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5th Annual Memorial Ride
2008-09-30 02:05:00
I was in Palm Springs this weekend for the 5th Annual Memorial Ride . Here’s the video as aired on KESQ.com:

Vegas Man Dies in Alaskan Motorcycle Crash
2008-09-22 13:35:00
I read this story today on KTUU and found it pretty disturbing as a motorcyclist. FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) - A Las Vegas man has died in a motorcycle crash on the Elliott Highway in Alaska’s interior. The motorcyclist was identified as 64-year-old Donald A. Cornell of Las Vegas and was pronounced dead at the scene by Alaska ...
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Tips for Shipping your Motorcycle
2008-09-19 13:06:00
Whether you’re buying a new bike, moving to a new house, or just wanting to take your bike with you the next time you go on vacation, shipping your motorcycle may be necessary in many situations. 1) Check with Friends - For short distances, there is bound to be someone you know that will let you ...
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Elk Creek Man Dies in Motorcycle Crash
2008-09-17 22:12:00
An Elk Creek man died Saturday after crashing his motorcycle and plunging nearly 40 feet off the Stony Creek Bridge. According to the California Highway Patrol, Joseph Nuckolls, 37, was riding a 1983 Honda Nighthawk motorcycle northbound on County Road 306 at about 55 mph. He attempted to turn into the eastbound lane on the Stony ...
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Nicky Hayden Joins Ducati Marlboro Team
2008-09-15 20:38:00
Ducati Corse announced today that Nicky Hayden will join its factory MotoGP team for 2009. The 27-year-old from Owensboro, Kentucky, will line up alongside Casey Stoner and will make his debut on the Desmosedici GP9 on the 27th October in a test immediately following the Valencia Grand Prix. Hayden joins Ducati after spending six years in ...
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And? Now It?s Official.
2008-09-14 21:57:00
The race has been called once again. Valentino Rossi has won. Nicky Hayden got saved by the race officials. Jorge Lorenzo got shafted. And that’s all folks.
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We?re Restarting?
2008-09-14 21:52:00
After calling the race, it looks like they are going to restart the race for another 8 laps… We’ll see how this goes.

What a Disappointment?
2008-09-14 21:48:00
That race was barely even worth watching. Congratulations to Rossi for the amazing ride in terrible conditions… But I find it really odd that they red flagged the race just as Hayden was about to get passed by Lorenzo. What transpired in those 30 seconds that caused them to red flag the race that hadn’t already been ...
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MotoGP from Indianapolis
2008-09-14 21:11:00
The race is on right now… I can’t believe how God-awful these announcers are. They can’t even get the rider’s names right. Terrible.
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Rossi Ends Stoner?s Streak with Pole Position at Indy
2008-09-14 01:23:00
Valentino Rossi came on strong in qualifying for the Indianapolis MotoGP to take the pole for tomorrow’s race and break Casey Stoner’s streak of 7 consecutive pole positions. Rossi was less than a tenth of a second faster than Stoner, who joins his tital rival on the front row of the grid in the 2nd position. ...
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Gibernau Completes Testing with Ducati
2008-07-31 01:57:00
As mentioned yesterday, Sete Gibernau may be called on to replace Marco Melandri as a factory Ducati rider. Today, Gibernau completed two days of testing for Ducati at Mugello with the Official Testers Vittoriano Guareschi and Niccola Canepa who will continue testing tomorrow for the final day.
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Tehama County Undersheriff Seriously Injured in Nevada Motorcycle Accident
2008-07-30 08:49:00
Tehama County Undersheriff Dennis Garton was seriously injured Friday while riding his 1991 Honda Goldwing on Interstate 80 near Winnemucca, Nevada .
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Stoner Takes MotoGP Season Opener
2008-03-10 06:51:00
Defending MotoGP champion Casey Stoner (42.36.587) won the opening race of the 2008 season handily. Stoner finished the race 5 seconds faster than his nearest competitor, Jorge Lorenzo (42.41.910). Rounding out the podium was Repsol Honda rider Dani Pedrosa (42.47.187). I expected Stoner to do well based on last years performance, but was surprised how well ...
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Qatar Testing Night 2
2008-03-04 03:06:00
The final Motogp Preseason testing with Jorge Lorenzo (1:54.552) setting the quickest time of the night. Jorge came in second on Night 1 and just seems to be getting better. How he will do during competition is anybody’s guess. Here are the rest of the results: 01 - Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha) - 1:54.552 02 - James Toseland (Yamaha) ...
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Qatar Testing Night 1
2008-02-29 01:33:00
It was a great night of testing, especially for the MotoGP Ducati Marlboro team. Their rider, Casey Stoner (1:55.330), was able to come away from the testing with not only the quickest lap of Night 1, but also to beat the Losail circuit record by more than a second. The circuit record was set by ...
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Troy Bayliss takes WSBK Race One in Qatar
2008-02-23 17:20:00
I don’t report on WSBK as much as I’d like. It’s a great series, but there’s so much MotoGP news that trying to cover them both is a little daunting. So I basically just pick and choose what I want to cover… You may remember the post I did about Troy Bayliss breaking his collar bone ...
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Albany Man Injured in Motorcycle Crash
2008-02-22 03:30:00
Samuel Cravin, 22, of Albany was injured when he lost control of his motorcycle and crashed around 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The accident happened at Bear Creek Road north of Orinda. Cravin regained consciousness at the scene but suffered a broken leg in addition to head and other injuries. CHP believes that speed was a factor in ...
