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Who knew there were so many

Belt Drive 0 In the News, Sturgis North 9:07 AM

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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">In Kentucky, the <a href="http://www.beltdrivebetty.com/index.php/latest-travel-tourism/341-contacts/9146-little-sturgis-biker-rallycancelled-">Little Sturgis Biker Rally </a>is canceled this year and may be for good. Apparently attendance fell from 22,000 to 8,000.</span></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">But who knew HOW many rallies use the Sturgis moniker?</span></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">In other news a 22 year old Nebraska man has<a href="http://www.beltdrivebetty.com/index.php/latest-law-and-politics/360-contacts/9150-httpwwwmetronewscaedmontonlocalarticle769715-steel-horses-get-free-dt-parking"> plead guilty to 4 counts of vehicular homicide </a>for drunk driving causing and causing the deaths of four riders.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Like every day - I welcome your comments and feed back on the topics of the day!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">There's a ton of other news out there today but because I was working on year end books until 3 am and consequently did not get up until 7:30 am - I need to get back to it.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Visit <a href="http://www.beltdrivebetty.com/">www.beltdrivebetty.com</a> for your news fix - we sift through the news so you don't have to! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I have a ton of new <a href="http://www.beltdrivebetty.com/index.php/rider-friendly">RFBA members </a>to get set up and month end to do today - only 8 days late! Oh well, it will be a great day as I will be one step closer to unburied from the January bike shows just in time to head to Red Deer next week!</span></span><br />
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Who knew there were so many

It seems that Sturgis North is only one of many rallies to use the Sturgis name, but there may be one less now. In Kentucky, the Little S...

From the ridiculous to the down right obscene...

