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| Legal | | | House endorses repeal of motorcycle helmet law for most adults | Posted by phrawgh |  JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.— State House members are revving up for another run at repealing Missouri’s mandatory helmet law for most adult motorcyclists.
The House gave initial approval Wednesday by voice vote to legislation that would allow people age 21 and older to ride motorcycles without helmets. Another vote would send the bill to the Senate, where its prospects are much dicier.
Although some motorcyclist enthusiasts have pushed for years to repeal the helmet requirement, their efforts typically have stalled in the Senate, where one or two opponents can more easily block bills than in the House. | |
| Legal | | | Motorcycle Builder Given More Time To Work On Case | Posted by phrawgh | A Brevard County judge granted attorneys for famed motorcycle builder Billy Lane more time to work on their case.
Lane, 37, faces DUI manslaughter charges in connection with a Labor Day crash that killed motorcyclist Gerald Morelock.
Lane's lawyers said they just got the case six weeks ago.
Meanwhile, Morelock's family filed a civil suit against Lane for pain and suffering. A hearing in that case is set for Monday. | |
| Bullshit | | | 7-Year-Old Dirt Biker Arrested | Posted by phrawgh |  Baltimore's mayor says she plans to look into the arrest of 7-year-old boy.
Police say Gerard Mungo was riding a motorized dirt bike on a city sidewalk.
The boy's mother says he was sitting on the bike with the motor off, when an officer grabbed him by the collar and pulled him off it.
Police eventually confiscated the bike, arrested the boy and took him to the police station.
There, he was handcuffed to a bench and interrogated before being released to his parents.
The incident is generating more criticism of a department already under fire for what critics call unnecessary arrests.
The police commissioner says the city has had problems with dirt bikes, but calls the arrest inconsistent with his view of neighborhood problem solving.
Mayor Sheila Dixon says "as a parent," she's "bothered by it." | |
| General | | | Biker Rival Charged In Murder Of Hells Angel | Posted by phrawgh |  One day after a bizarre shooting in Vaughan left a member of the Hells Angels biker club dead at a local strip club, information is becoming available about the man charged with his murder.
Police spent Sunday combing for clues outside Pro Club, where David Buchanan was killed early Saturday at his 32nd birthday party. Some fear the incident could be proof of a growing turf war across the province.
Late Saturday, Frank Lenti, Pro Club manager and full member of The Bandidos biker club, was arrested in connection with the shooting, which also wounded two other Hells Angels members, one of whom remains in serious condition.
Lenti's motives aren't clear at this point, but both men are said to have been major players in the biker scene. Police are wondering what Buchanan and his group were doing at a rival club in the first place.
"Obviously that's something we'll be determining over the course of the investigation, and it is early in the investigation," said York Regional Police Chief Armand La Barge.
Police are now reviewing surveillance video from the scene, while they go over the somewhat lengthy history of Lenti's involvement in the biker world.
The 59-year-old has been linked to several other biker clubs over the last 30 years, and made headlines in 1995 when he was almost killed in a car bombing.
Lenti is charged with second-degree murder, attempted murder and weapons offences in Saturday's incident. He appeared in court Sunday morning and remains in custody prior to his second appearance, which will be Monday.
"Obviously we'll look at the impact of him being in custody and off the street and we'll be looking at the broader implications," said La Barge. | |
| Industry News | | | Motorcycle airbags part of safety trend | Posted by phrawgh |  MARYSVILLE, Ohio - Jeaneen Parsons' husband steered their motorcycle to the ground seven years ago to avoid hitting a passenger whose cycle went down on a twisting mountain road in Kentucky.
The couple emerged from the accident with a few road burns and frazzled nerves. The passenger's leg was shattered.
Marifran Mattson lost part of her left leg when the motorcycle she was on was struck by a semitrailer in 2004 near Crawfordsville, Ind.
Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger was seriously injured June 12 when a car turned into the path of his motorcycle June 12. Roethlisberger, who wasn't wearing a helmet, suffered a concussion, broken nose and jaw and damaged teeth. | |
| Events | | | Largest Motorcycle Ride in the World Starts in Chattanooga | Posted by phrawgh |  Thousands of bikers gathered in Chattanooga today for the largest motorcycle ride in the world. The 13th annual Trail of Tears ride is sponsored by the Christian motorcyclists Association. CMA is trying to raise awareness about the grueling march that killed thousands of Native Americans nearly one hundred seventy years ago.
"Golly mighty, it just thrills me, just to see them come by and, golly, waiving," Alva Crow says.
Crow is a Cherokee Indian who is blessing the Trail of Tears riders. Crow says he's there to make sure the bikers have a safe trip.
