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News, Clues & Rumors
Volume XXXI, Issue 5
Publication Date: April 21, 2014
On The Cover:
All of Gary Davis’s lifts were full of
incredibly cool and insanely valuable
vintage and antique racing motorcycles,
so he used his chain hoist to bring the
ex-Kenny Roberts (yes, that Kenny)
Yamaha OU-750, one of only 30 made, to a
ergonomically-correct work height. Photo
by Bob Stokstad.
Contents:
NCR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
New Stuff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Gary Davis Vintage Passion . . . . . . . . 13
Film Review: 12:00 Boys . . . . . . . . . . 16
Question Man . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Maynard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Hertfelder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Tankslapper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Marketplace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Pre-crashed leathers auction . . . . . . 25
Yes, that is a black widow spider, happily
nesting in our rack at Real American
Motorcycles in San Jose. Wear gloves! Photo:
Gwynne Fitzsimmons.
helmet laws. Yeah, but that’s based on just
11 studies!
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Reader James Colagross sent us this trip
report from Daytona Beach:
There is no place in the motorcycle world
like Daytona in early March. The experts
estimate a half-million motorcyclists of all
shapes and sizes on all the different brands
descend on the historic racing venue.
Most, of course, are on Harleys, but you
still see all the European, Japanese, and
miscellaneous other brands as well. Bike
shows, vendor shows, swap meets, the Boot
Hill Saloon, and riding down Main Street
are all a big part of being there.
start making plans to attend Bike Week
2015. Next year, the 200 will be raced on
Superbikes again and that will prove to be
an event worth attending. Start making
your memories!
For more info head to
daytona200monument.com or call
Thad Wolff at 805/499-9720.
KEEP YOUR HELMET LAWS
OFF MY BODY!
We reported back in January that the
CDC (via the Community Preventive
Services Task Force) had been throwing
But for the last 10 years I’ve also been
making my way down to the oceanfront to around crazy talk like “helmets reduce the
likelihood of death in a motorcycle crash by
visit the Daytona 200 monument located
37 percent” and “helmets reduce the risk of
at 101 N. Atlantic Avenue. On several
occasions I have had the pleasure of visiting head injury by 69 percent.”
with the curator of this wonderful little
These supposedly scientific findings
spot, Dick Klamfoth.
(based on 69 studies, dude!) include
Now, if you don’t know who he is, I suggest obviously slanted numbers like:
you Google him. That’s him on the top
Universal law states have 12 percent
right of the monument. He’s the first three- fewer fatalities per registered motorcycle,
time winner of the Daytona 200: ‘49, ‘51,
compared to states with partial or no
and ‘52. The center monument has the 12
men who won on the old beach
course, and on the walls around
the center monument you’ll find
other winners from the speedway
including five-time winners Miguel
Duhamel and Scott Russell.
Favorites include three-time winner
Kenny Roberts, two-time winner
Eddie Lawson and Cal Rayborn,
my childhood hero. Cal won on
Harleys in 1968 and 69, the last
racer to do so. The winner of the
first 200 I attended is on the wall—
1972 winner Don Emde. Don won
on the first two stroke and several
followed after him!
If you Google Dick Klamfoth you
can find that he offers you a chance
to be a part of the Daytona 200
Monument by buying a brick for
$50. Buy a brick, put your name on
it (and up to three lines of text) and
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Universal law states show a median of 25
percent fewer fatalities per vehicle mile
traveled, compared to states with partial
or no helmet law. This is based on just four
studies—we need more data!
They even had the gall to claim that
although “each study design comes with
unique risks of bias, effect estimates across
multiple study types, population groups,
and outcome measures were remarkably
consistent for this body of evidence. No
plausible source of bias could account for
this consistency.” No plausible source of
bias other than a burning desire to destroy
freedom!
Troubled by the stream of damned lies
and statistics coming out of the CDC, we
sought out a representative to get to the
bottom of all this. We spoke with Julie
Eschelbach, a Health Communications
Specialist, who told us that the CDC is
involved because “preventing serious
injuries and deaths from motorcycle
crashes is a major and growing public
health concern.” She also said the CDC
encourages riders to always wear a helmet
and protective gear. Seriously—helmets
and gear?!
So how else is the CDC trying to take
away our civil rights as motorcyclists?
Eschelbach says the CDC “does not
endorse or support specific pieces of
legislation at either the state or federal
level.” She also says they’re “not currently
working on any new motorcycle projects.”
For now, we’re sure.
Check out the NHTSA lane splitting issue
statement at nhtsa.gov/people/injury/
pedbimot/motorcycle/00-nht-212motorcycle/motorcycle51.html
GEEZERS ON TRIPLES, PART
DEUX
Long-time Bay Area rider Italo Grossi
picked up a new bike at Berkeley HondaYamaha recently, his long-awaited
Yamaha FZ-09. It was something of a
Since we had her on the line, we asked
special occasion, not so much because
about lane splitting. She told us the CDC
this in-demand triple is still hard to come
doesn’t have a position on lane splitting, but by, but because “Grossi,” as he is called
pointed us to to a NHTSA webpage that
by everyone, turns 86 this May. This
says there’s evidence that lane splitting on
anticipated happening—a geezer on a
multi-lane roads reduces crash frequency,
triple—was in fact the inspiration for
and is “worthy of further study because it
CityBike’s February 2014 cover story.
offers a means of reducing congestion in
We took advantage of the occasion down
addition to possible safety benefits.”
on Gilman Street to ask Grossi what in the
So let’s get this straight… helmets are good, world at his ripe age prompted him to covet
gear is good, and lane splitting is good? You a crotch rocket. “I’ve always liked sport
guys at the CDC are just nuts if you think
bikes,” he replied in his gracious, modest
we’re going to fall for that!
way. “A little love, a little passion, and that’s
it.” (Who among us could think of better
(in case our Political Affairs Editor’s attempt
reasons?) But the FZ-09 had another
at sarcasm failed, or you missed it last time, our
attraction for Grossi, who says he now
position on helmets here at CityBike is ‘wear a
fucking helmet!’ although we are considering
wants a “sit-up” sport bike. The higher bars
changing it to, “wear a fucking helmet, douchebag!’) and relatively comfy ergonomics of this
naked triple convinced him early on to get
Check out the CDC’s findings and
on the waiting list. That, and its Italian-red
position on universal helmet laws
paint job.
at thecommunityguide.org/mvoi/
motorcyclehelmets/RRHelmetLaws.html
Supporting materials are at
thecommunityguide.org/mvoi/
motorcyclehelmets/supportingmaterials/
IShelmetlaws.html#includedpubs
The paper work went quickly and Grossi’s
hand was steady as he wrote out a check in
Juliana Dunlavey’s office. After catching
up on Grossi’s recent adventures, Scott
Dunlavey went over a few mechanical
details, gave him the key and helped him
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By Gabe Ets-Hokin
By Gabe Ets-Hokin
Climate Changes
Last week, I did an all-day ride down to Smell Lay to return a KTM 1290 Superduke
we’ve been testing (consider this a teaser for next month). Yeah, sometimes this job is
bearable.
The route I take, honed after many years of doing that commute from Oakland to
Mordor, manages to pack in a decent number of twisties, avoids I-5, passes several
taquerias and only adds an hour to the trip if you boogie. Guess my route and I’ll send
the first correct answer a t-shirt—[email protected].
From the cool breezes of the Bay, I ride south through San Jose, and then head
through some of the coastal valleys, past huge fields of garlic and artichokes, feeling
the chill as the damp ocean breezes cut through my Aerostich and fleece. I ride
through miles and miles of ranchland before turning onto another road that takes me
up and down low mountains into the sweltering, dusty misery of the Central Valley,
and suddenly I’m sweating and struggling to open vents on my ‘Stich as I angle the
bike through an array of perfect corners.
I stop in one of the miserable, crumbling communities for tacos and gas and then
swap to my lightweight gloves for the next 100 miles of flat, smoggy state highway
through the oilfields until I reach the end of the Central Valley. I top off there and
if it’s over 95 degrees, I may soak my t-shirt for some evaporative cooling and poach
some ice from the minimart to fill my hydration bag.
Forty minutes later I’m shivering as I ride through a national forest 5100 feet above
sea level. I’m all alone until I reach the junction of the dreaded I-5, but at least we’re
past Grapevine and there are multiple lanes to keep the windblast from the semis
at bay. Again, I start to overheat as I notice the thick, humid ozone-scented air and
start my 60 miles of lane-splitting before I pass through the morass to drop off the
motorcycle.
I’ve done the trip by car and airplane and I don’t have to tell you it’s different. Once,
my brother and I took his TDI Jetta wagon—with its big gas tank and diesel engine,
we could have driven to L.A. and back on a single fill up, and we speeded down the
entire route (all on I-5), not stopping once. Stepping out of the car in Sherman Oaks
was the first breath I had of the local oxygen, the first indication that I was actually in
a different place, 5 hours after leaving my apartment.
Open your closet where you keep your riding gear. I’ll bet you have stuff to handle
any climate and terrain, from leather to textile, breezy nylon mesh to warm, cozy
electric liners. Waterproof boots and moisture-wicking socks, neck warmers and
magic bandannas that stay damp for hours to keep your neck cool.
A lot of new bikes have thermometers on them, and I like watching them as much as
I like watching the miles tick by on the odometer. At 40 degrees the chill on exposed
skin is almost unbearable, but go up just 11 degrees and it’s okay. You can watch as
the numbers climb into the 70s...just right. And then they keep going up, so fast they
almost blur, as you roll into the arid Valley, till it’s 98 degrees and you can feel your
skin burning and moisture steaming out from under your jacket. Then back up the
mountain and the numbers sink until you’re back to shivering. We feel every inch of
the journey with our oldest, most basic sense.
As riders we know how narrow that band is between comfort and misery, as marginal
as the zone between terror and elation and we love to ride it. Someday soon,
nanotechnology will give us affordable climate-controlled riding suits that let you
select a comfortable temperature with just the turn of a dial. I have a feeling we’ll buy
them, but sometimes we’ll leave them unplugged. Most of the time.
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86-year-old Italo Grossi picking up his new FZ-09 from Berkeley HondaYamaha’s Scott Dunlavey. “What do you mean, it’s got electric start?
Do I look like a millionaire? Put the kickstarter back on and knock $20
eBay. Or you could
off the invoice!” Photo: Bob Stokstad.
push his new bike up the ramp onto his
truck for the trip back to Concord. It was
a very nice morning, Grossi was a ‘most
happy fella,’ and Scott remarked afterward
that days like this make the motorcycle
business a joy. We couldn’t agree more...
and happy birthday, Grossi!
try the Kelley Blue
book, which will
give you a number for sure. But that’s often
an unrewarding process yielding suspect
results. Rejoice—there is a better way.
It’s called Fuelist and its mantra is “data
driven.”
Fuelist.com
offers more than
just average
pricing data
for collectible
motorcycles.
data—you’re in a much better position to
know what price to ask, if selling, or to pay
if buying.
Fuelist is currently in beta testing, and
you can register and use it for free for the
immediate future. (The developers also
welcome any suggestions and ideas you
may have.) Eventually, though, it will move
to a subscription basis. But that cost will be
CityBike spoke recently with Eric Maas,
co-founder of Fuelist, a start-up located
on 7th Street in Berkeley. Maas described
how Fuelist has developed a
600,000-entry database of car
and motorcycle sales at auctions
Eric Maas and a test
Let’s say your “beater” is a lovely 1962
subject. Photo: Bob
(including eBay). Why auctions?
BMW R69S. Kelley says $12,670 is the
GREY DOG MOTO: FAUNA
Stokstad
Because
the
sale
values
are
reliable,
retail value for this bike sitting on a dealer’s
Political Affairs Editor (and boxer Beemer
in
contrast
to
private
sales
or
the
floor. Go to Fuelist, however, and you’ll
fanboi) Surj Gish headed over to art deco
deflated dollar values reported to
learn that the average price for some 15
flower shop-turned-hip uptown Oakland
the DMV. Culled from this large
R69S models that sold during the last six
eatery to check out the latest from Patrick
months was base are, at present, over 70,000
Bell’s Grey Dog
curated items available to the users
$14,205,
Moto, a ’76 BMW
the median of Fuelist. “Curated” means that a
R90-based café bike
real person (Fuelist has about eight
price was
dubbed “Fauna.”
curators) has gone over the entry,
$15,000
Bell built the bike
with a high checked, and properly formatted
for restaurateur and
of $24,600 it for you to view. Moreover, the
owner of Flora, Tom
website enables you to look at the
and a low
Schnetz—Flora and
data in different ways (time periods,
of $5555.
Fauna, get it?
prices, combinations of models) in
What’s
order to suit your particular needs.
really
great,
The bike launch
This is obviously an ideal tool for
however,
party was a raucous
anyone involved with vintage bikes,
is that you
affair, held in the bar
but it can also be useful for more
can read
at Flora, complete
the owner’s ordinary motorcycles as well. As
with a waitress shouting at Bell for
more and more curated entries are
description
for
each
of
these
bikes,
see
starting and revving the bike indoors.
added, its value there will increase
photos,
and
learn
the
actual
price
it
sold
“We’re trying to run a restaurant in here!”
accordingly.
for.
With
that
kind
of
information—real
Sorry, but try to understand—we’re saving
lives with these loud pipes!
UP TO
Fauna is classic café fare: stripped-down,
$
low bars and two-tone paint, 1000cc motor
FACTORY-TO-DEALER
kit, over-sized valves in ported heads and
INCENTIVES
so on. Bell says he built the bike to satisfy
on select cruisers**
Schnetz’s desire to have a classic-looking
café bike that was reliable enough to be
ridden every day. Schnetz also wanted to
be able to ride with a passenger, so there’s
a one-off custom two-person bench seat
instead of the requisite café bike solo seat.
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So what’s next for Grey Dog? Bell says he
has several projects in his shop: a Triumph,
a Norton, three Guzzis and four BMWs—
including one potential sidecar rig. Keep an
eye out for more cool vintage bikes coming
out of Alameda.