Belt Drive 1 Community 7:25 AM

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<i><span style="font-size: small;">It would appear that farmers in Salmon Arm are up in arms because for 1 week, there will be a motorcycle event using some farm land for camping and RV parking - all of which are temporary but according to one farmer in Salmon Arm: (from the<a href="http://www.beltdrivebetty.com/index.php/latest-bc-travel/308-bc-motorcycle-events/9084-sturgis-north-worries-farmers"> Salmon Arm Observer</a>)</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: small;">“There’s going to be motorhomes, garbage trucks, sewage vehicles – stick  a few thousand people driving their motorcycles out there, there’s  going to be concert stages,” he says of Sturgis North. “Nothing good can  come out of this. Once you pack the dirt and take the oxygen out of it,  you don’t get it back in to the shape it was in.”</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Now I used to farm, my farm was certified organic - and I am here to tell you that having people camp and park RV's on the land is far less harmful to the land and it's oxygen and richness that anhydrous ammonia, pesticides and herbicides that are dumped on these lands in a big way. How do you restore  a field after people have camped on it? Simple - by tilling the crap out of it. How do you restore soil that has been burned by chemicals?  It takes 3 - 5 years to restore a field to be able to sustain any meaningful growth without the aide of fertilizers by using crop rotation methods to build the soil up again etc. And don't even get me started on the contamination of the ground water caused by the "Modern" way of farming. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Me thinks that the vocal few are trying to terrorize and strike fear into the hearts and souls of those who are less educated about such matters as farming. For those wishing to educate themselves a wee bit on farming practices : <a href="http://agritech.tnau.ac.in/org_farm/orgfarm_of%20vs%20con%20fasrming.html">http://agritech.tnau.ac.in/org_farm/orgfarm_of%20vs%20con%20fasrming.html</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">In other places across the country and around the world our chosen method of transportation and lifestyle is under attack as well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.beltdrivebetty.com/index.php/lastest-international/286-news-international-/9111-brazil-government-trying-to-outlaw-motorcycle-taxi">Look at Brazi</a>l - the government there wants to ban motorcycle taxis and right here in Canada - in Ontario - a proposed <a href="http://www.beltdrivebetty.com/index.php/latest-on-news/296-motorcycle-television/9108-proposed-biker-campground-draws-fire">motorcycle campground</a> is taking a lot of heat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span class="messageBody"><a href="http://www.beltdrivebetty.com/index.php/latest-ab-news/292-motorcycle-television/9105-noise-bylaw-proposed-for-bragg-creek-">Bragg Creek AB is looking at implementing a noise bylaw</a> - the issue started with motorcycles but they are looking at having an all encompassing bylaw.</span></span></h6>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span class="messageBody">In Grand Rapids MI- <a href="http://www.beltdrivebetty.com/index.php/latest-travel-tourism/341-contacts/9109-after-bid-for-bike-week-fails-organizers-may-seek-friendlier-reception-outside-grand-rapids">the hopes of a group that wanted to host a 4 day rally </a>were dashed and now they need to look at plan B.</span></span></h6>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span class="messageBody">Look at cities like<a href="http://www.beltdrivebetty.com/index.php/latest-nb-travel/381-contacts/9106-festivals-remind-us-summer-will-come-again"> Moncton</a> that have decided, since Atlanticade moved out because of the lack of accommodation - that they will host their own event. Or provinces like <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100810/ap_tr_ge/cn_travel_trip_maritimes_motorcycling">Nova Scotia that have seen Motorcycle Tourism</a> become a huge industry.</span></span></h6>
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;">I guess no matter which way you cut it, no matter where we go, there will be people who embrace and welcome our community and then there will be those who would like to run us out of town. It depends on our community and what we are gonna do about these situations and how we are going to conduct ourselves. We can either boycott towns and events at the expense of the event organizers and the locals that really want us or we can go in full steam and prove to them that we are respectful of their communities and appreciative of a place to hold our rallies and festivals.</span><br />
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As always I would love your feedback on the topics of the day! Get in on the discussion here in my blog, on Facebook or in the forums on www.beltdrivebetty.com<br />
Talk to me people - even when I disagree with you I learn so much and I appreciate the chance to grow and expand.<br />
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<b>In Other News: </b><br />
In Courtney on Vancouver Island BC they are reporting that drug and other serious crimes are down and the focus is going to <a href="http://www.beltdrivebetty.com/index.php/latest-bc-news/293-motorcycle-television/9107-drug-offences-tumble-as-overall-crime-falls-again">shift to unnecessary motorcycle noise and bicycle safety</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span class="messageBody"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;">In London England a new <a href="http://www.beltdrivebetty.com/index.php/lastest-international/286-news-international-/9095-omc-londons-first-self-service-mc-workshop-coming-soon">self service motorcycle facility</a> is slated to open soon.</span></span></span></h6>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span class="messageBody">In Myrtle Beach SC they are looking<a href="http://www.beltdrivebetty.com/index.php/latest-law-and-politics/360-contacts/9093-myrtle-beach-passes-first-reading-to-change-vehicle-noise-law"> at increasing the acceptable decibel level from 89 to 92 in an effort to be in line with industry standards.</a> Hmmm or is it to stave off lawsuits?</span></span></h6>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span class="messageBody">Dayton OH is being hit hard by the recession - <a href="http://www.beltdrivebetty.com/index.php/latest-business/304-businessindustry-news-american/9096-motorcycle-dealership-closings-escalate-in-dayton">the number of motorcycle dealerships </a>closing is unreal</span></span></h6>
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<i><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="messageBody">There are a ton of other news items that you may want to read over at <a href="http://www.beltdrivebetty.com/">www.beltdrivebetty.com</a> where we sift through the news so you don't have to - not to mention it is voting time in the <a href="http://www.beltdrivebetty.com/index.php/show-n-shine">Beat the PMS Blues on line Show 'n' Shine </a>- have your say on the bikes you like and which ones will take away the prizes!</span></span></i></h6>
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It would appear that farmers in Salmon Arm are up in arms because for 1 week, there will be a motorcycle event using some farm land for cam...

