Posted in Celebration, Clubs, Events, Fall Rides, Free The Colors, Harley, Harley-Davidson, Motorcycle, Oregon, Organizations, Safety, Safety-Conscious, Winter Rides, tagged Brotherhood, Courtesy, Events, Fellowship, For Those Who Fought For It - FREEDOM has a Flavor the, Free The Colors, Free The Colors Ride, Freedom, Harley, Law Enforcement, Motorcycle, Oregon MC, Oregon Veterans Motorcycle Association, OVMA, OVMA West Valley Chapter, Pappy, Safety, Salem H-D on October 23, 2008 | 8 Comments »
For those of you participating in the Free The Colors Ride, below is the finalized OVMA ride route. The map is only an approximation of the ride route:
(A) Join the ride at the beginning in McMinnville. Leave Shari’s parking lot at 11:00AM SHARP! Be there early.
(B) Join the ride at the first scheduled stop. Leaving [...]
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Posted in 2008 Models, 2009 Models, Fatalities, Harley, Harley-Davidson, Motorcycle, Motorcycle Sales, Safety, Safety-Conscious, Transportation, Travel, tagged ABS, accident reconstructionists, BMW, Braking, Crash Avoidance, DOT, Harley, Harley-Davidsion, Honda, Insurance Institute For Highway Safety, K100, Lazy-S, Mechanical Forensics, motorcycles, NHTSA, Safety, Straight, Suzuki, Triumph, Yamaha on October 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
We all did it as young tikes on a bicycle…zoom down a hill and lock the rear tire brake putting the bicycle into a “lazy-S” skid. Locking the rear wheel required little skill and resulted in a small range of possible after effects. It was fun, cool and the likely outcome was bragging rights for [...]
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