We’re less than a week into the NFL lockout where billionaires are arguing with millionaires about compensation and now there’s whining reports from players who say they can’t afford health insurance premiums. Normally, teams pay for that but during a work stoppage each player is responsible for their own coverage. And under the federal COBRA law it allows [...]
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EPA: They Blinded Us With Science
Posted in Harley-Davidson, Latest News, Legal, Legislation, Motorcycle, Oregon, Organizations, Politics, Products, tagged Alar, Boutique Fuel, COBRA, E-15 blends, E-15 Partial Waiver Legal Challenge, E10, E15, engine failures, EPA, ethanol industry, Fuel, Fuel Prices, Gas, Growth Energy, Legal, Lockout, misfueling, NFL, Outdoor Power Equipment Institute, overheating, Salaries, Uniroyal on March 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Lifewise Beatdown
Posted in Fatalities, Legal, Life Lessons, Living Life, Motorcycle, Oregon, Organizations, Safety, Transportation, tagged Accidents, BBB, Beatdown, Billing Intricacies, Ellen Gunderson, Governor Kitzhaber, Health, health care, Insurance, Lifewise, Motorcycle, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Peter Kendall Gunderson, President Obama, Reputation, Steve Duin, The Oregonian on March 24, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Let’s face it. Planning for the unthinkable isn’t fun. Healthcare benefits are important and they are complex. Choosing health benefits is challenging and making an informed decision requires focused effort to understand how the benefits are changing or understand all the intricacies of your insurance service and how any of the changes will affect you. A daunting [...]
Oregon, Who’s Your Nanny?
Posted in Events, Latest News, Legal, Legislation, Living Life, Motorcycle, Oregon, Politics, Safety, Safety-Conscious, Transportation, tagged 2011, 2837, Andy Olson, anti-helmet campaign, Burley Design, Code of West, Debate, Gov. Kitzhaber, Governor John Kitzhaber (D), HB 2228, HB 2454, HB 3223, HCR 14, Helmet Laws, Helmet Myth, House Bill 3141, Law Makers, Legal, Legislation, Legislators, Measures, Mitch Greenlick, Motorcycle, Nanny, Nanny Bills, Nanny State, OHSU, OR, Oregon, Oregon Helmet Laws, Republican Rep. Andy Olson on March 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
We’ve been told a number of times that Oregon legislators know what’s best for us. They seem to have a motto of just ‘trust us,’ now go out there and have some crazy fun. But govern that fun because there are a lot of well intentioned legislative bills that treat citizens like children incapable of making a [...]
Millionaires Don’t Feel Wealthy
Posted in Earnings, Harley-Davidson, Latest News, Motorcycle, tagged $6.4M, 2010, baby-sitter porn-star mistress, CEO, Charlie Sheen, Daniel Ustian, Fidelity Millionaire Outlook, Harley Menomonee Falls Plant, Harley-Davidson, Harley-Davidson CEO Keith Wandell, HD, HOG, Howard Schultz, Jeffery Immelt, Keith Wandell, Millionaires, Milwaukee County bus drivers, Motorcycle, Robert Iger, Six-Million-Dollar-Man, we're working for gas now, Winning opportunity – Duh, Work fuels the soul on March 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
According to a recent survey, 4 out of 10 millionaires don’t feel wealthy. The point at which they do “feel it” is about $7.5M according to the Fidelity Millionaire Outlook who tracks millionaires confidence viewpoint. And speaking of millionaires, it’s unclear if Mr. Keith Wandell (CEO, Harley-Davidson) is feeling wealthy versus feeling a bit pinched because [...]
Oregon Makes Top 15 Route List
Posted in Advertising, Harley-Davidson, Idaho, Latest News, Motorcycle, Oregon, Routes & Maps, Travel, Washington, tagged AMA, American Motorcyclist, Beartooth Highway, Enterprise, Glacier National Park, Going to the Sun Road, Idaho, Lolo Pass, Montana, Oregon, Oregon Route 3, Rattlesnake Grade, Top 15 Routes, U.S. Route 12, Washington Route 129 on March 18, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Two words: Rattlesnake Grade! The editors of American Motorcyclist magazine used their 230,000-members to nominate and vote on members’ favorite roads. Nearly 100 roads made the ballet box, and the magazine published the top 15 roads in the April issue. Oregon made the top 15 with an amazing piece of pavement called the Rattlesnake Grade. Typically any [...]
