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COVER PHOTO: Father Edward "Fast Eddie" Holden shocked and dismayed at the blasphemy of devilish Natasha with the wicked '07 Ducati 1098 from Hattar Motorsports in the shrine-like O'Reilly's Holy Grail on Polk Street. Cover and Centerfold Photos by Keith Hutter.
CONTENT PHOTO (on mouse over): Father "Fast Eddie" Holden, the convert, on the streets of San Francisco.



Issue #33 is on the streets now! Check out our cool new magazine format!



Our next edition will be available Monday, June 10th, 2007

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
The Ace Cafe SF, 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, Dave's Bar, 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.


SF PENINSULA
Daly City: Mission Motorcycles
Mountain View: California BMW

Redwood City: Cycle Gear, Motostrano, Peninsula Harley-Davidson, RWC Motorcycles
San Bruno: Motorcycle Madness
San Mateo: Vespa of San Mateo
Woodside: Alice's Restaurant



SF SOUTH BAY & SOUTH COAST
Gilroy: Gilroy Motorsports
Hollister:
Hollister Motorsports
San Jose:
San Jose BMW, Helimot Leatherwerks, Moto Italiano, Road Rider
Santa Clara: Santa Clara Cycles, Grand Prix Kawasaki, Zoom
Santa Cruz: All-American Motorsports, Moto Italiano, "We All Ride" MotoGear
Seaside: Monterey Peninsula Motorsports

Sunnyvale: Bike World Motorsports, Peninsula Ducati, Santa Clara Cycle Accessories


SF 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, Fremont Honda-Kawasaki
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: Moto Exotica, Vacaville Motorsports
Vallejo: Vallejo Harley-Davidson, Kawasaki-Suzuki Powersports, Mach 1 Motorsports, Moto-A-GoGo

Walnut Creek: Diablo Kawasaki-BMW


SF NORTH BAY
Corte Madera: Marin Cycle Works
Eureka: Eureka Motorsports

Guerneville: Stumptown Brewery
Healdsburg: Healdsberg Motorcycles
San Rafael: Hattar Motorsports, Marin BMW
Santa Rosa: Cycle Gear, Jim & Jim's, Moto Meccanica, Northbay Motorsports
Sebastapol: The Grateful Bagel
Ukiah: Lost Coast Motorcycles


CALI CENTRAL VALLEY & INLAND
Auburn: Go Moto
Fresno: Fresno Motorsports
Delta: Cypress Motorbikes
Sacramento: A&S BMW, Good Times Kawasaki, Roseville Cycles, Streets of London Pub
Sonora: Gold Rush Motors
Stockton: Valley Harley-Davidson


SO-CAL
Anaheim: Hahm Motorsports
Brea: Southern California Triumph
Coast Mesa: Hahm Motorsports Newport
Escondido: Moto Forza
Irvine: Spectrum Motorsports
Lomita: South Bay Triumph
Los Angeles: Aprilia/Yamaha of LA, Bartels' Harley-Davidson, Garage Company, BMW-Honda-Kawasaki-Suzuki of Hollywood, Hollywood Motorcycles, LA Triumph, Malcom Smith Motorsports, Pro Italia Motorcycles
Marina del Rey: LA Aprilia
San Diego:
GP Sports European Motorcycles, House of Motorcycles
Santa Anna: Orange County Triumph
Santa Barbara: Kawasaki of Santa Barbara
San Luis: San Luis Kawasaki, San Luis Powersports
Simi Valley: Simi Valley Cycles


NATIONWIDE USA
FLORIDA
Daytona Beach: BMW Daytona Beach, Bankston's Kawasaki-KTM, Jim Walker's Honda-Suzuki-Yamaha (AKA: Cycle World Daytona)
Miami: All European Motorsports, BMW Motorcycles, Ducati Miami, Gables Motorsports, Motorsports of Miami, Palmetto Motorsports, Peterson's Harley-Davidson of Miami

NEW JERSEY
Ramsey:
Ramsey Motorsports
Whippany:
Precision Custom Cycles

NEW YORK
Brooklyn:
Indian Legacy, King Cycles
Haverstraw:
Haverstraw Motorsports
Howard Beach: Crossbay Suzuki
NYC:
BMW Manhattan, Camrod Corp., Ducati Manhattan, Harley-Davidson NYC, Kawasaki Motorsport Manhattan, NYC Choppers, NY Yamaha, Orange County Choppers (OCC)
Queens Village: NY Motorcycle