AWAITS.
FUELIST
Bob Stokstad submitted this report:
Wondering what that old beater in your
garage is worth? Well, you can start by
slogging through Craigslist, hoping to find
a similar bike advertised. Or search on
Your Honda Awaits.
CRUISERS
powersports.honda.com ALWAYS WEAR A HELMET, EYE PROTECTION AND PROTECTIVE CLOTHING. NEVER RIDE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF DRUGS OR ALCOHOL, AND NEVER USE THE STREET AS A RACETRACK. OBEY THE LAW AND READ YOUR OWNER’S MANUAL THOROUGHLY. *2.99% Fixed APR financing available for customers who
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modest, according to
Maas. Give it a try—we
think you’ll like it.
scofflaws fleeing on foot. Plus, if you’re
zooming along at triple digits you’re not
going to see a tiny Cessna several thousand
feet above you in your mirrors. “They’re
out there, on a regular basis,” said Hill.
Log in at fuelist.com
and tell ‘em CityBike
sent ya.
Hill also wanted us to know that
McDonah “wasn’t targeted because he’s
a motorcyclist, but because he was riding
recklessly.” Meeting Officer Friendly isn’t
fun, but the officers (many of whom ride,
even if they’re not motor officers) do care
about your safety and the safety of other
road users. “Regardless of skill, those
speeds can often have an unsuccessful
outcome,” Hill told us. “It’s safer on
a racetrack, where the road surface is
carefully maintained and conditions are
controlled, but a freeway that has a million
cars on it a day is unpredictable. We want
you to get there alive.”
JOIN THE CLUB,
MAN
CityBike’s new junior events
contributor Steven Fong
sent in this show report and
photo:
England was a leader
in the motorcycle
industry, and the
British bike today is a
coveted vintage ride.
The 27th annual BSA
Owners of Northern
California show, The
Clubman’s All British
Motorcycle Weekend
held at the Santa
Clara Fairgrounds on
March 29th-30th is a
collection of some of
the finest.
BSA, Triumph, Norton, and Vincent were
heavily represented, and models ranged
from a 1915 Scott, which looked like a
ladies’ bicycle with a motor, to my favorite,
a 1951 Vincent Black Shadow kept in a
classic cafe racer style.
LAWSUIT GOES LIMP
restored since its world speed-record runs
of the ‘60s.
but don’t tell that to 23-year-old Corey
In case you don’t follow erection-related
legal news, the 2012 lawsuit against BMW
Motorrad and seatmakers Corbin Pacific
has been dismissed by California Superior
Court Judge James McBride on grounds
of insufficient supporting evidence.
The best part of the show, though, was
meeting the owners. By preserving these
historic bikes, we can see the heritage
and foundations of our own daily rides,
whatever they may be.
The highlight of the show was the Triumph JUSTICE FROM ON HIGH
Here’s the thing about triple-digit freeway
Gyronaut X-1, a faired machine using 2
Bonneville motors, which has been lovingly cruising: you’ll probably get away with it,
McDonah. On April 2nd, a CHP fixedwing aircraft spotted him on his 2004
Kawasaki ZX-10R, travelling on 580 East
near the Maze hitting 100-120 mph. The
plane followed him as he practiced some
stunt riding—standing on the bike and
pulling some wheelies—on his way to his
house in Oakland’s Redwood Heights
neighborhood. Ground units pulled up as
he got home, cuffed him and took him to
jail for reckless driving.
We wanted to know how much aerial
enforcement capability the CHP has, so
we called up the Golden Gate Region
HQ. Public Information Officer Daniel
Hill told us the CHP has 4 aircraft for
the region—two fixed-wing Cessna
106s and a pair of helicopters, based in
Napa. They are “mostly” used for search
and rescue operations, and usually, only
one of each will be in the air at any time
although all four can be used at once for
special circumstances if none are down for
maintenance.
What all that sounds like to us is you’ll
probably never get spotted by a CHP air
unit, but it could happen. The aircraft can
be used for traffic enforcement on the
way to and from S&R missions, and the
HD cameras they carry can record your
misdeeds from very far away, meaning
one aircraft can cover a lot of territory in a
short time. There is no refuge in darkness,
either—they’re equipped with FLIR
equipment that picks up heat signatures
from long distances, good for spotting
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Despite watching plaintiff Henry Wolf
ride his K1100RS naked in a specially
prepared courtroom for over 3 hours*, the
court rejected testimony that motorcycle
vibration could cause priapism (a painful
condition where your boner won’t go
away you may remember from high school
algebra classes). Wolf claimed a four-hour
ride on his Corbin-equipped bike gave
him an erection that lasted 2 years, a claim
anyone who has ridden a K1100RS would
instantly know was ridiculous.
*Actually, that didn’t happen, but how awesome
would it have been if it had?
NM-4
Honda decided to “shake up the status
quo” by introducing the NM-4 for 2014.
The new model uses a 670cc liquidcooled parallel Twin with automatic
dual-clutch transmission. The...unusuallooking motorcycle blends elements of
sportbike, scooter and cruiser into its
styling (Honda groups it with its tourers,
including the Gold Wing and CTX700
and CTX1300, which are also automaticequipped cruisery-tourery things). It has
the seating position of a cruiser, complete
with floorboards and a low 25.6-inch seat,
a sporty front fairing like a sportbike and
locking hard luggage like a tourer. The
passenger seat flips up to act as a passenger
backrest.
The transmission is a second-generation
six-speed dual-clutch unit that offers three
drive modes: manual, Sport and D for
News. “We have fantastic visibility for the
brand and the store.” The dealership will
have a grand-opening celebration June 28.
FOR THE TRACK
everyday use. If the motor is the same item
as the NC700X, expect it to make around
50 horsepower at the wheel and return
60-plus mpg. A fat, 200-section rear radial
should satisfy the fat-tire craving a lot of
riders have, and an 18-inch front ratchets
up the Bosozoku custom vibe.ABS brakes
work a single two-piston front caliper. It
weighs in at a claimed 562 pounds ready
to ride with the 3-gallon tank topped off,
rolling on a 64.8-inch wheelbase.
That’s a lot of bike for new riders, so who
is this for? We’d guess reentry riders and
riders who are older and want something
easier and more comfortable to ride. At
$10,999 the NM4 is pretty affordable for a
tourer/commuter/look-at-me-mobile, so
maybe Honda will do better with it than
the forgotten DN-01.
MONSTER MEET SCRAMBLER
That Italy’s moto-paparazzi snapped spy
shots of an 821cc version of Ducati’s new
1200 monster isn’t really surprising, but
what is worth noting is that it may herald
the beginning of the end of the air-cooled
Monster. The two current entry-level
monsters, the 696 and 796, have been
in the lineup for a while and will likely
be replaced by the 821. To fill the gap in
the lineup left by the elimination of the
two entry-level bikes, Ducati will start
selling the Scrambler, which has also been
spotted—not just by photographers, but
also by an unnamed CityBike informant
who actually participated in a focus group
where he was told the new model would be
priced under $8000.
The Scrambler is clearly a low-cost (and
low-weight!) machine, based on what
we know about it. It uses a dual-sided
swingarm, air-cooled motor (likely a 696
or 796), small gas tank and possibly spoked
wheels with a single disc on the front. If it
really is priced
competitively
with other
retro-hipster
bikes (we’re
declaring
that a thing),
expect it to
give Triumph’s
Bonneville,
HarleyDavidson’s
883 Iron(y),
Moto Guzzi’s
V7 Stone,
Yamaha’s
Also opening up a new shop: Paolo
Carrere, whom you may have seen in
the pits at Lance Keigwin trackdays
(keigwins.com) is now offering his
services full time at the Leo Vince USA
facility in Richmond. Since 2010,
Paolo has been the Michelin and
Bridgestone tire guy at AFM events
as well as
the man
who has
exactly the
spare part
you need to
SR400
keep riding.
(and Star Bolt) a
He can get you
run for their money.
just about any part
J&M ON THE MOVE
or accessory you
need—he wants to
CityBike advertiser J&M Motorsports has
be your “personal
new digs and wants you to know where
shopper” and can
they are. The South Bay’s best pick for
get you “what you
clean, late-model used motorcycles is
need” to “make it
now in a bigger showroom at 2243 Old
Middlefield Way in Mountain View, not far happen.” Call him
from the old shop. You’ll find all the brands at 800/977-5909
or email: [email protected].
represented, touring, dirt, sportbikes and
even pickup trucks. Check it out online:
CITYBIKE GOES TO QATAR
jmmotorsportsllc.com or call
Editor Emeritus Jackie Jouret had a chance to
650/386-1440.
watch MotoGP in Qatar and sent in this report:
MOTOSHOP NOW IN S.F.
Motoshop—a unique do-it-yourself
motorcycle workshop and school—moved
into the actual city of San Francisco this
month. The new address is 540 De Haro
St., across from the Anchor Brewery.
As always, the shop offers motorcycle
maintenance and repair classes, from basic
to advanced. Drop by or call 415/5525788 or go to motoshopsf.com for a class
schedule and other details.
The race is kind of a non-event as far as the
locals are concerned, and there’s not much
in the way of atmosphere. What you see
on TV from that race is pretty much it—I
don’t think you can even watch the race
from anywhere except the grandstands
unless you have a pass. I did, but I wasn’t
inspired to wander around. It’s pretty bleak
out there, and you can’t get close to the
action. The track itself is typical Herman
Tilke, which is to say one-dimensional,
predictable and kind of boring, with no
elevation changes. (At least it’s easy to
learn!) On the plus side, traffic going into
and out of the Losail circuit is minimal, and
there’s a cool tent in the paddock where you
can lounge on cushions, Bedouin-style.
The paddock was pretty low key, but even
with so few people around I didn’t meet
or even see any of the riders except Marc
Marquez, who was riding a road bike
through the paddock while wearing a
removable cast on his broken leg. I did see
Hiroshi Aoyama in the Oryx Lounge at the
Doha airport, which was about as exciting
as you might imagine, and I met Carmelo
Ezpeleta in my hotel.
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INDIANS IN SAN JOSE
It’s nice to see new faces in our industry.
CityBike welcomes and congratulates
Martin and Shaye Chirotarrab, who
are opening a new Indian and Victory
dealership in San Jose. The shop will be the
second Indian dealer in the Bay Area.
The new shop is in an 8,900 square-foot
retail space at 460 Meridian Ave, not
far from several other moto-businesses:
San Jose BMW, Cycle Gear, Spec-1
Performance and San Jose HarleyDavidson. “We are only a couple blocks
from the 280 [highway], where you
have 170,000 cars going by every day,”
Chirotarrab told the San Jose Business
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Qatar itself is marginally interesting. The
people are hospitable and friendly and
come from all over the Middle and Far East
(plus Eastern Europe) to work there, but
there’s not much to do in the city of Doha
once you’ve gone to the Museum of Islamic
Art and seen the falcon market. That takes
all of half a day, and then you’re left with…
well, shopping and eating.
I was glad to have the opportunity to see
a race this year despite the loss of Laguna,
but if I were looking for an overseas GP
to attend I’d go to one in Italy or Spain
instead…somewhere they really like bikes
and have a history with racing.
GOPROANOIA
“Anyone else have GoProanoia?” asks a
Bay Area Rider’s Forum user named Ryan.
“Whenever my GoPro is dead or not with
me, I always think that will be the day I’ll
get run off the road by some asshat. While
a camera isn’t a safety feature, of course, it
does put my mind at ease for liability.
“I also figure if I were lying on the road
dying, I may get to tell my family I love
them. Ya, a bit morbid but it’s somewhat
comforting.
“Does anyone else share this paranoia?”
Good question, Ryan—so chime in,
CityBikers! Submit your best GoPro
story (and links to stills and video) to
our Facebook Group (facebook.com/
groups/224416675273). Best submission
will get a lucrative prize of some kind.
NO LEFT TURN...PLEASE?
In that traffic-safety vein, reader Barb
pointed out in our Facebook group that
UPS plans its delivery routes so its drivers
make as few left turns as possible. Seems
it saves money on fuel, as the trucks spend
less time idling (CityBike’s delivery drivers
follow similar routes) at red lights. But
it also reduces the odds of motorcycles
running into large brown trucks making
unexpected U-turns, so bravo UPS.
As reader Eric Lindauer pointed out,
“everyone knows two wrongs don’t make a
right, but three rights do make a left.”
FIGHTING FIREMEN WITH FIRE
Good news? Former SFFD firefighter
Michael Quinn, accused of driving a
firetruck drunk and striking motorcyclist
Jack Frazier at 5th and Howard, has not
only quit the fire department (and can
you believe he wasn’t instantly fired?), he
also surrendered to authorities after being
charged with three felonies, including
DUI, DUI causing injury and DUI while
operating a public vehicle. The three
charges carry a maximum sentence of
three years. Not only that, but his superior
officers and other SFFD personnel are
getting investigated
for possible
collusion and coverup. We like to think
all the attention is
because of CityBike’s
awesome coverage,
but apparently
DAs and Grand
Jurors read other
publications as well.
Recently, health and other problems
saw him at a retirement home, where we
were honored to send him a free CityBike
subscription. He is survived by a son, Jeff.
GODSPEED: MASSIMO
TAMBURINI
Nine-sixteen. That’s all you need to know
about the great Massimo Tamburini, who
died of lung cancer in early April at age 70.
Of course, the stylish designer did more
than just pen the iconic and influential
Ducati 916 superbike—he also designed
the MV Agusta F4 and Brutale, launched
GODSPEED: MAGGIE GARDNER
If you’ve ever needed motorcycle keys, you
probably met ace moto-locksmith Trudee
Gardner’s mostly well-behaved dog,
Maggie. Sadly, the spunky Vanilla Lab left
us April 5th. “I knew it was coming, and
time came this afternoon,” wrote Trudee.
“She taught me so much, could bring the
best out of a total stranger, and never met
a skunk she didn’t want to chase. I’m very,
very lucky to have had her as my sidekick
for over 15 years at work and play.” We all
were, Trudee. She’ll be missed.