Charges laid in two high profile Motorcycle Crashes

Belt Drive 0 Community, Ottawa 6:50 AM

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<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ottawa Senators Doctor Donald Chow was injured in a motorcycle crash in 2010. The 73 year old woman that hit him, Lois Thompson <a href="http://www.beltdrivebetty.com/index.php/latest-on-news/296-motorcycle-television/9061-charges-laid-in-crash-involving-sens-doctor">has been charged under the Highway Traffic Act </a>with one count of making an unsafe turn.</span></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">And the man responsible for the death of Liberal Aide, Mario Lague, is a 49 year old man from Gatineau QC -  Guiseppe Oppedisano, he was<a href="http://www.beltdrivebetty.com/index.php/latest-on-news/296-motorcycle-television/9062-charges-laid-in-crash-that-killed-liberal-aide"> charged with dangerous driving causing death </a>on January 13th. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Last year was a hard year on our community - it is one of the reasons that the<a href="http://www.motorcycletourism.ca/"> Canadian Motorcycle Tourism Association </a>has agreed to set up a fund to aide riders in the event of a crash.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The fund will provide a no interest loan to assist with out of pocket expenses until insurance starts to pay a rider back. Once the rider has proceeds coming in they are asked to repay the fund so the next rider can be assisted. This is a stop gap measure and only meant for the regions that have no organized or structured support network and not meant to duplicate the services of <a href="http://www.aimvancouver.com/main.html">AIM in BC,</a><a href="http://www.novascotiabikers.com/bikersdown.html">Biker Down Society</a> in Nova Scotia or FIRRE in Southern Alberta. Riders from or in those regions needing assistance will be directed to the organized groups. (AIM may be opening an Ottawa Chapter)</span></span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Belt Drive Betty has teamed up with Intercon Messaging to assist riders in staying safe.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://interconmessaging.com/">Intercon Messaging</a> offers the NEVER RIDE ALONE program for our members - similar to the Never Work Alone Programs, members of <a href="http://www.beltdrivebetty.com/">www.beltdrivebetty.com</a> (the<a href="http://www.beltdrivebetty.com/index.php/bdb-club"> Biker's Discount Buying Club</a>)  - can call the toll free number (1-866-765-6718) - they will be asked a series of quick questions, asked to check in when they stop for fuel - and should they not arrive at their destination within 15 minutes the service will call the numbers the rider leaves for contact. If after two calls the rider can not be reached, Intercon will be dispatching 911 services to find you.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The other wonderful tool we have to offer members of the<a href="http://www.beltdrivebetty.com/index.php/bdb-club"> BDB Club (Biker's Discount Buying Club)</a> is the<a href="http://bestroadsideservice.com/bdb/"> Best Roadside Assistance Program</a>. Belt Drive Betty has teamed up with<a href="http://bestroadsideservice.com/bdb/"> Best Roadside</a> to offer our members exclusive pricing - for only<b> $89.50</b> per year you get<b> 6 calls</b>, and they include fuel, lock out, towing and more...those calls are <b>share able </b>between you and your spouse and<b> transferable</b> between your pick up, car and motorcycle. They offer bilingual service - the support is good for Canada and the Continental USA (with many of the same service providers of the big boys like (CAA & AAA) and it comes with additional travel perks on top of the<a href="http://www.beltdrivebetty.com/index.php/bdb-club"> BDB Club </a>Perks and those of  our <a href="http://www.beltdrivebetty.com/index.php/rider-friendly">Rider Friendly Business Association Members</a>!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Membership on www.beltdrivebetty.com is free - if you decide you want a hard card and phone book for the RFBA Businesses for your Saddle Bags you can either pick one up for free at many of our oartner businesses, at any of the motorcycle shows and events that we attend or you can pay a small shipping and handling fee and we will mail you one. If you want to just download and laminate your own card you can do that as well because our phone book is available to our members in a mobile format at <a href="http://www.beltdrivebetty.mobi%20/">www.beltdrivebetty.mobi </a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Don't forget our<a href="http://www.beltdrivebetty.com/index.php/canadian-riders"> Canadian Riders Support Network </a>either - it's free to become a member and provide assistance to your fellow rider who is broke down or otherwise needing assistance and you can access the information on the mobile site, through the printed phone book or the toll free number!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">This riding season stay safe and protected with the <a href="http://www.beltdrivebetty.com/index.php/bdb-club">BDB Clu</a>b and it's partners of the <a href="http://www.beltdrivebetty.com/index.php/rider-friendly">RFBA</a> and save money on your travel accommodations, meals and more. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The new book "<a href="http://www.beltdrivebetty.com/index.php/latest-lifestyle/445-2009-09-07-21-32-20/9067-new-winterhalderde-clercq-book-now-available-worldwide">Biker Chicz</a>" by </span><span class="body_link sz11 ieBug" id="ctl00_ctl08_ctl00_lblArticle" style="font-size: small;">Winterhalder and De  Clercq’s is now available world wide.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">And a <a href="http://www.beltdrivebetty.com/index.php/latest-lifestyle/446-motorcycle-reviews-/9068-superbike-vs-supercar-ducati-1198s-vs-ferrari-458-italia-ducatis-1198s-takes-on-ferraris-new-458-italia-in-a-contest-as-unfair-as-we-could-make-it">Ducati and a Ferrari</a> go head to head - which one wins the race?</span></span></div>
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Charges laid in two high profile Motorcycle Crashes

Ottawa Senators Doctor Donald Chow was injured in a motorcycle crash in 2010. The 73 year old woman that hit him, Lois Thompson has been ch...

