After a week of public debate, Moline aldermen Tuesday reversed last week’s decision and voted to provide police protection for the Bi-State Motorcycle Awareness Ride.
The council also voted to have the Bi-State Motorcycle Council pay the costs of the additional police protection for the May ride, which is estimated to be about $1,400.
The vote was taken at the committee-of-the-whole meeting. A final vote will be taken at next week’s regular council meeting.
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How will you get to work on July 18? Motorcycle maybe? That’s what state Rep. Richard LeBlanc - the proud new owner of a Harley-Davidson Peace Officer Ultra Classic - hopes.
The Westland Democrat and 13 fellow Democratic lawmakers - most of whom don’t own motorcycles - want the state to designate the third Wednesday of every July as "Ride Your Motorcycle to Work Day."
"I’ve always loved motorcycles," said LeBlanc, who got his first one as a gift from his grandfather (...)
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RIVERBANK — Growing participation in an annual motorcycle ride from Modesto to the Mother Lode Fairgrounds has created longer delays for traffic headed through town and into the mountains the first weekend of June.
To quell complaints, Sierra Hope Ride organizers are working with police and the California Highway Patrol, promising that a tighter pack will move through Modesto, Riverbank and Oakdale faster than in past years.
The ride, which benefits Muscular Dystrophy and has become a (...)
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Fond du Lac, WI — The 2007 Ride for Pride 100-mile motorcycle ride and fund-raiser will be held Saturday, April 28, departing from the Fond du Lac Holiday Inn at noon.
Festivities get underway on Friday night, April 27, with a pre-ride party at Open Road Harley-Davidson located on Rolling Meadows Drive, just south of Hwy. 23.
Riders and participants can preregister at Open Road Friday night and also 9-10 a.m. at open Road and 10-11:30 a.m. at the Holiday Inn.
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The deafening roar of motorcycles cutting across a 100-mile route through the Upstate is like music to the ears of abused and neglected children in Pickens County.
Those motorcycles, along with other vehicles, will take to the road in the upcoming 11th annual Ride for the Child in an effort to protect Pickens County children from abuse and neglect.
South Carolina ranks 47th in the nation for child wellbeing and 50th for funding prevention programs for children, said Olivia Fowler, (...)
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