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Publishers note to the Morning Readers:
Mika puts the Morning Reads together the night before and reviews them in the morning before posting. Sleep sometimes brings better judgment to the Morning ReadsÔÇÖ content.
He had a very strange day. As a result TuesdayÔÇÖs work product may seem a bit weird at times but we promised him we would post it unedited. He kept muttering something about it being therapeutic.
Enjoy your morning coffee and reading.
Thank you, from the other guys that are inside MikaÔÇÖs helmet.
womenridersnow.com
If you want to test your limits: Take it to the track
evfr.net
The electric conversion VFR gets new headlights
motorcyclenews.com
Charley Boorman confirms fan ride details
motorcyclistonline.com
The ultimate motorcycle trip is showcased as ÔÇ£Long Way DownÔÇØ premieres on Fox Reality Channel August 2
I may have to get a television so that I can support one of those rich bums with an alternative job take a ride I wish I could by watching the ads and justifying what FOX paid them for the viewing rights.
A triple from our friends at theKneeslider.com
Look Inside the combustion chamber
High School Motorcycle Projects ÔÇô Nisky Garage
Kimi Raikkonen wants to try motorcycles
(What is with Ferrari F1 champions lately?)
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EDITORAL COMMENT:
Imagine a video like this.
Imagine it being virally marketed around the web like I am doing with this one for BMW.
Imagine the bike is a BMW with sponsorship by BMW MOA.
They may say I am a dreamer, but I am not the only one.
Or am I just doing a bad John Lennon impersonation while showing my age?
But I digress. Nice video BMWweb.tv
On the other hand it could end up in a picture on a Spanish language motorcycle blog.
Still I am struck by another thought.
Imagine its 2009
Imagine that the AMA gets someone who knows how to promote racing and has them run the show. (Oops they did.)
Imagine BMW built a superbike and need to sell some to privateers to homologate their bikes for racing. (Oops they have said they are building a bike for 2009 WSBK.)
Imagine people ran photo galleries like this one from motoblog.it of the SBK race at Valencia.
Imagine its Daytona instead.
Imagine a privateer with a big new version of the BMW MOA logo on it.
JOHN LENNON GET OUT OF MY HEAD, NOW!
BMW Sauber F1
BMW Motorsport
autoweek.com
Tracy ready to move
SANTA, I WANT ONE OF THESE!!!
topspeed.com
Caterham Superlight R500 teaser image
AND I DONÔÇÖT MEAN JUST THE PICTURE! I WANT THE REAL THING!!!
autoexperss.com
Look inside a BMW engine
stuff.co.nz
Ice-cream stick ship sails for England.
BMW Website Review:
BMW Yachtsport
BMW Golfsport
BMW Oracle Racing
BMW Sport website
Conversion tools:
Periodically articles in the Morning Reads list things such as prices in units you may not be familiar with. Here are links to some conversion tools for your use.
Universal Currency Converter by xe.com
Online Conversion tools by onlinecoversion.com
Morning Reads standard measure of bike value is the Rdstr. The Rdstr is pegged to the U.S. Dollar and is currently trading at 1 Rdstr = $12,620 U.S. dollars
BlogRoll: some of the blogs I have collected while purposefully wondering around the internet.
NEW LINKS, FEEDS and BLOGS
8negro
Ace Racer 72
Best Brands of the World
Designers Underground
Explore Minnesota News
Mick Rides RTW on R65
Otto Nero
RocketGarage
Stuff: A place for everything and everything in its place, including stuff.
Visian: I missed four thousand, this is 96 maybe 100, what do you think?
cyrilhuzeblog.com
TAG Heuer night vision riding glasses
businesswire.com
Motorcycle seat shield reduces cancer concern
Non BMW news but some of you list other rides.
cmgonline.com
Latest recalls
M.R. Traveler
Places 2 Ride Blog
www.biker-events.com
Finding the Good Times on 2 Wheels
Horizonsunlimited.com ÔÇô Newsletter
2008 International Rally
Gillette, Wyoming, July 17-20 2008
Mining The Website
BMW MOA Foundation: MotoSafe ÔÇô Mentoring a Novice
Part I
Part II
Part III
Threads worth following: Any of the election threads. And if you have already, vote early and vote often!
