Deaf Deer in Colorado…
A 50-year-old La Veta man became the second traffic fatality in less than a week in the region to die after striking an animal on the road.
Bruce Bailey died around 3 a.m. Thursday morning in St. Mary-Corwin Medical Center in Pueblo after he collided with a deer crossing Colorado 12, two miles south of Colorado 160 near the La Veta Airport. Bailey was southbound on his 2004 Harley-Davidson™ motorcycle when the accident occurred at 9:45 p.m.
Colorado State Patrol Sgt. Anthony Mattie said Bailey was traveling at the posted 65 mph but was not wearing a helmet. He died of head and internal injuries. The deer was killed instantly.
Mattie said Bailey became airborne, tumbled and slid for a considerable distance in sustaining his fatal injuries. "He did attempt to take evasive action because there was a significant amount of braking skid marks indicating he tried to slow down," Mattie said.
And in Florida too…
A motorcyclist told sheriff's deputies that a deer standing in the middle of State Road 44 caused him to intentionally crash late Sunday. He then was run over by a car whose driver didn't see him in time to stop.
Leroy Wheelis Jr., 51, of Hernando was eastbound on SR 44 in Lecanto about 10:50 p.m. Sunday when he saw a deer in the roadway, blocking his path. He told deputies that he laid the 1990 Harley-Davidson™ motorcycle down on its side to avoid hitting the animal, according to a report.
The crash is being investigated as alcohol related because the deputy could smell alcohol on Wheelis' breath and Wheelis admitted to drinking beer before the crash, according to the report. (The "deer" may have been a hallucination..)
Atlantic Beach Bikefest…safer than the Harley-Davidson™ Rally???
This year's Atlantic Beach Bikefest has gotten off to a deadly start, with one motorcyclist killed in a collision with a bus Friday afternoon in Myrtle Beach.
Jonathon Ross of Bailey, N.C., was killed at 1:35 p.m. after his bike collided with a Williamsburg County Transit Authority bus on Kings Highway, 10 yards north of the intersection with 18th Avenue North. Horry County Deputy Coroner Tamara Willard said Ross died at the scene.
The 31-year-old was riding his lime green Kawasaki ZX-6R north on Kings Highway when he hit the right side of the bus, which was turning right into the parking lot of an empty building that was formerly a Burger King.
Ross's friend, who was riding a black Honda motorcycle, was not hurt. The driver of the bus, a woman whose name was not released, also was not injured.
Friday's fatality matches the total during the 2005 Bikefest, when one motorcyclist was killed. There were eight deaths last week during the Harley-Davidson™ rally.
Motorcycle sales still strong…
Sales of cycles topped more than 1 million units for the third year running -- continuing an upward trend.
Also on the upswing -- a disturbing number of fatalities, which has prompted a federal inquiry.
More than 300 models for a variety of budgets, as well as a heavy dose of marketing and myriad car-like financing plans, have helped fuel the nation's appetite for motorcycles, particularly among baby boomers and women.
And boomers are still trying to recapture their youth…
Last month William Turner of Charleston, W.Va., bought a Harley-Davidson™ 2006 Softail Standard, once again fulfilling a boyhood dream.
The heating-and-air-repair owner joined the growing ranks of so-called re-entry riders who have rediscovered their inner biker. It's been about 10 years since he owned a Harley.
"I like being out in the wind," he says. "You crack open that throttle, man that sounds good. And sometimes I need a little 'me time.' "
And when they realize it’s like every other Harley-Davidson™ on the road...
When that cookie-cutter Harley-Davidson™ turns into a roaring yawn, you can always wake up to an intense ray of Black Sunshine that promises to jolt even the most jaded heart.
You'll need probably $15,000 to start with and will maybe have to grease their defibrillator paddles with a bunch more (depending on how eye-popping you want your ride to be), but Black Sunshine Customs clientele all get what they pay for: exciting uniqueness.
"Harleys™ are often what got my customers into motorcycles," explains Brian Elliott, owner of the Oakley-based shop. "But then they discover a lot of people have got a Harley-Davidson™ just like theirs. When those riders want to take the next step, when they want something that is just their own, they come to Black Sunshine."
Or they just get it painted…with a picture of a NUN???
Terry Williams, who runs Terry's Custom in Latham…It's one stop shopping, too -- engines, body, custom builds, whatever you want done -- but the house specialty is paint. Customers from as far as West Virginia and Texas come to patronize Williams' talent,… He'll drape any motorcycle -- chopper, retro, straight or otherwise -- with almost any design the customer wants and has an album of previous projects he can show off to riders unsure how to illustrate their personal journey into freedom. Only one potential project so far has caused the artist's airbrush to hesitate: "This guy wants me to paint a gruesome thing with a nun, and I’m not sure I want to do that.”
Or you chop it!!!
Choppers were chosen to promote the casino because of their wide appeal, said David Stewart, CEO of Cherokee Nation Enterprises.
"We've found motorcycles are reaching a broad demographic over the last five or six years to include executives, up and down the demographic range through age and profiles," he said. "It doesn't just reach your hardcore biker market anymore."