Another bylaw based on the J2825 in court and being reviewed

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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Nothing like a few court cases to tell the powers that be that<a href="http://www.beltdrivebetty.com/index.php/latest-travel-tourism/341-contacts/9034--email-o-share-o-o-o-print-o-o-o-o-text-size-myrtle-beach-reviews-noise-limits-amid-lawsuit"> it is time to go back to the drawing board.</a></span></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The MIC in the USA and MMIC in Canada (Motorcycle Industry Council and Motorcycle Moped Industry Council) funded the flawed and near fatal J2825 noise test created by the Society of Automotive Engineers. I say the test is flawed because there are humans doing the testing and based on their degree of interest in their jobs, many, inspite of the training they have received do not appear to know how to administer the test properly.  There are, in my humble and far from expert opinion, a lot of areas for challenge with the test from who is doing the testing, to where it is done and how it is done.</span></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">In Myrtle Beach - the town fathers and mothers are facing a lawsuit from the area hotels, Horry County and numerous motorcycle groups and a local Harley-Davidson dealer. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.beltdrivebetty.com/index.php/latest-law-and-politics/360-contacts/9045-three-lawsuits-filed-to-declare-myrtle-beachs-bike-rally-ordinances-unconstitutional-">(From the South Carolina Criminal Defense Blog)</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I've heard some people say in protest of the new ordinances, "I just  won't come to Myrtle Beach, I won't spend my money there."  Please - if  this is what you are thinking then you are giving city council exactly  what they wanted.  You lose.  They win.  <b>If these ordinances piss you  off, come to Myrtle Beach loud as you want and do not let them push an  entire group of people out and destroy a Myrtle Beach tradition with  these types of tactics.</b>  The city knew when it passed these ordinances  that they were not constitutional and there were going to be problems.  </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Although the style of discrimination that motorcyclists are regularly subjected to may not be covered under the Charter here in Canada - it is still illegal and it is for sure immoral.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Brothers and sisters of the family wind in Canada - do you think there is any chance that we can muster up some cash, a lawyer and some sustained, quiet anger and fight the city of Edmonton?</span></b></span></div>
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Remember their peace offering last week of free parking for motorcycles down town? </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Is it really a free offer or just another way to suck more money out of your jeans? </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I will be very interested to see if Edmonton city council reads the news from other places where these discriminatory bylaws have been put in place. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I hope the riders of the USA and South Carolina in particular nail Myrtle Beach to a cross and that when they are done, they move the rally just outside the city to prove a point. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">In India, Harley-Davidson is celebrating <a href="http://www.beltdrivebetty.com/index.php/latest-business/305-businessindustry-news-international/9033-going-the-whole-hog">having sold 250 motorcycles</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">In Britain<a href="http://www.beltdrivebetty.com/index.php/latest-lifestyle/446-motorcycle-reviews-/9036-interview-britains-newest-electric-motorcycle-the-agility-saietta"> there is a new electric motorcycle</a> coming to market</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Also in Britian, the <a href="http://www.beltdrivebetty.com/index.php/latest-lifestyle/440-food/9038-7-things-you-never-knew-about-the-hairy-bikers-">Hairy Bikers</a> are interviewed for their new cooking show on BBC2</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">In Italy, despite best efforts the <a href="http://www.beltdrivebetty.com/index.php/latest-business/305-businessindustry-news-international/9041-the-last-breath-of-moto-morini">Moto Morini will be no more</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">In Australia, riders hosting a charity run for their<a href="http://www.beltdrivebetty.com/index.php/lastest-international/286-news-international-/9042-charity-run-sees-flood-damage"> flood ravaged country get to see the devastation first hand</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">And in the US, <a href="http://www.beltdrivebetty.com/index.php/latest-lifestyle/1615-moviestv/9040-a-family-feud-raises-ratings-for-american-chopper">the guys I love to hate and NEVER watch</a> are getting better ratings than ever because of their very public personal "war" and Discovery Channel is loving it.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Well that's what's on my mind today - like every day I hope to hear your thoughts on the topics at hand.</span></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I do have a special request though - if you can spare a few bucks, PLEASE - PLEASE, PLEASE consider donating to the Australian Flood Relief Fund - we have a link on the right hand side of the home page at www.beltdrivebetty.com<br /></span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">So far we only have one $50 donation - that will feed a family of four for 2, maybe three days folks.</span></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I am hoping to see a wee bit of Canadian and Biker Compassion and Caring.</span></span></div>
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Another bylaw based on the J2825 in court and being reviewed

Nothing like a few court cases to tell the powers that be that it is time to go back to the drawing board. The MIC in the USA and MMI...