GODSPEED:
PAUL
BOSTROM
GODSPEED: STEVEN WRIGHT
Another great Bay
Area moto-figure
has completed
his last lap. Paul
Bostrom, AMA
Grand National
racer and uncle
of the morefamous Eric and
Ben Bostrom,
died March 10 of
supranuclear palsy
(PSP). He was 70.
The classic bike community was stunned
by the recent death of its nominal leader.
Stephen Wright, 74, succumbed to cancer
on April 10 in Morro Bay, Calif. A native
of Kent, England, Steve was known
worldwide for his self-published twovolume set “American Racer,” and “The
American Motorcycle, 1869 - 1914.”
Paul and older
brother Dave were
fixtures at Northern
California dirt
tracks, especially
Calistoga. After a long racing career, where
he rode for many local teams such as Circle
Bell, Cycle Imports, JK Cycle Inn and Phil
Cancilla Racing, Paul was a civil engineer.
Wright, also an avid surfer and bicyclist,
migrated to southern California in the ‘70s.
He found work with Solar Productions,
where he repaired and restored
motorcycles for owner Steve McQueen.
The twin interests of vintage-bike
restoration and historical research carried
on throughout the ensuing decades. Steve
and his late wife Cindy, who edited the
books, were regulars at all the classic/
Bimota and in general normalized
vintage/antique motorcycle meets across
motorcycles as art. He’s survived by his
the country. His research and collection
wife, three children and five grandchildren. of old photos and stories continued, and
restorations for various clients maintained
his hands-on connection to the sport over
the years. When either enterprise grew
wearisome, he was on a bicycle.
Steve rode the amateur division of the Tour
de France several times, and competed in
bicycle events throughout California. He
had ridden a century event last fall.
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His annual Pre-16 Ride on the Central
Coast became the premier spring event for
those devoted to the early iron. Or as one
wag called them, Geezers on Wheezers.
The entrants enjoyed three days of riding,
not always slowly, through the coastal
wine country, as if the 20th century were
still brand new. Following the death of
his friend and mentor, Steve renamed the
event the Bud Ekins Memorial Run.
With the annual date now only weeks
away, his many friends may find it too soon
to christen an Ekins-Wright Memorial
Ride, but all know he would approve.
Maybe down the road. We have lost one of
the very best.
Thanks to Tod Rafferty for this submission.
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EVENTS MAY 2014
First Monday of each month
(May 5, June 2):
2:30 – 10:00 pm: Northern California
Ducati Bike Nights at Benissimo (one
of Marin’s finest Italian Restaurants),
18 Tamalpias Dr, Corte Madera.
NorCalDoc.com
6:00 pm: American Sport Bike Night
at Dick’s Restaurant and Cocktails, 3188
Alvarado Street, San Leandro. Bring your
Buell (or your tool) and hang out with
like-minded riders. All brands welcome!
Our meeting of Buell and Motorcycle
enthusiasts has been happening the first
Monday of the month for the last 12 years,
without ever missing a meeting. We have
had many local and national celebrities
from the motorcycle world grace our
meetings. It has been fun and exciting.
americansportbikenight.net
Ducati Bike Night Calendar!
The reason for getting these events
started was to provide a fun, social
atmosphere for Ducati owners, folks
that want to become Ducati owners, and
folks that don’t yet know that they want
to become Ducati owners and people
who are too poor (and/or sensible) to
ever own Ducatis, to sit, eat, talk, walk
around and look at other Ducatis. All
brands and models of motorcycles are
welcome, so please don’t be put off by
the event name.
6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. on the second
Monday of each month at Pizza Antica,
334 Santana Row, #1065 San Jose.
408/557-8373
3rd Monday: Nor Cal Ducati DOC
Monterey Ducati Bike Night
6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. on the third
Monday of each month at Baja Cantina
& Filling Station, 7166 Carmel Valley
Rd. Carmel. 831/625-.2252
1st Saturday: Nor Cal Ducati DOC
San Francisco Ducati Bike Night
3rd Wednesday: Nor Cal Ducati DOC
Emeryville Ducati Bike Night
Please come and join us from 4:30 p.m.
to 10:00 p.m. on the first Saturday of
each month at: Il Borgo Restaurant, 500
Fell at Laguna, San Francisco
415/255-9108
6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. on the third
Wednesday of each month at Hot
Italian, 5959 Shellmound Street, No. 75
, Emeryville. 510/652.9300
First Wednesday of each month
(May 7, June 4)
1st Monday: Nor Cal Ducati DOC
Mill Valley Ducati Bike Night
6:00 pm: Bay Area Moto Guzzi
Group monthly dinner at Vahl’s in
Alviso (1512 El Dorado Street, Alviso,
410/2620731). Members, interested
Guzzi riders, elderly men with nonrunning Saab 96es and all other
motorcycle riders always welcome. More
information, contact Pierre at: 408/7104886 or
[email protected].
Please come and join us from 6:00 p.m.
to 10:00 p.m. on the first Monday of
each month at: The Cantina, 651 E.
Blithedale Ave, Mill Valley.
415/378-8317
Second Sunday of Each Month
(May 11, June 8)
2nd Monday: Nor Cal Ducati DOC
South Bay Ar ea Ducati Bike Night
2nd Saturday: Nor Cal Ducati DOC
Livermore Ducati Bike Night
Please come and join us from 6:00 p.m.
to 10:00 p.m. on the Second Saturday of
each month at Bella Roma Pizzeria, 853
East Stanley Blvd. Livermore,
925/447-4992
4th Monday: Nor Cal Ducati DOC
Sacramento Area Ducati Bike Night
6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. on the
fourth Monday of each month at Hot
Italian, 1627 16th Street, Sacramento.
916/444.3000
4th Monday: Nor Cal Ducati DOC
Mid-Peninsula Ducati Bike Night
6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. on the fourth
Monday of each month at Locanda
Positano, 617 Laurel Street, San Carlos.
650/591-5700
11:00 am: Santa Cruz
Scooter Club Monthly
Group Ride (Meet at Fin’s
Coffee, 1104 Ocean Street
in Santa Cruz)
Join us for our monthly
ride, the 2nd Sunday of
each month. We meet at
Fin’s Coffee on Ocean
Street in Santa Cruz, and
depending on who shows,
the weather, and how much
time folks have, we plan
a route for the day. We
also usually stop for lunch
somewhere. Rides will
be cancelled due to rain.
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Third Sunday of each
month
|(April 20, May 18):
9:00 am: California (Northern)
Moto Guzzi National Owners Club
(MGNOC) breakfast at Putah Creek
Cafe in picturesque Winters, California
(Highways 505/128) MGNOC members
and interested Guzzi riders meet for
breakfast and a good time. The Putah
Creek Cafe is located at Railroad Avenue.
More information contact: Northern
California MGNOC Rep, Don Van Zandt
at 707-557-5199.
Evenings: Moto-Sketch at Tosca Cafe:
come and sketch a live model draped over
a custom bike. $7 to sketch, free to just
watch, but you are a perv if you do. Tosca
Cafe, 242 Columbus Ave. in S.F.
Saturday, April 26th
10:00 am: Road Rider Brain Day
(Road Rider MCA, 2897 Monterey
Road, San Jose, 408/227-6936,
roadridermca.com)
Use your head and get down to Road
Rider’s 2nd annual Brain Day! Then
learn how to protect that brain. We’ll
have representatives from all the major
helmet manufacturers, and they’ll be
ready to fill your brain with knowledge
and get it fitted perfectly in one of their
helmets. There will be HUNDREDS
of helmets in stock in plenty of graphics
and sizes for everyone, and expect to
find great savings. Bring your old and
overused, or newer but unsatisfactory
helmet in to save an extra $10 on
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the purchase of your new lid. Special
appearance by Team Icon Brammo’s Eric
Bostrom! Free food and drink! Vendor
booths! Helmet deals!
Sunday, April 27
Pacific Coast Dream Machines
Show (Half Moon Bay Airport,
9850 N. Cabrillo Highway, Pacifica
650/726-2328, miramarevents.com/
dreammachines)
For a remarkable and singular experience,
there’s nothing that matches up to the
Pacific Coast Dream Machines Show––
Half Moon Bay’s massive celebration of
mechanical ingenuity, power and style
known as the “Coolest Show on Earth”.
• DEMO RIDE Tours - We lead group
demo rides of all our demo bikes - 10AM 12PM - 2PM
Sun 20 Basic Maintenance Workshop
To show a motorcycle, the registration fee
is $30 ($40 for entries postmarked after
April 15) and includes a commemorative
pin and admission for two people.
Spectator admission is $20 for adults, $10
for ages 11-17 and 65+, and $5 for kids
age 10 and under. Tickets are available
at the gate only. The show benefits the
Coastside Adult Day Health Center.
Wed 23 Tire Change Workshop
Sunday, May 3
GREAT PRIZES
Thur 24 Basic Maintenance
Workshop
Bay Area Motorcycle Superfest
(Alameda Co Fairgrounds, 4501
Pleasanton Ave, Pleasanton, 510/4883121 bayareamotorcyclesuperfest.com).
COOLEST BIKE (Non BMW) Contest $100 Prize
Featuring Awesome Custom Motorcycles
of all makes and styles. American-CustomChopper-Bagger-Trike, European and
Metric . If you have a Bike come on down.
If you always wanted one, maybe you know
someone that has one, maybe you used to
ride long ago, maybe you have one now
and you need to meet some brothers and
sisters that feel like you do? Then welcome
to what we know will be an annual
celebration of Classic Iron, Metric Steel,
Lifestyle and a real American Family Fun
Festival. Celebrate the freedom of riding a
motorcycle and living the Motorcycle Life.
There will be plenty of Cool Bikes on hand
to look at, a motorcycle 101 clinic, ride
and skills area, food, drink, music. Don’t
be left out, if you love Bikes like: Harleys,
Triumphs, Ducati, BSA, Honda, Kawasaki,
Suzuki or Yamaha like we do, you have to
attend this event .
BEST Vintage (Pre-2000) BMW Contest
$100 Prize
Moto Shop
Upcoming Workshops
NEW LOCATION!
540 De Haro Street, San Francisco
415/552-5788
APRIL
Sat 26 Women Only Oil Change
Workshop
Sun 27 Ducati Major Service
Workshop
Wed 30 Tire Change Workshop
MAY
Thur 1 Oil and/or Coolant Change
Workshop
Sat 3 AFM Races at Sonoma Raceway
Sun 4 AFM Races at Sonoma Raceway
Sun 4 Ducati Major Service Workshop
Thur 8 Brakes Workshop
Sat 10 Major Service Workshop
Sat 10 Tire Change Workshop
Sun 11 Basic Maintenance Workshop
Wed 14 Tire Change Workshop
Sat 17 Oil and/or Coolant Change
Workshop
• VENDOR PLAZA – Schuberth, Klim,
Parts Unlimited & More
• Tasty Lunch Options
• FREE Refreshments & Snacks
BEST 2000-on BMW Contest - $100
Prize
For More Information :408/295-0205 or
go to SJBMW.com
Saturday, May 17
10:00 am-3:30 pm: The Quail
Motorcycle Gathering
Quail Lodge, 8205 Valley Greens Drive,
Carmel, 831/624-2888, quaillodge.com
A celebration of vintage and modern
motorcycles, great company and new
adventures, The Quail Motorcycle
Gathering has something for everyone
-- including live music and a signature
beverage pavilion all set on the
immaculate green grasses of Quail Lodge
& Golf Club. Oh, and the barbecue lunch
served at this event (included with the $75
admission) has always been pretty good.
This really is a classy event, well worth the
ticket price. CityBike says don’t miss it!
everyone can spend the next few hours
riding their favorite
roads to Pescadero State Beach for a free
lunch and Memorial Balloon Release led
by Gary’s Crew Chief Tiff.
Last year’s ride was a huge success! We
had a beautiful day of riding, saw old
friends, and met new ones. We hope to see
you all again this year and meet even more
new riders!
Thursday, May 22-Monday May 26
BMW Club of Northern California
42nd Annual ‘49er Rally, Mariposa
Fairgrounds (5007 Fairgrounds Rd,
Mariposa)
Join us at the Mariposa Fairgrounds,
just south of Mariposa, California,
the gateway to Yosemite, in the Sierra
Nevada Foothills. Your rally fee includes
four nights flat grassy camping & hot
showers (early bird camping on or before
Wednesday available -- $10 tent / $25 RV
per night).
NEW THIS YEAR:
MOA’s Smart Trainer!; Free Transport
to-from Downtown Mariposa; Relocated
Rally Headquarters. PLUS: Poker Run
with Gold for First Prize, GS Ride, “Big
Brian” English Trials, Asphalt Skills and
Safety Clinic “Cobra”, Seminars, Vendors,
Bier Garten, Swap Table, Door Prizes.
Featured Speakers: Ret. CHP officer,
Greg Peart, and Rick Klain with his
Sun 18 Chain and/or Sprockets
Saturday,
May
10
“Collaborative Smartphone” for photos
Workshop
and video seminar. Rally Costs: $45 adult
8:00 pm: San Francisco Scooter Girls
Thur 22 Basic Maintenance
/ $15 child under 12 years pre-registered,
Saturday, May 17-Sunday, May 18
10-Year Anniversary Party
Workshop
children under 6 admitted free; $55.00
San Francisco Motorcycle Club,
Sat 24 Women Only Oil Change
Hanford Vintage Motorcycle Rally,
adult / $20 child under 12 years at the
2194 Folsom Street
Workshop
Show and Swap Meet (Kings Fairground, GATE.
801 S. 10th Avenue, Hanford, CA)
After 10 years as an active riding and
Sun 25 Brakes Workshop
For information or registration write:
social club, the San Francisco Scooter
Classic Cycle Events is pleased to sponsor BMW Club of NorCal, 2014 ‘49er
Sat 31 Tire Change Workshop
Girls (SFSG) are thrilled to celebrate this
the 45th Annual Hanford Motorcycle
Rally, 2540 Maywood Dr, San Bruno,
Hours of operation
milestone as a unique group within the
Show and Swap Meet, located at it’s
CA 94066. Email: 49erRegistration@
Bay Area moto community!