Stewart is a Harley™ rider but said there's nothing like getting a chopper on the road.
"The whole chopper feel is completely different than a touring bike," Stewart said. "You're out in the wind. It's not quite as comfortable, and you're on the road with a lot of power at your fingertips. It does have a different feel and sizzle."
A typical chopper can reach 120 or 140 mph, said Adam Wright, owner of EFX Choppers, a custom-build motorcycle shop he opened three years ago. (120 or 140 mph??? BFD)
Wright, 34, looked like the typical biker when he walked from the shop's garage that's filled with metal sheets and tubing for the custom frames and bikes he sells.
His long red hair was tied back in a ponytail, his scruffy goatee grew far past his chin, and he had a few piercings. He leaned down to a bike he's building for himself and squeezed the extra-wide back tire. These fat tires come as wide as 360 millimeters, a little more than 14 inches.
It's all for show he said.
"The standard 150 millimeter (about 6 inches) is better," he said. "Look, these things aren't performance vehicles. They're sleds."
Chopping up bikes doesn't make much sense if you're looking to get from point A to point B, but that's not why Fuller loves bikes.
"It becomes a means of artistic expression," Fuller said.
Careful on those curvy roads in Colorado…
A 48-year-old Fowler woman died as the result of her injuries late Saturday following a motorcycle crash on U.S. 50 just west of here.
According to Colorado State Patrol reports, Shields was traveling west on U.S. 50 when she ran off the right side of the road on a sharp left-hand curve, struck a metal guardrail and was ejected from the 1983 Harley-Davidson™ motorcycle she was driving.
Finally…in Connecticut those H.O.G. ™ members like to get together…
On Sunday afternoon, state police were summoned to the scene of an accident in East Haddam in which a motorcyclist and his passenger were killed along a dangerous curve on Route 149 near the Moodus Reservoir. State police identified the motorcyclist as Edward Rogers, 66, of North Haven and the passenger as Adriana Snarski, 63, of New Fairfield.
Rogers and Snarski were riding a 2006 Harley-Davidson™ south on Route 149 near Falls Bashan Road when Rogers lost control while negotiating the curve, police said. Police said the motorcycle fell onto its left side and both riders - who were not wearing helmets - were thrown off.
Both of them were then struck by a 2003 Harley-Davidson™ operated by Frank Grillo, 44, of 152 Turkey Hill Road, East Granby, who was traveling in the northbound lane. Rogers and Snarski suffered head and abdominal injuries and were pronounced dead at the scene.
A 50-year-old La Veta man became the second traffic fatality in less than a week in the region to die after striking an animal on the road.
Bruce Bailey died around 3 a.m. Thursday morning in St. Mary-Corwin Medical Center in Pueblo after he collided with a deer crossing Colorado 12, two miles south of Colorado 160 near the La Veta Airport. Bailey was southbound on his 2004 Harley-Davidson™ motorcycle when the accident occurred at 9:45 p.m.
Colorado State Patrol Sgt. Anthony Mattie said Bailey was traveling at the posted 65 mph but was not wearing a helmet. He died of head and internal injuries. The deer was killed instantly.
Mattie said Bailey became airborne, tumbled and slid for a considerable distance in sustaining his fatal injuries. "He did attempt to take evasive action because there was a significant amount of braking skid marks indicating he tried to slow down," Mattie said.
And in Florida too…
A motorcyclist told sheriff's deputies that a deer standing in the middle of State Road 44 caused him to intentionally crash late Sunday. He then was run over by a car whose driver didn't see him in time to stop.
Leroy Wheelis Jr., 51, of Hernando was eastbound on SR 44 in Lecanto about 10:50 p.m. Sunday when he saw a deer in the roadway, blocking his path. He told deputies that he laid the 1990 Harley-Davidson™ motorcycle down on its side to avoid hitting the animal, according to a report.
The crash is being investigated as alcohol related because the deputy could smell alcohol on Wheelis' breath and Wheelis admitted to drinking beer before the crash, according to the report. (The "deer" may have been a hallucination..)
Atlantic Beach Bikefest…safer than the Harley-Davidson™ Rally???
This year's Atlantic Beach Bikefest has gotten off to a deadly start, with one motorcyclist killed in a collision with a bus Friday afternoon in Myrtle Beach.
Jonathon Ross of Bailey, N.C., was killed at 1:35 p.m. after his bike collided with a Williamsburg County Transit Authority bus on Kings Highway, 10 yards north of the intersection with 18th Avenue North. Horry County Deputy Coroner Tamara Willard said Ross died at the scene.
The 31-year-old was riding his lime green Kawasaki ZX-6R north on Kings Highway when he hit the right side of the bus, which was turning right into the parking lot of an empty building that was formerly a Burger King.
Ross's friend, who was riding a black Honda motorcycle, was not hurt. The driver of the bus, a woman whose name was not released, also was not injured.
Friday's fatality matches the total during the 2005 Bikefest, when one motorcyclist was killed. There were eight deaths last week during the Harley-Davidson™ rally.
