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Check out the interesting post over at Keep the Rubber Side Down.  It discusses some of the factors in motorcycle fatalities…he hits four of them.  He also touches on the result of the leaders of a large group ride hitting their brakes quickly and hard.  It appears that a couple riders hit the pavement that way too - quickly and hard.

Anyway, it reminds me of a group ride I was on where a similar thing happened.  It was a 40-50 bike ride where the front guys had to slam on their brakes.  I was the only non-cruiser and had no problem with the brake to weight ratio (!) like the full dressers did.  No one went down, but I

Here is the 2008 WSBK calendar:
Dates Country Circuit Classes

February 23 Qatar Doha/Losail SBK SSP

March 2 Australia Phillip Island SBK SSP

April 6 Spain Valencia SBK SSP SST

April 27 Netherlands Assen SBK SSP SST

May 11 Italy Monza * SBK SSP SST

June 1 United States Salt Lake City SBK

June 15 Germany Nürburgring SBK SSP SST

June 29 San Marino Misano SBK SSP SST

July 20 Czech Rep Brno SBK SSP SST

August 3 Great Britain Brands Hatch SBK SSP SST

September 7 Europe Donington Park SBK SSP SST

September 21 Italy Vallelunga SBK SSP

October 5 France Magny-Cours SBK SSP SST

October 12 Indonesia Sentul * SBK SSP

November 2 Portugal Portimão SBK SSP SST

* : subject to contract

Nice. I just happen to know someone who live in Salt Lake,

Another year has came and went.  For me, 2007 was a blast.  Not a lot of changes in the old stable, but some nonetheless.  Bought an SV650 for the track and sold it about ten months later.  In its place, I added a YZ250 so that I can pollute with a smile…like this :).  Of course, a lot of gear and accessories have also been added and subtracted from the collection.

To celebrate, five of us went out an laid some fresh knobby prints in the desert yesterday.  The weather was beautiful, the bikes ran well, and with one exception (heh- not me), no one crashed.  We eeked out about a three hour ride of all kinds of trails ranging from

Sticking with the theme of my online orders these past few weeks, I have also learned to be vigilant with my order(s). 

Example #1:  I ordered a sweet Yamaha receiver from the Best Buy For Business website on November 30th.  Earlier this week, I decided to follow up on the order since it had not arrived yet.  Given that the site stated “usually ships in 1-2 weeks”, I had waited a reasonable amount of time. 

The online tracking form had said “In Process” for two weeks, so I blew in a call.  Without going into too much line-by-line detail, BBFB decided that they were not going to carry this item any longer.  So be it, but there was no mechanism to inform me

Yeah, its easy to be patient when your selling.  I ordered chains & gearing for my YZ426f and my YZ250 over a week ago and it has not arrived yet.  Every day when I arrive home from work: ”did I get a package?”

ITS SLOWLY KILLING ME!

I have been a regular Sanford and Son with the buying and selling of just ’stuff’ in general.  Within the last two weeks I have bought an ‘05 YZ250, a 50″ DLP TV, a complete surround system with a Yamaha receiver (of course), a personal GPS unit, and about $400 worth of dirt bike parts and accessories.  In turn, I have sold my SV650, a Glock Model 23, A Mossberg 695 12 Ga. shotgun w/ Leupold scope, and a somewhat solid commitment on a 42″ plasma TV.  Lots of transactions going on these days and all with the use of free online classifieds.

The funny thing is that I have been trying to sell the TV and sat on the SV

I sold my SV track bike on Wednesday night.  The new owner plans on racing it out at Arroyo Seco in New Mexico, which as a short track, will be a perfect venue for that bike.  I have nothing bad to say about owning an SV650 for a track bike, with the small exception that I believe it would be not so fun on longer horsepower tracks.  They seem to be purpose built for short courses.

Mine was great.  I did nothing to it except add a set of buns and fuel.  Normally, you take a bath when you turn a bike in less than a year, but I broke even with this one and attended two track days…and it only

When you learn more in 2 days than the previous 10 years of riding, it’s significant. Such was my experience under the tutelage of Jimmy and Heather Lewis. Jimmy stresses proper body position, peg weighting, throttle/clutch control and picking an appropriate speed as the keys to success.

 I spent a recent weekend with about 30 like-minded nutcases in Primm, Nevada learning how little I really knew about riding off-road. I started riding in the dirt pretty late in life, about age 35. Fortunately, several experienced friends gave me plenty of practical suggestions to get me through my initial rides. And over subsequent years, I acquired additional ideas that helped me refine my craft.  But over the last few years I could smell

Ever since I started hitting the desert a little more frequently, I have been trying to be as legal as possible.  I use the word “try” because I can’t guarantee that ever trail I have ridden is a sanctioned BLM or State Trust area.  That said, I am trying to be good.

With my new purchase of a YZ250, I needed to get a required spark arrestor to be legal.  I bought a FMF silencer that is also a US Forestry approved spark arrestor.  Got it and in about ten minutes, it was installed.  The YZ is legal. 

I decided that I would add the spark arrestor end fitting on to my YZ426’s Supertrapp to make it legal while I’m at it. 

Hmmm…this is actually a cool looking machine for being green.

SYNOPSIS: The Crosscage concept bike is a fuel cell motorcycle designed to achieve optimum performance using Intelligent Energy’s air-cooled fuel cell system. Photo credit: Bill Moore, EV World.Com.
Green transportation is coming whether we think its necessary or not.  Let’s face it, there is a mrket for these machines if they are viable for mass production.  A Suzuki partnership does give it hope, unlike these small private ventures that simply ‘have a dream’.

Some quick questions I have:

• What is the top speed (highway worthy or city commuter only)?
• What is the range?
• What is the distance per dollar travelled?
• Where are the fuel stations?
• Will it use the Suzuki deaker network?
• Where is the wind protection?
• Can I get neon
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