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Morning Reads: Tuesday, 10 June 2008

mika

Still Wondering
TodayÔÇÖs Birthdays / Calendar


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cmgonline.com
LATEST RECALLS: BMW ÔÇô 2007 R1200GS & R1200ST, 1007/08 R1200R


The British Motor Cycle Industry Association is a source for bike sales. They publish information. The US Motorcycle Industry council sells the information, I believe.
mcia.co.uk
Motorcycle Registrations May


Hot topic in another thread, here is the article that started the discussions
forbes.com
Harley-Davidson in advanced talks to buy ItalyÔÇÖs MV Agusta - Report


brianbucket.com
Motorcycle salvage yards


motorcycle-usa.com
2008 Triumph Street Triple 675- First Ride


Motorcycle engine meets race care.
thekneeslider.com
Drake Harley Davidson water cooled V-twin engine


thekneeslider.com
MZ Motorcycles scheduled to close this year


womenridersnow.com
WRN motorcycle buyers guide online now


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Harley-Davidson: 105 years
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thenewcaferacersociety.com
Fleet footed


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Racing Links and Feeds:


The Sanctioning Bodies
AMA Pro Racing ÔÇô with links to the various AMA series.
FIM
FIM World Championship ÔÇô Endurance
MotoGO ÔÇô Official website
SBK Superbike World Championship


Links to racing news feeds.
Auto Racing Daily: Motorcycle Racing
Auto Racing Daily: Superbike
BBC: Motorsport ÔÇô Rallying ÔÇô World Edition
Crash.Net: MotoGP
Crash.Net: World Superbikes
HighRevs.net: MotoGP
Motorsport.com : World Superbike
MCN: Motor Sport
MCN: World Superbikes
Roadracingworld.com
Superbike-News.co.uk: Superbike
Superbikeplanet.com


BMW Sauber F1


BMW Motorsport


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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


Stuff: A place for everything and everything in its place. Including stuff


mots-expensive.net
Most expensive watermelon


engineeringtv.com
Raytheon BluWav Hy-DRA (Part 1)


Unchainged Across the World | Break free from the ordinary!

loc.gov
To read or not to read: A question of national consequence webcast (54 minute)


BlogRoll: some of the blogs I have collected while purposefully wondering around the internet.


M.R. Traveler


2009 Dakar
The journey of overcoming serious mental illness to do the 2009 Dakar


NATIONAL MUSTARD DAY IS SATURDAY, AUGUST 2nd.

Mount Horeb Mustard Museum
P.O. Box 468
100 West Main Street
Mount Horeb, WI 53572

Start planning your trip now. We'll roll out the yellow carpet for you. For our out of town visitors, we have secured a block of rooms at the nearby Deer Valley Lodge for the special Mustard Lovers price of only $199 per room for the entire weekend (Friday and Saturday nights). That's a savings of $58 over the regular summer room rates.
You must book your room by July 2. Call 1-888-924-1601 and mention "Mustard Block" when you reserve. With its indoor waterpark, Deer Valley Lodge is great for families. www.DeerValleyLodgeWI.com.



Places 2 Ride Blog


www.biker-events.com
Finding the Good Times on 2 Wheels


Horizonsunlimited.com ÔÇô Newsletter


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2008 International Rally
Gillette, Wyoming, July 17-20 2008


Mining The Website


Threads worth following:

North to ALASKA!


Road Side Attrations


The elections threads; then vote early and often.


TodayÔÇÖsRoadFood.com


FORUM REVIEWS

GEAR: BWM 51L SportBag


DETAILING: Rejex ÔÇô Great product if you donÔÇÖt like bugs


Woot

Todays Woot
The Blog


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Packer News: Packers.com, jsonline.com - Packers Plus Online


Humor

Over Heard in New York | Voice of the City
Sluggy Freelance
The Onion
xkcd


Bike Candy:


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very cool.

love to listen to designers talk about what they do...
 
very cool.

love to listen to designers talk about what they do...

Me too! When I posted it I wondered how many monitors would be shot. I know he is not like by a number of the members. Then I realized if they shot their monitors we would never know and figured it was safe to post it anyway. :laugh
 
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