Beat the Chill with Classic Canvas and Wool

 MILWAUKEE (July 28, 2010) – The new men’s Forester Wool Jacket

(P/N 97432-11VM, $195) from the Harley-Davidson^® MotorClothes^® line blends classic style and fabrics in a casual, cold-conquering design. It’s made from

100-percent black cotton canvas, with a 65-percent wool/35-percent plaid cotton lining and two internal pockets. The rolled, ribbed-knit collar matches the cuffs and waist, with two snap hand-warmer pockets and embroidered chest graphics to complete the look. Available in S – 5XL and Tall sizes.

The Forester Wool Jacket is available beginning in October 2010 at most Harley-Davidson dealerships.

For additional information on Harley-Davidson MotorClothes products, see your local Harley-Davidson dealer or visit harley-davidson.com. To find a dealer near you, call 1.800.LUV.2RIDE in the U.S. or Canada.

From a press release issued by Youthstream…

DARDON-GUEUGNON (FRANCE), 20 August 2010 – It’s all systems go for the two-stroke junior “battle of the year” in Dardon-Gueugnon, France on August 21- 22. With all of saturday’s schedule reserved for qualifying practice sessions, the more than 200 international young riders entering this year’s FIM Junior World Championship will definitely have to give all they got to conquer their position on sunday’s racing grids. The 85cc class alone has more than 100 entries for the available 40.

Adding up to an already strong contingent from several European countries, more junior teams come from as far as Australia, New Zealand, Guatemala, South Africa and USA not only for the individual category races, 65cc, 85cc and 125cc but for the “fourth race” which is all about the best results of the three classes combined for a team’s win.

According to Jean Pierre Forest, Dardon-Gueugnon Motoclub’s President, having the FIM Junior World Championship for the first time in France is already a success for the sport in terms of participation: “we have 34 countries represented and 233 riders; we’ve been advertising this event everywhere since January: at the French GP and on the local and specialised press as well, I just hope we have a good attendance as this Championship is new for us”.

It’s been well over a year now since the French Motoclub began to organise this event working with about 250 people. “The last time we set up a two-wheel international event was the 125 World Motocross Championship race in 1991 and we had 12000 spectators… since then we have been doing mainly the World Sidecar-Cross although aim is to turn again to the two-wheeled races.” concluded Mr Forest.
 
Saturday qualifying sessions: from 09:00

Sunday’s Timetable: 65cc race 1: 11:30, 85cc race 1: 12:15; 125cc race 1: 13:10; 65cc race 2: 14:30; 85cc race 2: 15:15; 125cc race 2: 16:10.

Retrieved August 20, 2010; from http://www.amadirectlink.com/news/story.asp?id=2202

Tampa, FL (August 18, 2010) – 2010 Florida House of Representatives for District 47 candidate and proven conservative, Brian Blair, receives an endorsement from prominent local Tampa Bay small business owners Ronald L. McDonald and Wayne Valenti.

Blair’s stance on jobs and small businesses has never faltered. Blair wants to create quality, good paying jobs for the Tampa Bay community; which starts with small businesses.

These small businessmen know and trust that when Blair gets elected (with your help) to the Florida House of Representatives, he will have their best interest in mind, not just carrying on what his party wants; Blair will bring “real” change to Florida.

Enough Is Enough!

Brian Blair understands what the small business people in Florida need. He has risked his own money to build a business, he’s faced the pressures of meeting a payroll and he understands that small business is the engine that runs the economy.

I know Brian, I respect Brian and I know Brian’s heart and it is good. I support Brian because I KNOW he will have our needs and interests guide him and not just some blind party politics. I support Brian because I KNOW he is not using this office as just a stepping stone to advance his political ambitions as others trying for office seem to be doing.

I am sure that all the people running for office are good people, who care about what happens to those of us within the district, but I don’t know them personally. But none of them has shown me any of the depth of understanding of our problems that Brian has.

Elect the “right” person, elect Brian Blair.

§                  Ronald L. McDonald

Ronald is a past member of the Presidents Business Advisory Council, Chairman of McDonald Hospitality Group, Published Author and Past Chairman of the Mensa Entrepreneurial Group and a constituent of what will become Brian’s district.

Without Politicians Who Understand My Business We Can’t Survive

I have operated my business, The Tampa Picture Show, on Dale Mabry for over 28 years and now face the prospect of having to close it down because of the poor economy and the poor decisions being made locally, statewide and nationally by politicians who never in their lives built or owned a business.

These political employees feel they can decide what is best for us in the business community. They don’t create jobs, we do. They don’t meet payrolls, we do. They don’t invest their own money, we do. And they don’t really care if that extra fee or tax increase will hurt our business, WE DO. You know who else cares? Brian Blair. I know Brian never has and never will raise a tax rate or fee.