Wed - Fri 12-10pm
traditional venue at the Kings Fairground, bmwnorcal.org or check bmwnorcal.
Founded in 2004 by Jennifer (Martinez) 801 S. 10th Avenue, Hanford, CA 93232. org/49er for latest news.
Sat and Sun 10am-7pm
This is one of California’s premier vintage
Farrell, the SFSG invites “Any Girl,
Sign up and get details online:
Saturday June 7th and
motorcycle events. It takes all of us
Any Scooter” to join in a wide variety of
MotoShopSF.com
Sunday June 8th
working
together
to
keep
these
events
scooter activities, including education
Prices range from $25 - $350
happening. Please come out and show
events such as riding clinics and
All-women Motorcycle Safety
your
support.
Enjoy
a
stroll
back
in
time
maintenance
workshops,
“just
for
fun”
No previous experience required.
Foundation Basic Rider Course
activities such as group rides and socials, as you view some of the world’s oldest and (Cloverdale Citrus Fairgrounds, Citrus
most fascinating machines. More info:
and community service projects such as
Fair Drive, Cloverdale)
the Wind and Fire Johnny V Toy Run and classiccycleevents.com/hanford.html
Attention Ladies! Redwood Region
(909) 629-7420. the annual San Francisco Pride Parade.
One of the West Coast’s biggest shows,
Motorcycle Training is putting together
The SFSG enjoys the distinction of not
this remarkable exhibit will feature
Sunday, May 18
an all-women Motorcycle Safety
only being one of the few all-women
hundreds of motorcycles representing
Foundation Basic Rider Course. Normally
scooter clubs in the U.S., but now—
11:00 am: 2nd Annual Gary Jaehne
every era and style complete with
it’s $250 but participants on this date can
officially—one of the oldest!
Celebration of Life Ride (Skywood
rumbling engines, impeccable detail
enjoy a 10 percent discount.
Trading Post, 17287 Skyline Blvd,
work, and sparkling chrome –– from
The San Francisco Scooter Girls invite
Woodside, intersection
antique turn-of-the-century models, high- all CityBike readers to celebrate and join
of Hwys. 35 and 84)
performance sport, racing and off-road
in a toast to another 10 years of scooter
bikes to the hottest custom bikes of the
Save the Ta-Tas
fun! Visit sfscootergirls.com for more
Jill Jaehne, Tiffany
modern era. All motorcycles are welcome information.
Motorcycle Poker
Ford, and Marci Keays
Run, June 21st
for display. Club rides are welcome.
would like to invite
Saturday, May 10
you to honor Jill’s best
In addition to the motorcycles, the world’s
friend and husband
San Jose BMW Motorcycles OPEN
coolest cars of every era and style, Model
Gary Jaehne, whom we
HOUSE
T fire engines, vintage busses, historic
lost on May 19, 2012.
military aircraft, tricked out trucks, sleek
9:00 am: San Jose BMW and San Jose
streamliners, and antique engines and
After we gather for
Motosport Open House Celebration
tractors will be among the mesmerizing
announcements and
(1990 West San Carlos Street, San Jose)
displays.
such (Jill always has a
• Chance for licensed riders to win an
surprise up her sleeve),
exciting new BMW F800 R motorcycle
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Not a woman? Please pass this along
to any women you know who may
be interested in riding. It’s sure to be
a fun and supportive group learning
experience. Danielle can be reached
at 707/838-9100 ext. 4 or by emailing
[email protected].
CityBike How-To: Using Your
Smartphone as a GPS
Saturday, June 21st
8:00 am: Save the Ta-Tas Motorcycle
Poker Run (Hooter’s Rohnert Park,
Registration:8-10am, First pack
leaves at 9:00 am. Final Stop William
Tell House, Tomales. Live Music by
Roadhouse, 50/50 Prizes. $20 per
Bike ($25 after June 15th) + $15 per
passenger. Includes dinner, one raff le
ticket, and event pin.
All proceeds go towards Breast Cancer
Awareness. To pre-register or for
additional information, call Dan at
707/292-5909
Sunday, June 29th
9th Annual Capitola Bikes on the
Bay Vintage Motorcycle Show
(Capitola Mall Parking Lot off 41st
Avenue, Capitola)
Bring the family and check out
hundreds of American, British,
European and Japanese motorcycles
and scooters. Find the part you’ve
been looking for at the Motorcycle
Swap Meet or purchase your dream
motorcycle in the Bike Corral where
used motorcycles and scooters will be
for sale. Vendors showcase the latest
in bike accessories, clothing, parts and
services.
Admission is free! Hosted by the
Capitola-Soquel Chamber of
Commerce. For more information call
the Chamber at 831/475.6522 or go to
bikesonthebay.com.
Saturday, July 19
12:30 pm: Oakland Motorcycle Club
Three Bridge Run (742 45th Avenue,
Oakland)
We welcome all riders and guests:
adventure touring, sport bikes,
Harleys, and the rest! Sign In:
12:30PM-3:30PM • Cut off: 6:30PM
SHARP Entry Fee: $20.00 each
for riders and passengers. Includes
hamburger and salad at start — Food
will be available after run. Live Band •
Dancing Encouraged.
or more information: Call the OMC
Wednesday nights at 510/534-6222 or
call 510/537-5392 or 510/828-6404, or
e-mail [email protected]
August 21-24, 2014
Carson Tahoe Dual Sport/Street Event
(Carson Valley Inn, 1627 U.S. 395,
Minden, NV 89423 775/782-9711)
Four days of riding, food, music,
seminars (with Walt Fulton and Jimmy
Lewis), classes, storytelling and more in
a beautiful place packed with fantastic
off and on-road riding. Get more info at
carsontahoemoto.com.
By Surj Gish, good photos by
Angelica Rubalcaba, bad photos by
Surj Gish
M
oto-specific GPSs are crazyexpensive, some more than
the cost of my first several
motorcycles combined. There are some
legitimate reasons for this, like waterproofing, shock resistance, and the fact that
riders love to spend on ridiculously priced
farkles—but the reality is that most of us
are already carrying around tiny computers
capable of handling A-to-B routing chores:
our phones.
I have an iPhone 5, so that’s
the hardware I’m using in this
how-to. This can be done just
as well on Android devices—
the difference is just in the
details.
Software
If you’re just riding in the
urban areas where there’s
reliable cell coverage, you’ll
be fine with the usual
mapping apps, like Apple’s
Maps app or Google Maps.
These latest versions of these
Unless you’re doing very long or very
apps are pretty good about
complex rides, there’s a good chance
downloading surrounding
a navigation app will give you all the
map data, and you can
capabilities you need. Even if you have a
actually manually cache some
dedicated GPS, you may find that using
map data in Google Maps—
your phone for day-to-day getting around is zoom to the area you want to
simpler than leaving your GPS on your bike cache and type “ok maps” in
all the time. I have a Garmin Zumo 660
the search field.
that I use when I’m out on the road for a few
If you’re spending any time
days but rely on my phone for day-to-day
in remote areas, you’ll need
getting around.
an app with downloadable
Phones aren’t perfect replacements for
maps. I’m not going to do
a dedicated GPS—it’s important to
full-fledged app reviews in
understand the limitations.
this article, but here are a few
options.
Connectivity required: a lot of the cool
stuff that GPS apps can do require
Navigon MobileNavigator:
an Internet connection—so they’re
$33 for U.S. maps—including
useless when you hit the hinterlands.
Alaska! It has lane assistance,
This also means you’ll need an app with
street-view photos of destinations, spoken
downloadable maps, otherwise you’ll lose
speed warnings and a map manager that
your way as soon as you leave civilization.
lets you just download the areas you need,
Phones seem to “lose the satellites” more
so you can save space on your phone. This
in areas with a limited view of the sky, so
is the app I use the most.
spoken directions may lag or recalculate
Garmin StreetPilot:$50for US maps, or
incorrectly in these environments.
$60 for North America—you need the
Environment: phones are generally not
North America package to get Alaska.
waterproof and the charging connectors
Has integrated Google Local search, lane
aren’t as sturdy as the connections on
assistance and photo-realistic junction
a dedicated GPS—they can wear out
views, plus an integrated red light and
prematurely from vibration and moisture.
speed camera database and communitygenerated alerts. A lot like a Garmin GPS
Multi-tasking: things can bog down
in your phone.
sometimes and GPS apps—while pretty
good these days—are still more susceptible
to crashing than a dedicated unit.
Planning: it’s harder to plan routes—most
apps require you to create routes on your
phone. This can be a pain when you’re
putting together longer rides.
It’s a long list—but have no fear. These
issues are not really going to be a big deal
for most riders.
What do you need?
Sure, you can put your headphones inside
your helmet, shove your phone in your
pocket and go—but with a little work, you
can put together a system that is a real GPS
replacement. You’ll need a phone with a
navigation app (duh), a place to mount it, a
power source and a headset.
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Motion-X Drive: The cheapest option,
at just 99¢—but you’ll have to buy a
Live Voice Guidance package after
the initial thirty day trial if you want
spoken directions, which ranges from
$3 for 30 days to $9 a year for an autorenewing subscription. Drive has a pretty
comprehensive feature set, with visual
lane assistance, live local speed limits and
preloading of maps for offline use.
CoPilot Premium USA: A good value
at $8, this app for iPhone and Android
includes USA maps, (with free quarterly
updates, apparently forever) it includes
voice guidance and a year of traffic service
free with purchase—after that it’s $10 a
options—here at CityBike we use an array
of headsets from Sena and Cardo.
If you just want to hear the sultry electronic
voice of your phone on the cheap, it’s hard
to beat the Sena SMH-5 at under $100
(MSRP $129), but both companies offer
several options. I’ve been beating the hell
out of a Sena SMH-10 ($209) for over two
years now and it’s been very reliable, even if
it lacks audiophile quality sound.
Putting it all together
Once you’ve gathered up your bits and
bobs, you can be ready to roll in a couple
hours.
1. Choose an app and download it. Figure
out how to use it over your morning
coffee.
2. Figure out where you want your phone
and mount it accordingly.
3. Wire up your power source so it’s easily
and safely accessible.
4. Install your headset.
5. Choose a destination and ride.
year. Editor Ets-Hokin has been using
this app for a few years and says it’s much
better than not knowing where you are.
It does have a tendency to crash and do
other annoying things, like offering a
British accent, which he thinks sounds
affected because CoPilot is headquartered
in New Jersey.
Mounting and Protection
You don’t want your phone popping off
your bike and disappearing into a canyon,
right? Secure mounting is critical. The
most universal solution I’ve found is
RAM’s X-Grip ($52.79 with all mounting
hardware or $26.78 for just the mount
from Adventure Designs in Hayward:
advdesigns.com). It’s easy to use and
surprisingly secure—I know lots of people
who use these mounts and haven’t heard
a single story of phones bailing out. Plus,
since it’s a RAM mount, it’s very flexible—
you can put your phone just about
anywhere with a combination of arms and
balls (that’s what she said—ed.).
You’ll also want to keep your phone safe
from flying objects
(or becoming a
flying object),
unless it’s mounted
right behind
your windscreen.
There are about as
many phone case
options as there
are opinions on oil
and tires, so pick
one you like and go
with it.
material that’s used for circuit boards) and
carbon for a good level of protection and
gearhead looks without the bulkiness that a
lot of cases have.
Power
Navigation apps use a lot of juice—if you
don’t wire up a power
source for your phone
you’ll be back to paper
maps within a couple
hours of riding.
The simplest and most
versatile solution is a
USB port, but if you
prefer a heavier-duty
solution, Powerlet
makes some industrialstrength connectors.
I’ve used both, and
prefer a USB port
since it doesn’t require
a specific cable—I
can charge my phone, camera, or headset
from the port with a basic USB cable,
whereas the Powerlet ports require device-
specific cables. I’m currently using a USB
port made by 3BR Powersports ($45),
mounted on my handlebars just to the
left of the clamps—right under where my
phone is mounted. It’s compact and has a
weatherproof cap to keep things dry when
it’s not in use.
If you decide to ride to Alaska or do an Iron
Butt, you’ll probably want to invest in a
“real” GPS. But most riders will find that a
smartphone running a navigation app with
downloadable maps is a functional and
even cool solution.
A note about safety: we motorcyclists love
to bitch about “idiot texting cagers” so
don’t be stupid and try to navigate while
riding. It’s really dumb—you’ll crash,
probably hurt yourself, and also look like a
moron. So don’t use gloves that work with
your touchscreen so you’ll have to stop and
take off your gloves, or use an app like the
CoPilot that locks the controls when it
senses movement—that will remove the
temptation to try to nav n’ ride.
More information:
Apps
Motion-X Drive: drive.motionx.com
It’s a trivial task to wire up a USB port
directly to the battery on most bikes, but
if you’re going to add other electronic
accessories, consider using a
hub of some sort. I installed a
Fuzeblock FZ-1 ($84) under
my seat so I can easily wire in
other accessories, and I can
also control which items have
switched power and which are
“always-on.”
Make sure you wire up your
power source so the cable
doesn’t interfere with anything
important (like your brakes!)
while riding. Even if it’s not in
the way, a flapping cable can be
distracting—so spend a couple
minutes making this part of
your installation right.
I’m currently using
a Ronin G10 case
from Element
Case ($190).
It’s constructed
of machined
aluminum, G10
(another name
for Garolite, a
tough plastic-like
Headset
One of the best things about
navigation apps (second only
to not getting lost) is spoken
directions. There are lots of
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Navigon MobileNavigator: navigon.
com
Garmin StreetPilot: garmin.com/apps
CoPilot Premium USA: copilotgps.com
Mounting & Protection
RAM X-Grip: rammount.com
Element Cases: elementcase.com
Power
3BR USB Ports: pashnit.com/
product/3br/3br_tapp_usb.html
Fuzeblock FZ-1: pashnit.com/product/
fuzeblocks/index_ fuzeblocks.html
Headsets
Sena: sena.com/motorcycle-sports
Cardo: cardosystems.com/us/scalarider
Look for a huge selection of electronics
accessories for motorcycles in the
Aerostich catalog: aerostich.com. Ask
your order-taker about Aerostich’s
price-matching.
