28.12.05

TSN.ca - Auto Racing - Canada's Sports Leader Newspapers fined over tobacco photos

27.12.05

Townsville Bulletin: 'Schuey's track' faces bankruptcy [ 28dec05 ]: "THE German town of Hockenheim is hoping to rescue the debt-ridden home Formula One track of Michael Schumacher from bankruptcy."
Navigation nightmare on a desert road - Los Angeles Times: "a GPS system is not meant to replace regular maps, or driver judgment"
Agenzia Giornalistica Italia - News In English: "MALAYSIAN PROTON SELLS 57.75 PCT TO GEVI FOR 1 EURO"

23.12.05

Telegraph | Sport | Fears for TT race after death ruling
Bloomberg.com: Japan EU Plans Probe as Spain Allows Formula One Tobacco Ads to 2008

22.12.05

Independent Online Edition > Transport Britain will be first country to monitor every car journey

19.12.05

Japanese motorcycle cause looks in danger without a few rebels - Markets - Times Online: "“It’s not like the old days when young Japanese boys joined biker gangs. It wasn’t so good for the public image but it was good for sales”"
WKYT 27 NEWSFIRST & WYMT Mountain News - Owensboro rider is rising MotoGP star

16.12.05

Separated At Birth?
Outcome From Ducati Board of Directors Meeting of December 16th, 2005: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance to grant the Board of Directors powers to increase the Company's share capital, for consideration and in one or more instances, over a period of five years, up to a maximum amount of Euro 80,0 million through the issuance of DMH ordinary shares

10.12.05

Malaysian National News Agency :: BERNAMA: "It is difficult to believe that it was because they purchased (motorcycle manufacturer) Agusta"

8.12.05

Clitheroe News - Burnley Today: News, Sport, Jobs, Property, Cars, Entertainments & More: "The court heard that George Fogarty, father of four times World Superbike champion Carl Fogarty, upped his offer by UK5,000 to try to persuade Mr Horn to sell and, when he refused, Fogarty lodged a County Court claim to try to recover the UK350 he had paid the surveyor.
The property wrangle culminated in an assault "
The Daytona Beach News-Journal 5 networks pay nearly $5 billion to air NASCAR

3.12.05

The Globe and Mail: New spyware gives drivers a brake: "Transport Canada is road-testing cutting-edge devices that use global positioning satellite technology and a digital speed-limit map to know when a driver is speeding, and to try to make them stop."
Taipei Times - archives: "What can we do? It's not as if we can drive our bikes to the Presidential Office and hold a demonstration. The bikes are designed for racing and are illegal on the road, so the cops would simply confiscate them"
Agenzia Giornalistica Italia - News In English: "Investindustrial is the partner that we had always wanted for the relaunch of the company"
Latest News and Financial Information | Reuters.com TPG to sell Ducati stake to InvestIndustrial-source

27.11.05

The Daytona Beach News-Journal: Letters to the Editor: "We received lots of grief about selling the shop, but it was what Dad commanded us, via trust, to do because none of us wanted to run a business there....
Condos will now be at 957 N. Beach St. I do not look at them as a negative but more like inevitable. For me, however, that shop's ghosts will forever be on that corner, no matter how much landscaping and stucco they erect.
I just hope the new residents realize that in May of each year, we are counting on the 'haunting' trace sounds of dynos (devices to measure horsepower) in the air....
SAM YUNICK, Jacksonville"

24.11.05

IJMS/Articles International Journal of Motorcycle Studies

18.11.05

Yamaha Racing - World Superbike - News "Yamaha Motor France will enter the 2006 Superbike World Championship with a three-rider line-up"
...but no Superbikes for the US.

17.11.05

theedgedaily.com Sepang F1 circuit sale still on
Home of the MotoGPod Podcast!

15.11.05

6abc.com: Inmates Building "Outlaw" Motorcycles: "Little things like that make these bikes look desirable"

11.11.05

Ducati Motor Holding Announces 2005 Nine-Month Results: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance: "For the first nine months of 2005, unofficial Ducati registrations were down by 5.3% on the same period last year. Registrations were up in the US (+21%), in the non-subsidiary countries (+5%), and in France (+4%) and down in Japan (-9%), in Italy (-15%), in the UK (-16%), in Benelux (-17%) and in Germany (-18%)."

