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LAS VEGAS -- Dennis Rodman was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol after he crashed a motorcycle while doing stunts outside a strip club, police said. The former NBA star, who was treated Sunday for cuts on his legs, was not jailed on the misdemeanor charge. He was issued a summons to appear in court for an arraignment in three to five weeks, police said. "He borrowed an employee's motorcycle and was attempting to pop wheelies when he hit a pole," police spokesman Jose Montoya said Monday. Last month, the 42-year-old former rebounding champion was charged with being...

Street Chatter Highlights the Following Stocks: Harley-Davidson, Kroger, and Novellus Systems Wednesday October 15, 2:45 pm ET CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 15, 2003--Today's Street Chatter focuses on: Harley-Davidson (NYSE:HDI - News), Kroger (NYSE:KR - News), and Novellus Systems (NASDAQ:NVLS - News). Street Chatter focuses on three stocks that are generating a lot of attention on Internet message boards and is published every day at SchaeffersResearch.com . For additional information about this report or to have it delivered to you via email everyday click on the following link : http://www.schaeffersresearch.com/addinfo . Street Chatter: 1. Motorcycle magnate Harley-Davidson (NYSE:HDI - News) revved into the...

Biker gang forces out Scottish team SYDNEY (Reuters) - Scotland have left their luxury hotel on Australia's Sunshine Coast to avoid hundreds of heavily tattooed bikers called the Bandidos who are due to check in on Friday for four days of drinking and partying. The Bandidos are one of Australia's most notorious motorcycle gangs, with members involved in turf wars, street shootouts and drugs trafficking, according to police. Local Australian media have claimed Scotland fled their hotel to avoid a clash with partying bikers. Team officials denied the reports on Wednesday but admitted the bikers' drinking schedule meant the hotel...

Von Dutch Introduces a Signature Custom Classic Motorcycle (press release) Tuesday October 14, 1:00 pm ET 'Kustomize Your Life'(TM) With Von Dutch Kustom Cycles RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif., Oct. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- In the 50's, 'T' Shirts and Jeans became a fashion statement throughout America. As a result, Hollywood introduced James Dean and Marlon Brando. They became know as American rebels, but Kenneth Howard (Von Dutch) was the father of the "Kustom Kulture," and the key influence behind the Hot Rod and biker movement in the '50's. Rebelling youth followed the style and adopted the look into their dress code. For...

Mike Baird/Caller-TimesA 46-year-old man driving this 1997 Kawasaki Vulcan motorcycle died after he was trapped under a tractor trailer Wednesday. Cyclist dies after being dragged by truck Police say 'senseless road rage' caused the accident to occur By Mike Baird Caller-Times October 9, 2003 A 46-year-old motorcyclist died Wednesday afternoon at Christus Spohn Hospital Memorial after he was dragged beneath the tractor of an 18-wheeler earlier in the day on Leopard Street east of the McBride Lane intersection. Raymond Andis was riding his 1997 Kawasaki Vulcan just before 8 a.m. Wednesday when, witnesses said, Andis darted through the intersection while...

For education and discussion only. Not for commercial use. PHOENIX - After losing his job at the Boeing Co. in February, Curt Gnagy could have followed the out-of-work pack and fired off a stack of resumes. Instead, the 49-year-old tooling engineer left his wife and stepsons in Washington state and headed for an obscure office complex in Phoenix. Gnagy enrolled at the Motorcycle Mechanics Institute, an internationally known trade school that graduates a few thousand entry-level motorcycle technicians a year. The 30-year-old school, always popular with high school grads and 20-somethings, has seen a surge in interest from laid-off manufacturing...

<p>Four days after saying he "couldn't be sorrier" for a traffic collision that killed a motorcyclist, Rep. Bill Janklow pleaded innocent Friday to manslaughter.</p> <p>The Republican former governor also pleaded innocent on three misdemeanor charges in the Aug. 16 wreck. Defendants in felony cases rarely enter guilty pleas during arraignments.</p>

<p>The maker of the Segway Human Transporter has agreed to recall the motorized scooters because riders have been injured falling off when its batteries are low. The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the recall Friday, saying that three people had been injured. One suffered a head wound and needed stitches.</p>

Rep. Bill Janklow giving a press conference on FOX re: accident this summer where a motorcyclist was killed.

<p>SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Despite strong sales and praise from bikers, Indian Motorcycle is closing its factory after a deal with a new investor fell through. Company executives broke the bad news to the company's 380 employees on Friday.</p>

Up to 650 vintage motorcycles worth millions of pounds have been destroyed in a fire at a museum in central England, fire officials said on Wednesday. More than 100 firefighters tackled the blaze, which destroyed part of the National Motorcycle Museum near Birmingham, England's second city. Television pictures showed plumes of black smoke rising high above the museum, which traces the history of British motorcycle manufacturing. A West Midlands Fire Service spokeswoman said the cause of Tuesday's fire was not yet known. Newspapers said the damage was estimated at eight million pounds ($12.75 million). There were no injuries in the...