Motorcycle sales still strong…
Sales of cycles topped more than 1 million units for the third year running -- continuing an upward trend.
Also on the upswing -- a disturbing number of fatalities, which has prompted a federal inquiry.
More than 300 models for a variety of budgets, as well as a heavy dose of marketing and myriad car-like financing plans, have helped fuel the nation's appetite for motorcycles, particularly among baby boomers and women.
And boomers are still trying to recapture their youth…
Last month William Turner of Charleston, W.Va., bought a Harley-Davidson™ 2006 Softail Standard, once again fulfilling a boyhood dream.
The heating-and-air-repair owner joined the growing ranks of so-called re-entry riders who have rediscovered their inner biker. It's been about 10 years since he owned a Harley.
"I like being out in the wind," he says. "You crack open that throttle, man that sounds good. And sometimes I need a little 'me time.' "
And when they realize it’s like every other Harley-Davidson™ on the road...
When that cookie-cutter Harley-Davidson™ turns into a roaring yawn, you can always wake up to an intense ray of Black Sunshine that promises to jolt even the most jaded heart.
You'll need probably $15,000 to start with and will maybe have to grease their defibrillator paddles with a bunch more (depending on how eye-popping you want your ride to be), but Black Sunshine Customs clientele all get what they pay for: exciting uniqueness.
"Harleys™ are often what got my customers into motorcycles," explains Brian Elliott, owner of the Oakley-based shop. "But then they discover a lot of people have got a Harley-Davidson™ just like theirs. When those riders want to take the next step, when they want something that is just their own, they come to Black Sunshine."
Or they just get it painted…with a picture of a NUN???
Terry Williams, who runs Terry's Custom in Latham…It's one stop shopping, too -- engines, body, custom builds, whatever you want done -- but the house specialty is paint. Customers from as far as West Virginia and Texas come to patronize Williams' talent,… He'll drape any motorcycle -- chopper, retro, straight or otherwise -- with almost any design the customer wants and has an album of previous projects he can show off to riders unsure how to illustrate their personal journey into freedom. Only one potential project so far has caused the artist's airbrush to hesitate: "This guy wants me to paint a gruesome thing with a nun, and I’m not sure I want to do that.”
Or you chop it!!!
Choppers were chosen to promote the casino because of their wide appeal, said David Stewart, CEO of Cherokee Nation Enterprises.
"We've found motorcycles are reaching a broad demographic over the last five or six years to include executives, up and down the demographic range through age and profiles," he said. "It doesn't just reach your hardcore biker market anymore."
Stewart is a Harley™ rider but said there's nothing like getting a chopper on the road.
"The whole chopper feel is completely different than a touring bike," Stewart said. "You're out in the wind. It's not quite as comfortable, and you're on the road with a lot of power at your fingertips. It does have a different feel and sizzle."
A typical chopper can reach 120 or 140 mph, said Adam Wright, owner of EFX Choppers, a custom-build motorcycle shop he opened three years ago. (120 or 140 mph??? BFD)
Wright, 34, looked like the typical biker when he walked from the shop's garage that's filled with metal sheets and tubing for the custom frames and bikes he sells.
His long red hair was tied back in a ponytail, his scruffy goatee grew far past his chin, and he had a few piercings. He leaned down to a bike he's building for himself and squeezed the extra-wide back tire. These fat tires come as wide as 360 millimeters, a little more than 14 inches.
It's all for show he said.
"The standard 150 millimeter (about 6 inches) is better," he said. "Look, these things aren't performance vehicles. They're sleds."
Chopping up bikes doesn't make much sense if you're looking to get from point A to point B, but that's not why Fuller loves bikes.
"It becomes a means of artistic expression," Fuller said.
Careful on those curvy roads in Colorado…
A 48-year-old Fowler woman died as the result of her injuries late Saturday following a motorcycle crash on U.S. 50 just west of here.
According to Colorado State Patrol reports, Shields was traveling west on U.S. 50 when she ran off the right side of the road on a sharp left-hand curve, struck a metal guardrail and was ejected from the 1983 Harley-Davidson™ motorcycle she was driving.
Finally…in Connecticut those H.O.G. ™ members like to get together…
On Sunday afternoon, state police were summoned to the scene of an accident in East Haddam in which a motorcyclist and his passenger were killed along a dangerous curve on Route 149 near the Moodus Reservoir. State police identified the motorcyclist as Edward Rogers, 66, of North Haven and the passenger as Adriana Snarski, 63, of New Fairfield.
Rogers and Snarski were riding a 2006 Harley-Davidson™ south on Route 149 near Falls Bashan Road when Rogers lost control while negotiating the curve, police said. Police said the motorcycle fell onto its left side and both riders - who were not wearing helmets - were thrown off.
Both of them were then struck by a 2003 Harley-Davidson™ operated by Frank Grillo, 44, of 152 Turkey Hill Road, East Granby, who was traveling in the northbound lane. Rogers and Snarski suffered head and abdominal injuries and were pronounced dead at the scene.
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