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

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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."