Gary Davis: Flying High on Motorcycles
Story and photos by Bob Stokstad
T
his morning, like most, there are
over 2,000 ads for motorcycles on
the Bay Area’s Craigslist and about
the same number up in sleepy Sacramento.
The odds of any one of these ads attracting
much attention are pretty small. But
when a certain for-sale ad appeared on
the Sacramento list, it was different – very
different. The ad went viral and generated
calls from all over the US, from Japan,
Australia, New Zealand and even Russia.
The reason: rather than beginning with a
yawner like “86 KLR 600—Runs Strong,”
this ad opened: “Vintage Motorcycle
Collection… All or Part … “ and
included names ranging from Triumph to
Trackmaster, Dick Mann to Wayne Rainey.
It concluded simply, “ … way too many to
list; Gary 818-949-4950.”
So who’s Gary? And why’s he got so many
bikes?
To answer the second question first,
Gary Davis has a 10,000 square-foot man
cave filled with over 200 motorcycles
because he was fortunate enough to
make a pile of money in the movies and
could afford to indulge his passion for
race bikes, particularly dirt trackers. His
start, however, was less auspicious. In fact,
he didn’t take up racing until he was in
college at Arizona State in the early ‘70s,
studying electronic engineering with a
minor in physics. Soon, though, he was
into motorcycles in a major way, earning
tuition money as a Honda mechanic and by
jumping a motorcycle over cars.
“We just travelled around;” says Davis,
“with my partner, Rex Blackwell, we’d go
to different fairs and would both jump,
crossing in the air over the cars. But our
most consistent bookings were at drag
races, with the hotrod guys. Each weekend
we would be in a different city and would
set up our ramps and jump during the
break.” In all, Davis has made 326 public
motorcycle jumps and never crashed once
(the one exception being when he was
paid to crash for a movie scene). He credits
this consistent success to “… my physics
background, which enabled me to set up
my ramps correctly and get my speed
right.” Take-off speed is critical because
the margin for error is not large – too slow
and one has a hard set-down on the flat
first ten feet of the down ramp; too fast
and the jumper overshoots the ramp for an
even harder landing. Davis’s secret? “I had
two speedometers, one on the front wheel
and one on the back, so if they both said
I’m doing 85, I probably am.” he recalls.
(Although Davis tried to convince the
other jumpers to use a speedometer, none
would.)
Gary and Evel
G
ary Davis and Evel Knievel were rivals at first, but gradually became friends
over the years their careers intertwined. Knievel, senior to Davis by thirteen
years, was top dog, Davis the upstart challenger. In the end Knievel helped
Davis’s career, and Davis helped Knievel’s family.
Here’s how Davis tells it (slightly edited):
In 1973, CBS and Viacom were doing a pilot for a series called “Evel Knievel” with a
young actor, Sam Elliott, playing Knievel. They couldn’t find a Hollywood stuntman
to do what they wanted, which was to jump ramp to ramp—all in one shot—while
they blew up both ramps. They just called me out of the blue and asked me if I’d be
willing to try that. It sounded kinda like fun.”
On his third jump, at Ontario Motor
Speedway, Davis soared over 21 cars,
beating the previous world record of 19
They blew up both ramps?
set by Evel Knievel the year before at the
same event, the Miller 500. The ensuing
notoriety became Davis’s entre to a
career in the movies as a stunt rider, then
coordinator, and finally stunt director. His
first job, in 1973, was as the stunt double
for actor Sam Elliott, who played Knievel
in a TeeVee biopic about the legendary
daredevil. Three years later he was the
stunt double for Knievel himself, who
starred in the movie Viva Knievel. From the
DVD cover: “Motorcycle stuntman Evel
Knievel is offered a fortune to perform in
Mexico What Evel doesn’t know it that
they’re planning to kill him and use his
body to ship cocaine into the U.S.” You get
the idea.
We still never spoke until some years later when Evel crashed in London. He called
me at my house at three in the morning and said, “Gary. This is Evel.” I said, “Who
is this? I’m sleeping.” “Gary, you gotta come to London, take my place, and finish my
European tour for me.” From then on we were associates, friends.
Yes, and the down ramp blew just when I was over it, so I landed in all the rubble and
flame. …It was a hard landing. But what I didn’t know—we were rivals at the time
and had never spoken personally—was that Evel had found out they’d hired me to
do the stunt, and he
went crazy and took
back half his stuff
from the company.
We didn’t expect him
to be present at the
filming, of course, but
he’d come in secretly
and was watching
the whole thing,
watching me do my
jump. After the jump,
I was done for the day
and went back to the
hotel. Later, at some
point Evel got on the P.A. system and told the people that they had just witnessed one
of the greatest motorcycle feats they would ever witness in their lives. Now, I didn’t
hear this personally, but the crew members and Sam Elliott came and told me he had
said that.
I helped him raise his son, Robbie. Robbie would run away from home in Butte,
Montana, and show up on my doorstep in Southern California. Robbie is jumper
now, too. Kelly, Evel’s oldest son, runs the Evel Knievel Enterprises to this day.
(Evel died in 2007—Bob) They still market that name, as well they should. It’s
possibly the most recognized name in the world. It’s certainly in the top two or
three, if not the most.
—Bob Stokstad
Gary Davis’s credits include Terminator
2, Independence Day, Amazing Spiderman,
and most recently, Spiderman 2. In 2000,
after 30 years in Los Angeles, Davis moved
to Auburn, not far from where he grew up
(Loomis, California), to a house on a hill
overlooking his humongous garage and a
small lake in the center of a dirt-track oval.
Not bad.
Rows and rows of motorcycles, nearly every
one sporting a number plate with Davis’s
“89” or “890,” cover the floor of the garage,
giving the visitor the impression of entering
a mono-theme museum. Motorcycles
aren’t just on the floor, they also perch high
on shelves along the walls, some adorned
with memorabilia from the movies in
which they appeared. On the day City Bike
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visited, Davis was wrenching on an early
‘80s Yamaha OU-750, built by Shell Thuet
for Kenny Roberts, converting it from roadrace trim back to the original dirt-tracker
condition when he bought it.
Scramblers, Superhawks, Hodakas—the
bikes kids rode to school at that time. Well,
I had all those bikes here for a while and…
well…it’s gotten out of control. I had 247
motorcycles and maybe that’s too many.”
Davis doesn’t consider his assemblage of
bikes a ‘collection’ per se. “I’ve always had a
lot of movie bikes,” he says, “ones that I’ve
used in films. Then I eventually got excited
about buying back some of my old racers,
and in the process of tracking them down,
I’d stumble on some cool finds—Dick
Mann bikes, Kenny Roberts bikes. I just
bought them to have around me—for fun.”
Perhaps this was the Eureka Moment
that led to the Craigslist ad. In any case,
the number of bikes has dropped by a
hundred or so. In fact, CityBike didn’t
arrive a moment too soon. The day before,
Dana Mecum of Mecum Auctions spent
a couple of hours looking around, then
transferred an undisclosed sum (CityBike
didn’t dare to ask) directly to Davis’s bank
account. Nineteen of the best bikes will be
transferred from Davis’s garage to Mecum’s
garage in the next few days, including the
Kenny Roberts OU-750, assuming he gets
it back together in time.
Wait!—there’s more: “I got the crazy idea
when I moved up here to recreate the front
line of bikes appearing in photos in my
high school yearbook—tthe Honda 305
Not everything will go. Gary will keep
his jump bikes and movie bikes and other
items of very personal significance. And
maybe not everything will sell. For the
future, though, it’s hard to imagine Gary
Davis - he’s only 63 years old – not having
a few vintage bikes around for racing at
AHRMA events, and not having a few
more motorcycles around him – just for
fun.
1966 Honda CB-160. A 161 cc engine in a Van-Tech racing frame. No particular pedigree, but is
lovely to look at.
Honda RS 750. This is the bike that Rich King (#80) rode to victory at the AMA Seattle mile at
Emerald Downs in the late ‘90s. It was the only Honda against 19 Harleys. When the AMA told Honda
that they had to put restrictors on the air intake, Honda said (in effect) “screw you” and pulled out.
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TZ-750 Trackmaster (a 4-cylinder 750cc Two-stroke Yamaha in a Trackmaster
frame). The TZ-750 was outlawed by the AMA after Kenny Roberts famously
said, “Yamaha doesn’t pay me enough money to ride that thing.” Davis started
with the Trackmaster frame and built this bike from parts. The memorabilia on
the wall behind represents about one-third of the total.
1957 Matchless G80 RR. It’s rare; only 50 were made and only 13 exist today.
Matchless produced this model to compete with BSA’s Gold Star in American dirt
track racing. Davis has spent the last nine years tracking down parts for this bike.
NSU Sportmax 250 cc single-cylinder German road racer. Mid 1950’s. Won the
250 cc world title in 1955, the first year they were introduced. When the buyer (not
Mecum) ponies up the rest of the $55,000 he agreed to pay, this bike will be gone.
Davis’s “Captain America” series bike. In
one scene he had to jump it off the room of
Folsom Prison. Underneath, it’s a Yamaha
TT 500.
The 10,000 ft-square
man-cave housing Gary
Davis’s motorcycles and
memorabilia. Oval dirt track
at the right.
Gary Davis’s 10,000 square foot garage: Bikes
in the front, a memorabilia-filled office behind,
and more bikes in the far rear. Shop tools line
the walls.
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CityBike Film Review: 12 O’Clock Boys
By Courtney Olive
Images courtesy Oscilloscope
Laboratories and are stills from
movie 12 O’Clock Boys
W
hen you see it, every time you
see it, a 12 o’clock wheelie
is awesome, in the literal
sense. But when you see a pack of urban
dirtbike riders, more than 100 strong,
defiantly lofting endless wheelies
and taunting police in broad daylight
through the streets of Baltimore—it’s
both jarring and electrifying. And such
have been the reactions to 12 O’Clock
Boys—a documentary with a name only a
motorcyclist might immediately get—that
is the work of Director Lotfy Nathan. If you
don’t recognize his name,
it’s likely because this is
his first film, and he was
just 22 when he started
the project.
as Pug unknowingly struggles with those
very questions. And while the story is told
from Pug’s perspective, it’s equally about
the 12 O’Clock Boys as they seek validation
in their own way.
Nathan tells me about the first time he
approached a pack of 12 O’Clockers with a
camera. They were hanging out with their
bikes on a baseball diamond. “I was very
wary at first, but they were all just excited
about bikes and happy to talk about it.
That very first day they showed me a little
demo on how to get it started. They were
teaching a first-time rider how to do it,” he
says. “He was borrowing the bike; three
guys shared it.”
12 O’Clock Boys is a threeyear immersion into the
life of a preteen named
Pug, a “grown-ass man,”
as he says, and his singleminded quest to ride the
city streets of Baltimore
with the dirtbike pack.
With contrasting puppydog eyes and miles of
trash talk, he’s a reflection
of his mother and his
larger community. Coco,
once an exotic dancer
and now a single mom to
Pug and his four siblings,
reflects on a picture of
Pug as a baby staring up
from a bathtub. “What do
I want to do in life? Who
am I? What do I want to
be? That’s what those little
eyes are saying,” she says.
Nathan’s camera is there
Like the first-timer
being tutored
on the baseball
diamond, Pug also
benefits from the
strong mentoring
culture within the
12 O’Clockers.
A veteran rider
named “Bam” says
of Pug “It looks
good when you
see a little guy, real
small, wheelieing
a bike. We look at
it like, yeah, that’s
good because he’s
getting in training
Pug
now. Imagine him
when he gets older,
what he’s gonna be doing.” At first, you
wonder whether it really is good. After all,
the 12 O’Clockers’ disregard for traffic laws
and indifference to authority is shocking.
You find yourself wincing at the danger.
But Nathan captures the riders’ hearts and
souls on film, revealing there is much more
to “dirtbike life” than mayhem.
Bam describes it this way: “When I get
downstairs…and I see that bike it’s just,
like, my girlfriend and I’m talking to her…
’yeah, we gonna tear the streets up today.’
Once I start that bike up, it’s like a nervous
feeling. My leg starts to shake. It’s just a
feeling like, ‘what could go wrong this day?’
This could be my last time on the bike.
May be police chasing, you may get hurt.
I think about everything, I think about
everything in the morning…but once I pull
off, (camera cuts to him yanking a blocklong wheelie), all that feeling just goes out
the window—it’s just me, the world, the
bike, and the streets.”
Nearly all riders know it—the zone, Zen,
those motorcycle moments of nirvana.
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As a slow-motion
montage of vertical
bikes drifts
across the screen,
another long time
12 O’Clocker
remembers his first
ride with the pack.
“It was sooo fun, it
was soooOOOO
fun. It was just like,
the funnest day of
my life and I just
went home and just
fell asleep. Man that
day was the best.
And I just couldn’t
wait ‘til another
Sunday, that’s all. I
just couldn’t wait.
Another Sunday. I just wanted to ride
again.”
I ask Nathan what he thinks is the source
of the riders’ passion. “I think the passion
stems from the danger and the adrenaline,”
Nathan explains. I haven’t felt it before,
but I have experienced it indirectly
while filming. A kind of contact high. I
have a feeling it’s the kind of thing that
motorcyclists share. I had a scooter for
a while and felt it a little bit, probably 30
percent of the feeling of being on a real
bike,” he says.
When the time comes for Pug to make
his first Sunday ride, on a mysteriouslyacquired Honda CRF 150R, he announces
to the camera that he is now “Biker boy
Pug!” The night before the ride he struts
around his backyard decked out in denim
fineries and sunglasses, an antsy pit bull
chained to the fence at his side. He’s
crowing for the camera, speechifying about
how he’ll burn up the streets on the 150R,
get the girls, and tell the cops to kiss it.