Saw a commercial for the new Mazda RX-8 tonight, which highlighted that brand's use of the Wankel Rotary engine. Hadn't thought about that engine in a long time and started wondering if any motorcycle company had ever tried using it as a power plant. You'd think the Rotary engine would be a natural -- no valves to adjust, fewer moving parts, less vibration (with counterbalancers), possibly better gas mileage, etc. Did a search and found out that it HAS been tried briefly by at least one (and probably more) company, Suzuki, during the mid 70s. Turn out the design didn't...

<p>UTOPIA, Ohio (AP) - A car crossed the center line of a highway and struck seven motorcycles Saturday in southwestern Ohio, killing one man and injuring nine others, authorities said.</p> <p>A westbound car driven by Joshua Kash, 18, of Franklin, struck the eastbound motorcycles about 1:20 p.m. on U.S. 52 in Clermont County, 35 miles southeast of Cincinnati, the State Highway Patrol said.</p>

Missing Motorcyclist Found Alive In Ditch Man had been missing for five days Sep 9, 2003 1:49 pm US/Central (WCCO-TV) A motorcyclist who had been missing since Thursday was found injured but alive Tuesday. Nicollet County Sheriff Dave Lange said volunteer searchers found Nathan Lagred, 27, about 12:30 p.m. along County Road 15, about six miles northwest of St. Peter. He was found about 30 yards from his motorcycle and was conscious, Lange said. His friends and family had organized an effort Tuesday to walk the roadsides of all paved roads in Nicollet and Sibley counties between Arlington and North...

An armed robber has fled from a McDonald's restaurant empty-handed after a pensioner attacked him with plastic trays. The man left the take-away in Bloomington, Illinois, after he was set upon by 71-year-old customer Donald Sacry. Mr Sacry was having a coffee when he saw the man enter the restaurant with his hat pulled down low and a mask over his face. He said the man produced a gun and ordered an employee to give him money. Mr Sacry said he then decided to intervene and approached the gunman whom he initially just verbally abused. "I used a lot of...

From The Triumph UK site:The first ever production bike to break the 2-litres barrier, the Rocket III is the ultimate power cruiser. As alluded to by its name and alone among the cruiser fold the Rocket III is powered by a triple cylinder engine, an engine format that Triumph has very much made its own. Its fuel-injected, longitudinally-mounted, in-line three-cylinder engine has a cubic capacity of 2,294cc – 140 cubic inches – and uses the same size pistons as a ten-cylinder American muscle car. But the impressive numbers don’t end there as Rocket III makes more peak torque than two...

Madison - Wisconsin juries could not reduce damage awards in cases where motorcyclists are hurt or killed while not wearing helmets, under legislation backed by bikers at a public hearing Tuesday. "Society says helmets must be safe and that motorcycles must be dangerous, and that's not true," Wisconsin Rapids motorcyclist Kirk "Hard Tail" Willard told the Senate Judiciary, Corrections and Privacy Committee. The measure, which would also apply to snowmobilers and riders of all-terrain vehicles, is a response to a 2002 state Supreme Court ruling that held that the failure of an ATV rider to wear a helmet could be...

Redesigned Sportsters anchor the lineup for a new century By RICK BARRETT rbarrett@journalsentinel.com The public gets its first look at - and feel for - Harley-Davidson Inc.'s 2004 models today, including a redesigned Sportster family of motorcycles and a V-Rod power cruiser. Harley, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary this week, also has a limited edition Screamin' Eagle Electra Glide for $28,595, the company's most expensive motorcycle. Dealers were given a preview of the 2004 models this summer at a motorcycle show in Las Vegas. But until today, the public has not been able to see and test ride the...

TAMPA -- The man considered the top Outlaw Motorcycle Club member in the world set out to claim Florida and other states as territory in a decades-long "campaign of terror," federal prosecutors told a jury Tuesday. Through killings, bombings and intimidation, Harry "Taco" Bowman commanded his legions of bikers and lived by the credo, "Snitches are a Dying Breed," Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephen Kunz told jurors in opening statements at Bowman's racketeering trial. "What this case is not about is individuals who have chosen a different lifestyle, wear long hair, ride motorcycles and want to be left alone," Kunz said....

A 59-year-old Florida man died Sunday afternoon after he was struck in the head by lightning while riding his Harley low-rider in Park County, authorities said. It was the second strike involving people in Park County on Sunday.Colorado State Patrol trooper Laurence Thomas said that at 4:45 p.m., witnesses saw lightning strike the victim, who was riding east on U.S. 24 near milepost 267. Witnesses reported seeing lightning strike the right side of the man's helmet. He then veered off the left side of the highway. The 2003 blue Harley rolled and the driver was ejected into a culvert. The...