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Covergirl: Mortiche at Berkeley Performance
Motorcycles.
Photo by Ernesto Evangelista, Styling by
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Issue #15 is on the streets now!
Our next edition will be out
Wednesday, March 15th, 2006
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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
AK Subs, Benders Bar & Grill, Brainwash
Cafe, Cafe Flore, Cafe Trieste Northbeach,
Canvas Gallery Cafe, CCSF Student Union,
Cycle Gear, Charlie's Place, Chrome, Delirium
Lounge, The (Club) Deluxe Lounge, Desmoto
Sport, Dudley Perkin's Harley/Buell (3 locations),
Eagle Tavern, Farley's Coffeehouse, Golden Boy Pizza, Golden Gate Cycles, Grant
& Green Saloon, Hanlon's, Hungry-i Nightclub,
Johnson Leather, KC Engineering, The
Kilowatt, Lost & Found Saloon, Max Moto,
Mojito's, MotoJava, Mr. S Leathers, Munroe
Motors, O'Reilly's Irish Pub, Pig & Whistle Pub, Red's Java Hut, BMW
San Francisco, SF Moto Scooter,
Scuderia West, Streetfighters USA, Subterranean
Cycles, Toronado Brewpub, Tosca Cafe,
Werkstatt, Zeitgeist.
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, Concord Yamaha
Fairfield: Fairfield Cycle Center
Fremont: Fremont Cycle & Salvage
Hayward: Cycle Gear, East Bay Motorsports, Hayward
Cycle Salvage
Oakland: Bay Area Cycles, Bob Dron Harley-Davidson,
Godspeed, Hayassa, Rockridge Two Wheel, Royal Cafe, Suzuki of Oakland
San Leandro: Munroe Motors East
Vacaville: Good Times, Moto Exotica
Vallejo: Vallejo Harley-Davidson, 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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If you have not heard, there is a massive
recall of the 1998-2005 (and some 2006) Suzuki cruisers (VL1500
and C90/T Boulevard Models). This encompasses
approx. 38,000 bikes. The recall is for a
suspected fuel leak problem resulting from
stress fractures to the front mounting point
of the fuel tank. For more information [click here]. |
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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 get in touch! |
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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: |
Street Level: Shop Gossip, Race News & Events; Moto found at fault in fatal Bay Bridge crash,
Ducati North America soaring,
Aussie's to
host Land Speed Day, So-Cal Enzo
Ferrari
driver crashes near Malibu racing
a sportbike
A closer look at:
· Adam Le & Golden Gate Cycles
· Subculture Racing
· A Tale of Two Cannibals: HK Charity fight
preparations well underway!
Amy Higgins: Moto Apparel for Women
Bike-nik: Words of Wisdom
Motorcycosis: Make it Yours & Wanker Tax
Messenger Mayhem: Embrace the Iron Maiden!
Fish: Rides & Movies
Blah, blah, blahs... outbursts and letters to UM Staff and much more... |
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Shop Talk  |
Hattar Motorsports
601 E. Francisco Blvd. (at Harbor Street)
San Rafael, CA
(415) 456-3345 
www.hattarmoto.com
A lot of Ducati dealers have reputations
for being snobby and way too full of themselves.
Well, some really cool people have opened
a Ducati, Triumph, Yamaha dealership in Marin.
In just 3 years, Hattar has already become
the #1 ranked Ducati dealer in the U.S. Find
out how, starting on page 10 of our current
issue.
Hey! Why not drop in on the gang at Hattar
and get your own copy of UrbanMoto? |
Local Haps  |
Doc Wong Classes
(Redwood City) Doc Wong offers a variety
of free classes and clinics aimed at making
you a safer, more proficient and healthier
rider. All classes are held at or start at
Doc's office, unless noted otherwise. |
Here is a partial schedule for
the next month:
3/10: Basic Motorcycle Maintenance
Friday night 7:15
pm at I-Bike in RWC.
3/11: CPR & First Aid for Motorcyclists
Saturday, 9am-3pm. |
| The next Doc Wong Riding Clinic "Cornering Confidence - The
Steering Input" will be held Sunday, March 19, 2006 from 8 am to 3 pm. Awesome topic
on how to judge correct entry speeds into
corners! |
| Clinic starts at Doc's Office, (Active Life Medical) 1391 Woodside Road,
Suite #200, Redwood City, CA, followed by a 110 mile ride through the
beautiful Skyline hills! |
 Interested? All classes are FREE, simply
e-mail docwong@aol.com to register. Please note that these clinics are held rain
or shine! Some of the MOST fun
clinics have
been done in the most extreme
weather conditions! |
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Details at www.docwong.com |
ASBN's Annual Live Daytona 200 Gathering |
(San Leandro) Join in the American Sportbike
Night crew for their annual LIVE DAYTONA gathering on Saturday, March 11 at the East
Bay's premier sports bar - Ricky's!
No cover, lots of big screens
and a truly rabid race crowd will ensure
this is the best venue in the Bay Area to
watch Miguel Duhamel challenge the grid for what may be his 6th
Daytona win!
Four hot Buell dealer teams are entered in
this year's Daytona 200. Buell is hoping
to put an American-made motorcycle atop the
Daytona 200 podium for the first time since
Cal Rayborn won on a Harley-Davidson in 1969!
Perhaps as surprising as Buell's
entry in
this year's 200 is the fact that
former MotoGP
star Jeremy McWilliams is slated to ride with the Warr's London
Harley-Davidson / Buell of London team. The
41-year-old Irishman is one of the biggest
international riders to compete at Daytona
for a number of years and interest is high
among American racing fans to watch such
a highly respected rider such as McWilliams
racing against many of the leading AMA superstars.
Buell's other big name rider is former AMA
Supersport and reigning Canadian Pro 600
Sport Bike champion Steve Crevier. He will ride a Deeley Harley-Davidson / Buell
Canada of Vancouver entry. Floridian Mike Ciccotto will race the 200 on a Hal's Harley-Davidson
/ Buell. 2005 BMW Motorrad Power Cup rider
Rico Penzkofer will ride for Buell Hannover of Hannover,
Germany. [Details]
Live AMA racing coverage begins 8am with
Superbike; continues with Thursday's taped
Flat Track event; and concludes with 10:30am
start of the 65th running of the Daytona
200 F/X race. Ricky's full and quite excellent breakfast
menu will be served, with a full array of
lunch items available in time for the main
event!
A post-race "twisties ride" will depart Ricky's at about 1pm - destination
TBD by participants. [Directions]
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Bay Area Ducati Night
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(San Jose) ALL WELCOME! 2nd Monday Monthly! Next meet is March 13th, 6:30 to 10 pm.
Hosted by Ducati North America and Ducati
MH900evoluzione Owners Club, this is a great opportunity to socialize with other
Ducati owners, share stories about the best
roads to ride, discuss various performance
upgrades, mods, etc...
Pizza Antica
334 Santana Row #1065
San Jose, CA 95128-2013
408.557.8373
This event is open to any non-Ducati owners
as well, in the hope that they can convert
you to the power of Desmo!
Come join the Duc gang for some great food
and fun, and bring your Ducati! |
Bay Area Riders Forum
BARF Social Gatherings
March 2006 Calendar |
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Ernie@sfUrbanMoto.com