But then he trips over the dog underfoot.
Instantly embarrassed, he’s suddenly just a
kid again.
Since he worked alone in filming most of
the movie, I ask Nathan how he stuck it
out for over three years. “As a first project,
you don’t know how hard it is. You can
kind of endure it since you don’t know any
better.” Along the way he developed vital
relationships with a producer and editors,
all feeding off each others’ enthusiasm for
the material. “People like that really made it
feel like it was bigger than me. They set the
stage for how much I should give to it. It’s
daunting to take on something like that,”
he tells me.
As the film unfolds, it does begin to feel
larger than life. You may find yourself
suspending reality and forgetting about
the illegality. When you do, you notice
that true tenets of motorcycling—themes
common to us all—are present. A proud
community. Mentoring. Mechanical
know-how and pride of ownership. Patient
practice, determination to ride better.
Keeping cool. And the granddaddy:
Freedom. Freedom that not even the
ghetto’s grip can contain. Pug narrates in a
soft, reverent voice:
“They are free. They
get on that bike,
they feel powerful.
Whatever’s going
on in their life, it’s
all gone. They can
escape…and ride.”
However, Nathan
draws a line. He
staunchly tells me,
“I never endeavored
to make something
that was necessarily
supportive. The
idea was to show
perspectives of
this marginalized
community. The
criticism that
bugs me is that it’s
‘promoting’ the
thing. There are
plenty of movies
that have the
protagonist coming
from the ‘bad guy’
side; it just seems
harder for people when that’s the case in a
documentary. But, it is.” I ask him if, after
spending three years with the riders, he felt
some allegiance or commitment to them.
“Yes and no. I have my opinion on whether
it’s the best solution to the problems in the
city. I’ve seen the consequences and how it
can impact people’s lives.”
Nathan’s internal conflict comes through
on the screen. At times the film feels like
a surreal picture of society on the brink
of collapse. Sirens and searchlights are
everywhere, people scatter, two strokes
wail donuts in the median, helicopters
swarm, yet Pug and his pals run around
maniacally laughing like it’s the Fourth of
July.
if he thinks Pug was affected by him and,
more specifically, his camera being a part
of Pug’s life for three years. “I can’t imagine
that he wasn’t, but he’s also very strongwilled for such a young kid. He’s going to
follow whatever he’s inclined to.”
Courtney Olive is a rider and writer who makes his
home in Portland, Oregon.
12 O’Clock Boys may fuel outrage or it may
leave us awe-struck, but it’s hard to walk
You can watch 12 O’Clock Boys at its website:
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maynard
W
Everyone there
was gracious and
welcoming. We
met lots of the
members, all in
vests and patches,
all called by club
nicknames, and
their wives
and guests,
mostly guys
from other
clubs.
HERSHON
es is the only guy I know who
rides in a black leather vest with
club patches on it. Here’s how I
met him. A year ago I called a hospital here
in Denver with a question about a medicine
or minor illness, can’t recall which. I
reached a phone-advice nurse named Wes.
At one point, while looking at my medical
records on his computer, he asked me if
I ride motorcycles. Yes, I do, I said. What
makes you ask that?
I may have had the only four-cylinder bike
on the premises. Guys in Wes’s club rode
large, cruiser-style motorcycles, mostly
Harleys but including a trike or two, some
Japanese V-twins and a few GoldWings.
You’ll forgive me, I hope, when I admit that
I didn’t have any friends who ride cruisers.
It’s standards, dual-sports and sportbikes in
our circle.
I’d ridden with cruiser riders on poker
runs and on more demanding rides like the
100,000Wes told me he is a subscriber to San
Foot Ride
Francisco Bay Area motorcycle newspaper up and
CityBike, and has been reading my columns down
for years. I guess there may be a few
Rocky
CityBike subscribers in Denver, not more.
Mountain
You can’t read my pieces online. The odds passes, a 450 or 500 mile day. I’d seen lots
against my meeting a CityBike reader (or a of guys wearing leather vests with club
Motorcycle Sport and Leisure reader) are
insignia on them...but I wasn’t aware of the
pretty high. I’m mostly anonymous here.
significance of the stuff on those vests. Nor,
I’ll bet, are you.
Wes told me that his club was about to
celebrate its anniversary at the clubhouse.
I learned about this subculture from Wes
He invited Tamar and me to attend.
and from guys from other clubs I met
We went to the party, had a great time.
through Wes. Most of the baddest clubs are
them. The mostfeared clubs are
feared for good
reason. They are
not stupid: They
find guys who’d
lop off a limb
to wear those
fearsome colors,
apprentice badguys who’ll do
their dirty work
for them. Or
whites-only, by the way. It’s written right in
their charters.
they’ll do it themselves.
If you’re wearing a vest that says Harley
Owners Group or has some other nonMC club name on it, patches you merely
bought, none of this applies. If you’re
wearing an actual motorcycle club insignia
on your jacket or vest, and it says MC on it,
you already have learned all this. Most of
my readers have not.
Wes says that a big national club, looking to
expand, will send a guy or two to the new
city. The guy or guys will find a small local
club and recruit one or two of the members.
They will suggest to them that they can
be probationary members of Badguy MC
if they do such-and-such, some probably
illegal and dangerous activity.
Wes tells me that certain clubs, notorious
clubs, control large chunks of territory,
perhaps an
entire state.
If your club’s
members
want to wear
colors in that
club’s domain, especially if the “rocker,”
the bottommost strip of embroidered
script, indicates an area within that
domain, someone from your club has to ask
permission.
If those guys do their tasks they will
form the nucleus of the local Badguy MC
chapter. The other members of their old
club will be told to turn in their vests, never
join another club and never ride in colors
again in that town.
The most-feared clubs are
feared for good reason.
Granted permission, your club’s
membership is allowed to appear in your
area in colors—if you behave yourselves. If
you appear to be disruptive or to interfere
with whatever activities, legal or otherwise,
that the permission-granting club carries
on there, you may be disciplined.
We are not talking about doing so-many
push-ups or sitting in a corner. We’re
talking about harm perpetrated on your
person by agents of the dominant club.
I asked Wes if he’d ever been in that
position, where someone demanded he
take off his colors.
No, he said, it’s never happened. But I
wouldn’t take them off. If a member does
take off his colors or even just loses them,
he’s out of the club, expelled.
The threatening enforcers may be actual
members of the notorious club or members
of a lesser club who are trying to impress
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I said, Wes, how does the Badguy MC
know about easily recruited club riders in a
new town?
They know everything, Wes said,
everything. Some of the guys marry
women in government or law enforcement,
so they know everything through their
own grapevines and through police ones.
The Internet is a fertile source.
You can be a member of a lesser club having
breakfast with friends in a Denny’s just off
the interstate. You’re wearing your colors.
Four large unattractive dudes in jeans and
black vests see you there and suspect that
you’re trespassing, eating a Grand Slam
breakfast in their fiefdom.
You may be asked to remove your vest so as
not to display your colors on their property.
You may, at your peril, refuse to remove
said garment. You may be asked outside
where the large dudes will remove your vest
and ensure that you do not ride home, not
on a bike at any rate.
Many of these clubs, though they operate
outside the law, are masters of public relations.
Wes sent me a link to a video, a well presented
documentary about a club in the eastern U.S,
whites and blacks and Latinos, who claim to
provide valuable services to their community,
a rough urban neighborhood.
The members admit on-screen that they’re
a bit rough themselves. They’ve seen the
insides of jails and prisons. But they help
old ladies across streets and walk with
women at night who might otherwise
be afraid. They raise money for their
community. Reg’lar Robin Hoods, only a
phone call away.
I watched the film and went for it, bigtime.
I was proud of those guys. Wes told me the
club had produced the video themselves.
It’s a P.R. masterpiece, I’d say. I could
almost see the halos.
Next month: The roles of women, responsibilities of
club members….
ed HERTFELDER
Wrong Way Weatherhead
Riders were leaving for the Greenbriar
enduro.
W
hen the Ford sedan towing the
motorcycle trailer passed my
van I noticed that the Yamaha
IT on the right side was
wobbling almost as much
as the head on the bobbleheaded baseball player
stuck up near the rear
view mirror. The Yamaha
went overboard rather
gracefully 6/10ths of a
mile later and was dragged
down the road with no
apparent loss of speed by
a single tie-down strap.
I noted my speedometer
reading so I could tell the
driver just how far back he
should start looking for
the missing parts of his
motorcycle once he woke
up to see what was causing
the commotion.
When he had stopped I
helped reload the Yamaha
and the owner said it was
the most embarrassing thing that ever
happened to him. I told him that dirt riding
is supposed to have embarrassing moments
now and then, and I advised him to get
used to it.
Every dirt rider has stopped his motorcycle,
then flopped over on his side when his
foot couldn’t reach the ground because the
kickstarter had somehow crawled up his
pant leg—and I’m certain I’m not the only
person who has thrown his motorcycle and
himself while rolling backward out of the
van to discover that the trailer hitch ball
has got trapped under the cuff of his pants
right in the middle of that long step down.
This particular maneuver is embarrassing
enough in the privacy of your own
driveway but it can put tears in your eyes
when performed alongside 40 riders in
a Porto-Potty line who have nothing
else to look at except you or the back of
somebody’s hairy neck.
No one will ever know how many riders
have kicked over a cold 600cc four stroke
87 times before suffering the extreme
embarrassment of a dirty faced six-yearold kid with a bad haircut reaching up and
clicking the kill switch to “Run.” I know
a dummy who has been embarrassed this
way twice, indicating that he’s a slow learner
and that there are a lot of kids with bad
haircuts out there who are quite familiar
with modern ignition systems.
Jim, his face the color of a summer sunrise,
was suspended completely off the ground
with his feet on the van’s rear suspension.
Depending on recent rainfall, the
Some sort of clear fluid was spraying from
Greenbriar was either mostly or completely
Jim’s nostrils as he grunted with effort.
underwater and could probably have been
ridden easily with a Jet Ski.
Jim decided that we could travel to the
event at least 50 percent faster if we
unhooked the three-rail trailer from my
36-horsepower Volkswagen bus and
attached it to the back end of his eightcylinder Ford pickup.
Trailer tow balls come in two sizes, one and
7/8ths inches and two inches. Murphy’s
Law specifies that the wrong size ball will
always show up when swapping vehicles
at 4:45 am. In any case, Jim hustled into
his garage then disappeared behind the
Volkswagen carrying a 12-inch Crescent
wrench. A minute later he came back, his
face slightly flushed, to make another trip
into his garage.
This time he left carrying a 38-inch Stillson
wrench, which is normally seen around
oil-drilling rigs. A minute later he came
back, went into the garage to get a four foot
length of two-inch galvanized pipe.
On his third trip he came by with his face
a neon orange color and he was carrying a
propane torch.
Curiosity got the best of us so we finished
gnawing on the day-old bagels and walked
around behind the Volkswagen.
Now you have to picture this: The propane
torch was jammed into a milk crate, its
hissing blue flame curling around the big
nut holding the trailer ball. Attached to the
nut was the big oil-rig size Stillson, which
was connected by four feet of pipe to Jim’s
My friend Jim Weatherhead scored a world- outstretched arms, which were at least a
class embarrassment one morning when
foot past the cuffs of his jacket.
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THE GROM GOES ON
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Dear Mr. Editor,
for the 400cc motor. This insight
In keeping with the traditions of modern
comes from my wife, who rode
journalism, CityBike’s road-test department motos in Kyoto, Japan for 20
accurately pointed out the fact that the
years before moving to the Bay
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SF MOTO
---- PIAGGIO ---Fly 50, 2010, 608 miles, silver, - $1698
Fly 150, 2009, 1943 miles, silver, $2398
Fly 150, 2012, 577 miles, silver, $2498
----SUZUKI ---Boulevard S40, 2001, 8968 miles, blue, $3298
Boulevard S40, 2007, 3910 miles, white, $3998
GSX1250FA, 2011, 3197 miles, black, $7998
GSX-R750, 2011, 2133 miles, blue/white, call for price
GSX750F, 2001, 1042 miles, silver, $3498
SV650S, 2007, 9803 miles, red, $5998
V-Strom DL650, 2011, 5748 miles, white, $7498
V-Strom DL650, 8342 miles, blue, $7698
---- SYM ---Citycom 300i, 2009, 72 miles, red, $3498
----TRIUMPH ---Bonneville America, 2010, 5959 miles, blue, $6998
Street Triple, 2012, 7724 miles, black, $8498
----VESPA ---GT200, 2005, 3153 miles, green, $3498
GL150, 1964, 8540 miles, white, $4698
----YAMAHA ---FZ6, 2013, 424 miles, blue, $6498
FZ6, 2009, 2321 miles, blue, $5998
FZ6, 2009, 900 miles, black, $5998
FZ6, 2013, 1802 miles, white, $6998
YZFR6, 2012, 2585 miles, blue, $9998
YZFR6, 2008, 7718 miles, silver, $8298
YZFR6, 2005, 11439 miles, silver, call for price
FZ1, 2005, 10670 miles, blue - $5298
FZ1, 2008, 12732 miles, red, $7498
FZ8, 2011, 9889 miles, black, $6998
V-Star 250, 2012, 7 miles, black, call for price
V-Star 950, 5028 miles, blue, $6498
Zuma 125, 2009, 9241 miles, yellow, call for price
NEW INVENTORY
---SYM---- All SYM bikes come with a 2 year factory warranty -SYM Mio 50 scooter, 2013, NEW, black - $1998
SYM Citycom 300i scooter, 2009, NEW, red or blue - $3999
SYM Fiddle II 125 scooter, 2013, NEW, sand, blue, black, red,
white - $2295
SYM HD200 scooter, 2013, NEW, Yellow, Orange, Black, Red,
Gunmetal - $3495
SYM Symba (aka Honda Cub), 2013, NEW, blue, red, black
- $2349
SYM Wolf (aka Honda CB150), 2013, NEW, Tricolor, red, green,
black, white - $2995
--- LANCE POWERSPORTS --Lance PCH 150, 2014, green, red or grey, $2199
Lance Cali Classic, 2013, red, blue, white or beige, - $1899
Lance Havana Classic, 2013, black, white, blue, beige,
red - $1899
Lance PCH125, 2013, orange, yellow, red, black, white, $1899
275 8th Street at the corner of Folsom
San Francisco - 415 255 3132
www.sfmoto.com
PARTS AND SERVICE
Discounted no-obligation insurance quotes available for your scooter!
