From: dc-cycles-digest-request@XXXXXX (The dc-cycles list administrator) To: dc-cycles@XXXXXX Errors-To: dc-cycles-digest-request@XXXXXX Subject: dc-cycles digest for 02/06/06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ __ /-----\ __ 'dc-cycles' is an unmoderated email discussion list (__\/ _____ \/__) about motorcycling in the Washington D.C. area. =( \___/ )= \ ___ / An archive of the dc-cycles list is available at: | / _ \ | http://www.dc-cycles.org/ \ || || / \|| ||/ Subscribe/unsubscribe requests should be sent to: \| |/ dc-cycles-digest-request@XXXXXX |_| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: "Perry Coleman" To: dc-cycles@XXXXXX Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2006 10:08:08 -0500 Subject: [dc-cycles] Bike Week! Anyone going? The wife and I will be heading down for the week this year. I got her down there for a few days last year and she enjoyed it. Perry _ _ _ _ .-.-.=\-. .-.-.=\-. .-.-.=\-. .-.-.=\-. (_)=='(_) (_)=='(_) (_)=='(_) (_)=='(_) From: "Perry Coleman" To: dc-cycles@XXXXXX Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2006 10:08:12 -0500 Subject: [dc-cycles] Bike Week! Anyone going? The wife and I will be heading down for the week this year. I got her down there for a few days last year and she enjoyed it. Perry _ _ _ _ .-.-.=\-. .-.-.=\-. .-.-.=\-. .-.-.=\-. (_)=='(_) (_)=='(_) (_)=='(_) (_)=='(_) Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 10:33:37 -0500 From: Michael Jordan To: dc-cycles@XXXXXX Subject: Re: [dc-cycles] Bike Week! > Anyone going? Sorta - heading down on Thursday for the IBA party on Friday and then back on Saturday/Sunday. May actually make it to Daytona proper - probably won't, although I will try to hit the vendors tents at the track. -- Michael J. '86 SRX-6 '93 GSX1100G '03 DL1000 AMA IBA #3901 USAF (Ret) NRA etc. _ _ _ _ .-.-.=\-. .-.-.=\-. .-.-.=\-. .-.-.=\-. (_)=='(_) (_)=='(_) (_)=='(_) (_)=='(_) X-Sasl-Enc: M5WV0XhtG9UqWczRIwIxcRCI0zYLaf/PO8S3oX9PqyJE 1139247327 From: "Louis F. Caplan" To: "DC-Cycles" Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2006 12:35:27 -0500 Subject: [dc-cycles] Motorcycle Show in Timonium I'm thinking of heading up to the motorcycle show in Timonium on Sunday. Has anyone been at this show before? Are there good vendors? When I went to the motorcycle show in DC a few weeks back, I was pretty disappointed in the number and scope of vendors present. And while I can find a map of the layout, I don't see a vendor list on their website (www.cycleshow.net) unless I'm missing something. One thing in particular I'm looking for is a mount to put a flag on my motorcycle (more specifically, the Givi rack I added to the bag on back). Plus anything else interesting of course, but not if it's mostly a bunch of bikes on display, and the usual cheesy stickers for your helmet, shirts, etc. I might also have my 2.5 year old, and maybe my wife and 9 month old as well. How navigable is the place with a stroller, or even a double? Thanks, Louis ======= "Admiral" Louis Caplan 1998 Kawasaki Concours Fairfax, VA Ask me about my girls: http://www.the-caplans.us _ _ _ _ .-.-.=\-. .-.-.=\-. .-.-.=\-. .-.-.=\-. (_)=='(_) (_)=='(_) (_)=='(_) (_)=='(_) Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2006 13:03:47 -0500 To: "Louis F. Caplan" , "DC-Cycles" From: "Mike B." Subject: Re: [dc-cycles] Motorcycle Show in Timonium At 2/6/2006 12:35 PM, Louis F. Caplan wrote: >One thing in particular I'm looking for is a mount to put a flag on my >motorcycle (more specifically, the Givi rack I added to the bag on >back). Check out: http://www.milehighenterprises.com/Flags_and_Poles/index.html (or http://www.motorcycleflags.biz ...same place.) He was at the show in Chantilly last weekend, and had a number of brackets, clamps and poles as well as flags for them. Some folded, some didn't, some clamped onto tubing, some shared a bolt with something you already have on the bike, like a rack or a fender or a license plate. Seemed like a nice guy too. -- -- Mike B. '04 FLSTCI (H-D Softail Heritage Classic with EFI for the non-Harley folks) Learning from your mistakes is good. Learning from someone else's mistakes is better. _ _ _ _ .