TodayÔÇÖsRoadFood.com
Woot
Todays Woot
The Blog
Packer News: Packers.com, jsonline.com - Packers Plus Online
Humor
Over Heard in New York | Voice of the City
Sluggy Freelance
The Onion
xkcd
Wondering:
If you made it this far into the post you either skipped down to check out the bike candy or are a glutton for punishment. If the former I can not blame you, if the latter I hope you had some fun. Let me leave you with a thought that came from checking out the Visordown.com RSS feed.
Vissordown has been running used bike reviews. I have not posted them but they are what triggered this wondering.
I imagine a portion of the lurkers come to the bmwmoa.org to check out information on which BMW they should buy. In that group many are going to buy used bikes (maybe even the used one you have listed in the Flea Market so you can get a new one.). What if we made it easier for them buy writing bike reviews of our own bikes. Magazines like Cycle World will have multiple editors give reviews of a bike, so multiple reviews of an old BMW model would be fine.
You can find article after article about the BMW HP2 Sport right now, but try and find a review of a BMW R75/# to help you figure out if you want to plunk down the money on that red one in the Flea Market.
There is something else about that lurker that we should consider. They may not only want information but they may represent a future member. They may be young. They may be female and want to date a I digress.
Seriously. This is just a first bit of brain storming. I will think about writing a review of my Roadster. Think about writing a review of your bike. Hopefully some of us actually write one. If you do and this were to take off I would keep an index of the reviews so that people could see what is available to read and access quickly.
Just wondering for now, enjoy the bike candy.
Bike Candy:
THE END
Publishers note to the Morning Readers:
Mika puts the Morning Reads together the night before and reviews them in the morning before posting. Sleep sometimes brings better judgment to the Morning ReadsÔÇÖ content.
He had a very strange day. As a result TuesdayÔÇÖs work product may seem a bit weird at times but we promised him we would post it unedited. He kept muttering something about it being therapeutic.
Enjoy your morning coffee and reading.
Thank you, from the other guys that are inside MikaÔÇÖs helmet.
womenridersnow.com
If you want to test your limits: Take it to the track
evfr.net
The electric conversion VFR gets new headlights
motorcyclenews.com
Charley Boorman confirms fan ride details
motorcyclistonline.com
The ultimate motorcycle trip is showcased as ÔÇ£Long Way DownÔÇØ premieres on Fox Reality Channel August 2
I may have to get a television so that I can support one of those rich bums with an alternative job take a ride I wish I could by watching the ads and justifying what FOX paid them for the viewing rights.
A triple from our friends at theKneeslider.com
Look Inside the combustion chamber
High School Motorcycle Projects ÔÇô Nisky Garage
Kimi Raikkonen wants to try motorcycles
(What is with Ferrari F1 champions lately?)
<object width="425" height="271"><param name="FlashVars" value="requestUrl=http://www.bmw-web.tv/de/stage/playerxml?items%5B0%5D=5mOuuh1"/><param name="movie" value="http://www.bmw-web.tv/de/player.swf?requestUrl=http://www.bmw-web.tv/de/stage/playerxml?items%5B0%5D=5mOuuh1" /><embed src="http://www.bmw-web.tv/de/player.swf?requestUrl=http://www.bmw-web.tv/de/stage/playerxml?items%5B0%5D=5mOuuh1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="271" allowfullscreen="true" FlashVars="requestUrl=http://www.bmw-web.tv/de/stage/playerxml?items%5B0%5D=5mOuuh1"></embed></object>
EDITORAL COMMENT:
Imagine a video like this.
Imagine it being virally marketed around the web like I am doing with this one for BMW.
Imagine the bike is a BMW with sponsorship by BMW MOA.
They may say I am a dreamer, but I am not the only one.
Or am I just doing a bad John Lennon impersonation while showing my age?
But I digress. Nice video BMWweb.tv
On the other hand it could end up in a picture on a Spanish language motorcycle blog.
Still I am struck by another thought.