Our History:
Ride-On-Motorcycles was founded by two motorcycle enthusiasts and riding
buddies, David and Steve in 2009. Both David and Steve spent time together at
Harley-Davidson of Vallejo until the Dealership sold in 2008, the new owners let
the management team go so David and Steve partnered up to start a new shop
offering a wide variety of brands in a warm friendly family environment.
About Steve
Steve is known in the motorcycle community as “Hollywood” Steve, a handle that
was given to him over a decade ago by riding friends that would patiently wait for
him as he got ready to leave on rides. In his younger years Steve was influenced by
the movie “Easy Rider”. After seeing the flick he purchased his first motorcycle the
very next day. Steve has been an avid rider now for more than 40 years.
Steve held many positions in every department of a leading Northern California
Harley-Davidson dealership. As Sales Manager he learned the value of offering
quality motorcycles at a fair price. As Business/Finance Manager it was important
that the financing and warranties were of the best value. The purchase experience
needs to be hassle free and a pleasure. He knows that the success of the business
is a total commitment to satisfy every customer’s need while fulfilling their dreams
to ride at Ride-On-Motorcycles.
About David
David’s entry into the motorcycle industry was more from necessity than pleasure.
Seemed like a good career choice. David began working in the industry in 1981 and
purchased his first motorcycle to commute to work that year. His work experience
includes managerial duties in parts and accessory, purchasing and sales of
motorcycles, and servicing motorcycles. His passion for riding grew for 20 years
before finally heightening in 2007 with Steve and David’s first road trip together,
the epic ride to Daytona Beach for Bike Week. This was the foundation for the
passion that has grown ever sense. David’s primary goal at this point in his career
is to carry the message to others regarding the joys of the motorcycle world.
PRE-OWNED BIKES
$8995 2005 Ducati Multistrada DS1000S Red 43443 mi
$3495 2006 Suzuki Boulevard S50 (VS800) BLK 16677 mi
$6995 2012 Suzuki Boulevard C50T (VL800T) BLK/RED
8781 mi
$2595 2003 Kawasaki Vulcan EN500C Black 9388 mi
$2995 1984 Honda V65 Magna VF1100C Red 34888 mi
$6995 1997 Harley Davidson FXD Dyna White 26226 mi
$2795 2009 Yamaha Star XV250 Purple 1574 mi
$7995 1998 Harley-Davidson FLSTC Softail Purple 44172 m
$2795 2007 Kawasaki Ninja EX250-F Grey 1946 mi
$5995 2005 Yamaha Royal Star XVZ1300 Black/Green
48077 mi
$13495 2007 Harley-Davidson Road Glide FLHX/FLTRI
Black 92243 mi
$2995 1996 Triumph Trophy 900cc Green 49903 mi
$19995 2010 Harley-Davidson Road Glide FLTR Black
12103 mi
$18995 1999 Harley-Davidson FLTRI / TRIKE Black 38325
mi
$7995 2003 Harley-Davidson FXDWG Gunmetal 23327 mi
$7995 1998 Harley-Davidson FLHR Road King Purple
25000 mi(est)
$9995 1995 Harley-Davidson FXSTSB Bad Boy (rare) Black
50996 mi
$2995 2000 Aprilia PEGASO 650cc Silver 32434 mi
COMING SOON
$1895 1981 Yamaha XJ650 Maxim Silver 45941 mi
2000 Suzuki GSX-R600 Black 25153 mi
USED INVENTORY
- All used motorcycles at sf moto come with a 3 month warranty.
We thoroughly go through our used inventory:
-If we find brakes to be worn over 60%, new pads are installed
- If we find tires to be worn beyond 60%, new tires are installed
- If chain & sprockets are worn beyond 60%, we install new
chain & sprockets. - NEW: All Our used bikes come with a free 12 month
roadside assistance.
---- APRILIA ---Sold out! Please check back with us soon!
---- BMW ---G650GS Sertao, 2012, 763 Miles, White, $8998
---- DUCATI ---DUCATI Monster 696 ABS, 2009, 3679 miles, Black, $7498
DUCATI Monster 696 ABS, 2012, 1701 miles, red, $8698
---- HONDA ---CB1000, 2012, black, 1096 miles, $9798
CBR250R, 2012, red/wht/blue, 3742 miles, $3998
CBR250R, 2012, black, 2971 miles, $3998
CBR250R, 2012, red/wht/blue, 2906 miles, $3998
CBR600F4i, 2006, yellow, 13501 iles, $4498
CBR600RR, 2010, orange red, 6979 miles, $9998
CBR600RR, 2009, white, 3223 miles, $9498
CBR600RR, 2012, black, 74 miles, $9998
CBR600RR, 2010, White, 11838 miles, $7998
PCX 125, 2013, white, 1104 miles, $2498
Rebel 250, 2009, black, 4284 miles, $2998
CTX700N, 2014, red, 3045 miles, Call for price
---- HUSQVARNA ---Sold out! Please check back with us soon!
---- KAWASAKI ---Concours 14 ZG1400, 148 miles, silver, $8598
Ninja EX250, Green, 2012, 3134 miles, $3998
Ninja EX250, 2008, 2305 miles, blue, call for price
Ninja EX300, 2013, 5260 miles, black, $4998
Ninja EX300, 2013, 1865 miles, black, $4998
Ninja EX300 ABS, 2013, 312 miles, green, $5298
Ninja ER-6N, 2009, 1203 miles, blue, $5998
Ninja Z1000, 2007, 20281 miles, black, $5498
Ninja ZX-10R, 2007, 4739 miles, red, $8998
Versys 650, 2009, 13481 miles, green, $5498
Versys 650, 2010, 578 miles, black, $6498
Versys 650, 2009, 7579 miles, green, $5998
Versys 650, 2012, 6396 miles, black, $6498
Vulcan 900, 2010, 1648 miles, Blue, $6498
Vulcan 900, 2011, 805 miles, Black, $7298
---- KYMCO ---Kymco Xciting R ABS, 2008, 4739 Miles, white, $3498
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ADVANCED CYCLE
SERVICE
*Motorcycle Service and Repair*
• Tires • Service •Insurance estimates
Monthly bike storage available
Come check us out
1135 Old Bayshore Hwy
San Jose, CA 95112
(408) 299-0508
[email protected] — www.advcycles.com
DUCATI SUZUKI KAWASAKI YAMAHA
Bavarian Cycle Works
EXPERT Service & Repair
Bavarian Cycle Works specializes in new and vintage BMW,
modern TRIUMPH and select motorcycle models. Our staff
includes a Master Certified Technician and personnel each
with over 25 years experience. Nearly all scheduled motorcycle
maintenance can be completed within a one day turnaround
time. All bikes kept securely indoors, day and night. Come
see us!
Custom Design Studios
Mind-Blowing Custom Paint Since 1988
Visit Our Showroom!
V-Twin Service, Repair, Parts, & Fabrication.
Harley Factory Trained Tech. Since 1956
Knucklehead
Panhead
Iron Sportster
Shovelhead
Evolution
Twin Cam
Multi Valve 450cc and up
Cyl. boring on H.D. only
21050 Mission Blvd. Hayward, 94541
(510) 581-5315
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CLASSIFIEDS
$3,995 - 2005 Suzuki LS650 - 9,455 Miles
$4,595 - 2011 Suzuki RMZ450
$4,995 - 2005 Suzuki SV650S - 6,271 Miles
$3,995 - 2005 Suzuki SV650S - 17,831 Miles
Triumph:
$10,995 - 2011 Triumph Thunder Bird 1600 - 1,587 Miles
Yamaha:
$5,995 - 2009 Yamaha FZ6R - 4,043 Miles
$5,995 - 2007 Yamaha XV1700 RoadStar Silverado - 12,062
Miles
$4,495 - 2006 Yamaha YZF 600R - 2,186 Miles
$9,495 - 2012 Yamaha YZF R6 - 4,318 Miles
$5,995 - 2005 Yamaha YZFR6 - 4,667 Miles
$7,295 - 2007 Yamaha YZFR6 - 9,862 Miles
Ultrasonic Parts Cleaning.
At a junkyard?
Top Of The Hill, Hayward is now running a special on all
hydraulic system and carburetor rebuilds. Problems with your
junk working right? We can get it clean as a whistle and working
right with new or used parts from our extensive boneyard and
our experience with fiddly little parts that stump some people.
We’re more than breakers - we can repair your whole bike!
Cycle Salvage Hayward
21065 Foothill blvd.
Hayward Ca 94541
510-886-2328
We’re Hiring! Our health plan covers gender reassignment.
Just ask “Alex”.
For The Track
www.ForTheTrack.com
Trackside & Sportbike Performance Specialists AFM
General Products Vendor Authorized Sub-Distributor of
Bridgestone,Dunlop,Michelin and Pirelli Race Tires
(800) 977-5909
[email protected]
LIVE MOTO
YOUR LOCAL MOTORCYCLE PERFORMANCE CENTER.
OFFERING SERVICE, PARTS AND ACCESSORIES, COMPETITIVE
PRICING, AND FRIENDLY ADVICE FOR YOUR MOTO LIFESTYLE.
WE SPECIALIZE IN JAPANESE AND AMERICAN MOTORCYCLES
AND ACCEPT ALL MAKES AND MODELS. COME IN TODAY FOR
A FREE TIRE PRESSURE CHECK AND VISUAL INSPECTION.
CONVENIENTLY LOCATED NEAR THE HEART OF DOWN TOWN
LIVERMORE.
205 NORTH i ST
LIVERMORE CA
(925)292-0443
Marin Moto Works
Aprilia, KTM, & BMW independent service in San Rafael.
17 years of experience and factory certified. Service,
Maintenance, Engine Rebuilds, Suspension Service, Race/Tour
Prep, Tires.
Around the corner from Marin Speed Shop
M-F 10-6pm/Sat 10-5pm
415-454-7433
Michael’s Motorsports
BMW Motorcycle Service, Repair, Restoration
Air heads, Oil Heads, Hex heads, K Bikes, F Bikes
880 Piner Rd. Ste 46
Santa Rosa, CA 95403
(707) 575-4132
MOTO GIO
Motorcycle Performance Parts, Accessories, Services.
Low price on Tires!!!
We will PRICE MATCH with any store.
Phone : 408-298-8887
1391 N. 10th St
San Jose CA 95112
Email: [email protected]
www.motogio.com
Please mention this ad and you will receive an additional 5% off
on your purchase.
MOTO TIRE GUY
www.MotoTireGuy.com
Motorcycle Tire Services
San Francisco - Bay Area
(415) 601-2853
Order your tires online, Zero CA sales tax plus
Free UPS Ground, then have a Preferred Installer
in your local area do the installation and save! Please visit website for details.
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MOTOR WORKS
BMW PARTS
Take a European trip this year!
Visit www.motorworks.co.uk
• Huge range of new and used parts and accessories for all
models from 1970 onwards
• UK’s largest independent, 25 years experience
• Competitive prices, fast shipping
• Expert and friendly advice available
• Trade customers welcome
MISSION MOTORCYCLES
Experienced Sales Person Needed
WANTED: experienced motorcycle or automotive sales
professionals - will consider all applicants. Seeking outgoing,
friendly, strong people to help our customers choose the right
bike for their needs. Bilingual applicants are always a plus!
There are other tasks: merchandising, polishing bikes, and
writing up customers etc. This is a fun place to work! Come in
and fill out and application and provide a resume.
MISSION MOTORCYCLES - DALY CITY
LEGAL
Mike Padway
Quality Motorcycles
235 Shoreline Hwy.
Mill Valley CA
(415) 381-5059
We’re not afraid of your old bike.
MOTORCYCLE ATTORNEY
Motorcycle accidents often are serious There is an epidemic of
motorcycle lawyer advertising by attorneys who brush you off
on support staff or other lawyers. I’m Mike Padway. I handle a
limited number of motorcycle accidents. My goal is to do the
best job for you, not to handle the most cases. If your injuries
are significant, why not work with an attorney who knows what
he is doing, and cares? Call now and let’s discuss the best way
to handle your motorcycle accident. 415-777-1511
ACCIDENT OR INJURY?
Call 415/999-4790 for a 24-hr. recorded message and a copy
of the FREE REPORT.
ROCKRIDGE TWO
WHEELS
Need new rubber? Rockridge Two Wheels is offering a $50
mount and balance with the purchase of two tires. Factory techs.
40+ years experience. Full service facility.
510/594-0789
vespawalnutcreek.com
925 938 0600
rockridgetwowheels.com
510 594 0789
For all your Bay Area Vespa / Piaggio / Aprilia needs
SCOTTS VALLEY
MOTORCYCLE SERVICE
CENTER
ALL ASPECTS SERVICE AND REPAIR
SPECIALIZING IN AMERICAN MADE CYCLES
JUST OFF HIGHWAY 17 FROM EITHER SCOTTS VALLEY EXIT
4865 SCOTTS VALLEY DR.
(831) 438-6300
OPEN: TUESDAY- SATURDAY 10A-5P SUNDAY NOON-5P
USED MOTORCYCLES:
1973 Norton 750 Combat Commando: Bright yellow roadster,
steel tank, seatpan and sidecovers, megacycle cam, K-81’s,
factory manuals, completely Rebuilt.
$7500 (510)886-0229
1979 Triumph T-140D, now TR-7, Sixties baloney mufflers/
side covers. New Nikisil piston/cylinders. 2 Tanks. Superior
filtration system. Original parts + Books. Bo 510-409-5329.