The politicians don’t have to worry about “Their” employees, those are all civil servants who survive on the sweat of those of us who gamble our savings to build business to pay the taxes that pay their salaries and benefits. All the politicians have to do is raise Taxes, our taxes to pay for themselves.

We need Brian in a position to act as our voice in Tallahassee.

As a businessman I support Brian and ask you to please vote for Brian so that I can have a Champion who understands a small businesspersons needs.

§                  Wayne Valenti

Wayne Valenti is the owner of The Tampa Pitcher Show, a small business with a 28 year history of servicing the Carrollwood neighborhood with family friendly entertainment. He has been active in numerous charities and non-profits.

“I am speechless. I humbly and sincerely thank you again for your wisdom, insight and motivation to serve the people. You have just re-energized me with your words!” says Brian Blair.

To read more about Brian Blair please visit: http://brianblair.com

For interviews with Brian Blair contact Eclectic Media Productions at: (813) 960-8412; (813) 389-0801; or info@mediaproductions.tv

Political advertisement paid for and approved by Brian Blair, Republican, for State Representative, District 47.

District 47 covers the majority of Northwest Hillsborough County.

Travis Wyman Scores First AMA Pro Podium Finish

Milwaukee (August 16, 2010) – RMR/Bruce Rossmeyer Daytona Racing rider Danny Eslick made it three wins in a row with a commanding victory in the AMA Pro Racing Vance & Hines XR1200 Series at VIRginia International Raceway August 15, capitalizing on errors from his main rivals and continuing his domination of the class.

Eslick and RMR/Rossmeyer teammate Jake Holden challenged each other for the lead through the opening few laps of the race, with Holden making several trips off into the grass at the exit of turn one, some forced and some unforced.

“I couldn’t really get on the brakes that well into one and just kept going off the track. I was getting pissed off with myself,” Holden said after the race.

Quickly regrouping from his first trip into the grass to maintain pressure on Eslick, Holden later went off the track in nearly the same spot, this time ceding second place to Harv’s Harley-Davidson’s Travis Wyman, who held onto the spot to claim his first AMA Pro racing podium finish. It was a strong weekend for Wyman, who also finished fourth and sixth in the weekend’s Supersport class races.

Eslick took the blame for at least one of Holden’s off track excursions. “The first time I missed a gear, ran wide, and pretty much ran Jake off the track, so I’ll take credit for that one, the second time he was on his own,” Eslick said. “Then Travis was up there and I got going and put my head back down and he hung in there. I was still riding hard to the end.”

After third place starter RMR/Rossmeyer’s Kyle Wyman exited the race on the second lap with a crash between turns one and two, the battle for what was then third position waged between younger brother Travis and Doc’s Harley-Davidson’s Eric Stump, who swapped position back and forth as Stump worked the draft and made several late-braking moves on Wyman into turn one before suffering a dramatic crash in the downhill turn 7 on lap 11.

“I thought Stump was going to be there for most of the race because he kept passing me going into one,” Wyman said. “At the end Danny was messing around backing it in left and right and spraying dirt in my face all through the esses. I think he was doing it on purpose because he kept looking back at me. Eighteen laps on these seems like a long time but it was a lot of fun.”

Farther back, RMR/Rossmeyer’s Joseph Rozynski finished fourth followed by James Gang/Hoban Brothers/H-D of Appleton’s Paul James in fifth, and Matthew Heidel in sixth. Cycle World’s Mark Cernicky crashed out of fifth place on the HOG Racing entry to finish eighth.

The Vance & Hines XR1200 series returns for the fourth of five rounds at New Jersey Motorsports Park over Labor Day weekend, September 4-5.

Company Background

Harley-Davidson Motor Company produces heavyweight custom, cruiser and touring motorcycles
and offers a complete line of Harley-Davidson motorcycle parts, accessories, riding gear and apparel, and general merchandise. For more information, visit harley-davidson.com.

