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Los Angeles Times: Turning a blind eye to visibility: "auto safety experts and many consumers say the design trend, along with other features that restrict forward and rearward visibility, are compromising safety....Indeed, the federal government has no regulations that apply to window size....'There is no regulation that windows even have to exist for a passenger car. There is only the presumption they exist.'"
13.1.06
News - Isle of Man Today: News, Sport, Jobs, Property, Cars, Entertainments & More: "Neil says: 'I made some really really loose comments to a guy in a back of a truck"
12.1.06
MCN: The UK's number 1 motorcycling magazine Rossi gets solid gold lid
At today's price of $542.50/oz, Rossi's 6.5kg lid is worth almost $125,000.
At today's price of $542.50/oz, Rossi's 6.5kg lid is worth almost $125,000.
10.1.06
The back and forth between Yamaha and Altadis is cute. But it's wrong to place any blame on Honda.
When Yamaha gave up Altadis as their sponsor, there was much speculation over the reasoning. Over on speedtv.com Dennis Noyes was wailing and gnashing his teeth over tens of millions of sponsorship euros lost. Why were the evil MotoGP teams being so bad to the poor tobacco companies? Others opined on a possible conflict between Rossi being sponsored by Altadis in MotoGP while testing Ferraris paid for by Marlboro.
Now we know none of that is true. Keep It Simple Stupid. The most likely scenario is that Tokyo Joe Camel simply wanted to be on Rossi's championship-winning Yamaha. So Camel dumped Honda (and not the other way 'round!) leaving Biaggi, Barros, Checa, Pons and Altadis out of the 2006 GP season. Game, set, match. Worst off was Biaggi, who apparently was led to believe he had some chance of humping Camel on a Kawasaki. But all the while Camel simply awaited the new year to announce sponsoring Biaggi's greatest rival Valentino Rossi.
When Yamaha gave up Altadis as their sponsor, there was much speculation over the reasoning. Over on speedtv.com Dennis Noyes was wailing and gnashing his teeth over tens of millions of sponsorship euros lost. Why were the evil MotoGP teams being so bad to the poor tobacco companies? Others opined on a possible conflict between Rossi being sponsored by Altadis in MotoGP while testing Ferraris paid for by Marlboro.
Now we know none of that is true. Keep It Simple Stupid. The most likely scenario is that Tokyo Joe Camel simply wanted to be on Rossi's championship-winning Yamaha. So Camel dumped Honda (and not the other way 'round!) leaving Biaggi, Barros, Checa, Pons and Altadis out of the 2006 GP season. Game, set, match. Worst off was Biaggi, who apparently was led to believe he had some chance of humping Camel on a Kawasaki. But all the while Camel simply awaited the new year to announce sponsoring Biaggi's greatest rival Valentino Rossi.
HeraldNet: Italy inspires designers of U.S. Olympic wear: "The piping font for the USA logo on the T-shirts, sweatshirts, berets and scarves, among other pieces, is based on the lettering of vintage Ducati motorcycle paraphernalia."
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News - Isle of Man Today: News, Sport, Jobs, Property, Cars, Entertainments & More: "In the interview with the superbikeplanet.com website Hodgson states:"
28.12.05
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"
26.12.05
The Daytona Beach News-Journal: Lifestyle: "Four-wheeled cartographers make digital roads match reality"
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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”"
16.12.05
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 property wrangle culminated in an assault "
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
30.11.05
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"
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
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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.
...but no Superbikes for the US.
17.11.05
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
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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."
27.10.05
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."
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
22.10.05
Motorcycle dealership ramps up excitement for biker city - OrlandoSentinel.com: Volusia County News: "It looks like Nordstrom's"
20.10.05
News - Isle of Man Today: News, Sport, Jobs, Property, Cars, Entertainments & More STAMPS CELEBRATE YAMAHA'S TT CONTRIBUTION
17.10.05
Barnsley Sport - Barnsley Today: News, Sport, Jobs, Property, Cars, Entertainments & More: Toseland: Coming to America?
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"
15.10.05
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
13.10.05
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. "
12.10.05
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8.10.05
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."
But don't expect Confederate flags to disappear."
7.10.05
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."
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