10.11.05

November 10: The son of German engineer Otto Daimler becomes the first motorcyclist, riding his father's invention 10km.
USATODAY.com - Cars soon may 'talk' to roads, each other

7.11.05

4.11.05

3.11.05

2.11.05

Charleston City Paper / Charleston SC Newspaper - Arts Entertainment Weekly So what’s wrong with a bunch of bikers having a little fun, you ask?

29.10.05

Tallahassee Democrat | 10/28/2005 | Danger rides on two wheels in documentary 'Faster': "Revoke my Southern Male Identity Card, but I think Europe's MotoGP motorcycle-racing circuit makes NASCAR look safe and tame as a day at the Gooney Golf Go-Kart Track."

26.10.05

World Superbike squad sign up for the IOM TT, North West and Ulster GP: "This tie up will see a full World Superbike team take part in pure road race events for the first time since Carl Fogarty and the Moto Cinelli team took part in the 1993 North West 200."
SuperWheels: "First Technology Yamaha team manager Robbie Petersen..."

25.10.05

Promoters of "Inflatable Motorcycle Vests" Sentenced: "John Duhamell and Toni Duhamell were formally sentenced in San Bernardino County Superior Court."

24.10.05

MCN: The UK's number 1 motorcycling magazine Schumacher rides Desmo
Belfast Telegraph: "Adrian Archibald intends to race at Daytona next year for the first time."

20.10.05

16.10.05

Karl Rove's Consigliere - Newsweek National News - MSNBC.com: "Luskin-whose shaved head, gold earring and Ducati Monster motorcycle make him something of an odd duck among Washington's A-list attorneys"
I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle DVD !

15.10.05

Heroes' Heroes: Murray Walker, former motor racing commentator, on Mike Hailwood - Sunday Times - Times Online
The Daytona Beach News-Journal: Flagler: "John Seibel, owner of Thunder Gulch Campground on U.S. 1 outside Bunnell, said the event provides some extra business, but nothing like Bike Week in February."

14.10.05

Auto briefs - 10/14/05 Suzuki Motor Corp. and Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. said they will stop making motorcycles and scooters for each other by 2007
CNW Group

13.10.05

JS Online: A Softail at retail: "the change has been fueled by higher dealer inventories"
Macau Grand Prix Committee: "New to Macau this year is Steve Crevier of Canada on a 1000cc Diablo Racing Honda. Crevier boasts the most race wins in Canadian history, and was runner up in the 2003 Canadian National Superbike Championship. "

9.10.05

Lubricants, Greasicants, and Cleanicants. Just in time for winter maintenance.

8.10.05

WORLD SUPERBIKES News - Chaos in Superbike free practice two..
Neil Hodgson to attend the Gus Scott Auction || Motorcycle Racing Online - Unofficial Motorcycle Racing Online News and Views
The Daytona Beach News-Journal: "NASCAR racing, with its deepest roots in the South, is making a concerted effort to shed its redneck image as it expands into urban areas across the country.
But don't expect Confederate flags to disappear."

7.10.05

First pic of Rossi/Ferrari test
Speedway profits suffer some: "One uncertainty is an ongoing tax dispute with the Internal Revenue Service. The company already has put $97 million into escrow to cover tax payments and penalties that may be due as the IRS continues auditng ISC's track depreciation methods for 1999 through 2004. Another $18 million or so may be added to the escrow in December, said Susan Schandel, chief financial officer."

6.10.05

KESQ NewsChannel 3 Palm Springs, CA: Some residents concerned about security during biker weekend: "most bikers nowadays are doctors, lawyers, businessmen and there's a lot of women who ride"
Barnsley Sport - Barnsley Today: News, Sport, Jobs, Property, Cars, Entertainments & More: "Rows, depression, suicide ... how
JAMES Toseland took the fast lane to fame"

5.10.05

Harley-Davidson Downgraded to 'Sell': Financial News - Yahoo! Finance
MOTOGP News - Rossi to go rallying with Subaru..: "my interest in rallying never gets as many headlines as my interest in Formula One"

3.10.05

Agency Roster: "Ducati North America Retains JMPR, Inc. to Strengthen Brand Awareness in U.S. Market "
Government unveils Energy Hog to promote conservation - Yahoo! News: "The pig, who wears blue jeans and a leather biker jacket, will follow in the footsteps of Smokey Bear and McGruff the Crime Dog by appearing in ads."
The Peninsula On-line: Qatar's leading English Daily: "The QMMF�s next big assignment at Losail will be the World Superbike Championship 2006 which will be held in February. "
Daily Nonpareil - Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil - 10/02/2005 - Marne cycle shop buys, sells rolling history
CITIZEN-TIMES.com: COVER STORY: New tourists roaring into Maggie Valley
Malaysian National News Agency :: BERNAMA: "Modenas To Introduce Another New Model By Year-end"

