February is the last month to sign up for RoadRUNNER’s New Website Launch Contest. Enter for a chance to win an all-expense-paid four days/three nights motorcycle tour for two, including travel expenses to and from the starting point. Update: We have decided on a tour location! The lucky winners will ride with Christa and Florian [...]
A special customized 2012 Street Glide® motorcycle will be the featured prize of the Harley-Davidson 2012 Daytona Bike Week Motorcycle Raffle to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA). Created just for this event by the Harley-Davidson Genuine Motor Accessories® department, the Street Glide has been decked out with a Tango Limited Series Custom Paint Set, [...]
Consumer show organizer Marketplace Events will launch another show – the American International Motorcycle Expo – to further grow their portfolio of more than 30 events. Set to launch in the fall of 2013, company officials said, the new event is meant to “bring together the entire two-wheel industry in a single arena that creates [...]
RoadRUNNER has teamed up with Operation Gratitude to supply U.S. military personnel around the world with back issues and current issues of RoadRUNNER Motorcycle Touring & Travel magazine. These issues will go to individually named troops in hostile regions such as Iraq and Afghanistan, and to sailors on ships all over the world. RoadRUNNER magazines [...]
The country’s premier on-street motorcycle training program is back for the newly expanded RoadRUNNER Touring Weekend with an expanded offering of its own. On Thursday, July 12th, the guys from Stayin’ Safe will conduct a special one-day version of their signature Stayin’ Safe training tour. Participating riders will enjoy even more on-street, real-time, advanced road [...]
RoadRUNNER will be represented at the International Motorcycle Show in New York starting January 20th until the 22nd. Christa and Florian Neuhauser, John Flores, and Ken Engelman will be onsite to answer any touring questions, talk bikes, and offer plenty of great deals for subscribers and new readers. Wear your RoadRUNNER hat or t-shirt and [...]
Don’t buy a pig in a poke! Now, instaVIN reports provide DMV title, salvage, insurance, total loss and other critical information to help identify title problems prior to purchase. This can help uncover potential fraud or expose other events that can affect a motorcycle’s safety and value. Vehicle details decoded from the VIN, such as [...]
RoadRUNNER will be represented at the International Motorcycle Show in DC starting January 13th until the 15th. Florian Neuhauser and Jim Parks will be onsite to answer any touring questions, talk bikes, and offer plenty of great deals for subscribers and new readers. Wear your RoadRUNNER hat or t-shirt and get a free keychain!
The Celebration of Life of John Lehman will be held Tuesday, January 17th 2012, 11:00 a.m. at: Spring of Life Christian Church 1330 S Crismon Rd, Mesa, AZ 85209 *Service in Canada will be held at a later date In lieu of flowers donations can be made to the Make a Wish Foundation.
Every once in a while, I get an email about a really cool product. As is the case with Banshee Horn currently on Kickstarter. Kickstarter is a site where people can pitch their idea or product to others. The main goal is to collect funds to start the particular project. Peter Olt, the creator of [...]
It is with great sadness that John K. Lehman, Founder and Director of Lehman Trikes, passed away on Thursday, January 5, in Arizona. The suspected cause of death was a heart failure brought on by an embolism. John was 60 years old. He is survived by his wife Linda, one son – Quinten, one daughter [...]
Jonah Street withdraws from 2012 Dakar Rally with mechanical issues and announces retirement from Rally Racing Privateer American rally motorcycle racer Jonah Street withdrew from the 2012 Dakar Rally held in South America due to mechanical problems after only two stages of the 14-race-day event. Street, a six-time competitor in the world’s most grueling motorcycle [...]
The Motorcycle Cannonball, which had its first running in 2010 and took a hiatus for 2011, has announced it will leave from Newburgh, NY, on September 7, 2012, and finish at San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge on September 21. The inaugural Motorcycle Cannonball was for motorcycles from 1915 and earlier. The 2012 event is expanded [...]
Maine has adopted a test that allows motorcyclists to prove their bikes don’t violate Maine’s sound law. Motorcyclists cited for loud exhausts can go to a certified inspection station for sound testing, where the exhaust will be tested using Society of Automotive Engineers International J2825 sound testing procedure. Under the SAE J2825 standard, decibel limits [...]
The National Insurance Crime Bureau reports that during 2007, 65,678 motorcycles were stolen; in 2010, that dropped to 49,791, a 24 percent decrease. During 2010, 12,260 Hondas were stolen; Yamaha was the next most-pilfered brand, followed by Suzuki, Kawasaki and then Harley-Davidson. California had the most motorcycles stolen in 2010, at 5,662, followed by Texas, [...]
Back in March, I wrote a post called Tips & Tricks Part 1. Here is another installment with a few observations that occurred to me today while commuting 40 miles in the rain. Wait for it: When pulling out from red lights, I try to wait a heartbeat after the light turns green. Frequently, and [...]
When I first started writing motorcycle stories 10 years ago, one of the first things I did was seek out examples of the genre so I could inspect and dissect how the best of the best told their tales. I sought the opinions of fellow riders for recommended books and then trawled local bookstores and [...]
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