Morning Reads: 29 June 2007

[mika]

Today’s Birthdays / Calendar

Motorcycle News:

motorcycle-urs.com
2007 Vincent Black Shadow – First Ride

amamotocross.com
2008 Supercross schedule announced

rubbermag.com
Bimota DB6 Delirio Most Beautiful Naked Bike

Desmoblog

coughyshoppe.com
Ducati Monster S2r

The Kneeslider.com is on the trail of Suzuki’s hot bikes for 2008
2008 Hayabusa
2008 B-King

thebikerweb.com[/ulr]
A short guide to buying used bikes on eBay

[url=http://www.gizmag.com/go/7534/]gizmag.com
It takes two wheels to beat the traffic

Via gizmag.com – Front wheel drive scooter


Other News:

boingboing.com
Miniature engine builders in NYT
This one works.


Feature:

From oliepeil.ne with translation help from Dictionary.com
Target-Design have been confessed for the design for the Suzuki Katana from 1980, an motorcycle which changes the design of motorcycles completely with its " scherpe" to line what a new era inluide. What less is confessed, is that Target a study for MV Augusta has made design in 1979, those lines for the Katana already showed and a slap head lamp as a result of which the sharp nose did not need become interrupted kwa form, had. Even after almost 30 (!) year has the design still current characterizes such as the integration of the saddle and the petrol tank
What the translation lacks in clarity the pictures make up for in this intriguing concept based on an MV Agusta that echoes the lines of the original Suzuki Katana

targetDesign
More pictures at motorradonline.de


Blog Update:

2strokebuzz

2009 Dakar Attempt

A Boy and His Bike

caf?® (racer) society

Down the Road a Peace

Faster and Faster

Forty Years On Two Wheels

GoBackpacking.com

Headlines form our favorite blogs

k’telontour of the World

Meanderings on Two Wheels

Musings of an Intrepid Commuter

Ride it like you stole it!

The Adventures of Boz

The Flight of the Platypus

The Ride

The Triple C Blog

Vagabondish

World of Max

Your Crazy Uncle


Riding Skills:

topix.net
More motorcycle deaths as Boomers hit the road.


Photography / Video:

dPS.com
Hot to photograph fireworks

damncoolpics.bogspot.com
The Hole in CDs

M.R. Traveler

gadling.com
Mapping the Continental Divide Trail


Weather

West Bend WI
Current

10 Day Forcast

United States
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration

Canada
Meteorological Service of Canada


Today’s RoadFood.com

Woot

Todays Woot

The Blog

Over Heard in New York | Voice of the City


All things BMW

onewheeldrive.net
2007 BMW F800ST – The Smart One

mini2.com
Billionaire to move Tritec plant to China?

World of BMW news

Team BMW Ventura and Xchallenge take first win!


BMW Group Press Club: Page 2


Morning Reads: RALLY PAGES

A resource of information and links to information for use at the 2007 Rally

RALLY PAGES

What do you need to know to go to the rally…

SHIPPING TO THE INT'L RALLY
How do I ship my gear to the Rally?
Packages will not be accepted before July 2.
Send your shipments to:
YOUR NAME, C/O BMW Rally, Washington County Fair Park, 3000 Hwy PV, West Bend, WI 53095

The 35th BMWMOA International Rally Home Page
With links to:
Lodging
Volunteer
Rally Forum
FAQs
Secure Services

Rally Schedule

Entertainment Schedule

Track Day in Wisconsin, July 13

Event Registration

Link to registration form

BMW MOA Foundation Rally Classes – 2007

WISCONSIN

Trails.com: Best Scenic Drives in Wisconsin

WisconsinMotorcycling.com

TravelWisconsin.com : Maps and Guides - Who doesn't love a free map or travel brochure? Take your pick below. You can download them for instant fulfillment. Or have us mail honest-to-goodness printed versions right to your door.

State of Wisconsin Portal

TravelWisconsin.com the official state tourism site.

