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Rocky Mountain News: Local: "We are allowed to stay active on issues like auto seat belts. But on helmet laws, we've had to sit back and watch the motorcycle fatalities go up for eight straight years."
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Independent Online Edition > General: "Love of the simple life pays dividends in Bayliss's return to superbikes "
26.5.06
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Sport-Federer and Kostelic win Laureus sporting oscars | Motor Sports | Reuters.co.uk: "Italian motorcycle champion Valentino Rossi, who picked up a Spirit of Sport award after three fruitless years as a contender."
21.5.06
The big money of motorsports - Forbes.com - MSNBC.com: "a top 25 finisher in the Daytona 500 got airtime equivalent to $7 million worth of 30-second commercials on average... [Last year,] Earnhardt reaped $149 million in televised exposure time for lead sponsor Budweiser. By that calculation, Anheuser-Busch got a bargain. It is believed to have spent only $15 million on the sponsorship."
19.5.06
WORTHPLAYING - - All about games ! Milstone, the creators of the Superbike series, are back and bringing Super-Bikes: Riding Challenge with them, the most realistic and in depth riding simulation
18.5.06
16.5.06
Orange County Weekly “Fine art? It’s more like primitive art,” said photographer Richard Karl Koch, who shot Von Dutch for a 1970 Los Angeles Times West magazine feature and had him pinstripe a Rand McNally globe of the moon—which Koch recently listed on eBay with a $75,000 reserve.
Insider Racing News * May 16, 2006: "NASCAR tops the list as the favorite type of motorsports according to fans polled from January-December 2005. It received 59.5% of the votes compared to the next-highest total of 13.4% for the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA). Following in third place were motorcycle events at 9.7, Formula 1 with 6.3, the Indy Racing League (IRL) with 6.1, Champ Car World Series with 1.4 and other racing series at 0.4. NASCAR tops the list as the favorite type of motorsports according to fans polled from January-December 2005. It received 59.5% of the votes compared to the next-highest total of 13.4% for the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA). Following in third place were motorcycle events at 9.7, Formula 1 with 6.3, the Indy Racing League (IRL) with 6.1, Champ Car World Series with 1.4 and other racing series at 0.4. "
Cleveland.com's Printer-Friendly Page: "the Environmental Protection Agency Web site shows the three dozen or so 2006 flexible-fuel vehicles (which operate on either gasoline or E85) typically lose 25 percent to almost 30 percent in mileage when running on E85."
15.5.06
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YouTube - Heat Vision and Jack"Adventures of a superintelligent renegade astronaut and his talking motorcycle." Directed by Ben Stiller, starring Jack Black and Owen Wilson.
10.5.06
Mid-Ohio race track revs up with expansion - Business First of Columbus:: "Ohio is considered the motorcycle capital of America"
Like, did the cars designate the old Daytona road course this way before they got it all to themselves?:
"- Turn 3 is known as the International Horseshoe [okay, that one we knew]
- Turn 5 is known as Pedro Rodriguez Corner, named for the Mexican road-racing legend who also was NASCAR's Latino pioneer with six races run between 1959 and 1971
- Turn 7 is NASCAR Turn 1
- Turn 8 is NASCAR Turn 2
- Turns 9, 10, 11, 12 make up the chicane
- Turn 13 is NASCAR Turn 3
- Turn 14 is NASCAR Turn 4"
"- Turn 3 is known as the International Horseshoe [okay, that one we knew]
- Turn 5 is known as Pedro Rodriguez Corner, named for the Mexican road-racing legend who also was NASCAR's Latino pioneer with six races run between 1959 and 1971
- Turn 7 is NASCAR Turn 1
- Turn 8 is NASCAR Turn 2
- Turns 9, 10, 11, 12 make up the chicane
- Turn 13 is NASCAR Turn 3
- Turn 14 is NASCAR Turn 4"
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HometownAnnapolis.com, Sailing - Volvo sailor jumps at chance to ride with motocross star: "Call it moto meets Volvo."
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