30.9.05

29.9.05

Garmin(R) is Tier-One Supplier for Honda Motorcycle GPS Navigation System
Women Bikers Ready to Roll at Las Vegas Motor Speedway; Mayor, Popular Television Anchor to Participate as 2005 'Femmoto' Comes to Vegas: "And FASHION is always paramount "
Reuters Business Channel | Reuters.com: "Japan's Honda Motor Co. said on Thursday it would aim to expand annual motorcycle sales in the Asia-Oceania region by 50 percent from last year's level to 12 million units by the business year ending March 31, 2008.
The market accounts for about 70 percent of Honda's global motorcycle sales"

26.9.05

DMH.MI: Basic Chart for DUCATI MOTOR HOLD - Yahoo! Finance Lavilla doubles Donington & Capirossi wins 2nd GP = Ducati shares up 2%

23.9.05

RedNova News - Technology - Motorcyclists Keep Their Cool with Space Tech: "at the Sepang circuit in Qatar"
The Daytona Beach News-Journal: East Volusia: "The agents said they think many motorcyclists riding without helmets simply go without the coverage and that enforcing the law is difficult.
'To talk about raising the medical insurance from $10 (thousand) to $50 (thousand), they're wasting their time talking about it,' said Richard Brown, president of Hayward Brown, Inc."
Yamaha: At The Back Of The Pack No More
Inside Bikes News Ron Haslam Returns to the Track
WORLD SUPERBIKES News - Girl's world..

22.9.05

Moto1 Official Web Site: "Italian World Superbike Favourite Frankie Chili has announced he will line up at Mallory Park in October to compete in the 2005 Dunlop Moto 1 Challenge"
The Daytona Beach News-Journal: East Volusia Racing commission on quest to learn value of Speedway land
Gulf Times Newspaper - Qatar, Gulf and World News - Sport: "QATAR Motor and Motorcycle Federation signed a sponsorship contract with ExxonMobil Qatar Inc. (EMQI), a subsidiary of Exxon Mobil Corporation, for the hosting of the 2005 MotoGP World Championship to be held at the Losail International Circuit from September 30 to October 1."

20.9.05

Non-performers at risk in cull by big teams - Motorsport - Sport - smh.com.au: "The Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix at Phillip Island next year has been brought forward to mid or late September to beat an end to government tobacco advertising exemptions for international sporting events, which kicks in on October 1."

17.9.05

Independent Online Edition > General : app1: "But Rossi's greatest achievement may lie in something less tangible than results. If he clinches the championship tomorrow - all he needs is a second place - the world will fête him rather than resent him, and that is unusual when a competitor dominates a sport as thoroughly as he controls MotoGP."
Global Business News on paper and online Texas Pacific on last lap in race to find buyer for Ducati
MetroWest Daily News - Local News Coverage DVDs a road hazard: Sudbury resident back proposal to ban digital players in car front seats

15.9.05

Chinese giant buys Italian motorcycle maker Benelli:- - Business News - Webindia123.com
New Key Chain Size Personal GPS Tracking Device Hits the Market: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance
The World's Fastest Indian
Sports: The Juniors back together: "Fiat SpA, Italy's biggest manufacturer, will return to the world rally championship in 2008 25 years after quitting it, and it may have motorcycle world champion Valentino Rossi behind the wheel, Fiat chairman Luca Cordero di Montezemolo said."

13.9.05

Fullnoise - News Aaron Slight to Supermoto in Australia
Monterey County Herald | 09/10/2005 | A1 Grand Prix may come to Laguna Seca And Rossi says the track is too narrow for bikes...

8.9.05

Chairman of Buell Motorcycle Company Outlines His Industrial Design Vision at think3 Annual IDSA Event
Take up the Modenas Kristar Challenge
The Official MotoGP Website: "After an engineering study that evaluated the acoustic impact of racing activities, the company who manage the circuit have decided to put up barriers in some sections where the circuit is not closed, and also install sound panels at the bottom of the grandstands to muffle noise levels. "
keepMEcurrent.com - Business News - Current Publishing, LLC Heli Modified, a Cornish company that manufactures custom handles for motorcycles, was awarded an Export Achievement Certificate from the U.S. Department of Commerce on Aug. 31.

