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 fĂȘte 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."