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Motorcyclist Rides Wheelie into back of Chrysler Van
2008-02-21 00:34:00
On Sunday, a motorcyclist that was riding a wheelie on interstate 805 rode straight into the back of a Chrysler van. The 25-year old man, whose name has not been released, is an active duty sailor. Today, he remains hospitalized on life support. He was riding his motorcycle north on the 805 at Olympic Parkway in Chula ...
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Nicky Hayden: A Man on a Mission
2008-02-20 02:37:00
Nicky Hayden has made it no secret that he plans on becoming the 2008 MotoGP World Champion. He proved that today. In the final hour of testing Hayden laid down the quickest lap of any rider for the week - 1:38.848. He has also been the only rider in the top 3 or the entire 3 ...
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Motorcycle Paramedics?
2008-02-18 20:21:00
Read an interesting article today from Florida about paramedics using decommissioned CHP motorcycles to respond to injury calls. Ken DeSantis, 42, of Wellington Flordia is firefighter/paramedic veteran of 22 years and is part of a 2-man motorcycle team stationed in Fort Lauderdale. His team uses donated CHP motorcycles to respond to accidents in the heavily ...
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Stoner on top at Jerez Day 2, Takes Home BMW
2008-02-17 19:36:00
It was a windy and wet day at the Spanish Circuito de Jerez , which made the times today about 10 seconds slower than yesterday’s results. Stoner , aboard his Ducati Desmosedici GP8, took just 5 laps to set his fastest time of the session - 1:49.236 - and guarantee that the BMW Z4 M roadster would be ...
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Female Motorcyclist Killed on Rural Road
2008-02-17 01:54:00
A female motorcyclist was killed Friday morning when she ran her motorcycle into the back of a pickup on a rural road southeast of Visalia. The identity of the rider, who was pronounced dead at the scene, was withheld pending notification of her relatives. The man she ran into, Steve Ferris, 59, of Visalia, was trying to ...
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Nicky Hayden Fastest on Jerez Testing Day 1
2008-02-16 21:33:00
Today was the first day of testing at Spain’s Circuito de Jerez and Repsol Honda rider Nicky Hayden was the fastest rider with a time of 1:39.200. Aside from Hayden, the riders finishing out the top 3 were nobody that I would expect: Randy DePuniet with a 1:39.444 and Jorge Lorenzo with a 1:39.528. ‘The Doctor’, former ...
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California Marine Dies in Washington Motorcycle Accident
2008-02-16 17:57:00
The Kitsap County Sheriff’s Department has identified a man killed in a motorcycle accident on Tuesday. Authorities say Marine Pfc.  Peter Masdonati, from Thornton, CA., was assigned to a security force at the Bangor Naval Base. Around 11 p.m. Tuesday, a Kitsap Country Sheriff’s deputy attempted to pull Masdonati over for speeding. Moments later his motorcycle careened ...
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McGuinness Replica Bike For Sale on eBay for CJ Riders Fund
2008-02-16 05:31:00
There’s a McGuinness Replica bike up on eBay to raise money for the CJ Riders Fund . Here’s the link (Item# 120220013997): Click here Honda has commissioned only 10 of these beautiful bikes and you can be the proud owner of one. The bid right now is at £12,400 (Yes. British Pounds.) The winner will not only receive ...
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Moved the Site
2008-02-15 21:40:00
The site was down most of this morning as I moved it over to WordPress.  WordPress just has a lot of niceties that I was missing with my home-grown blogging solution I was using before. Hope you like it.
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Nicky <3s Honda
2008-02-15 18:12:00
The start of the 2008 MotoGP season just a couple weeks away and, yesterday, Team Repsol Honda officially launched their team for the 2008 season in Zargoza, Spain. The presentation started at noon local time with an official reception by the Mayor of Zaragoza, Juan Alberto Belloch, of the Repsol riders in the Town Hall of ...
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Frickin? Motorcycle Thieves
2008-02-15 01:39:00
With the help of a witness, three motorcycle thieves in Ridgecrest have been apprehended. The Ridgecrest Police Department responded to a residence on the 900 block of East California Avenue to investigate a report of a garage being burglarized and a motorcycle and tools being stolen. With the help of the victim and a witness, the investigation ...
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Team Honda Gresini: We?re the ?most Japanese.?
2008-02-14 20:38:00
Today, Team Honda Gresini unveiled their new 2008 Honda RC212V as well as their official team line-up consisting of Alex De Angelis and MotoGP veteran Shinya Nakano. Team Honda Gresini is owned by former two-time world champion Fausto Gresini.  I’ve always liked Nakano and I hope they become a contender for the championship in ‘08. Of Shinya ...
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Friday, July 7, 2006 6:06 PM : Heat and Bikers
2008-01-11 00:00:00
If you have been riding your bike the past few days I'm sure you've noticed just how hot and muggy it's been. With the temperatures being so high, and the humidity index above 30%, this kind of weather can be fatal to motorcyclists. Compounding the heat and humidity are four cylinders and exhaust pipes radiating in excess of 500F just inches from your legs. The American Red Cross says that heat-related illnesses can begin to occur from exposure to a heat index of 95F for as little as 30 minutes. Our heat index today was 109F so if you are riding for any length of time in this heat, you are putting yourself in jeopardy. At a temperature of 90F, a motorcyclist travelling at 60mph can lose three quarts of water every hour. If these fluids are not properly and quickly replenished, you can become dehydrated which can lead to heat stress, heat exhaustion, heat stroke, or even death. As a side note: My neighbor was taking her dog for a walk yesterday afternoon when it began to act ...
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