Washington County home page

West Bend home page and FAQ

Washington County Fair Park

Free Travel Maps & Guides

DOT – Wisconsin – Maps – A variety of online maps and resources. Bicycle maps, detailed county (check out the double letter roads!), rest areas, main trunk highways, truck routs, work zones and map ordering sources.

Rustic Roads

Rustic Roads program goals
to identify and preserve in a natural and essentially undisturbed condition certain designated roads having unusual or outstanding natural beauty, by virtue of native vegetation along with natural or man-made features associated with the road

to provide a linear park-like system for vehicular, bicycle and pedestrian travel for quiet and leisurely enjoyment by local residents and the general public alike

to maintain and administer these roads to provide safe public travel, yet preserve the rustic and scenic qualities through use of appropriate maintenance and design standards, and encouragement of zoning for land use compatibility, utility regulations and billboard control

DNR.state.WI – Wisconsin State Park System
Admission sticker information and fees

Online Travel Center - The Travel Center is a collection of interactive maps that display important and timely information to assist travelers in making choices for safe and enjoyable trips through Wisconsin.

Milwaukee-area current travel information

Wisconsin State Patorl office locations

Southeast Region
Wisconsin State Patrol Waukesha Post
Captain Varla J. Bishop, Commander
Lieutenant Theodore J. Meagher, Executive Officer
21115 East Moreland Boulevard
Waukesha, WI 53186-2985
Phone: (262) 785-4700
Fax: (262) 785-4723
Waukesha Post counties:
Serves Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Walworth, Washington and Waukesha

Custard Stand List of Wisconsin

Wisconsin Artisan Dairy Association

Wisconsin Winery Association

Wisconsin Cheese and Dairy Product Information

Wisconsin Attractions – Lighthouses

The Yellowstone Trail – Wisconsin

Wisconsin Sport Bike Roads

The Mustard Museum of Mount Horeb

Wisconsin Brewpubs and Micro Breweries


Weather
West Bend WI
Current

10 Day Forcast

United States
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration

Canada
Meteorological Service of Canada


Travel Information – Driving Conditions and other related information sites.




Bike Candy

Only in my dreams.


THE END

 

[mika]

BMW Group PressClub Page 2

PressClub USA

FORMULA BMW EUROPE TO LAUNCH IN 2008

Formula BMW Germany and Formula BMW UK Championship will team up.
Munich/Bracknell, 28 June, 2007. BMW is taking its junior talent promotion scheme to a new level. As from season 2008, the Formula BMW Germany and Formula BMW UK championships will merge to create Formula BMW Europe. The new championship will mainly be staged on the undercard of the FIA Formula One World Championship.

"I am delighted to see Formula BMW substantially staking out its presence within the framework of the FIA Formula One World Championship and establishing itself as a strong and permanent feature of numerous Formula One race weekends. For talented young drivers, Formula BMW represents the first step towards a professional motor sport career that can take them via GP2 all the way up to Formula One. A current tally of six team and test drivers in the 2007 Formula One season bears impressive testimony of that", says Bernie Ecclestone.

BMW Motorsport Director Mario Theissen welcomes the upgrading of the series: ÔÇ£For us Formula BMW Europe marks the next step in the internationally oriented Formula BMW concept. Following the example of the Formula 3 Euro Series, two strong championships will join forces to create an even stronger series. It means we can offer drivers and teams a platform which, in this format, is a first for any junior race series and which will allow them to profit from our Formula One involvement. Starting with the 2008 season, our three Formula BMW championships in Asia, North America and Europe will see us represented internationally in all the key motor sport markets. Formula BMW Europe will enable young drivers to get to know the major GP2 and Formula One circuits at the earliest possible stage, along with the Formula One environment that will be important to them later.ÔÇ£

Formula BMW Europe will underpin and further develop the already strong presence of its sister series at the Grand Prix events in Asia and North America: It will comprise a maximum of eight race weekends, with most of the events anticipated to be held during European Grands Prix. There are also plans to stage a maximum of two race weekends within the framework of other high-profile motor sport series.

