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Motorcycle club members deliver gifts to kids

Motorcycle club members came bearing gifts of stuffed animals, puzzles, infant mobiles, DVDs, arts and crafts supplies, electronic trivia games, remote control cars, and even some Harley-Davidson “Mighty Bike” replicas. The contingent from the D.C. Eagles Motorcycle Club descended Tuesday on Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin-Fox Valley with a load of toys guaranteed to make even the sickest of patients grin. “We will be giving these things to patients and families throughout the year,” (...)
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Parents warned over unregistered motorcycle gifts

PARENTS should first consider safety and the law before giving their children motorcycles for Christmas, New South Wales police say. Officers have warned that unregistered bikes – particularly trail bikes designed for children, such as the smaller 50cc and 125cc models – ridden on streets and public property without permission will be seized. Anyone caught may face fines up to $2200 or two years imprisonment. Police said parents should also be aware some motorcycles are not built to (...)
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What’s your opinion about a towing motorcycle?

These photos with the motorcycle wich tows an automobile were going around countlessly on the Internet. These motorcycles have a 6 speed gearbox and are able to tow up to 2,5t at a speed of 30 km/h(18,64mph). I find the idea of a motorcycle able to tow easily an automobile, a very interesting one.
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The National Road Safety Foundation calls for better driver education

As police begin their annual holiday enforcement campaign to arrest motorists driving while impaired by alcohol or drugs, Fraydun Manocherian, founder and chairman of The National Road Safety Foundation, Inc. is calling for a nationwide driver education program that he says can save up to 4,000 lives a year and eliminate more than $2.5 billion in crash-related costs. Manocherian said about 115 people are killed in traffic crashes every day, and nearly 40 percent are alcohol-related. (...)
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American Chopper revs its engines on the Learning Channel

AMERICAN CHOPPER, featuring Orange County Choppers, the family business run by Paul Teutul Sr. and Paul Teutul Jr., is moving to The Learning Channel starting Thursday, January 18, from 9-10 PM (ET/PT) to be the cornerstone of a new programming block, TURBO ON TLC. The first two episodes of AMERICAN CHOPPER on TLC feature a build-off between Paul Teutul Jr. and Paul Teutul Sr., who each build a prototype custom chopper that is their vision of the future of OCC. The two bikes will be (...)
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Santas and reindeers on Harley deliver gifts for young patients

More than 100 Harley Davidson riders from the Pinkerton Motorcycle Club and other groups as far away as Nottingham, arrived at the Great Western Hospital with a present each, ready to dish them out to the sickly youngsters on the childern’s ward. The bikers, wearing Santa hats and reindeer antlers, arrived at noon at the hospital escorted by police motorcyclists and they had managed to get together so many gifts that a van had to help deliver them all. Road captain Jake Cannon said: (...)
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"Motorcycle Toy Run" for the kids of Cayman

Two wheelers across the Islands are being invited to take part in a new special holiday event to get toys to kids. The new 96.5 CAYROCK and Cayman Hog Riders have joined forces to introducing a new Christmas tradition to the country with the ‘Motorcycle Toy Run,’ which kicks off in the morning of Sunday, 17 December. In the new Christmas event, bikers will drive from Boatswain’s Beach to Rum Point in formation with a police escort. “I loved being part of motorcycle runs (...)
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BMW Motorrad Technology Bearer For Highly Dynamic Systems

As part of research activities on future regulation systems, a motorcycle test vehicle has been created under the umbrella of BMW Group research and technology. This vehicle has a very high engine output and lightweight construction technology and is designed to test highly dynamic processes in engine and driving dynamics management under extreme conditions. BMW Head of Development Prof. Burkhard Göschel said that the choice of a motorcycle to study fundamental technological developments (...)
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Arnold Schwarzenegger motorcycle accident

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and his son, Patrick, received minor injuries Sunday afternoon in a motorcycle accident near their Brentwood home, the governor’s press secretary said in a written statement. The low-speed collision occurred about 3:15 p.m. as Schwarzenegger was riding his Harley-Davidson with his son, Patrick, in the motorcycle’s sidecar, according to Margita Thompson, the governor’s press secretary. As the pair were riding north on Mandeville Canyon Road, a car (...)
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