3.9.05

TravelCenters of America - The one stop for all your travel needs. AUTO - FUEL SUPPLY - EMERGENCY Going somewhere for Labor Day? A list of Gas Station Restrictions by state.

2.9.05

Honda completes development of advanced safety vehicles - Automotive Business Review
IMS looks at motorcycles: "The earliest a motorcycle race could be held is 2007, although a more likely scenario is 2009 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the track's opening, which, coincidentally, was a motorcycle race."
News - Borders Today: News, Sport, Jobs, Property, Cars, Entertainments & More RACE ace Steve Hislop is to be honoured with a statue which will be unveiled in Hawick's Wilton Park next month

1.9.05

BBC SPORT | Motorsport | Motorbikes | McWilliams sacked from Bird team: "Bird claims McWilliams did not inform him that he was competing in the Czech Republic MotoGP at the weekend. "

17.8.05

Aspen Times News for Aspen Colorado - News: "We're trying to keep it as low-key as possible"
Salt Lake Tribune - Sports Racers look to cap speed records at Flats
Clear Channel Wins New Trial - Los Angeles Times

16.8.05

Iron Butt Rally - 2005
Inside Bikes News EDWARDS ‘LEGEND’ YAMAHA DESIGN AVAILABLE END YEAR
The Daytona Beach News-Journal: East Volusia: From a 1994 Volusia County planning effort.

"RECOMMENDATION: Build a high-tech entertainment facility and water park.
RESULT: Construction of a $15 million water-amusement park next to the Ocean Center, now called Daytona Lagoon.

RECOMMENDATION: Build a parking garage next to the Ocean Center.
RESULT: Volusia County's $17 million parking garage next to the Ocean Center and linked with Ocean Walk.

RECOMMENDATION: Establish a beach park closed to vehicles.
RESULT: One mile of beach closed to traffic to help spur construction of Ocean Walk and expansion of the Daytona Beach Hilton Resort, formerly The Adam's Mark Resort.

RECOMMENDATION: Link motor sports district on International Speedway Boulevard with motorcycle activities on Main Street, with features such as checkered flag bricks at intersections.
RESULT: No action.
"

11.8.05

Polaris Industries Inc. Completes Purchase of 24.9% of KTM; Part of Polaris/KTM Strategic Partnership Announced in July
MCN: The UK's number 1 motorcycling magazine Proposals being considered in Europe’s ‘Third Directive on Driving Licences’ look set to make it tougher than ever for new riders to get on to two wheels

9.8.05

Monterey County Herald | 08/09/2005 | Hotel room gouging not forgotten: "One writer, Dean Adams, warned others that many hotels are requiring three-night minimums and have adopted 90-day cancellation policies for that weekend."

3.8.05

MotoGP Roars Back into America
Stock Market News and Investment Information | Reuters.com: "TPG in talks with 4-5 parties on Ducati stake sale"
TSN.ca - Auto Racing - Canada's Sports Leader Moto champion Rossi tests for Ferrari

2.8.05

Local News Headlines: "State Bar board recommends Janklow regain law license next year"

27.7.05

Times Community Newspapers - Top Stories - 07/27/2005 - Seven motorcycles crash in Rappahannock County leaving four injured and one dead: "Younger folks get Daytona style racing bikes with clip on handlebars and fairings."
The Smoky Mountain News: "Maggie business owners debate merits of motorcycles"

24.7.05

Sports - News Journal - www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com: "I think I got a marriage proposal,' Zemke said. 'I'm not sure what it was"

17.7.05

New Straits Times - Malaysia News Online: "Owned by luxury motorcycle group Harley-Davidson, it will be the third Hard Rock Hotel in the region after Pattaya and Bali."
Brashness, brains revived company - York Daily Record

16.7.05

Testing, pitlane and yellow flag rule amendments…
Marin Independent Journal - Lifestyles Made in the shade
Marin-based 'UmbrellaGirls' grace racetraks across the country
Mansell Predicts Legends Thriller: "Five-time MotoGP title winner Mick Doohan will try his hand at four-wheel racing "
Crash.Net MotoGP: News, race reports, race results and more. Honda’s Nicky Hayden ‘gatecrashed’ Yamaha’s 50th Anniversary celebrations
Barber track hopes to one day host MotoGP race
TheKSBWChannel.com - News - MotoGP/Rodeo Schedule Clash Causes Concern
Harley-Davidson 2450cc and 2000cc Engine Revealed by EPA Documents