A race weekend will consist of a free practice session (Friday), qualifying (Saturday) and two races, one to take place on Saturday and the other on Sunday. Each race lasts around 25 minutes. In line with the existing Formula BMW series, the familiar junior talent sponsorship concept will be maintained in Formula BMW Europe.

ÔÇ£Formula BMW offers talented young drivers more than just a racing car,ÔÇØ explains Theissen, ÔÇ£In the Education and Coaching Program we have drawn up specially for these drivers, they are taught everything they need to know to assert themselves in the wider world of motor racing. Formula BMW has evolved from a standing start to become the leading entry-level class of Formula racing worldwide. We provide the young drivers with the requisite tools that will enable them to work their way through to the higher Formula classes.ÔÇØ

Background:
Formula BMW is the worldÔÇÖs leading entry-level class in Formula racing. 2007 sees the series staged in Germany, Britain, Asia and the USA. Aspiring drivers as young as 15 can enter the world of motor racing behind the wheel of the standard, state-of-the-art FB02 vehicle. This season alone, more than 70 drivers from 30 nations and five continents are competing in the series worldwide.

The race car has been lining up on the grid since the 2002 season and sets standards above all in terms of safety. A monoposto powered by a 140 hp BMW engine to a top speed of 230 km/h, the FB02 exceeds the safety standards stipulated for its class by the international motor sport governing body, the FIA. BMW Motorsport developed the FORS Formula One Rescue Seat specially for Formula BMW, while the HANS safety system is also mandatory for all drivers.

Formula BMW is making four appearances in 2007 within the framework of a Formula One event. All series offer a comprehensive Education and Coaching Program as well as scholarships for promising young drivers. The best-known graduates of this talent hothouse are Formula One drivers Ralf Schumacher, Christian Klien, Timo Glock, Adrian Sutil, Nico Rosberg and Sebastian Vettel.

From November 24 to 26, 2006 the Circuit de la Comunitat Valenciana Ricardo Tormo hosted the second Formula BMW World Final. 37 young racing drivers from the four regional Formula BMW series competed against each other with the winner Christian Vietoris receiving a test drive with the BMW Sauber F1 Team


PressClub Germany

Translation by Google Language Tools

BMW motorcycle with new creative partner


180 Amsterdam is in the future the prominent international communication agency

Munich. The Premiumhersteller BMW motorcycle co-operates immediately with a new creative agency. New partner for international mark communication is 180 Amsterdam with seat in the Netherlands.

ÔÇ£With the choice of the new Leadagentur particularly the mark understanding as well as the international adjustment were decisive beside requirement for creativity. We strive a long-term partnershipÔÇØ, on thus J??rgen Korzer, leader marketing BMW motorcycle.

Future co-operation with 180 Amsterdam stands also for a reorientation BMW motorcycle communication. The agency partner will care for prominently all national and international communication activities. Is considered by the stronger cross-linking of the markets accompanying with it to the rising complexity on the motorcycle market. Accompanied of new, innovative communication channels creative co-operation aims also at the production of young and modern target groups. Motorcycle a broad spectrum at activities takes 180 off Amsterdam in their function as prominent agency for BMW. Thus will care for the agency complete Launch and mark campaigns international in Amsterdam resident. Further functions are beside classical advertisement, commercial marketing, on-line and after Sales communication also the creative-lateral support of sales sale as well as the conversion of innovative marketing beginnings. To the first projects communication belongs to the new creative agency to the introduction on the market of the new motorcycles for model year 2008.


