| Bike Designers Go Full Throttle | | Posted Monday, January 29, 2007 3:01:38 PM by Blog57 Team | | CLEARWATER - Joey Cihak drew a crowd Saturday at a motorcycle show featuring bike builders. At 16, he was the youngest entrant and the only one with a motorcycle frame made entirely from welded chains. There were plenty of unconventional bikes among the 54 entered in the custom bike building contest at the Tampa Bay Motorcycle Expo and Florida Builder Invitational. The Harborview Center show attracted about 2,000 people Saturday and continues today. It offers vendors selling everything from motorcycle insurance to tattoos and apparel, and the unique bikes, each with its own story. Cihak, a sophomore at Gibbs High School in St. Petersburg, obliged those wanting to pose for pictures and often was encouraged by admirers to chase his dream of becoming a certified master bike builder.... | |
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| | | Progressive Launches Web Site for Supercross Fans | | Posted Sunday, January 21, 2007 1:02:50 PM by Blog57 Team | | MAYFIELD VILLAGE, Ohio--The Progressive Group of Insurance Companies, the nation's largest motorcycle and third largest car insurance group, today announced the introduction of HoleshotHeaven.com – a new Web site for the millions of Supercross racing enthusiasts across the country. "As the Official Insurance of Supercross and sponsor of the Holeshot award, we're thrilled to bring HoleshotHeaven.com to Supercross fans," said Miriam Deitcher, director of advertising, Progressive. "On the site, fans will find content they can't get anywhere else like streaming video of every holeshot this season – updated after each race – and exclusive Simon Cudby-produced videos of top Supercross riders showing off their extensive personal car collections. Right now, fans can check out the sweet rides of Nathan Ramsey, Josh Hansen and Ryan Hughes, with more videos to be added throughout the season." The site, named for the holeshot, or early lead in a race, features interactive 3-D track maps, exclusive behind-the-scenes event photos, a blog by Steve Bruhn – a professional Supercross spectator – and the Supercross Tour 2007 event and broadcast schedule.... | |
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| | | Consumer Research Solutions, Inc. Launches Motorcycle VIN Data Product | | Posted Tuesday, November 14, 2006 11:02:06 PM by Blog57 Team | | WESTMINSTER, Mass., November 14, 2006 -- Consumer Research Solutions, Inc. (CRS), a leading powersports data provider, today announced the release of VIN Fact, a vehicle identification number decoder, for customers requiring thorough motorcycle model descriptions. VIN Fact relates vehicle identification sequences to specific model information on motorcycles made between 2004 and the current model year. Users simply enter a VIN and receive instant VIN validation and product information, including model identifiers, engine size, transmission type, and market segment. All data is formatted across manufacturers for easy inclusion into any internal processes. VIN Fact is a must-have for insurance agencies, auction groups and any organization that relies on accurate VIN lookups and product information for motorcycles in their day-to-day operations," said CRS President Steve Caisse.... | |
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| | | PROGRESSIVE DIRECT RETURNS AS HOLESHOT SPONSOR OF THE 2006-2007 ... | | Posted Sunday, November 12, 2006 1:21:44 PM by Blog57 Team | | AURORA, Ill. (October 30, 2006) – The nation?s largest motorcycle and third largest car insurance group, The Progressive Group of Insurance Companies, today announced that its Progressive Direct® brand, which is sold by phone and online, will return as the official sponsor of the holeshot award for the 2006-2007 Amp?d Mobile World Supercross GP/Amp?d Mobile AMA Supercross Series, the world?s premier off-road motorcycle racing series. This is Progressive Direct?s second consecutive year as a sponsor.“We?re thrilled to be involved with Amp?d Mobile Supercross and to once again sponsor the holeshot," said Miriam Deitcher, advertising manager, Progressive Direct. “It?s a great fit for Progressive Direct; not only does it give us the opportunity to connect with fans that own a variety of products that we insure—cars, motorcycles, dirt bikes, and trucks, to name a few—but it?s also a chance to support an exciting sport." Progressive Direct will award prize money to the riders who get the holeshot—or early lead—in the main event of each race.... | |
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| | | New group backs rally | | Posted Sunday, November 12, 2006 3:15:26 AM by Blog57 Team | | The lack of an official Independence Day motorcycle rally this year might have put a damper on some in the Hollister community, but others have worked up plans for what they hope will be a bigger and better rally. Now a new group has been put together with the intention of hosting an organized Independence Day motorcycle rally for 2007. Organizers say the new motorcycle rally committee reflects many different backgrounds. One of the biggest changes from past events is that the new organizers want to structure the event more like the Garlic Festival, where local nonprofit groups all work with the organizers and split a portion of the proceeds, this according to Paul Levy, treasurer of the newly formed steering committee. "Basically, the way we're envisioning it now, it would be the same set-up we had in 2005, where the majority of the rally would be downtown, but hopefully Dave Grimsley would also be able to get permits for an event out at Bolado [Park].... | |
