Order your Dodge V-10 bike now. Driver runs motorcyclist off road, then shoots him. More Indian Motorcycle Company woes as labor -- and its lawyers -- enter the fray. AMA/ProStar's dragracing's hot-rod cruiser program has been renewed for 2004. Don't get lost. Piglet -- you'd be missed. Now it's legal to protect both of your ears in the (silence is) Golden State. Amazing dirttracker Chris Carr just keeps going and going, and winning and winning.
Dodge Will Sell its Tomahawk V-10 "Motorcycle" through Neimen Marcus -- For $555.000
Been wondering what to get that special someone for a holiday gift? Check out the Neiman Marcus Christmas catalog, which will include the first of about 10 of Dodge's oddball four-wheel, 500-horsepower, V-10 powered Tomahawk (a.k.a. Traumahawk) "motorcycles." Best of all, they won't run away on it after you give it to them because you can't ride it on the street -- or maybe at all. Oh, and don't plan on too much change from that million-dollar bill. See the Automotive News story for details:
Automotive News
If you want another look at the Dodge concept vehicle built for the Detroit Auto Show, and which the article says the for-sale bikes will closely match, see our story:
Motorcycle Cruiser
Organize a Search Party
Motorcycles are small, and they and their riders can easily lie unseen not far from a road. That's why it's a good idea to let someone know where you are riding, when you will check in, and perhaps even make progress reports, like apilot filing a flight plan to help find him if he goes down. For the second time in a month, friends and authorities have had to search for a motorcyclist who didn't turn up after a ride. Unfortunately, this time, the end result wasn't as happy.
WSOCTV
If you missed the previous incident, concerning the Minnesota motorcyclist who lay injured for four days after his crash, here it is:
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Minneapolis Star Tribune
AMA/ProStar Hot-Rod Cruiser Class Will Be Back
A sponsorship deal for the big-twin-cruiser-based class means it will be run again in 2004.
Parts Magazine
Drunken Driver Gets Three Years for Running Motorcyclist off the Road, then Shooting Him
After he sped up behind them and ran them off the road, this drunk started shooting when the four riders confronted him. He didn't get a good-driver award, but he got the next-best thing -- only three-years instead of a well deserved five-and-a-half-year sentence.
Ft. Wayne News Sentinel, Indiana
California Riders May Now Wear Earplugs in Both Ears
This minor law has long irked some riders, and efforts by members of a Southern California Internet-based group and the support of Senator Debra Bowen (who also sponsored California's anti-spam bill) led to a change in the Vehicle Code that the Governor signed into law on September 28. You can find the entire tedious history of SB 315 at the link below, but be warned that the bill contains dozens of provisions, most of which don't involve motorcycles.
California Legislative Info
Chris Carr Becomes Only Second Rider to Ever Claim Five Grand National Championships
Chris Carr has accomplished what only one rider -- Jay Springsteen -- have ever managed to do when he nailed down the Grand National Championship this week.
Parts Magazine
Cycle News