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You may have noticed that not a lot of new material has been showing up on this site. Well, it’s our fault, we’ve been dealing with “real” life stuff. I hope our regular readers understand that when you do something like this for fun, sometimes it has to take a backseat to more pressing issues that come our way from time to time.

Rest assurded we’re still here and will have more stories to tell in the future. But with riding and racing seasons in full swing, we’re spending more time on and around bikes than behind the keyboard.

This is probably a good time to throw out an encouragement to anyone who would like to help us with penning some new

I was raised in a family of mostly women and my mother taught me from day one, that a woman can do anything a man can, if she puts her mind and energies into it. She was one of the first true feminists.

So I’m not one to give woman any special consideration when it comes to particpating in sports. In fact, when they get there own leagues, it’s only further proof they need a handicap.

In motorcycle racing, it’s no different, especially since it doesn’t require any special strength and a smaller stature can actually be helpful. Several woman have tried their hand at motorcycle racing with minimal success. But the media goes crazy for these gals despite the fact they

Here’s a string of emails between myself and some other enthusiasts about upcoming legislation in California related to bikes being emissions tested every other year all the way back to year 2000 models. Unlike several other states, California currently has no emission testing for motorcycles.

             From Terry

Biennial smog checks would be required for motorcycles manufactured in the 2000 model year and later under a bill making its way through the California Legislature.

Read more:

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-smog-motorcycles5-2009may05,0, 6008850.story

From Chris

I gotta say .. I’m torn on this topic.

On one hand, I welcome getting the loud bikes off the streets. Here in Harley-Land there is no doubt that nearly every loud exhaust “upgrade” is done to stroke the ego of the rider

When it rains on a motorcyclist, it pours. I wanted to be able to ride my motorcycle every day possible, even in the rain. Soon after I got my Texas motorcycling License I began to research wet weather gear. I scoured the Internet reading blogs, forums, ads, and articles. The name that kept coming up was frogg toggs. The name really stands out and a lot of riders were recommending them. So I decided to check them out.

There I was again browsing around Cycle Gear again looking at motorcycle jackets, and anything else I might need, when I saw a frogg toggs label. I looked