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Scooter Tramp Scotty Visits the French Quarter in New Orleans

    The Famous Dr. John Drops By For a Visit Photos and text by Scooter Tramp Scotty On winterā€™s slow migration south for the warmer climates of Florida, I stopped into New Orleans for a visit with a friend who lives in the famous French Quarter. For almost six weeks Iā€™ve been camped on Burgundy St (one block north of Bourbon St) in the back yard of the little house belonging to the motorcycle riding, dready chick, known as B.B. St. Roman. Hailing from the generation just before my own, B.B. has a very colorful history. But the person Iā€™d like to talk about now is the famous Dr. John, because he dropped by the house last week and ...
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Pre-Xmas Thursday News For Thursday, December 19, 2013

  The perfect Holiday Gift Guide Served on Ice, with Bike Shows and News On The Side Another challenging week and a full moon. Watch out for those bastards, I mean the full moons. They seem to unleash the evil, and test our souls. Sure, that sounds strange, but we all have bad days. Instead of getting wrapped in negativity, look at it as a test, or just another challenge you will overcome and move beyond. Itā€™s all about helping others and reaching your goals. We like that mantra around here. It doesnā€™t always work, but we reach out daily to help or brothers and sisters in the industry. Letā€™s hit the news: CLICK TO READ NEWS  
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New York Ultimate Builder Show Report – Lights, Camera, ACTION!

  IMS/Ultimate Builder Show -- New York Text and Photos by Jack Mcintyre Lights, Camera, ACTION!,Ā  and lots of it, morning to the next morning, does this town ever sleep??? Being from Philly, NYC is a skip and a jump up the Turnpike. I'm in Manhattan as often as possible because itā€™s clearly one of the greatest cities on Earth. Now for the reason of my latest trip up, the International Motorcycle Shows, Ultimate Builders Competition. The guys sent out a distress call to me to help, because I'm just that great... well not really, but they did need my help, and I'm more than happy to do so. Bob Kay & Jeff Najar from Bikerpros.com run the Ultimate Builders ...
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Norton Sales Peak After Prince William Visit

Norton Motorcycles reports a significant boost is global sales after Prince William was snapped near a Norton SG2 TT at the Motorcycle Live trade show at Birmingham's NEC in early December. Leicester Mercury reported that the images of the Duke of Cambridge straddling the motorbike created great interest in the US with chief executive of Norton, Stuart Garner, explaining that it received significant orders following the publication of the pictures. He told the news provider: "It [the Prince William photo] has helped bring awareness of the brand over there which we wouldn't have ordinarily got. It helps to extend the brand reach." Mr Garner added that he managed to have a chat with the Duke of Cambridge who informed him ...
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SturgisĀ® Motorcycle Rally Inc. Donates $50,000 to SturgisĀ® Rally Charities Foundation

SturgisĀ® Motorcycle Rally Inc. (SMRi), official stewards of the SturgisĀ® brand, have announced that they will once again donate $50,000 to SturgisĀ® Rally Charities Foundation who will in turn distribute that to local charities in and around the Sturgis community. This is the third year in a row that SMRi has made a contribution, all of which have been made possible by community supported licensing agreements that SMRi manages for the SturgisĀ® brand. In addition SMRi has the pleasure of welcoming two new volunteer board members, Scott Reiman and the Mayor of Sturgis Mark Carstensen "We are really excited to have Scott Reiman, Vice President at First Interstate Bank in Sturgis and Sturgis Mayor Carstensen as our newest members of ...
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Royal Enfield Continental GT is Motorcycle of the Year 2014 In India

Royal Enfield Continental GT, was recipient of Indian Motorcycle of the Year 2014 awards. Contending with Royal Enfield Continental GT were the Centuro, KTM Duke 390 and Hyosung Aquila Pro. The motorcycles were judged on basis of price, performance, style, fuel efficiency, safety standards, comfort features and technical innovations besides adaptability to Indian riding conditions. All four short listed motorcycles were of the highest standards. Aquila Pro excelled in comfort while 390 Duke was fast and Centuro was well equipped for an entry level motorcycle. However it was Continental GT that was declared a winner by six of the nine jurors, due to its looks, stability, rideability and also for the fact that it was reasonably priced.
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Youngest Rider To Ever Race In The Dakar

Heā€™s never even competed in the Dakar Rally, yet Jeremias Gonzalez Ferioli has already claimed his first record. He turned 18 in December, and will join the starting line of the 2014 edition of Dakar as itā€™s youngest participant ever. The Argentinian quad biker set his sights on Dakar almost 4 years ago, when he was competing in the Argentinian off-road championship. He won an entry by winning the Dakar Challenge in 2013. Thereā€™s one small glitch though, in order to compete in Chile, he will have to pass his motorcycle licence first, something heā€™s confident wonā€™t be an obstacle.
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Motorcycle Industry Brief ā€”Ā NAMZ Buys Badlands

NAMZ Custom Cycle Products Inc. purchased Badlands Motorcycle Products Inc.! ā€œThe deal took a while to get completed but all good things work out in the endā€ says NAMZ President, Jeff Zielinski. ā€œWe have been working closely together for well over 10-years as NAMZ designs and manufactures all Badlands wiring harnesses for their modules.ā€ Badlands President, Dan Lewis felt that NAMZ would be able to take his company to a higher level of operational excellence, improve distribution and increase productivity. ā€œThey are the best at what they do and the synergies between our companies make this deal a no brainer for NAMZ and the future of Badlands,ā€ says Dan. NAMZ will close down the Badlands location in Sparks Nevada and ...
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Customize Your Ride With Trask V-Line Series

If you're looking to update your ride or give it a custom touch, visit Trask Performance and see their "V-Line" series of parts and accessories. Our quality fit and finish parts will give your bike a clean custom look. Advertisement  
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NCOM Coast to Coast Biker News for December 2013

    THE AIM/NCOM Motorcycle E-News Service By Bill Bish, thanks to Richard Lester and NCOM, with photos from the Bob T. collection Congressman Demands Anti-Motorcycle Explanation from CDC, Global Motorcycle Industry Projected Expansion, US Traffic Deaths Are On The Rise, Motorcyclists Are Safer Behind The Wheel, Motorcycle Thefts Decline, FEDS Set Up Road Blocks to Harvest DNA, LAPD to Pay $10 Million in Ticket Quota Controversy, Motorcyclists in Australia Protest Anti-Bikie Laws QUOTABLE QUOTE: "A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury." ~ John Stuart Mill, (1806-1873) philosopher and economist CLICK TO READ ARTICLE   Advertisement  
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