Morning Reads: 2 April 2007

[Mika]

The motorcycling world viewed from the saddle of a BMW. A daily look at all things BMW, Euro-bike, products and things I find interesting on the internet. With links to news, reviews, events, riding skills, maintenance and racing series updates. Morning Reads is a one stop shop for motorcycling information.

Today’s Birthdays / Calendar (http://www.bmwmoa.org/forum/calendar.php?do=getinfo&day=2007-4-2&c=1)

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News:

Reports from the Birmingham News (http://blog.al.com/bn/2007/04/katrina_winds_blow_in_a_hellca.html) introduces the locals to Confederate motorcycles after their Katrina relocation.

Roadracingworld.com (http://roadracingworld.com/news/article/?article=28596) announces Ducati NA’s Superbike Concorso Competion in this article. The Concorso is open to all 1972-2007 Ducati Superbikes and will recognize performance and history as well as beauty and craftsmanship.

Esquire Fernandez gives his thought on mandatory speed sped regulators on sports motorcycles in the article fromBiker Law Blog (http://www.bikerlawblog.com/index.php/biker_laws/2007/04/01/my_thoughts_on_mandatory_speed_regulator[/url=http://www.bikerlawblog.com/index.php/biker_laws/2007/04/01/my_thoughts_on_mandatory_speed_regulator)

iht.com (http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/04/01/news/sports.php) The world is getting potentially more complicated for bloggers covering high profile events. In addition to copyright concerns you face when linking to another site to pass on information, now the events may look to control bloggers to protect the traditional media revenues of the underlying event.

theCoolHunter.com (http://www.thecoolhunter.net/ads/Cop-Car-Cutout-Ad-Stops-Traffic/) – Low tech speed control.

RaptorsandRockets.com (http://www.raptorsandrockets.com/Reviews/2007_Buell_Lightning_XB12STT_SuperTT.htm) reviews the 2007 Buell Lightning XB12STT.

Photography / Video:

Pfeiffer wannabes

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M.R. Traveler

Today’s RoadFood.com ( http://www.roadfood.com/)

cymannetnews.com (http://www.caymannetnews.com/cgi-script/csArticles/articles/000132/013294.htm) – Johnny Cakes.

Woot

Todays Woot ( http://www.woot.com/Default.aspx)

The Blog ( http://www.woot.com/Blog/Default.aspx)

Over Heard in New York | Voice of the City (http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/)

All things BMW

RaptorsandRockets.com (http://www.raptorsandrockets.com/News/2007_BMW.htm) does a nice job of rolling all the current BMW rumors into a post with additional links.

BMW MOA Chartered Club:

club:
BMW Club Of Southern California, #11

founded:
12/1/1971

contact:
David Brown (dave@brownbmw.com)
885 West Mission Boulevard
Pomona, CA 91766 US
www.bmwcosc.org

meetings:
Monthly Ride Meeting; Quarterly Board meeting

events:
Borrega Springs Club Ride
Gumball Rally

other events:
Dinner Social every 2 months, includes non-riding partners

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Gemütlichkeit is the warm, comfortable feeling
one receives from pleasant surroundings and atmosphere.
I think you will find that when you come here.

http://www.travelwisconsin.com/upload/images/Destination/128183639292667054.jpg (http://www.travelwisconsin.com/Green_Lake_Area.aspx)

GREEN LAKE
The shores of Green Lake have been a top tourism destination for more than a century. The lake is the deepest in the state; plunging 237 feet, its cool waters harbor an excellent trout and walleye fishery.

Ozaukee – Washington Daily News ( http://www.dailynewsol.com/index.htm)

Fond Du Lac Reporter ( http://www.fdlreporter.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage)

The Sheboygan Press ( http://www.sheboygan-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage)

Daily Citizen, Beaver Dam (http://www.wiscnews.com/bdc/)

Weather

West Bend WI
Current (http://www.weather.com/weather/local/USWI0733?from=search_current)

10 Day Forcast (http://www.weather.com/weather/tenday/USWI0733?from=36hr_topnav_undeclared )

United States
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (http://www.noaa.gov/)

Canada
Meteorological Service of Canada (http://www.weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/canada_e.html)

http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/images/headers/logo-dot-header.gif (http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/travel/driving-cond.htm)
Travel Information – Driving Conditions and other related information sites.

Bike Candy:

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From: Motorcycles of the 20th Century (http://home.planet.nl/~motors-20th-century/motors.html)

THE END (http://northbaltimore.oplin.org/last_page.htm)

[PAULBACH]

Just in time for Rally season: (http://www.caymannetnews.com/cgi-script/csArticles/articles/000132/013294.htm)

Loyalists fleeing the colonies after the Revolutionary War probably carried the original idea to the Bahamas and British Caribbean, as survival food not plantation slave staples. During the centuries that followed in America and the West Indies, “johnny cake” became a generic label for simple breads, corn or flour. Bahamian johnnycake recipes include both: some are baked like sweet Yankee cornbread and others resemble our fried flour dough flitters.
The Jefferson Family’s Cayman Johnnycake

This is an “ugly” thing compared to today’s fancy breads and their perfect shapes. Old time johnnycake is just simple flat bread, but right from the pan, it is so delicious with coffee or porridge for breakfast or for supper too.

Break apart the johnnycake into pieces—don’t slice it!

2 cups flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
3/4 teaspoon salt
1-2 teaspoons sugar (optional)
1 tablespoon Crisco shortening
Water to make a firm dough
Just in time for the start of a new rally season
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Nice find Mika!

[EXR911]

A camping recipe for "johnny-cake".

Take a pre-prepared mix of 1 quart yellow granulated corn meal, 1 pint white flour, 1/2 cup sugar, 1 teaspoon salt, 4 teaspoons baking-powder.

In camp it can be mixed with water to a heavy batter, like pancake batter, and then fried, like pancakes, in a greased frying pan. If made with less water into a stiff dough it can be baked from the bottom up in a frypan until the top has set then turned over and finish-baked on the other side. Don't make the cake too thick so that it will get enough heat to bake in the middle.

If you have an old time wood fire - or maybe a barbeque would work - you can wrap long strips of the dough spirally around a peeled wood stick and bake over the fire.

I prefer the same recipe with buckwheat flour instead of corn meal and to use unbleached flour instead of white flour. And adding an egg or two and using milk instead of water for pancakes. But you can make it in many ways, to suit your fancy and all are better than the store-shelf "pancake mix".

PT9766

[snoone]

I thought we were done with those Johnny cakes !! A recipe just in time for the new season of The Sopranos.. :brow

[PAULBACH]

Sounds a lot better than anything in a diner. Thanks for sharing.