6.7.05

Antiques and the Arts Online: "The Mickey and Minnie on Motorcycle by Tipp & Co. sold for $55,000."
Japan's Kawasaki to lift FY motorcycle sales in Europe by 10 pct - report - Forbes.com

5.7.05

SPEEDTV.com "Say Hello, Shithead"
MontereyClassicBikeAuction.com

4.7.05

The Times and Democrat: Archives: "Cope man seeks legislation requiring mandatory training
for �crotch rockets'"
Tampabay: Legal tangle is 'war' with media firm
Monterey County Herald | 07/04/2005 | Laguna Seca braces for biggest race: "Only the pope's visit in 1987 drew more than the hundreds of thousands expected for the U.S. Grand Prix starting Friday."

26.6.05

Racing update: BIR's alive: "I've had the AMA at three tracks. It's a very popular event, but somehow -- maybe it's the AMA structure -- the track always loses money."

24.6.05

Stricter motorcycle regulations needed - PittsburghLIVE.com
BMW Develop Advanced Composite Helmets and Body Armour
Law banning 'straight pipes' on motorcycles OK'd - Fosters
ITALY: Costume National Launches Range With Ducati : Apparel and Textile news
San Bernardino County Sun - Sports California Speedway returned to the forefront of the motorsports industry on Thursday by announcing Gillian Zucker as its new track president, the first woman in the country to hold such a position at a major speedway.
7news stories A high-powered engine once used to set a world land speed motorcycle record may hold the key to future space travel.

19.6.05

World news from The Times and the Sunday Times - Times Online: "Iconic motorbike is on sale in Moscow for the first time since 1917"
The Sun News | 06/19/2005 | Ousting May Bikers: "Interest in scaling down - or getting rid of - the May Harley-Davidson and Bikefest motorcycle rallies runs high among local residents and business owners."
gizmag Article: Electric Superbike is on the way
Ride to live ... or die - PittsburghLIVE.com

14.6.05

Net Music Countdown: Ludacris Backs Motorcycle Team
The Union Leader and New Hampshire Sunday News - 14-Jun-05 - Vintage race echoes lost era
C21Media: Nickell upped at Fox's Speed Channel
American News | 06/14/2005 | Board holds hearing on Janklow's law license: "The judge gave him a suspended imposition of sentence, which means the convictions will be erased from Janklow's criminal record if he fully complies with all terms of his sentence. Although the jury found him guilty, the suspended imposition of sentence means that the judge does not technically enter a finding of guilt."

13.6.05

Police can't nab 155 mph motorcyclist - Peculiar Postings - MSNBC.com
RPM.com - Auction Team M4 EMGO Suzuki’s Formula Extreme rider Vincent Haskovec, currently recovering from the severe injuries he suffered in his devastating crash at Infineon Raceway, is the focus of AMA road racing’s largest charity online auction.

9.6.05

The Daytona Beach News-Journal: SPEED Magazine: "The Rolex 24 At Daytona is being moved from its normal first weekend of February one week earlier to Jan. 28-29. The move is believed to be permanent, and is designed to end a longstanding first-Sunday-in-February schedule conflict between the race and the NFL's Super Bowl."

6.6.05

Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Degree for grand prix winner angers Italy's academics
Motor Sports a key topic of Wall Street Transcript Report on Leisure Sector In this brief excerpt, Joseph Hovorka discusses the outlook for the Motor Sports sector.
Latest News and Financial Information | Reuters.co.uk: "Briatore responded to questions about the possible switch of world MotoGP champion Valentino Rossi to Formula One by saying that the Italian would have more difficulties than many predicted.
'It would be very good for us to have Rossi in Formula One, but there would be no chance of him winning things. The problem is that he would have to start at the bottom as a test driver -- you can't just come along and get in the car and race.
'It takes a lot more preparation and training to drive a Formula One car than it does to ride a bike."

29.5.05

CANOE -- JAM! Music: Cellphone ring tone hit single in Britain: "Crazy Frog Axel F, a ring tone based on the sound of a revving Swedish moped, is the first tune being used on mobile phones to cross into mainstream music charts"

27.5.05

New York's Premier Alternative Newspaper. Arts, Music, Food, Movies and Opinion At first glance, what could be more wrong than a Nascar speedway in New York City?