One of the country’s most popular off-highway vehicle (OHV) riding areas could soon see nearly 40,000 acres returned to the OHV ledger, thanks to a new plan developed by the federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
“This is great news,” said Nick Haris, AMA western states representative. “The groups that want to restrict off-highway riding have gone to court in the past claiming that the Peirson’s milk-vetch growing at Glamis is endangered and needs protection, but the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California recently ruled that the plant is being protected appropriately.”
In April, the BLM released a draft Recreation Area Management Plan (RAMP) for the 200,000-acre Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Area, popularly known as Glamis because of its proximity to that town in the far southeast corner of California.
The Imperial Sand Dunes area ranks as one of the most important public recreation areas nationwide, attracting more than 1.2 million visitors each year. OHV riders, through their purchases of food, fuel and lodging, contribute significantly to the local economy.
The public comment period for the RAMP ended June 23. Federal officials are now reviewing the comments, and the “Preferred Alternative”—that is, the plan that the BLM intends to follow that adds about 40,000 more acres for off-highway riding—is likely to be adopted unless the public-comment process points out a legitimate flaw in the BLM’s planning.
Under the Preferred Alternative of the new RAMP, 179,622 acres would be open to OHVs.
“A lot of credit goes to the BLM for its work to create a good recreational plan for the area, and to the various local groups who have fought the anti-access forces over the years,” Haris said.
Those groups include the AMA’s District 37 (Southern California), the Off-Road Business Association, the American Sand Association, the San Diego Off-Road Coalition and others that have fought back in court and organized users to submit comments to the BLM in favor of keeping the dunes open to OHVs.
Regulations and legal challenges have shut down major portions of the dunes that were specifically set aside for motorized recreation, including about 49,000 acres in recent years, leaving just 140,740 acres available for OHV riding.
The RAMP Preferred Alternative designates 11,670 acres as critical habitat closed to OHV recreation to protect the Peirson’s milk-vetch, which is a silvery, short-lived plant that can grow to 2.5 feet tall and produces small purple flowers, generally in March or April.
The federal court ruled the BLM critical habitat designation is large enough to adequately protect the plant.
“Under the terms of the California Desert Conservation Area Plan, which has been in effect for decades, open motorized recreation was restricted to less than 2 percent of the California desert,” Haris said. “And since then, opponents of motorized recreation have continued to whittle away at the riding areas that remained, forcing more OHV users onto smaller areas of land.
“This action by the BLM restores some of this vitally important recreational land, preserving responsible riding opportunities for the growing Southern California population,” he said.
It’s unknown when the new BLM plan will go into effect.

Retrieved August 19, 2010; from http://www.amadirectlink.com/news/story.asp?id=2196

It is official, Valentino Rossi will move to a different bike and team next year. He announced after the Brno race (Czech Republic) that he has signed a 2-year contract to ride for Ducati starting 2011, ending his 7-year relationship with Ms. M1.

Photo Yamaha Corp

“Many things have changed since that far-off time in 2004, but especially ‘she’, my M1, has changed. At that time she was a poor middle-grid position MotoGP bike, derided by most of the riders and the MotoGP workers. Now, after having helped her to grow and improve, you can see her smiling in her garage, courted and admired, treated as the ‘top of the class.’

Now the moment has come to look for new challenges; my work here at Yamaha is finished. Unfortunately even the most beautiful love stories finish, but they leave a lot of wonderful memories, like when my M1 and I kissed for the first time on the grass at Welkom, when she looked straight in my eyes and told me ‘I love you!’”

Valentino Rossi

Retrieved August 16, 2010; from http://www.yamaha-racing.com/Racing/motogp/news/newsdetail.jsp?Component=tcm:78-383391&ComponentTemplate=tcm:78-11949-32&PageTitle=Yamaha

Photo Yamaha Corp

Winfield, KS- Wire Plus Powersports Electronics is proud to introduce their new, state-of-the-art Z1 Standard Mid Frame System. These new systems have the smallest power modules ever! These were specifically designed for Bobber and Chopper style bikes with round oil tanks or springs under the seat with no place to hide anything. Wire-Plus products are built to survive the rugged urban environment…Their products feature vibration resistant, solid-state breaker technology (the breakers never have to be replaced) and a replaceable start relay that can be purchased at any auto parts store.

Their power modules are submersible waterproof and very compact in size with harnesses that are engineered to be smaller than any other on the market. The lighting control module controls the operation of the front and rear turn signals and provides load equalization and auto cancelling.  It also operates the rear turn signals as brake lights and running lights with one wire hook-up.

WP 181 Mid Frame System with harness for stock style handlebar controls.

The new Z1 Standard Mid Frame System offers the same features as their Z1 Mini Mid Frame System, but comes with a longer billet cover for mounting both the Z1 power module and the lighting control/auto-cancel module in one compact location. Measures 3.67 ” W x 2.21” H x 1.10” Deep! Wire Plus’ main focus is on the reliability of everything that they manufacture.

WP181: Mid Frame system with harness for stock style handlebar controls. Includes a separate breaker and wiring for correct connection of compression releases needed for big inch motors. (Lighting control module included)

For those interested in obtaining more information on Wire Plus, you can reach them at (620) 221-2417 or check them out online at www.wire-plus.com or email them at sales@wire-plus.com.

