What was a nice piece of motorcycle road is being unkinked and made boring.
By Lukas VelushHerald Writer
Cars that often slip and slide on Highway 9 north of Arlington should soon have an easier time.
The state is midway through a road-straightening project that will take the bend out of a series of curves and steep grades [...]

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Akio Hamada, CEO of Honda of America, announced this morning that Honda America Manufacturing will cease production of motorcycles at its Marysville, OH plant in 2009. All motorcycle production will be moved to a new facility in Kumamoto, Japan. “This move allows us to improve the competitiveness and appeal of our products,” said Hamada.
The Marysville [...]

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My friend Jon was lamenting the loss of the event calendar from the site a while back. The fact is, the software that I used for the calendar got hacked and the resulting flood of “event spam” was too much to deal with. So I just shut the calendar down.
Well, thanks to Google and Feedburner, [...]

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It’s that time folks. Time to make your voice heard in the 2008 Motorcycle Bloggers International Rider’s Choice Awards. Head on over to the voting page and cast your vote in categories including: Best Concept Motorcycle or Scooter, Best New Motorcycle, Object of Lust, What Were They Thinking? Wish We Had thought of That and [...]

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Larry Walker, Government Relations Specialist with the Washington Road Riders Association, provides this update on ESB1615 (the traffic light bill):
We absolutely, positively, money back guarantee, may get a hearing on ESB 1625. After two weeks of dedicated lobbying (weaseling and cajoling, with just the right amount of butt kissing) that is the promise that [...]

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