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Mika
10-09-2006, 05:11 AM
BMW Press Club:
No press releases.

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Rumors

Raptors and Rockets in its pre-INTERMONT blog suggests that “Euro brands such as BMW, Triumph and Ducati will show new bikes in Intermot, but might save something for later events in Birmingham UK and Milan in Italy.”

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A new G 450 or HP1 based on the current 650 or…

News:

Chris Pfeiffer takes his show to Japan ( http://www.worldofbmw.com/content/article.asp?article=609&artDate=04%2F10%2F2006+09%3A31%3A28).



BMW Chartered Club:

club: Red River BMW Riders, #287 founded: 1/10/2002
contact: Bob Critcher (critcher@earthlink.net)
817 Ontario St.
Shreveport, LA 71106 US
meetings: 1st Saturday each month, noon, at Shreveport Motorsports


News from the 2007 Rally area:

The Sheboygen Press ( http://www.sheboygan-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061008/SHE0101/610080484/1973 ): While a cautionary tale, this article is in a strange way comforting. It speaks to what kind of medical response we can expect when we go to the 2007 rally.

Feature:

Video: (http://www.autobloggreen.com/2006/10/07/video-of-the-env-fuel-cell-motorcycle-in-action/ ) Video of the ENV fuel cell motorcycle in action.

The Twisted Wrist Podcast (http://twistedwrist.blogspot.com/) is a Canadian motorcycle podcast aiming to cover all things in the 2 wheeled world with a bit of a Canadian bent.

Blogger Doug Klassen takes on the Harley Davidson advertisement “We Believe” with his Baa Baa Black Sheep (http://40on2.blogspot.com/) post in his blog called Forty years on Two Wheels. In the process he asks us the same question of us as he looks at himself and what his motorcycle beliefs are.

Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Awards 2006 (http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/research/4199165.html?page=1) are recounted at this link. Burt Rutan wins the top billing but some of the others are cool also. I am trying to figure out how to mount the wheel found on page 4 on the Kiddimoto push bike for my grandson.

Adventure Posts:

World of BMW news ( http://www.worldofbmw.com/content/article.asp?article=611&artDate=06%2F10%2F2006+15%3A45%3A24) reports on Vuelta Al Mundo BMW around the world relay riders reaching Central America.

Beer and megabytes
In Chippewa Falls, a colorful past blends seamlessly into the present (http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/15687637.htm). A Wisconsin touring option while at the 2007 rally.

Gear:

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The guy in the weird helmet is back and pushing BMW Motorrad Enduro gear ( http://www.worldofbmw.com/content/article.asp?article=603&artDate=26%2F09%2F2006+11%3A13%3A27).

Motorcycle Repair and Care:

Many bloggers are picking up on webBikeWorld’s current article about putting LED (http://www.webbikeworld.com/ducati-motorcycles/gt-1000/brake-light/) lights in a Ducati GT 1000. Here (http://www.webbikeworld.com/t2/motorcycle-led-light/led-brake-light.htm) is their replacement stock lights with LED lights in a R100Rs.

Bike Candy:

She heard what you said about her last picture. I am not certain I would mess with her!

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rinty
10-09-2006, 09:50 AM
M1ka:

Thanks for the link to Doug Klassen; that guy is good.

Rinty