I’ve got to begin getting ready for the trip to Utah. Here are some news items about my favorite motorcycle company: According to a publication in Great Britain, Harley is going to increase the prices of several lines by up to 10 percent. Motorcyclenews.com said the increases will take place beginning May 1. Here’s the [...]
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News Items About Harley-Davidson
Posted in Harley-Davidson, News Reports on April 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Their Priorities Are In The Right Place!
Posted in Harley-Davidson, News Reports on March 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
http://www.freep.com/article/20090326/NEWS03/90326009/Vote+set+for+today+on+Oakland+sheriff+office+s+requests
Keep Your Fingers Crossed
Posted in Harley-Davidson, News Reports on March 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
While surfing the Internet this morning I came across this interesting article from the New York Times about Harley-Davidson (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/22/business/economy/22harley.html?em). The folks at Harley have been through some difficult times in the past 106 years. Let’s keep our fingers crossed and hope they make it out of this difficult time and come roaring back to [...]
Manslaughter or Murder?
Posted in News Reports, Opinion, Safety on March 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
We don’t have all of the facts and in our country everyone is presumed innocent until proven guilty, but this story from the KCBD website (kcbd.com) makes me furious. Read the last paragraph and tell me if it’s manslaughter or murder in your mind. LUBBOCK, TX (KCBD) – An accident in north Lubbock overnight claimed [...]
What Else Will They Use To Kill Us?
Posted in News Reports, Safety on March 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Every rider of a motorcycle knows that drivers of automobiles and trucks are the No. 1 enemy. We can’t be too cautious around the cages. Now, out of Jacksonville, Fla., comes word of another potential killer of motorcyclists—falling ladders from pickup trucks. It seems that Gerald and Margaret Moore of Mannington, W. Va., were heading [...]
I’ve Got To Have A T-Shirt
Posted in Harley-Davidson, News Reports, Opinion on March 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Lots of Harley-Davidson motorcycle riders, as they journey across the nation, enjoy stopping at Harley stores and looking around at the wide variety of items that are for sale. At one time, I wanted to get a souvenir t-shirt commemorating every HD store that I visited. That plan didn’t last long. With shirts costing anywhere [...]
What About Newspapers?
Posted in News Reports, Opinion on February 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Those of you who know me are aware that I spent almost 40 years working for a daily newspaper—first as a sports writer at the El Paso Times and then more than three decades as everything from a sports writer to editor of The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. It was a lot of fun, but it also [...]
Please Be Careful Out There
Posted in News Reports, Safety on February 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Several days ago I wrote that whenever I throw my leg over the Green Machine that I tell myself, “they are trying to kill me.” Those words serve to remind me that no matter how safely I may ride my motorcycle I must always be on the alert for drivers who, for whatever reason, don’t [...]
It’s True: Bikers Are “Softies”
Posted in News Reports on January 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A recent study on erectile dysfunction by a group of Japanese researchers seems to indicate that the vibration created by motorcycles can turn our hardened biker buddies into a bunch of softies. Here’s a link to a story about the survey that was published in the “International Journal of Impotence Research.” http://www.healthcentral.com/erectile-dysfunction/c/29454/50175/moto/pf/ It’s important to [...]
How Much For A Life?
Posted in News Reports, Opinion, Safety, West Texas on January 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
For some reason, and I don’t begin to try to determine why, the lives of those who ride motorcycles don’t seem to be valued very highly by prosecutors or juries. If I’m wrong about that, why are so few people sent to jail, much less even prosecuted when they are involved in a wreck that [...]
