THE RONALD REAGON DINNER THEATER AND CREMATORIUM.

AIRBORNE MOTORCYCLE IS NOW BEING MARKETED IN WASHINGTON D.C AREA.
October 11, 2005
Ultralights have sometimes been described as the "motorcycles of the
air," which the new Flite Bike really is, combining a Honda Reflex
motorcycle with a Buckeye powered parachute you can now fly your
motorcycle to work.
A Virginia company called Flite Bike has come up with a different
and totally unique concept - a Buckeye powered parachute built around
a Honda Reflex motorcycle.
Steering on the ground and in the air is done by using the
handlebars. On the road, the standard throttle and braking system are
used on the bike; When airborne the throttle is operated by a lever
on the side of the bike (similar to that used on the Buckeye powered
parachute). The unit uses a standard Buckeye powered parachute
canopy, which is capable of carrying the 550-pound Flite Bike
assembly and a 250-pound pilot with fuel for 2 1/2 hours of flight
time.

Price for the Flite Bike kit (custom Flite Bike airframe, ram-air
powered parachute canopy wing, 65-hp Rotax 582 liqiuid-cooled 2-cycle
aircraft engine and 4-blade composite prop) is $19,800. The Flite
Bike kit is "specifically designed for the Honda Reflex motorcycle
and cannot be installed on any other motorcycle," Flite Bike says.
(Manufacturer's suggested retail price for the Honda Reflex
motorcycle is $4,995.)

Info: Flite Bike, 1800 N. Beauregard St., Suite 150, Dept. UF,
Alexandria, VA 22311.
Phone: (703) 578-9661 * Fax: (703) 998-0680



Buckeye Industries, 16095 Linden Rd., Dept. UF, Argos, IN 46501.
Phone: (219) 892-5566 * Fax: (219) 892-6907 * e-mail:
buckchute@...
www.ultralightflying.com

Hog-wild no more in Cambridge Mass.
Cambridge Chronicle, MA - The all-American, tough-guy image of a cop
on a Harley is a thing of the past in Cambridge.


This week, the Cambridge Police Department replaced its 14-motorcycle
fleet with sleek, brand-new, BMW motorcycles, putting to rest the
department's 12-year loyalty to Harley-Davidson.
The BMW bikes are more compact than their Harley predecessors, which
ranged in age from 2 to 11 years. Albert said high maintenance costs
for the maturing Harleys were the overwhelming factor in replacing
them.


Chopper sells in 12 New York minutes
Quad City Times, IA -
It took only 12 minutes to sell a customized motorcycle that was
built in the Quad-Cities to honor the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001,
terrorist attacks.


The red, white and blue chopper was displayed in New York City during
a 9/11 commemorative event held over the weekend in what one witness
described as a "wild deal."

The bike was commissioned by America's 9/11 Ride Foundation of
Leesburg, Va., built by Midwest Choppers of Galesburg, Ill., and
painted by Jeremy Imming of Jeremy's Airbrush Designs, rural Blue
Grass, Iowa. "The moment they unveiled the bike, a guy grabbed me and
said, `I wanna buy it!' " said Ted Sjurseth, foundation founder and
president. Sjurseth explained that the chopper was a raffle item and
not for sale, but Ed Cook of Port Royal, Va., was insistent.
After some discussion, the foundation board decided to sell it to
Cook for $160,000, or $10,000 more than the total of $150,000 in
raffle tickets they had expected to sell


News of the "Weird".
Elverum, Norway. July 22.2005

WEIGHTY EXAMINERS TOO HEAVY FOR MOTORCYCLE TESTS



Motorcycle tests in a Norwegian town were postponed because
the available examiners were too heavy to ride tandem.

All the thin examiners at Elverum Traffic Station were away on
summer vacation, and those left on duty to put people through the
light motorcycle test weigh too much. The license regulations include
a maximum load that assumes the driver weighs 165 lbs. A tandem
passenger who breaks the limit by himself isn't allowed, reports the
Aftenposten newspaper.
Examiner Bjoern Mellembakken, who weighs in at 275 lbs, says
the station only has three people who are light enough to accompany
learners during the practical test. He said: "This is a problem for
us in general.

We're big guys." Some of us actualy get a type of wedgy from
riding those bikes, they just dont make seats for guys with big
hienies.

The Examiners are issued Honda 125s for the testing proccess?.
He said he doesn't foresee diets or liposuction being used to reverse
the trend. "I dont know what the solution would be, I quess well
leave that up to the experts to solve this problem".




Bike trailers are still illegal in some European
Countrys.

SPANISH BAN ON MOTORCYCLE TRAILERS BROUGHT BEFORE COURT. DENMARK HAD
SAME LAW REVOKED IN 1998

The European Commission (EC) has decided to bring Spain before the
Court of Justice because it considers that Spain's absolute ban
imposed on motorcycles towing trailers is an unjustifiable barrier to
the free movement of goods and persons between Member States of the
European Union.