$1800
Malaguti F12 LC Phantom Foggy Replica Limited Edition
Scooter. Official Pit Bike of Ducati Race Teams. 70cc Kit (carb,
cylinder, clutch, variator, exhaust) oil-injector removed, requires
pre-mix. Fuel system needs cleaning.
$1500. Email: [email protected]
02 Honda RC51 SP2
2002 Honda RC51 SP2. 8K mi. Xlnt Cond w/new tires & batt,
2-Bros. Under-tail. $6850 Mendocino coast area 707-9620379 pls lv msg.
RIDING SCHOOLS
Doc Wong
Riding Clinics
Stompers Boots
Stompers Boots is the place new and consignment motorcycle,
engineer, harness, construction, linemen, and police uniform,
for riding, working, playing or just having fun.
We specialize in custom designed and fitted boots by Wesco,
Dehner and All American Boot.
323 10th St SF. 415-255-6422 11-6 M-Sat/1-5 Sun
PERSONAL IMPROVEMENT
Come to the FREE monthly Doc Wong Riding Clinics.
www.docwong.com
Eighteen years, 40,000 riders!
Motorcycle University
The S Shop
Your main chassis shop. Suspension tuning, Suspension
servicing, track prep.
Call for appointments (650) 892-8855
Online at: www.thesshopstore.com
1518 francisco Blvd Pacifica, Ca 94044
HELP WANTED
Anyone can ride!
Everyone can ride better.
Beginner: use our bike and gear to learn to ride.
Advanced: have 3000 miles and a year or more of experience?
These sessions will transform how you relate to your bike: body
position, line selection, throttle control, aggressive braking, and
how to tune your suspension.
Track days: no texting drivers, no radar-operated revenue
generation, no cross streets, and everyone is going the same
direction. Three skill levels that include instruction and plenty
of time on track.
Fix Your Moto: classes on topics ranging in complexity from
oil changes and tire installation to engine rebuilding and
suspension modification. Literally something for everyone.
Call or Click today to schedule your classes!!
MotorcycleUniversity.net
415-294-5005
Tokyo Moto
POSITION #1:
Experienced Mechanic, “A” Tech.
• 5 years min. experience req’d. Clean driving record.
• 33% commission flat rate
• 50% of health insurance by co
• 30 day probation period.
POSITION #2:
Front Counter/Parts department/Service Writer.
• Hourly wage DOE. Health Insurance: 50% covered by co.
• Bike sales & insurance commission.
• 30 day probation period.
!Two New Classes!:
Knee-Down 10/5/13 <-> Wheelie Course 10/6/13.
w/ Programs for Street & Track Riding.
Advanced Riding School
Group or Real 1on1
www.superbike-coach.com - 916.712.1817
The Junction
If you know you can handle a real road then come up and get
your reward! Slow smoked BBQ , hand pressed burgers and a
long list of great beer.
The Junction 47300 Mines Rd. Livermore.
At the intersection of Mines & Del Puerto Canyon Roads
11-8 daily (closed Wednesdays)—10-8 weekends.
Go there and go nowhere, into the middle-of.
EVENT SERVICES
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If you’re planning a M/C event of any sort, whether an Open
House, a Special Sale Event, a Competition Event or even a
Rally, a “pleasant but not pushy” voice (and your choice of
music) can make a huge difference in the excitement and
remembrance of your event. Have P.A. / Will Travel...
I have been “The Voice” of Ducati Island at Moto G.P. (‘98
- ‘06) the Wilseyville Hare Scrambles (‘98 - ‘12) ...Most
recently; La Ducati Day, La Honda, MOTORAMA Car Show,
Lafayette, sub’ Announcer at Continental Sports Car Challenge
Laguna Seca, Santa Rosa flattrack for Circle Bell Motorsports...
and more... References and resume available. Find me on
FaceBook: “Duffyduzz Promotions” for all contact info - or - call
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Exciting women-only motorcycle group in the SF Bay Area. For
more info visit www.curveunit.com
CLUBS
The Ducati Vintage Club
Antique Motorcycle Club
of America
Yerba Buena Chapter of the
Antique Motorcycle Club of America
Motorcycle Enthusiasts dedicated to the preservation,
restoration, and operation of antique motorcycles.
To join or view more information about our club, visit us at
www.yerbabuenaamca.org
The Ducati Vintage Club was founded to assist vintage Ducati
MC (1987 and older) owners with information and resources to
preserve, resurrect and bring these MC’s back to the road! Owners
and enthusiasts are welcome to join. We meet once monthly at
the Ducati Bike Night event and we sponsor the annual European
Motorcycle Show and Swap held in March at the Santa Clara County
Fairgrounds, the La Ducati Day Concorso held in LaHonda each
October and more.
Visit us at www.ducativintageclub.com
www.GroupRides.net
Bay Area Moto Group
Ride with other local sport bike riders in the Bay Area.
• Mostly sport bikes
• Routes go to ALL parts of the bay area and focus on the
“twisty’s”
• We set a quick pace and newbies may get left behind ;)
• Group riding experience is highly recommended, as is proper
riding gear
• We also do track days, drag races, motorcycle camping, and
attend motorcycle racing events
http://www.meetup.com/BayAreaMotoGroup/
GroupRides was created to be like what TV Guide has been for
TV Programs. It is a calendar of group rides and moto events
from many fine groups, clubs and organizations in Northern
California, nicely put together for the riding community to use
and enjoy.
www.GroupRidesForum.net is the Forum and moto group
where 1,400+ local riders enjoy the roads, the wind and the
thunder of our motorcycles together.
Nor Cal Ducati DOC
We are a group of enthusiasts who share a passion for the Ducati
brand.
We conduct weekly Ducati Bike Night dinner events throughout
the greater San Francisco bay area, the yearly La Ducati
Day local charity event in La Honda, track days, destination
rides, and tech days. https://www.facebook.com/groups/
norcalducatidoc/
Bay Area Sidecar
Enthusiasts (BASE)
•What does your dog think about motorcycling? (A: Hard
to tell without a sidecar!)
•Ever driven in traffic with a fake machine-gun mounted
to your rig?
• Want to know how to “fly the chair”?
•Maybe just want to find out what it’s like to be a “sidecar
monkey” for a day by catching a ride with us?
We are a facebook-based group in the SF Bay Area filled with
sidecars and the people who love them, and we’d be happy to
meet you.
Email [email protected] for more information.
BSA Owners Club
The BSA Owners’ Club of Northern California was formed to
promote the preservation and enjoyment of the motorcycles
produced by the Birmingham Small Arms Company in England.
Founded in 1985, the Club now has over 500 members, and
has produced the monthly newsletter, The Bulletin, since the
Club’s inception. Rides and activities are scheduled each month
in addition to two major activities: The Clubman’s All British
Weekend in the spring, and the Northern California All British
Ride in the fall. Membership is open to all BSA enthusiasts.
For more information: www.bsaocnc.org
Homoto is a queer and queer-friendly motorcycle club based in
the San Francisco Bay Area. Our rides are sport-focused with an
emphasis on safety and camaraderie.
State:
Zip:
Port Stockton MC
COME RIDE WITH US!
-We are a friend and family oriented historical club of
motorcycle enthusiasts.
-A ny make, model or style of bike is welcome.
-All are invited to join us on our rides, visit our weekly meetings
or become a new member.
For more information:
E-mail us at [email protected],
or visit our website at [email protected]
The Richmond Ramblers
The Richmond Ramblers Motorcycle Club was established
in 1944. We are chartered with the American Motorcycle
Association/District 36. Our clubhouse is situated at the foot
of the famous but now defunct off-road riding hills in Point
Richmond.
Our club exists to promote the sport and recreation of
motorcycle riding. Our membership reflects a diverse interest
in motorcycling but our club has a long tradition of off-road
competition. Annually, we host a street ride/poker run in
October and a Family Enduro in the Mendocino National forest
in November.
Meetings are held on the first and third Thursdays of each month
at 7:00 p.m. Visitors are welcome and we invite you to come by.
818 Dornan Drive, Point Richmond, CA 94801 WWW.RRMC.
CC
San Francisco
Motorcycle Club
San Francisco Motorcycle Club, Inc., established 1904, is the
second oldest motorcycle club in the country!
Our business meetings are Thursday nights at 8:30pm, and
guests are always welcome. Our clubhouse is filled with
motorcycling history from the last century, a pool table, foosball
and pinball games, and people who currently enjoy motorcycles,
dirt riding, racing, touring, riding and wrenching. Check our
website for events such as club rides, socials and events, and
come visit us, no matter what bike you ride!
San Francisco Motorcycle Clubhouse is located at
2194 Folsom St, @ 18th St in San Francisco.
www.sf-mc.org 415-863-1930
For more info: http://www.homoto.us
[email protected]
[email protected]
The Northern California Norton Owners’ Club (NCNOC) is
dedicated to the preservation and enjoyment of the Norton
motorcycle. Membership is open to all British Motorcycle
enthusiasts and is currently $25 per year, you can join online.
Our monthly rides, meetings and tech session and events are
open to all members and guests see our web site calendar at
www.nortonclub.com.
Now celebrating our 40th year!
The San Jose Dons Motorcycle Club exists to Advocate
motorcycling, promote good will between motorcyclists and the
public, promote rider safety and protect the rights of riders. Put
more simply, the Dons are a group of people who love riding
motorcycles and come together to enjoy motorcycling, and each
other’s company. All bikes are welcome!
The San Jose Dons Motorcycle Club was formed in 1932, with
the clubs colors of green and gold. The Dons are associated
with the American Motorcycle Association (AMA).
Club Meetings are held on the first and third Wednesday of
each month, beginning at 7:30 PM. The last Wednesday of each
month is reserved for “Putt Night” when a club member leads
the group on a short destination run to a restaurant, or other
point of interest. Come check us out. sanjosedons.com
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Classic Japanese
Motorcycle Club
The Classic Japanese Motorcycle Club is dedicated to the
celebration and preservation of the Classic and Vintage Japanese
motorcycle. We have rides, meets, shows, swaps and can help
you find and sell parts, bikes and motorcycle-related services.
Members make the club function!
www.CJMC.org.
May 2014 | 23 | CityBike.com
The Oakland Motorcycle Club is the fourth-oldest club in the
nation and celebrated 100 years of continuous operation in 2007.
The OMC is dedicated to supporting the sport of motorcycle
riding. We are a diverse group of male and female riders with a
wide variety of motorcycles, including street, dirt, and dualsport
bikes. We sponsor and organize the following annual events to
which all riders are invited: Sheetiron 300 Dualsport, held in May;
Three Bridge Poker Run, held in July; Jackhammer Enduro, held in
October. Regular club meetings are held every Wednesday at 8:00
p.m. Guests are welcome. 742 – 45th Avenue, Oakland. (510)
534-6222. www.oaklandmc.org.
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FOR 36 MONTHS FOR
%
QUALIFIED BUYERS
APR
Compagno 50i/110i
*AS LOW AS
1.9
SEE YOUR LOCAL KYMCO DEALER FOR DETAILS
PAYMENTS AS LOW AS $59/Month
Choose Your Own Path
KYMCO Cash Back Offer Valid On all New 2013 and Prior Year KYMCO Scooters, ATVs and Side x Sides Purchased and Registered Beginning February 1, 2014
for a Limited Time at Participating KYMCO USA Dealers Only. This offer can be combined with other offers. This offer subject to change without notice.
CHICO MOTORSPORTS
1538 PARK AVENUE
CHICO, CA 95928
530-345-5247
CYCLE WEST
1375 INDUSTRIAL AVENUE
PETALUMA, CA 94952
707-769-5242
R&M ENTERPRISES
1905C ARNOLD INDUSTRIAL WAY
CONCORD, CA 94520
925-798-4360
CAPITAL YAMAHA KYMCO
4622 AUBURN BLVD
SACRAMENTO, CA 95841
916-485-9200
ROCKRIDGE TWO WHEELS
5291 COLLEGE AVENUE
OAKLAND, CA 94618
510-594-0789
SCOOTER CITY
614 16TH STREET
SACRAMENTO, CA 95814
916-448-6422
SCUDERIA WEST
69 DUBOCE STREET
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94103
415-621-7223
SAN JOSE MOTORSPORT
1886 WEST SAN CARLOS ST
SAN JOSE, CA 95128
408-295-0205
VERACOM MITSUBISHI
790 NORTH SAN MATEO DR
SAN MATEO, CA 94401
650-340-7199
POWERSPORTS OF VALLEJO
111 TENNESSEE STREET
VALLEJO, CA 94590
707-644-3756
1.9% for 36 Months [3.53% APR*]
*Example: On a purchase where the Amount Financed is $1,999 your Down Payment is $0 with 36 monthly payments of $58.60 each. Interest Rate is 1.9% [ANNUAL
PERCENTAGE RATE is 3.53% (E)]. For other Amounts Financed, the payment would be approximately $30.03 per $1,000 financed.
$0 DOWN
1.9% INTEREST RATE
$30.03 PER $1,000 FINANCED
Note: The above financing programs are offered by Sheffield Financial, a Division of Branch Banking and Trust Company, Member FDIC. Subject to credit approval. Approval,
and any rates and terms provided, are based on credit worthiness. Other financing offers are available. See your local dealer for details. Rate advertised is based on debt to income ratio of 45% or less. Minimum Amount Financed $1,500; Maximum Amount Financed $50,000. Other qualifications and restrictions may apply. An
origination fee of $50 will be added to the amount financed in the above example. Financing promotions void where prohibited. Offer effective on all new and unused KYMCO Motorcycles and Scooters purchased from a participating KYMCO USA dealer between 1/1/2014 and 6/30/2014. Offer subject to change without notice.
[“E” means estimate.]
© KYMCOUSA 2014 KYMCO vehicles meet all applicable Federal Motor Vehicle Safety and EPA standards. Take a riding skills course. For the course nearest you, call the Motorcycle Safety Foundation at 1-800-446-9227. For your safety, always wear a helmet, eye protection and protective clothing. Never operate under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Avoid excessive speed and stunt driving.