Repercussions
Posted in 2011 Models, Dealer News, Earnings, Events, Fatalities, Latest News, Living Life, Motorcycle, Motorcycle Sales, Safety, Yakuza, tagged 38th Tokyo Motorcycle Show, Bridgestone, Chernobyl, Earthquake, Economic, Economic Collapse, Fukushima nuclear reactors, Hamamatsu Factory, Honda, Impact, Japan, Japanese Grand Prix, Kumamoto Factory, Mobilityland complex, Motegi, Motorcycle, nuclear dangers, Osaka Motorcycle Show, Public Safety, rolling blackouts, Safety, Sayama Plant, Sendai, Sendai City, Souji Abe, Suzuka Factory, Suzuki, Takatsuka, Tire, Tochigi Factory, Tochigi Prefecture, Tokyo, Toyokawa, Wild Road Choppers, Yamaha on March 17, 2011 | 1 Comment »
The Japan earthquake (9.0) rates in the top four with the 1952 Kamchatka quake, the 1960 quake in Chile with 9.5, the Alaska quake in 1964 with 9.2 and the Sumatra quake in 2004 with 9.1. I’ve visited Tokyo and the surrounding areas a number of times and want to express my sympathy to those [...]
The Daytona Bike Week Road Signs
Posted in ABATE, Harley-Davidson, Latest News, Legislation, Life Lessons, Motorcycle, Safety, Safety-Conscious, tagged ABATE, Accidents, ackson County, AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame, Biker Rights, Broken Spoke Saloon, Bruce Rossmeyers Harley Davidson, Cabbage Patch, Dave Zien, Daytona 500, Daytona Beach, Daytona Bike Week, Discovery, Florida, Froggys, Gilly’s Pub 44, H-D, Harley, HD, Helmet, Iron Horse Saloon, Kennedy Space Center, Main Street’s Boothill Saloon, Marianna, New Smyrna Harley Davidson, Phil McAllister, Rally Attendance, Road Signs, Ryan G. Matheny, Wisconsin RURA (Roadway Users Responsibility Act) 466 on March 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Florida’s warm breezes welcomed the motorcycle community to what most consider the grand opening of the east coast motorcycle season. I’ve been to Daytona Beach for the Daytona 500, but unfortunately never able to visit during Bike week. Something to add to my ‘bucket list’ I suppose as Bruce Rossmeyers Harley Davidson at Destination Daytona and [...]
The Forum Network
Posted in Brand Loyalty, Harley-Davidson, Motorcycle, Old School, Organizations, tagged BMW Sport Touring Forum, Boards, Bulletin Boards, Crowdgather, Discussion Boards, Ducati Monster Forum, Forums, H-D, Harley, Harley-Davidson Forum, HD, HD Forum, Honda Forum, J&P Cycles Forum, Kawasaki Forum, Motorcycle, Motorcycle Forum, Motorcycle USA Forum, newsgroups, Sanjay Sabnani, Usenet, V-Twin Forum, Victory Forum, Yamaha Motorcycle Forum on March 7, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Those of us who have lived longer than two decades know that there is no substitute for knowledge and experience. We also know that no individual has extensive knowledge and/or experience in all aspects of life and why sharing those experiences with others is an empowering activity. Thus the internet message boards (‘boards’) were created during the pre-internet [...]
Shining A Stronger Light
Posted in Events, Harley-Davidson, Latest News, Legal, Motorcycle, Organizations, Washington, tagged April 6, H-D, Harley, HD, Mason County, Mason County Commissioner’s, motorcycles, Racing, Ridge Motorsports Park, Shelton, Special Hearings Examiner, WA, WMRRA on March 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The partners took an extraordinary low profile and didn’t want to be like other projects who banged the drum for support until a real plan came together. But, the time has come to ‘shine a stronger light’ on a new racetrack being built a few hours north of Portland. It’s time for motorcyclists to support this [...]
Inside Job
Posted in Advertising, Brand Loyalty, Harley-Davidson, Life Lessons, Organizations, Politics, tagged Academy Awards, accountability, America Petroleum Institute, America’s WETLAN Foundation, bizarre spectacle, BP, British Gas, Charles Ferguson, Chevron, Citgo, ConocoPhillips, enraged, Exxon Mobil, Financial Crisis, green washing, H-D, Harley, HD, Hornbeck, Inside Job, James “Jamie” Dimon, James Dimon, JP Morgan Chase, No Excuses, OSCAR, promoting and defending, responsibility, Restore the Gulf, Spectra, Transparency, Uncompromising Integrity, Wall Street, Women of the Storm on March 2, 2011 | 1 Comment »
“Forgive me, I must start by pointing out that 3-years after our horrific financial crisis caused by massive fraud, not a single financial executive has gone to jail, and that’s wrong,” stated Charles Ferguson as he accepted the Oscar for the documentary movie, ‘Inside Job’, which explored the financial crisis of 2008-09. And now a word from [...]
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