$53,000 IN DONATIONS WILL BE PRESENTED TO FAMILIES OF FALLEN TAMPA POLICE OFFICERS JEFFREY KOCAB AND DAVID CURTIS

WHAT:

Checks totaling $53,000 from funds raised by the Bubba the Love Sponge® Foundation will be presented by syndicated and satellite radio talk personality Bubba the Love Sponge® to the widows and families of Tampa Police Department Patrol Officers David Curtis and Jeffrey Kocab, who were killed in the line of duty on June 29, 2010. Each family will receive a check for $26,500.

WHEN:            

Tuesday, August 17 at 4 pm ET

WHERE:          

Tampa Police Headquarters, 411 N. Franklin St., Tampa, FL 33602 

WHO: 

Sarah Kocab, widow of Patrol Officer Jeffrey Kocab

Kelly Curtis, widow of Patrol Officer David Curtis

Chief of Police Jane Castor

Major Sophia Teague, Special Ops Div., Tampa Police Dept.

http://www.tampagov.net/dept_police/information_resources/Honoring_Our_Heroes/Curtis_and_Kocab/index.asp

Bubba the Love Sponge® Clem, Bubba the Love Sponge® Foundation

http://www.btlsfoundation.org/

MORE:

The Bubba the Love Sponge® Foundation is a 501(3) (c) Florida charity that radio host Bubba the Love Sponge® Clem founded in 2008 to help raise awareness and channel donations to worthy community causes and victims.  On July 14, The Bubba the Love Sponge® Foundation presented $45,000 in funds raised for the families of three Florida law enforcement officers who were killed this year in the line of duty in St. Johns County, Dixie County and Miami. Previously, more than $50,000 was distributed to the families of four Tampa Bay area law enforcement members who lost their lives or were critically injured in the line of duty.

MEDIA CONTACT:

Elise Brown 

elise@drummerpr.com

phone 215-990-6955

twitter.com/drummerpr

Alton, Vir…The AMA Pro SuperSport event at VIR, August 13-15 definitely proved to be another learning curve for Ryan Kerr and the entire Ryan Kerr Racing team.

“I had a lot of trouble getting comfortable on the track,” says Kerr, who qualified in the 22^nd slot. “In fact, it wasn’t until about halfway through the first race that things began to actually gel for me. Most of the field had been at the WERA race the weekend before and Friday practice was the first time I had ever turned a wheel on the track.”

Pulling off the grid Kerr began to work his way through the field. It wasn’t too long before he had managed to climb into 12^th.

“Then I made a rookie mistake,” said the youngster from Johnstown, Ohio. “I went into turn 2 too hard on the gas and almost lost it. Luckily I managed to hold on and get back in the groove. Unfortunately I lost a couple of positions and was unable to make it up in the time left. We had to settle for 14^th and I know I could have done better.”

On Sunday, Kerr got a good start and once again began to move up. A few laps in the race was red flagged.

“When we started again, we did a sighting lap before the restart,” explains Kerr. “We didn’t think about topping off the gas before restarting and therefore our calculations were off. I was running in 11^th and figured I could make it up another spot when my Kawasaki started to slightly sputter.  I knew if I pushed it I would run out of gas before the checkered.  So I did the smart thing and brought the bike home in 11^th. It wasn’t the results I wanted, but we finished both races, brought the bike home in one piece and gained a little in the points. Each time out, I learn something new and that just makes me better. We will be ready for New Jersey and I am looking to end the season on a high note.”

Ryan Kerr Racing is sponsored by MJ USA, 614Paintworx, Leo Vince, Arai, Di-Digital Impressions, Woodcraft, KobieC.com, Kawasaki and MJ Motorgear, and Mid-Ohio School.

 Bomber Style Meets Functional Riding Features

MILWAUKEE (July 28, 2010) – The new men’s Dispatch Leather Jacket

(P/N 97052-11VM, $425) from the Harley-Davidson^® MotorClothes^® line features a removable, genuine shearling collar for versatile styling and extra warmth. Made from midweight leather, the jacket has pre-curved sleeves, snap cuffs and a power-stretch waistband for riding comfort. Body-armor pockets at the elbows and shoulders accept lightweight, accessory FXRG^® armor for added protection, while seven additional pockets provide generous storage space for extra gear. The snap-down collar matches the three external snap-down pockets and subtle embroidered graphics for classic bomber jacket styling.  Available in S – 5XL and Tall sizes.

The Dispatch Leather Jacket is available beginning October 2010 at most Harley-Davidson dealerships.

For additional information on Harley-Davidson MotorClothes products, see your local Harley-Davidson dealer or visit harley-davidson.com. To find a dealer near you, call 1.800.LUV.2RIDE in the U.S. or Canada.