BIKER NEWS

Red states and blue states are unquestionably divided in many social attitudes and, of course, in politics.

It turns out that they also divide into distinct camps when it comes to a grimmer measure--fatal traffic accidents.

To an extent that mystifies safety experts and other observers, National Highway Transportation Safety Administration statistics from 2010 show that people in red states are more likely to die in vehicle crashes. The least deadly states--those with the fewest crash deaths per 100,000 people--overwhelmingly are blue.

Every year it seems that he number in front of the word “annual” for the just can’t be right. That number just keeps going up, and the same two guys are responsible for it.

It’s happening again this year.

On February 2nd & 3rd, 2013, the 35th Annual Colorado Motorcycle Show & Swap will take place at the National Western Stock Show Complex in Denver. That’s right, 35 years.

The solidly entrenched mid-winter, two-day gathering of all things motorcycle and the people who love them is shaping up to be another great event, according to show promoter Jack Portice.

Vendors and exhibitors participating in the 35th Annual Colorado Motorcycle Show & Swap Meet have a new requirement this year. They will have to have insurance coverage in order to set up at the show.

Photos of topless biker gals have cost an Omaha, Nebraska, motorcycle cop his scooter, and more.
Omaha Police Officer Terence Cabral was suspended for a week and booted from the OPD’s motorcycle unit after a “friendly” incident July 28, 2012, that had a couple gals posing topless on his duty motorcycle and wearing his helmet.

A Lincoln County, Wyoming, sheriff's deputy who detained a motorcyclist for openly carrying a pistol offered to let him go if he agreed to let another deputy cover him at gunpoint as he drive away.

United States Marine Corps Captain Robert Pierson, a helicopter pilot and motorcyclist, has filed a civil rights lawsuit against a Wyoming sheriff’s deputy over an August 2011 traffic stop in Lincoln County.

An unprecedented federal government effort to seize the Mongols Motorcycle Club’s trademark has quietly become a quarter-of-a-million-dollar headache for the Justice Department.

Four years after prosecutors grabbed attention by lassoing the Mongols’ logo – a ponytailed man riding a motorcycle – along with myriad club members in Southern California, an appellate court must sort out what the federal government might owe the club’s attorneys.

A Dallas Sheriff’s deputy who channeled Barney Fife and arrested a motorcyclist on Memorial Day after he refused to hand over his video camera as evidence against other bikers has been suspended for more than a month without pay, which is more punishment than normally seen in these incidents.

Deputy James Westbrook will serve a 38-day unpaid suspension for pulling over Chris Moore, then telling him he was going to seize his helmet camera as evidence against other bikers, some who were apparently speeding and driving recklessly.

The already troubled federal motorcycle causation study suffered another significant setback in September 2012.

Dr. Samir Ahmed, chief engineer for the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) motorcycle crash causation study citing, has resigned, according to a September 14, 2012, announcement.
According to the Motorcycle Riders Foundation (MRF), Dr. Samir Ahmed removed himself from the project, citing “serious reservations about the value of the study.”

The Dallas Sheriff’s deputy who arrested a motorcyclist on Memorial Day after he refused to hand over his video camera as evidence against other bikers was suspended today for more than a month without pay, which is more punishment than we normally see in these incidents.

Deputy James Westbrook will serve a 38-day unpaid suspension for pulling over Chris Moore, then telling him he was going to seize his helmet camera as evidence against other bikers, some who were apparently speeding and driving recklessly.

NHRA announced in August the formation of the NHRA Screamin’ Eagle Championship Motorcycle Series, a 10-race series that will compete at NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series divisional events beginning with the 2013 season.

The NHRA Screamin’ Eagle Championship Motorcycle Series will offer a total purse of $152,800 and will feature five classes: Top Fuel, Pro Gas, Draggin’ Bagger, Street Pro, and Hot Street. The classes will run in addition to the Sportsman ET Motorcycle class that currently competes at various NHRA divisional events.