Ok, ok. Call me a cynic. I was watching the new TNT show “Leverage” tonight and there is a scene where some defense contractor is talking about buying Congressmen. He says, paraphrased, “You can get a US Congressman elected for $50,000 to $100,000. But once you get them in the re-election rate is over 90%. [...]
Entries from December 9th, 2008
Buying a US Congressman is a great investment
December 9th, 2008 · No Comments · Politics of Riding
Tags: badcongress·badlaws·badpoliticians
How do you feel abut the AMA – vintage rider survey
December 8th, 2008 · No Comments · Politics of Riding, Vintage
Last night I got an email from Tony Wenck, producer of Pit Pass Radio, to let me know they’re interviewing AMA CEO Rob Dingman on tomorrow night’s show. Tony asked if I had any questions I wanted him to ask. It’s short notice, but one of the things I want to do is gauge the [...]
2008 Moto Guzzi Classics Piemonte tour
December 7th, 2008 · No Comments · Vintage
Vintage Moto Guzzi aficionado Patrick Hayes of Fremont, CA has posted an awesome photo essay of his 2008 Piemonte Tour on a classic Guzzi Falcone. The photos of the Italian countryside are beautiful, and the Guzzi collections are stunning. I am envious. I realize Europe has had 10x the number of years as the US [...]
Tags: europe·MotoGuzzi·PatrickHayes·travel
More thoughtless government intervention
December 6th, 2008 · No Comments · Politics of Riding
Here’s your government at work, again. This time the morons in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative — the bureaucratic jackasses responsible for trying to globally mandate ridiculous, user-hostile, US Copyright laws written for the benefit of Disney and Hollywood — are trying to use small- and mid-displacement European motorcycles as a bargaining chip [...]
Tags: AMA·badcongress·badlaws·badpoliticians
2x World MX Champ Heinz Kinigadner interview
December 6th, 2008 · No Comments · Profiles in Riding, Vintage
Here’s a short interview with Heinz Kinigadner over at MotocrossMX1.com. After his son was paralyzed in a racing accident in 2003, Kinigadner partnered with Red Bull founder Dietrich Mateschitz to form the Wings for Life foundation. Wings for Life is the dedicated to funding pure research in the area of spinal cord injuries and is [...]
Tags: HeinzKinigadner·motocross
I found my gloves
December 5th, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorized
I found my favorite alpinestars street gloves today. I’ve been looking for them since the weather turned nice in the spring and I started riding with vented gloves again. I knew they weren’t “lost” inasmuch as they were just misplaced. I knew they were in the house somewhere, but I couldn’t find them. So I [...]
Tags: LostandFound
New patent filed by KTM
December 4th, 2008 · No Comments · Industry, Technology
Austrian motorcycle manufacturer KTM has filed patents for a new, 2-wheel-drive, hybrid motorcycle. Following KTM’s announcement of their all-electric zero-emissions bike, which is planned for production by 2010, this hybrid features an internal combustion engine driving the rear wheel with an electric motor driving the front wheel. I don’t know exactly how it works, but [...]
Tags: electricbikes·future·KTM·patents
Vintage motorbikes by Ridley
December 1st, 2008 · No Comments · Vintage
Here’s a cool vintage bike for the garage or golf course — the Ridley Vintage Motorbike. Ridley is the company that makes automatic transmission street cruisers. Yeah, I know… I don’t understand that either but whatever floats your boat is alright with me. Anyway, I think these are pretty cool little bikes. They’re expensive, though. [...]
Tags: RidleyMotorbikes