PENNSYLVANIA
Willow Grove:
Fast by Farracci

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

VIRGINIA
Catlett:
Whitt's Suzuki
Newport News: Casey Cycle City

WEST VIRGINIA
Parkersburg:
Turning Point Motorsports

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
Montreal: Alex Berthiaume & Fils, Moto Internationale
Vancouver, BC: North Vancouver Yamaha

PUERTO RICO:
San Juan:
Bella Retail Group

UNITED KINGDOM
London, England:
The Ace Cafe London
Douglas, Isle of Man: Padgett's Motorcycles

RUSSIA
Moscow:
Harley-Davidson Moscow


More locations coming soon!




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Moto-Related News Leads
Moto-Product Reviews
Distribution & Subscriptions

Columnists & Contributing Writers:
Kim Airs (SO-CAL)
Wade Boyd
Ernesto Evangelista
Marco Kornfield (Miami)
Dr. Dean Freelander
Knuckles
Erik Mathy
Shannon Murphy, Correspondent
Joonil "JP" Park (NYC)
Doug Rappaport, Esquire
Karen Richardson (NYC)
Mo Roboubiat
Jill Rothenberg
Dan Rubenstein
Eric Schiller
Dene Shelton
Alx Torres-Mori
Linda Wilsmore (London)
Rick Wilson, Guest Writer
Larry Wright, Product Reviews
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IN THIS ISSUE:

STREET LEVEL REPORTS:
SAN FRANCISCO
LOS ANGELES
MID-WEST
NEW YORK CITY
MIAMI
LONDON
     


Triumph NYC Grand Opening by Joonil Park

Trials Report from Canada by Rick Wilson

Wade Boyd's Subculture Racing
'07 TT Fiasco


UM Interviews
Ducati's Michael Lock
by Melissa Petti


Ride with the Rockers
by Linda Wilsmore of the Ace Cafe, London

CBR600RR Road Test
by Mo Roboubiat


Urban Moto Centerfold Pin-up Girl Natasha.. just too hot!

Ton Up Club Spotted on the Town by Rick Wilson

NorCal Easter Ride by Suzanna Boogay

FEATURE: Legend of the Motorcycle International Concours d'Elegance

Femme Biker by Dene Shelton

Motorcycosis by Ernesto Evangelista

Club Corner with Eric Schiller, featuring The Pasadena MC

The Blue Meanies Easter Ride by Rich Henry

Scuderia West Open House

Dakar Slideshow by Glen Coddington


UM Music Scene:
The Morning Riot's Last Stunt


Motor Psyche: "Making Sense of the Virginia Tech Tragedy" by Dr. Dean Freedlander, Psychiatrist


Moto Bites: Old Krakow
by Nansee Parker


Civilian Motorcycle Training Course by Heidi Lypps

1st Annual "Scooter Rosa" Rally by Karryll Nason

EOMB Goes Big Time by Glen Coddington

Letters to UM and more...




Upcoming Events

May 3 (Thursday)
Monthly BARF Meet at Pinky's Pizza Parlor
Moto racing on the big screen, great pizza and more! Starts at 6 pm at 1379 South California Blvd, Walnut Creek. Take the Olympic Blvd. exit east off Hwy. 680 and go south on S. California. [WEBSITE]

May 3-4 (Thursday-Friday)
Ride with the Rockers
Glendale to Half Moon Bay Ride. Party in San Luis Obispo on Thursday Night!


May 5-6 (Saturday-Sunday)
Road Rider Open House

Special bargains, reps and free BBQ! From 9-5, Sunday from 10-3 at 2897 Monterey Blvd. San Jose. Call 408-227-6936 for more info.