-.-.=\-. .-.-.=\-. .-.-.=\-. .-.-.=\-. (_)=='(_) (_)=='(_) (_)=='(_) (_)=='(_) Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 13:25:41 -0500 From: "Julian Halton" To: Subject: [dc-cycles] Sad news....about soldiers and scooters Troops Back From War Zones Dying On Motorcycles POSTED: 7:51 am EST February 6, 2006 Email This Story | Print This Story CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. -- More troops have died in off-duty motorcycle accidents after they returned from duty in Afghanistan than have been killed fighting there since Sept. 11, 2001, safety records show. Military commanders in North Carolina say the deaths are largely the result of boredom, bonus pay, and adrenalin to burn off after troops return from wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Nearly 350 troops have died on bikes since the 2001 terrorist attacks. That's compared to 259 killed while serving in Afghanistan. Nearly 1,000 more troops have been injured on bikes. Marine Lance Cpl. Mark Strickland, 24, was one of five Marines from Camp Lejeune who were involved in serious motorcycle crashes in October. Four of them had been home just a few weeks from combat in Iraq's deadly Anbar Province. Three of the Marines were killed and another lost a leg. "When the doctor told me that he was dead, I told him that wasn't acceptable, it just wasn't acceptable," said Andrea Strickland, 22, the widow of Mark Strickland. "I said, 'He just got back from a war zone, and you're going to tell me that he died doing something he loved?' " The problem could get worse as some 20,000 Marines and sailors begin returning to bases in North Carolina over the coming weeks. "Our goal is not to see the same thing happen," said Lt. Gen. James F. Amos, commander of the Camp Lejeune-based II Marine Expeditionary Force. Amos described the crashes in October as "a cold shot to the heart" and ordered a crackdown. The following month normal base operations were halted to focus on safety, particularly for motorcyclists. Camp Lejeune also added safety programs and re-emphasized existing ones. These include a mentor program Amos created that's being considered as a model for the entire Marine Corps. The Army hasn't been immune to off-duty motorcycle deaths, with more than 40 in the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30. The Army chief of staff issued a memo in December that urge experienced riders to cut the accident rate by mentoring beginners. The military has enough of a challenge maintaining a force that repeated deployments have left severely stretched, according to two reports released last month - one commissioned by the Pentagon, the other by Congressional Democrats. In response to the motorcycle injuries, Maj. Gen. Robert C. Dickerson Jr., who oversees most of the Marine Corps' East Coast facilities, has visited area motorcycle dealers and asked them to pass out Corps-funded $100 vouchers to Marine customers for the safety classes. "I've owned three motorcycles, and they're a lot of fun, but you've got to be careful," Dickerson said. He says the Marines need risk-takers but it's crucial to draw a line between courage and recklessness. Troops say the bikes fill the adrenalin void they left behind in the war zone. "Riders who have been in accidents have told us that it's the legal crack cocaine," said J.T. Coleman, a civilian spokesman for the Army's Combat Readiness Center in Fort Rucker, Ala., which tracks accidents among soldiers. "They say it gives them the same adrenaline rush they get driving their tank through Baghdad or whatever." Julian Halton Group Logic julian@XXXXXX 703.527.7979 x 2338