads. The [...]

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Winter doesn’t suck. Around here it just drips.
And drips, and drips, and splashes, and oozes. Then, just for fun it drips some more.
Consequently, winter riding drips. I know….I hear you saying it: That’s what rain gear is for, Kick! Yeah, well, I got rain gear. Winter still drips, dammit.
I [...]

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The Washington Motorcycle Rider Safety Task Force, formed in January of 2006 by Governor Chris Gregoire, has released their report and recommendations to reduce motorcycle fatalities in Washington state.
The task force included members of motorcycle rider groups and state agency representatives, the Department of Transportation and the Department of Health.
The task force identified the following [...]

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Mia Gribble was sentenced to 3 and a half years in jail for the hit and run death of Gabriella Muelher-Roosevelt.
The voice and contributions of a passionate woman with a zest for life were taken away from friends and colleagues when she was killed in an October 2005 crash involving her motorcycle.
Full story: HeraldNet: A [...]

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The following is the debut of a new contributor to Northwest Cycle News. Colleen First, known as “DantesDame” on various motorcycle sites, has been riding since 1991, but didn’t reach Motorcycle Enlightenment until 1998, when she discovered how to really corner a bike by riding up Windy Ridge on her VFR. Riding became a passion [...]

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