The EC, while sharing the Spanish authorities' concern for road
safety, which was cited as justification for the ban, considers that
road safety can be achieved by measures which are less trade-
restrictive. For example, other Member States impose maximum speed
limits on motorcycles with trailers or set maximum trailer dimensions
or weight limits on the load which the trailers may carry.

After Denmark, where the trailer ban was lifted in June 1998
thanks to the efforts of the FEDERATION OF EUROPEAN MOTORCYCLE
ASSOCIATIONS (FEMA), Spain is the only country imposing this type of
ban. According to FEMA, this causes a lot of problems for many
touring motorcyclists with trailers who are traveling between
southern countries, all of which allow trailer use



The "REAL THINKERS" report.

FROM BIGER TO SMALLER HE IS AT IT AGAIN. The inventor of the
world's largest motorcycle is at it again. According to an article by
The Associated Press, Tom Wiberg constructed what he calls the
world's smallest working motorcycle, weighing in at just 2.4 lbs and
reaching a top speed of 1.2 mph. The engine is a ethanol-powered
combustion engine typically found in model airplanes. He reportedly
rode the 4.5-inch-long bike 36 feet on one foot. Look for the bike in
the next Guinness Book of Records.



The "DEVIANT" Report



BIKER GANG INFILTRATOR CASHES IN AFTER ALL.

10/5/2005 7:57 PM
By: Brittany Morehouse, News 14 Carolina
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- William Queen, as an undercover agent, infiltrated
one of the country's most dangerous motorcycle gangs and brought 53
criminals to justice.

Now the native North Carolinian has sold his movie rights to Mel
Gibson.

"It was so unpredictable," Queen said Wednesday. "You really didn't
know what you were going to be doing from day to day and sometimes
hour to hour."

William Queen said he made many sacrifices to break through a Los
Angeles motorcycle gang called the M*****s..

"They raped women, they murdered people, they extorted, they beat
people to death," he said.

Queen's two-year investigation included late-night fights and bike
rides that lasted for several days.

"Parents would look at me and associate my kid with some sort of a
gang banger out there," he said. "So it was hurting my kids."

He talks about a close call, when a gang leader accused of him of
being a police officer.

"He said: `If I put a bullet up into your head, nobody's going to
know where to start looking for you. Is that right?'" Queen
recalls. "The only thing I could say was, `That's right.'"

Queen also talks about the camaraderie within the gang. He said that
after he buried his dead mother, he visited a fellow M******s..

"He grabbed me and hugged me and said, `I love you, Billy, and I'm
sorry about your mom,'" Queen said. "And I almost cried." I told him
i loved him also, but in my heart i knew i was going to put him away
forever.

In the end, no tears could distract me from my mission. I feel like
i realy deserve the money i am looking to make from this.

Queen worked for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.

Web Journalist: Kyle Almond mailto:newmedia@...







NO NAGASAKI NUT BUCKET RIDDING FOR THIS 105 YEAR OLD HARLEY RIDER.

Denver, Colorado. Oct. 12, 2005 [AP]



Max Kight climbed aboard a Harley-Davidson motorcycle three years
ago. The ride was a special gift for Max, who wanted to experience a
taste of his childhood of nearly a century before.

Now, it is a tradition for him to ride a motorcycle on his birthday,
which is Oct. 26. This year will be Max's 105th

He'll celebrate a little early on Saturday, when he will be gently
assisted into a sidecar and be driven around Aspen Siesta nursing
home in south Denver, where he now lives.

He'll probably wear the do-rag and black leather vest he wore three
years ago, gifts from fellow motorcycle enthusiasts.

"It's going to be fun Saturday," he said, laughing.

Between more laughs, he said, "I'm ready to ride."

Max is paralyzed on his right side because of a stroke. He has good
days and not-so-good days. But he remains pretty easygoing.

He dozed during much of a visit Wednesday, waking up just before
lunch with a laugh. He laughs as big as he can when he can, cutting
loose with about all of the air in his body, sucking in another
lungful and laughing again until it is all gone.

Max was born in Bluffdale, Texas. His family moved to Dublin, Texas,
when he was 10. A bunch of good ol' boys there had a motorcycle club.
One gave Max a ride. It was a memory that has stayed with him to this
day.

Three years ago, Sandra Heart-quist, director of resident services at
Aspen Siesta, asked residents what they'd like to do. Max said he'd
like to ride a motorcycle.

So Heartquist worked the phone, and members of the Mile High HOG
Chapter of Aurora and Colorado Sidecar Enthusiasts of Lakewood
responded.

Last year, club members asked Max if he wanted to ride the same route
as the previous year. He said "yeah," but "this time go via Chicago,"
according to an article in Hog Tales magazine.

Max's wife, Tee, also lives at Aspen Siesta. She rode in a sidecar
last year, too, and plans to ride again this year. Max and Tee knew
each other back in Bluffdale, their hometown.

Max is a retired electrical engineer. He graduated in 1923 from the
University of Illinois and took a job with the Bureau of Reclamation.
He worked on the Hoover and Grand Coulee dams before being
transferred to Colorado.

He and Tee were married Aug. 14, 1935, in Fort Worth, Texas.

When Gary Massaro listens, people talk.
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