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Covergirl: Danielle on the '06 Ninja EX650R
courtesy of BIKE WORLD in Sunnyvale
Photo by Ernesto Evangelista,
Styling by
Poll Brown.
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Volume 2, Issue #2, is on the streets!
Our next edition will be out Tuesday, February
1st, 2006
Lots in the works & more of the inside
scoops on the Bay Area motorcycle scene!
Be sure to grab a copy of Urban Moto at your favorite Bay Area motorcycle
dealer, motorcycle specialty store, biker pub or café...
if you don't see it, please be sure to ask for it by name!
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Look for your FREE copy of Urban Moto at the following locations:
SAN FRANCISCO
Benders Bar & Grill, Brainwash Cafe,
Cafe Trieste Northbeach, Cycle Gear, Charlie's
Place, The Deluxe Lounge, Desmoto Sport,
Die Werkstatt, Dudley Perkin's Harley/Buell, Farley's, Golden Boy Pizza, Golden Gate Cycles, Hungry-I
Nightclub, Johnson Leather, KC Engineering,
The Kilowatt, Max Moto, Mojito's, MotoJava,
Munroe Motors, Pig & Whistle Pub, Red's
Java Hut, San Francisco BMW, SF Moto Scooter,
Scuderia West, Streetfighters USA, Subterranean
Cycles, Toronado Brewpub, Tosca Cafe, Zeitgeist.
New Locations: Grant & Green (in the bar), CCSF Student
Union
PENINSULA
Daly City: Mission Honda/Kawasaki/Yamaha
Mountain View: California BMW
Redwood City: RWC Cycle Gear, Redwood City KTM-Honda
San Bruno: Motorcycle Madness
SOUTH BAY
San Jose: San Jose BMW, Helimot Leatherwerks, Moto Italiano
Road Rider
Santa Cruz: Moto Italiano
Sunnyvale: Bike World Motorsports, Peninsula Ducati
EAST BAY
Berkeley: Berkeley Performance Motorcycles, Lanesplitter
Pub & Pizza
Concord: BRG Racing, Concord Motorsports, Concord
Cycle Gear
Fairfield: Fairfield Cycle Center
Fremont: Fremont Cycle & Salvage
Hayward: Cycle Gear, East Bay Motorsports, Hayward
Cycle Salvage
Oakland: Godspeed, Hayassa, Honda of Oakland, Rockridge
Two Wheel, Suzuki of Oakland
San Leandro: Munroe Motors East
Vacaville: Good Times, Moto Exotica
Vallejo: Vallejo Harley-Davidson, Ironworks, Kawasaki-Suzuki
Powersports, Mach 1 Motorsports
Walnut Creek: Diablo Kawasaki-BMW
NORTH BAY
Corte Madera: Marin Cycle Works
Guerneville: Stumptown Brewery
San Rafael: Hattar Ducati-Triumph, Marin BMW, Moto Mechanica
More locations coming soon!
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E-mail the Editor at Editor@sfUrbanMoto.com
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Send your ideas for articles, features, events,
dirt and dish! If you have a shop,
dealership, bar, cafe or
biker hangout &
you would be interested
in stocking our free pub, for
your customers, please
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What's your pleasure... Dirt, Street or Track?
Motorcycling is a multi-faceted world of
exhilarating thrills and excitement,
as diverse as the riders who enjoy it!
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we're on it! |
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IN THIS ISSUE:
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Street News & Shop Gossip
Race News & Gossip
Bike-nik: Medication w/o drugs...
Motorcycosis: Moto-Clubbin'
Messenger Mayhem: Who can be trusted?
Fish du Jour: Friend or Foe?
Poll's Movie: "Motorcycle Gang"
Blah, blah, blah... letters to UM Staff
a closer look at the ugly Live 105 lane-splitting controversy and much more...
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O'Hanlon Motorcycles
162 Clara Street (near 5th Street)
San Francisco, CA
(415) 777-3845 [MAP]
www.ohanlonmotorcycles.com
The first thing you realize about O'Hanlon
Motorcycles when you pull up outside, is
that this is not a fashion boutique. There
are no pretensions here. You won't find brightly
lit displays of helmets, leathers, neon signs,
gadgets or doodads. There is no designer
decor, no posturing counter staff in skate
punk tee-shirts.
Hey! Why not drop in on the gang at O'Hanlon's
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Local Clubs |
"East Bay Rats"
Oakland - So, who are the East Bay Rats?
Founded in 1994, they began as a group of
friends that liked to ride a lot. You might
have heard of them from the Discovery Channel's
recent show, "Only in America."
Read more about the East Bay Rats on page
10 of our latest issue and at their website:
www.eastbayrats.com
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Local Haps  |
"Doc Wong Riding Clinic"
Redwood City - The next free Doc Wong Riding
Clinic "Cornering Confidence - Judging Entrance
Speed" will be held on Sunday, January 22, 2006 from 8 am to 3 pm. Class starts at Doc's office, "Active Life Medical Center" 1391 Woodside
Road, Suite #200, Redwood City, CA, followed by a 110 mile ride through the
beautiful Skyline hills! Interested? E-mail
docwong@aol.com to register.
Please note that these free clinics are held
rain or shine! Some of the MOST fun clinics
have been done in the most extreme weather
conditions! Details at www.docwong.com
"KTM Does Middle Creek"
Middle Creek - The KTM Demo Day will take place in the famous off-road area
known as "Middle Creek" in Northern
California (Southern "Upper Lake"
area in Mendocino Nat'l Forest [TRAIL MAPS]). The big day is Monday, January 23, 2006. Contact your local KTM dealer for additional
details!
"New Model Night"
San Leandro - Monday, February 6th, 2006 is the next American Sportbike Night in the East Bay. This month they host their
annual "New Model Night." All riders are welcome! If you have a 2006 bike, be sure to bring
it! There will be information on the new models,
changes at MV Agusta, updates on BRAG, the
2006 Dakar Rally and as always, there will
be lots of love and plenty of great door
prizes! Riders usually start arriving around
5:30 pm. Come join the fastest guys
and gals in the Bay Area at Straw Hat Pizza,
6 to 7 pm. More details at
www.AmericanSportbikeNight.com
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Bay Area Riders Forum
BARF Social Gatherings: January 2006 Calendar |
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MotoReview  |
"Kawasaki Comes Alive!"
After letting Suzuki (and about everyone
else on the planet) have their way with them
for years, Kawasaki has stepped up to the
plate and produced a real challenger in the
2006 Ninja SV650R. Sure, it will need to work hard to earn
the respect it deserves on the track, but
from what we saw, it has much more than a
good pedigree. Check out Henrick's review
of the new Ninja on page 8 of our latest
issue.  Special thanks to Bike World in Sunnyvale for the loan of this pristine machine, right
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"Rauseo out of Dakar Rally"
San Francisco's own desert racing maven,
lawyer-turned-racer, Charlie Rauseo, crashed out of the Dakar in the very difficult
Stage 7 - sand dunes. Charlie painfully dislocated
his shoulder. The dejected Rauseo is doing
well and was given a hero's welcome at SFO
airport, Tuesday, January 10th by his family and friends. Charlie's teammate
Mike Krynock (pictured above), finished in 84th place
(the 4th place USA entrant). Details can
be found at www.charliedakar.com, RallyPanAm.com, www.dakar.com and [2006 Dakar final bike standings] |
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Ernie@sfUrbanMoto.com
