MYRTLE BEACH — Furious and frustrated after the weekend shooting death of a 20-year-old Coastal Carolina University student, Myrtle Beach City Council members said Tuesday that they do not want motorcycle rallies in the city any more.
A group of local ministers and a bike-rally event promoter spoke to the council at a morning workshop Tuesday and implored the city to help them "do something" about the behavior they witnessed during the past weekend.

I know this column is called "Favorite Rides Through The Northern Sierra Nevada" but man cannot live on bread alone
nor can I do all my riding in the same mountain range. Sometimes, I just gotta hit the road for an extended ride and get
out of Dodge so to speak. Besides, I had to see how my new Buell Ulysses would do on a longer trip, two up and in a
variety of conditions. Margie and I loaded up the touring pack the night before leaving town.

The members of B.O.L.T. fight the law that ABATE and other motorcycle rights organizations should be fighting.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Louisiana should stop forcing adult motorcyclists to wear helmets, but begin requiring that new bikers undergo safety training before getting a license, a House committee voted on Tuesday.

Huddling in the corner here at the Sturgis Rider Live headquarters in the Sierra foothills, I struggle to catch my breath as my trusty Heritage sits panting in the driveway, ready to hit the road again if the need presents itself.  April has been a productive blur of life on the road and back-to-back parties as we’ve torn up the highways all over the great state of California in order to scoop the hottest gigs and motorcycling moments.

Florida’s Controversial Senate Bill 1992 passed on April 23, 2008
It does include the Stiffer Penalties wording for injuring or killing a motorcyclist.
This is Great News and the first such bill in the country.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Hells Angels veteran Sonny Barger, the man who oversaw the motorcycle gang's violent crackdown on fans at the Rolling Stones' disastrous Altamont concert in 1969, is suing HBO over a drama project he claims he helped develop.
In a suit filed last week, Barger contends HBO and the producers of the motorcycle-themed drama pilot "1%" cut him out of the project and violated many of his publicity rights when he demanded changes to protect his own brand.

  It was a beautiful morning with record high temperatures as Margie and I started our ride. We left Pioneer heading West
on HWY 88 to Sutter Creek and made a stop in Plymouth at Foothill Motorcycle Company. We ordered some new parts for the
Sportster and met a couple with a custom sidecar on their bike to carry their wheel-chair bound daughter.

 When my son Dale got his 2008 Harley FLHTCU it did not take him long to ask me what he could do to the exhaust system.
 My answer was a lot. You need to be more specific what you want to accomplish with the change as different systems provide different results.   What we came up with was to use a true dual system so the appearance of the motorcycle would not change drastically.
  The D&D Duelie pipes (part 516-22D) were chosen because they looked good and would enhance performance by giving the rear cylinder its own pipe providing a true dual exhaust. Adding a set of D&D 3 ½ inch slash cut mufflers (part 408-12S) would produce a good sound without being offensive.

Please be advised that this is the information that I have at the time the article is written and that things may change by the time you read this because of the legislature being in session as well as other factors. You can find updated information by visiting State of Florida websites http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/ for information on House Bills such as HB 137.