23.5.05

New Straits Times - Malaysia News Online: "The demise of the circuit, where Malaysia got its first taste of world-class motorsports when it hosted the World Superbike Championships in 1989 and later the FIM World Motorcycle Championships, was mourned by many."
News - Post-Tribune (Northwest Indiana) Motorcycle deaths drop; official credits training

18.5.05

10.5.05

Recordnet.com Tony Meiring is back with Team Corona, and this time he's old enough to have his sponsor's name on his motorcycle.

The Sun News | 05/09/2005 | Judge: Traffic plans must be same for both bike weeks
Arutz Sheva - Israel National News IDF Purchases Harley-Davidson Motorcycles

9.5.05

Investor's Business Daily: Breaking News: "Honda's Cumulative Worldwide Motorcycle Production Reaches 150 Million Units "

7.5.05

KRT Wire | 05/07/2005 | Michael Jordan drives, hits 170 mph on motorcycle
NewsNet5.com - Sports - Winslow's Injuries Turn Out To Be Truly Serious: "WEWS reported police didn't have a bike similar to Winslow's, so a Channel 19 reporter, with nearly the same bike and tires as Winslow's volunteered to do the skid test. Police gave him the green light.
Westlake police repeatedly cautioned the rider to go slowly, so they could estimate Winslow's speed.
He ended up falling off the bike when attempting to stop. "

2.5.05

DailyBulletin.com - Sports: "Turns out, this sport doesn't have scads of fatalities. Fairly remarkable considering the risks - speed, vulnerability, bumpy tracks, etc."
Motorsport.com: News channel: "Further afield, 1994 national champion Anthony Gobert (Redwing Honda CBR1000RR), on the comeback trial, finished with 12th and 10th places. "

26.4.05

American Angst- Making fun of flag slathered retards and trend humping fashion lemmings
Bloomberg.com: Asia: "Honda, the world's largest motorcycle maker, said its sales of two-wheeled vehicles may fall 1.8 percent to 10.3 million units in the same period (FY2005).
The forecast doesn't include 3.4 million motorcycles Honda makes in China and India, excluded under U.S. accounting rules because they are assembled entirely from locally made parts. "

21.4.05

Older Riders Add to Rise In Motorcycle Fatalities (washingtonpost.com)
Herald Sun: Motorcycle GP funds plea fails [22apr05]
2004 traffic death rate lowest ever recorded - U.S. News - MSNBC.com: "The figures predicted the seventh straight increase for motorcycle fatalities. In 2004, 3,927 motorcyclists died, an increase of 7.3 percent over 2003."

20.4.05

The New Zealand Herald: "Pitstop: Slight the drawcard for classic bike fest"
The Daytona Beach News-Journal: East Volusia: "You're good to go for another 25 years"

8.4.05

DailyBulletin.com - Sports Columnists Will Fontana get Superbikes & Supercross?

4.4.05

Eurosport - Motorsports - MotoGP - Live and Results. Men and Women. - Jerez: "Nicky Hayden is gunning for MotoGP world champion Valentino Rossi ahead of the 2005 season, declaring the Italian 'enemy number one'. A scorching pre-season has aroused high hopes that the young Texan can make this the year that Rossi's three-year reign of terror ends."
MCN: The UK's number 1 motorcycling magazine Bike use booms in UK

31.3.05

Miller Motorsports Park: "Miller Motorsports Park, a world-class race track and private membership club for auto and motorcycle enthusiasts, is projected to open in August 2005 at Deseret Peak Complex in Tooele County, Utah. The approximately 4.5 mile road race course, the longest course in the U.S., is being designed by Alan Wilson, one of the world's leading track designers. It will consist of a 2.24 mile East track, and a 2.20 mile West track. Each of these subtracks will contain different racing, viewing, and competition characteristics"

27.3.05

OrlandoSentinel.com: State News: "In Florida, 1,800 motorcyclists a year crash while riding illegally. Many never learned to operate the bikes."
Police: Noise law won?t help bike noise - Fosters
Monterey County Herald | 03/27/2005 | Champ Car heading to China: "New Faces at Laguna: If a couple of new hires at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca over the past few weeks are any indication, things are really revving up at the home of the world famous 'Corkscrew.'
At the beginning of this month, CEO/General Manager Gill Campbell announced the addition of Andrew (Andy) Leisner to the staff as Vice President of Marketing. This week, an announcement will be made that Reece White will come on board in April as Public Relations Manager, working in conjunction with Press Officer Ed Nicholls."