Imagine its 2009
Imagine that the AMA gets someone who knows how to promote racing and has them run the show. (Oops they did.)
Imagine BMW built a superbike and need to sell some to privateers to homologate their bikes for racing. (Oops they have said they are building a bike for 2009 WSBK.)
Imagine people ran photo galleries like this one from motoblog.it of the SBK race at Valencia.
Imagine its Daytona instead.
Imagine a privateer with a big new version of the BMW MOA logo on it.
JOHN LENNON GET OUT OF MY HEAD, NOW!
BMW Sauber F1
BMW Motorsport
autoweek.com
Tracy ready to move
SANTA, I WANT ONE OF THESE!!!
topspeed.com
Caterham Superlight R500 teaser image
AND I DONÔÇÖT MEAN JUST THE PICTURE! I WANT THE REAL THING!!!
autoexperss.com
Look inside a BMW engine
stuff.co.nz
Ice-cream stick ship sails for England.
BMW Website Review:
BMW Yachtsport
BMW Golfsport
BMW Oracle Racing
BMW Sport website
Conversion tools:
Periodically articles in the Morning Reads list things such as prices in units you may not be familiar with. Here are links to some conversion tools for your use.
Universal Currency Converter by xe.com
Online Conversion tools by onlinecoversion.com
Morning Reads standard measure of bike value is the Rdstr. The Rdstr is pegged to the U.S. Dollar and is currently trading at 1 Rdstr = $12,620 U.S. dollars
BlogRoll: some of the blogs I have collected while purposefully wondering around the internet.
NEW LINKS, FEEDS and BLOGS
8negro
Ace Racer 72
Best Brands of the World
Designers Underground
Explore Minnesota News
Mick Rides RTW on R65
Otto Nero
RocketGarage
Stuff: A place for everything and everything in its place, including stuff.
Visian: I missed four thousand, this is 96 maybe 100, what do you think?
cyrilhuzeblog.com
TAG Heuer night vision riding glasses
businesswire.com
Motorcycle seat shield reduces cancer concern
Non BMW news but some of you list other rides.
cmgonline.com
Latest recalls
M.R. Traveler
Places 2 Ride Blog
www.biker-events.com
Finding the Good Times on 2 Wheels
Horizonsunlimited.com ÔÇô Newsletter
2008 International Rally
Gillette, Wyoming, July 17-20 2008
Mining The Website
BMW MOA Foundation: MotoSafe ÔÇô Mentoring a Novice
Part I
Part II
Part III
Threads worth following: Any of the election threads. And if you have already, vote early and vote often!
TodayÔÇÖsRoadFood.com
Woot
Todays Woot
The Blog
Packer News: Packers.com, jsonline.com - Packers Plus Online
Humor
Over Heard in New York | Voice of the City
Sluggy Freelance
The Onion
xkcd
Wondering:
If you made it this far into the post you either skipped down to check out the bike candy or are a glutton for punishment. If the former I can not blame you, if the latter I hope you had some fun. Let me leave you with a thought that came from checking out the Visordown.com RSS feed.
Vissordown has been running used bike reviews. I have not posted them but they are what triggered this wondering.
I imagine a portion of the lurkers come to the bmwmoa.org to check out information on which BMW they should buy. In that group many are going to buy used bikes (maybe even the used one you have listed in the Flea Market so you can get a new one.). What if we made it easier for them buy writing bike reviews of our own bikes. Magazines like Cycle World will have multiple editors give reviews of a bike, so multiple reviews of an old BMW model would be fine.
You can find article after article about the BMW HP2 Sport right now, but try and find a review of a BMW R75/# to help you figure out if you want to plunk down the money on that red one in the Flea Market.
There is something else about that lurker that we should consider. They may not only want information but they may represent a future member. They may be young. They may be female and want to date a I digress.
Seriously. This is just a first bit of brain storming. I will think about writing a review of my Roadster. Think about writing a review of your bike. Hopefully some of us actually write one. If you do and this were to take off I would keep an index of the reviews so that people could see what is available to read and access quickly.
Just wondering for now, enjoy the bike candy.
Bike Candy:
THE END
