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COVER PHOTO: Barbara and Steve McQueen on his 1941 Indian riding down the California coast, circa 1979. All Steve McQueen photos courtesy of Barbara McQueen. Special thanks to her for use of all photos and excerpts.
CONTENT PHOTO (on mouse-over): Next month's cover girl and racer, Irina, with her 2006 Suzuki GSX-R 600. Photographer: Keith Hutter, Hutter Images. Photo Assistant: Mo Roboubiat
Issue #27 is on the streets now.

Our next edition will be out
Friday, December 1st, 2006


Be sure to grab a copy of Urban Moto at your favorite motorcycle dealer, motorcycle specialty store, biker pub or café... if you don't see it, please be sure to ask for it by name!



Look for your FREE copy of Urban Moto at the following locations:

SAN FRANCISCO
AK Subs, Benders Bar & Grill, BMW San Francisco, 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 Rider, Eagle Tavern, Farley's Coffeehouse, Gestalt House, Golden Boy Pizza, Golden Gate Cycles, Grant & Green Saloon, Johnson Leather, KC Engineering, The Kilowatt, Lost & Found Saloon, Max Moto, Mojito's, MotoJava, Mr. S Leathers, Munroe Motors, O'Hanlon Motorcycles, O'Reilly's Irish Pub, Pig & Whistle Pub, Red's Java Hut, Rite Spot, SF Brewing Co., SFMC HQ, SF Moto Scooter, Scuderia West, Stompers, Subterranean Cycles, Toronado Brewpub, Tosca Cafe, Werkstatt, Zeitgeist.


PENINSULA
Daly City: Mission Honda/Kawasaki/Yamaha
Mountain View: California BMW

Redwood City: Cycle Gear, I-Bike, Motostrano, Peninsula Harley-Davidson, Redwood City KTM-Honda
San Bruno: Motorcycle Madness
Woodside: Alice's Restaurant



SOUTH BAY
San Jose: San Jose BMW, Helimot Leatherwerks, Moto Italiano, Road Rider
Santa Clara: Zoom
Santa Cruz: Moto Italiano, "We All Ride" MotoGear

Sunnyvale: Bike World Motorsports, Peninsula Ducati


EAST BAY
Berkeley: Berkeley Performance Motorcycles, Lanesplitter Pub & Pizza
Concord: BRG Racing, Concord Motorsports, Concord Yamaha, Cycle Gear
Fairfield: Fairfield Cycle Center
Fremont: Fremont Cycle & Salvage
Hayward:
Cycle Gear, East Bay Motorsports, Hayward Cycle Salvage
Hercules: California Sport Touring

Martinez: Cycle Gear
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, Moto-A-GoGo

Walnut Creek: Diablo Kawasaki-BMW


NORTH BAY
Corte Madera: Marin Cycle Works
Guerneville: Stumptown Brewery
San Rafael:
Hattar Motorsports, Marin BMW, Moto Meccanica
Santa Rosa: Cycle Gear, Jim & Jim's, Northbay Motorsports


CENTRAL VALLEY
Delta: Cypress Motorbikes
Stockton: Valley Harley-Davidson


SO-CAL
Anaheim: Hahm Motorsports
Coast Mesa: Hahm Motorsports Newport Beach
Los Angeles: Aprilia/Yamaha of LA, Bartels' Harley-Davidson, BMW-Honda-Kawasaki-Suzuki of Hollywood, Hollywood Motorcycles, Pro Italia Motorcycles
San Diego: GP Sports European Motorcycles, House of Motorcycles


NATIONWIDE
FLORIDA
Daytona Beach: BMW Daytona Beach, Bankston's Kawasaki-KTM, Jim Walker's Honda-Suzuki-Yamaha
Miami: Gables Motorsports, Palmetto Motorsports, Peterson's Harley-Davidson

NEW JERSEY
Whippany:
Precision Custom Cycles

NEW YORK
NYC:
BMW Manhattan, Ducati Manhattan, Kawasaki Motorsport, NYC Choppers, NYC Harley-Davidson-Kawasaki Motorsport

TEXAS
San Antonio:
Alamo City Harley Davidson, SOS Motorcycles, Texas Outlaw Motorcycles

WASHINGTON
Seattle: Renton Motorcycles, Seattle Cycle

WISCONSIN
Edgerton: The Bargain Bar Cycle
Janesville: Foxy's, Kutter Harley-Davidson
Madison: Bob Barr Kawasaki
Milwaukee: Milwaukee Iron Works



INTERNATIONAL
CANADA
Vancouver, BC:
North Vancouver Yamaha

ENGLAND
Douglas:
Padgett's Motorcycles
London:
Ace Cafe

RUSSIA
Moscow:
Harley-Davidson Moscow



More locations coming soon!

  
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!
Whatever kind of riding
you're into... we're on it!






IN THIS ISSUE:

STREET LEVEL:
SAN FRANCISCO
NEW YORK CITY
MIAMI
LONDON
     

MOTO GP NEWS / VALENCIA

MOTORCYCLIST OF THE MONTH:
James Cornell

SHOP TALK: MOTO ITALIANO

FRANK:
A Cartoon by Knuckles

STEVE McQUEEN, THE LAST MILE
Book Review by Jill Rothenberg

McQUEEN IS STILL THE MAN
by Jill Rothenberg

WHY IS STEVE McQUEEN SO COOL?
UM Asks Local Industry Movers & Shakers

DEFENSIVE RIDING
Doug Rapport, Criminal Defense Attorney

MOTOR PSYCHE
Dr. Dean Freedlander

SAN FRANCISCO 49-MILE RIDE PICS

MOTORCYCOSIS
Ernesto Evangelista

WADE BOYD SUBCULTURE RACING

THE WRIGHT STUFF:
CRYSTAL-GLO ACRYLIC POLISH
Product Review by Larry Wright

LEARNING TO DANCE
Alx Torres

LOVE LETTER TO CARS
Dene Shelton

BIKE-NIK by DAN SARF
"Grand National Bike Show"

CLUB CORNER
Eric Schiller

I QUIT TORREY NOMMESEN

THE SQUID
Ernesto Evangelista

ANOTHER GREAT JIMMYS PICNIC

THE ART OF THE CHOPPER II
Book Review by Ernesto Evangelista

SCOOTER CHICK
Malia Chang-Walker

THE CONFESSION
New Kid Jake Moritz

LETTERS, EVENTS, ETC.





Events


November 6 (Monday)
American Sport Bike Night
Meets first Monday of every month, 6pm at Straw Hat Pizza in San Leandro at 14680 Washington Ave, 510-483-8250


November 29 (Wednesday)
SF Northstars M/C
Meets last Wednesday of every month at 7:30 pm at SF Brewing Company
155 Columbus Ave, SF 415-434-3344 [CLUB SITE]


Bay Area Riders Forum
BARFSocial Gatherings:
Novemer 2006
Calendar





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