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I came across an interesting article in The Week magazine, December 18, 2009 issue. The following information was derived from that article. I believe it is pertinent to motorcycle safety and worthy of all motorcyclists’ attention. Here’s a reiteration of its content.

Hugh “Harry” Hurt, Jr. was a safety engineer at the University of Southern California (USC) during 1981. He is famous for having conducted a groundbreaking study that involved the investigation of 900 motorcycle accidents in the Los Angeles area. The study pioneered the field of motorcycle crash research. Its findings doubtless contributed to saving numerous lives.

Mr. Hurt was also an avid motorcyclist. Harry’s first bike was actually a Cushman scooter; later he graduated to a heavyweight ‘47 Harley Davidson.

He studied vehicle safety as a graduate

2010 brings a new year to all of us, but for me it means a fresh start in many ways. 2009 was full of “change” (ugh…do i hate that mantra now). Regardless, I’m back on the keyboard!

I’m going to get caught up on the authoring stuff due to the many things that have been going on in my little world:
Dirt bike (now dirt bikes)
Suspension stuff
Getting “unmarried”
Off-roading: the 4-wheel version
Driving the Rubicon Trail
P90x
Racing in the Baja 1000
Crashing the dirt bike in a bed of cacti (friggin’ yesterday)

Right now, with few exceptions, life is good and the plan is to share that now that I have things fairly well sorted.

Happy trails and lets have a great (well…better) 2009.

AB