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| | | Union leaders say agreement reached with Harley | | Posted Wednesday, November 08, 2006 11:04:53 PM by Blog57 Team | | MILWAUKEE Union officials say Harley-Davidson and leaders of its major Milwaukee-area union have reached an agreement aimed at inducing the motorcycle manufacturer to undertake a 120 (m) million expansion in that area. United Steelworkers Local 2-209 president Jim Wheiland says the new proposal includes a two-tier wage system for newly hired employees of the motorcycle manufacturer, but with smaller gaps than an agreement which the local rejected last month. Wheiland says the new agreement, which is to be voted on next week, protects existing part-time employees who are members of the union by putting them at the higher wage structure if they are hired full time. The union president says cuts in pension plans, health insurance and cost of living adjustments remain. But he says the new agreement contains explicit language saying the company will stop studying expanding elsewhere if the union agrees to the cuts.... | |
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| | | Michigan Auto Insurance Agents Top Ten Accident Guide Available at MichiganAutoLaw.com | | Posted Monday, November 06, 2006 3:07:20 AM by Blog57 Team | | Detroit, MI (PRWEB) November 1, 2006 -- Michigan Auto Insurance agents now have access the Top Ten Auto Accident Guide available at http://michiganautolaw.com/autoaccident_topten.php. The guide was produced by Michigan Auto Law as a free consumer resource to help auto insurance agents better protect and educate their customers about the most common mistakes made by victims of Michigan car, truck and motorcycle accidents. .... | |
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| | | Eastern Idaho man to serve 60 days for insurance fraud | | Posted Friday, November 03, 2006 11:26:32 AM by Blog57 Team | | A Pocatello man has been sentenced to a one-to-seven-year prison term for insurance fraud, according to Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden.Joshua K. Smith, 26, also was ordered by 6th District Court Judge Peter McDermott to pay $6,900 in restitution for fraudulently reporting the theft of a motorcycle he had recently purchased. Smith stored the motorcycle in a relative's shed, then filed a claim that was paid by State Farm Insurance.The restitution order requires Smith to pay $5,700 to State Farm and $1,200 to Bingham County for the cost of storing the motorcycle after authorities discovered it in the shed after receiving an anonymous tip.McDermott suspended the prison term and ordered Smith to serve 60 days in the Bannock County Jail and seven years on probation."This case sends a clear message that insurance fraud will not be tolerated in Idaho," said Shad Priest, acting director of the Idaho Department of Insurance.... | |
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| | | Hit-and-run driver turns herself in | | Posted Tuesday, October 31, 2006 3:04:33 PM by Blog57 Team | | CEDAR RAPIDS, IA - Janis L. Loomis, 27, of Cedar Rapids, voluntarily surrendered to police Sunday evening and identified herself as the driver of a minivan involved in a Saturday hit-and-run accident that left a motorcyclist seriously injured. Loomis was traveling eastbound on Fifth Avenue SW at 7:47 p.m. Saturday when she attempted a left turn onto northbound Sixth Street SW in front of a motorcycle. Injured in the accident was Allen L. Sillick, 46, of Cedar Rapids, who was transported to University Hospitals, Iowa City, with multiple injuries. According to police, at last report Sillick's injuries were stabilizing. Loomis arrived at the Cedar Rapids Police Department at 8:45 p.m. Sunday and brought the suspect vehicle with her. She was charged with driving while license under suspension, leaving the scene of a personal injury accident, and no insurance.... | |
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| | | Skate Park will remain closed until repairs can be completed | | Posted Saturday, October 28, 2006 2:26:30 PM by Blog57 Team | | Minor repairs were all that were needed to fix most of the playground equipment in the city, but parts of the Skate Park remain closed until damaged surface areas can be repaired. A fall audit report revealed minor problems with Beatrice playground equipment, but major repairs were found to be needed at the skateboard park. In the audit report released this week, Beatrice Public Properties employees found no major infractions or unsafe manufacturing defects to any park playground equipment, other than the skateboard park, where two structures were barricaded from public use. Last week, in response to a letter in the Beatrice Daily Sun, Beatrice Mayor Dennis Schuster called for an audit of all city park playground equipment and the skateboard park.... | |
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