"[I'm here to] help the bikers have a good ride, a safe ride, a beautiful ride," Crow says. Bill Cason is the ride leader and the originator of the trial of tears ride. He says the ride gets bigger every year.
"If each one goes back home and tells what this is about, that's how this ride has grown," Cason says.
35-40,000 will be riding by the time they reach Florence, Alabama.
"It's great to see all these lines of bikers down through here," Crow says while gesturing towards the long line of motorcycles.
Proceeds from the ride will go to scholarships for Native American students.
Crow says he couldn't happier with the Trial of Tears ride.
"It's celebrating the life of Native Americans," he says with a huge grin.
Mayor Ron Littlefield called for riders to start their engines, and newly elected Sheriff Billy Long swapped his patrol car for his motorcycle.
Long says Chattanoogan's should be pleased with today's turnout.
"We'll this is one the biggest rides in the nation and they'll be proud it starts right here in Chattanooga," Long says.
Crow says he has the same message for everyone supporting the trial of tears ride.
"Have a great day! It's going to be beautiful," Crow says enthusiastically. Organizers expect to raise sixty thousand dollars in scholarship money for Native American children. They expect as many as one hundred thousand cyclists to take part before the ride ends in Oklahoma. | |
| Sturgis | | | American Indians protest 'world's biggest biker bar' | Posted by phrawgh |  STURGIS, S.D. -- Once a year, amid the hammering August heat, this Black Hills hamlet becomes a bikers' paradise by hosting the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally -- a weeklong celebration of leather, bikes and beer that draws as many as 500,000 riders. That's in a town of 6,400 in a state of only 776,000 people.
It's also a tradition for local critics to decry the increasing size and commercialism of the 66-year-old event, which once again will congest highways and hotels (and jails) when rally week starts Monday.
This summer's clamor is louder and more emotional, however, because of a clash that pits American Indian heritage against chrome-and-steel capitalism. | |
| Sturgis | | | Aging, not rampaging bikers | Posted by phrawgh | STURGIS, S.D. | The biker’s face looked pale. His substantial belly poked from below his T-shirt. He struggled to talk.
“Did you say you’re having trouble breathing?” asked Seann Atkinson, the physician on duty at Sturgis Regional Hospital on Monday. “I think you might have had a heart attack. We’re going to try to get your heart slowed down.”
A groan.
Almost an hour later, members of the Tribe of Judah motorcycle ministries prayed aloud for the man as paramedics wheeled him past them to a helicopter. He was headed to Rapid City Regional Hospital for more specialized care for his acute heart trouble. | |
| Sturgis | | | Sturgis calls: Region bikers ready for annual 'reality trip' | Posted by phrawgh | Vroom. Vroom. Vroom. And they're out of here.
There's no telling how many bikers from this area will be attending the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally this week in the Black Hills of South Dakota. One thing is for sure - they have their own reasons for joining up with the rally that attracted a half-million motorcyclists last year.
There's Alan Adams, also known as "Alley Cat," who farms near Reynolds, N.D., and says he and his wife are going there to do a rain dance. Then there's Travis Pawlowski, a service man for Vilandre's, who's going to camp out in the park at Sturgis for four days so he can ride during the day and have fun at night. And Kelly Conger, who isn't going. He used to have fun when he was growing up on a ranch near Sturgis 30 years ago. But he thinks it has become too crowded, and it's not fun anymore. When I asked him what kind of fun he used to have, he said, "You don't want to know." | |
| Sturgis | | | More Than 500,000 Motorcyclists Heading to Sturgis This Week | Posted by phrawgh | Motorists are reminded to drive with extra caution during the next two weeks as more than a half-million motorcyclists from across the country converge on the small town of Sturgis, South Dakota for the annual motorcycle rally that runs from August 7 through August 13. Several Nebraska communities are hosting special events to entertain and attract cyclists on their way to and from Sturgis, which is located near the Black Hills of South Dakota.
On August 5, Gering will host a tribute to ZZ Top and the Rolling Stones at the Five Rocks Biker Bash being held at their outdoor amphitheater. In Valentine, bikers can stop for a hot meal, great music and a soothing massage at Stoney’s Hawg Stop at Riverside Campground. Lewellen, Nebraska will host the Iron Horse Biker Bash, August 5-12, and Fremont will celebrate Biker Sunday August 19-20 and at both events bikers will be invited to show off their hawgs and enjoy music, food and more.
For details about the 66th annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, log on to www.sturgis.com. There you will find many interesting facts and photos highlighting last year’s event including the number of calls made to the Sheriff’s office (1,197), the number of marriage licenses issued (109), the amount of trash left behind after the event (795 tons), and the amount of purchases made by rally patrons during the week long celebration ($14.9 million). | |
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