Motorsports PressClub

Formula BMW Germany and Formula BMW UK Championship will team up

Munich/Bracknell, 28 June, 2007. BMW is taking its junior talent promotion scheme to a new level. As from season 2008, the Formula BMW Germany and Formula BMW UK championships will merge to create Formula BMW Europe. The new championship will mainly be staged on the undercard of the FIA Formula One World Championship.
"I am delighted to see Formula BMW substantially staking out its presence within the framework of the FIA Formula One World Championship and establishing itself as a strong and permanent feature of numerous Formula One race weekends. For talented young drivers, Formula BMW represents the first step towards a professional motor sport career that can take them via GP2 all the way up to Formula One. A current tally of six team and test drivers in the 2007 Formula One season bears impressive testimony of that", says Bernie Ecclestone.

BMW Motorsport Director Mario Theissen welcomes the upgrading of the series: ÔÇ£For us Formula BMW Europe marks the next step in the internationally oriented Formula BMW concept. Following the example of the Formula 3 Euro Series, two strong championships will join forces to create an even stronger series. It means we can offer drivers and teams a platform which, in this format, is a first for any junior race series and which will allow them to profit from our Formula One involvement.

Starting with the 2008 season, our three Formula BMW championships in Asia, North America and Europe will see us represented internationally in all the key motor sport markets. Formula BMW Europe will enable young drivers to get to know the major GP2 and Formula One circuits at the earliest possible stage, along with the Formula One environment that will be important to them later.ÔÇ£

Formula BMW Europe will underpin and further develop the already strong presence of its sister series at the Grand Prix events in Asia and North America: It will comprise a maximum of eight race weekends, with most of the events anticipated to be held during European Grands Prix. There are also plans to stage a maximum of two race weekends within the framework of other high-profile motor sport series.

A race weekend will consist of a free practice session (Friday), qualifying (Saturday) and two races, one to take place on Saturday and the other on Sunday. Each race lasts around 25 minutes. In line with the existing Formula BMW series, the familiar junior talent sponsorship concept will be maintained in Formula BMW Europe.

ÔÇ£Formula BMW offers talented young drivers more than just a racing car,ÔÇØ explains Theissen, ÔÇ£In the Education and Coaching Programme we have drawn up specially for these drivers, they are taught everything they need to know to assert themselves in the wider world of motor racing. Formula BMW has evolved from a standing start to become the leading entry-level class of Formula racing worldwide. We provide the young drivers with the requisite tools that will enable them to work their way through to the higher Formula classes.ÔÇØ

Background:
Formula BMW is the worldÔÇÖs leading entry-level class in Formula racing. 2007 sees the series staged in Germany, Britain, Asia and the USA. Aspiring drivers as young as 15 can enter the world of motor racing behind the wheel of the standard, state-of-the-art FB02 vehicle. This season alone, more than 70 drivers from 30 nations and five continents are competing in the series worldwide.

The race car has been lining up on the grid since the 2002 season and sets standards above all in terms of safety. A monoposto powered by a 140 hp BMW engine to a top speed of 230 km/h, the FB02 exceeds the safety standards stipulated for its class by the international motor sport governing body, the FIA. BMW Motorsport developed the FORS Formula One Rescue Seat specially for Formula BMW, while the HANS safety system is also mandatory for all drivers.

Formula BMW is making four appearances in 2007 within the framework of a Formula One event. All series offer a comprehensive Education and Coaching Programme as well as scholarships for promising young drivers. The best-known graduates of this talent hothouse are Formula One drivers Ralf Schumacher, Christian Klien, Timo Glock, Adrian Sutil, Nico Rosberg and Sebastian Vettel.

From November 24 to 26, 2006 the Circuit de la Comunitat Valenciana Ricardo Tormo hosted the second Formula BMW World Final. 37 young racing drivers from the four regional Formula BMW series competed against each other with the winner Christian Vietoris receiving a test drive with the BMW Sauber F1 Team.

BMW Sauber F1 | Formula 1

 

[PAULBACH]

More motorcycle deaths as Boomers hit the road.

There problem is many in his age-group aren't taking these classes. Some aren't wearing helmets when they ride while others are drinking and riding.