May 5 (Saturday)
Legend of the Motorcycle

International Concours d'Elegance from 10am-4pm at The Ritz-Carlton in Half Moon Bay [DETAILS]

May 5 (Saturday)
Steve McQueen Book Signing
at the San Francisco Art Exchange from 7:30pm. 458 Geary, SF

May 6 (Sunday)
Art in the Alley
30 Artists (including UM's Torrey Nommesen) from Noon to 6pm. Jack Kerouac Alley in North Beach, SF

May 7 (Monday)
American Sport Bike Night
Meets first Monday every month.
6 pm @ Straw Hat Pizza, 14680 Washington Ave., San Leandro

May 12 (Saturday)
SF Mod vs Rockers Rumbles
Does anyone have a link for details on this event? [Let me know]

May 12 (Saturday)
4th Annual Curve Unit BBQ Fundraiser
at Grant County Park's "Rose Garden" in San Jose from Noon to 4 pm. Vendor Row, BBQ, hawt chicks and more! Everyone Welcome! [INFO]

May 18-20 (Friday-Sunday)
AMA Superbike Showdown
at Infineon Raceway! Check [HERE] for race details and ticket availability.


May 18-20 (Friday-Sunday)
MC Madness
Santa Maria Fairgrounds
horsepowerpromotions.com

May 19 (Saturday)
8th Annual SF Oyster & Beer Fest - Largest one-day Celtic Festival on the West Coast! Noon-7pm in the Great Meadow at Fort Mason, SF. Hosted by O'Reilly's Pub. Tix $15 advance, $19 gate, $50 VIP. www.sfoysterfest.com

May 19 (Saturday)
Dudley Perkins Founder's Day Party
10am-4pm at their new 333 Corey Way store in South SF. Details at www.dpchd.com

May 26-28 (Friday-Sunday)
West Coast MC Festival & Rally
Monterey County Fairgrounds. All active-duty and active reserve Armed Forces Personnel in Uniform get in FREE!

May 27 (Sunday)
Rene's Ride
Gilroy to Monterey Fairgrounds
9am Meets at Burger King on Leavesley Rd at Hwy 101 in Gilroy.

May 30 (Wednesday)
Santa Clara Cycle's Sport Bike Night Meets last Wed every month at 6:30pm, 425 N. Mathilda Ave., Sunnyvale Details: 408-730-0600


May 30 (Wednesday)
SF Northstar M/C
Meets last Wednesday of every month 7:30pm @  SF Brewing Company 155 Columbus Ave., SF Northbeach.

Bay Area Riders Forum
BARFSocial Gatherings:
May 2007
Calendar


June 2-3 (Saturday-Sunday)
2nd Annual Motorcycle Expo

11-9 Sat, 11-6 Sun. Gold County Fairgrounds, Auburn, CA. All riders & bikes welcome!

June 3 (Sunday)
Independent Short Films Night
at 8pm, Tosca Cafe, 242 Columbus, SF Northbeach.

June 3-9 (Sunday-Saturday)
AIDS/LifeCycle 6 Ride SF to LA Ride for AIDS

June 4 (Monday)
American Sport Bike Night
Meets first Monday every month.
6 pm @ Straw Hat Pizza, 14680 Washington Ave., San Leandro

June 7 (Thursday)
Monthly BARF Meet at Pinky's Pizza Parlor Moto racing on the big screen, great pizza and more! Starts at 6 pm at 1379 South California Blvd, Walnut Creek. Take the Olympic Blvd. exit east off Hwy. 680 and go south on S. California. [WEBSITE]


June 24 (Sunday)
SF LGBT Pride Parade (Annual SF Gay Freedom Day Parade)
Register in advance to ride with Dykes on Bikes [DETAILS]

June 24 (Sunday)
RIDE 4 KIDS - Annual Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation Ride
Meets at Pleasanton Middle School at 5001 Case St., Pleasanton, CA www.rideforkids.com

June 27 (Wednesday)
SF Northstar M/C
Meets last Wednesday of every month 7:30pm @ SF Brewing Company 155 Columbus Ave., SF Northbeach.

June 30 (Saturday)
Bob Dron H-D Open House and 3rd Annual Oakland Police Department Police Motorcycle Training & Skills Competition. All Agencies and all bikes welcome. Performance of the renowned OPD Motorcycle Drill Team, police riding skills competition. charity bikini bike wash, vendors, no-host BBQ. 151 Hegenberger Rd., Oakland.


Regular Women's Rides & Events

Curve Unit

All-Women's Ride every 2nd Sunday

Sisters of Scota
Various Events Each Month

RealDivasRide.com
Extensive Calendar of Benefit Rides



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