24.3.05

Wairarapa Times-Age Slight back on glory trail
The Galveston County Daily News Schwantz, 40, but still loves riding his bike
N.H. Lawmakers pass motorcycle noise bill

23.3.05

Motorcycle Daily Verdict Against Clear Channel Could Pose Future Problems for AMA

21.3.05

OrlandoSentinel.com: Volusia County News The Legislature needs to raise the bar for motorcyclists

18.3.05

Motorcyclist turns talent into lifesaving instruction - PittsburghLIVE.com Growing up as a teenager in Pittsburgh's West End, Keith Code was an adventurous kid who bought his first motorcycle at the age of 12...
Jury weighs promoter's antitrust suit

16.3.05

The Daytona Beach News-Journal: East Volusia "There was a higher number of people obeying the laws and a small number doing stupid things"

12.3.05

The Daytona Beach News-Journal: East Volusia: "'Back home they say all the real (bikers) are either dead or in prison.'"

8.3.05

5-year-old motocross rider leading national competitor - newarkadvocate.com He's qualified for the U.S. Open. His dad's an ex-motocrosser. And his first name is Hayden.
ABC News: Kids' ATV Injuries Rising

6.3.05

SundayMirror.co.uk - DAYTONA, HERE I COME
The Daytona Beach News-Journal: Mark Lane: "You don't see more people dressing like 18-year-olds for Spring Break. We don't wear more advertising logos on our jackets during the Daytona 500. The baseball cap brim-in-back-to-brim-in-front ratio among locals rises only slightly during Black College Reunion. But Bike Week brings out a strange latent gypsy-biker-pirate look among a normally staid populace."

5.3.05

1.3.05

The Daytona Beach News-Journal: "NASCAR hall funding unpopular, poll finds"

27.2.05

The Daytona Beach News-Journal: "Rossmeyer expects roughly 50 percent of the vendors who normally set up on Beach Street during special events will follow his lead to Destination Daytona.

'I want to take them all,' he said."

26.2.05

toledoblade.com: "U.S. motorcycle sales have been climbing for a dozen years, nearly quadrupling from 278,000 units in 1992 to an estimated 1.05 million last year, according to the Motorcycle Industry Council. The record is more than 1.5 million in 1973."

24.2.05

Concord Monitor Online Residents: 'We can't take the noise'
Committee addresses motorcycle noise bill
theedgedaily.com: "Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) has appointed Naza Bikers Dream Sdn Bhd as the sole distributor in Malaysia of its limited edition, race-bred Petronas FP1 superbike."

20.2.05

17.2.05

USATODAY.com - All-Stars and new footwear a perfect fit: "The motorcycle-inspired design of the AJXX (Jordan owns a motorcycle team, Team23 Racing) includes a laser-etched strap that features more than 200 icons that were done to create a tapestry of stories connected to Jordan's career."

16.2.05

The Daytona Beach News-Journal: "Seven Volusia County schools will close early Thursday so students and staff can get home before race-related traffic fills the streets."

10.2.05

wotimes.com Motorcyclists doing wheelies in the Olympics? Why not?
Inside Bikes News BMW GB WANT KEEN BIKE RACERS

9.2.05

York Dispatch Online - LOCAL NEWS Harley-Davidson fire forces evacuation

3.2.05

Motorsport.com: News channel Ducati and Xerox Announce New World Superbike Partnership

31.1.05

Blackhole Motorsports 5MB, 1 minute trailer for Motogp3 to be released in time for Christmas 05.

24.1.05

Eurosport - Motor Sports - MotoGP: "Honda: 'Biaggi is our No. 1'"

20.1.05

MCN: The UK's number 1 motorcycling magazine WSB entry lists revealed
USATODAY.com - Motorcycle sales rev up to top 1 million
City ponders taking over Bike Week planning: "'Whenever we have public input in the past we seem to get sidetracked from what we want to do,' Commissioner Darlene Yordon said."

18.1.05

Press Release: "Team NVIDIA Enters British Superbike Championship"
AMASuperbike.com: Official website of the AMA Superbike Championship Road America won't make changes for FIM homologation, even if Suzuki pays.
USATODAY.com - Web sites let drivers flag road ragers

17.1.05

Bloomberg.com: Top Worldwide Yamaha Says 2005 Sales May Expand 15%

13.1.05

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