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Monday, March 15th, 2010 |
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Posted 18:00:00 50 Motorcycle Bumper Stickers
Filed under Funny Entertainment
Author: Mike Werner | Location: Normandy, France
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At one stage or another, we've all seen car bumper stickers. They are available all over the world, and can be educational, provocative or outright funny. Any race, religion, sport, hobby, gender or political affiliation can be covered by a bumper sticker.
Here are some interesting motorcycle-related bumper stickers I've found on the internet. Either for your car (to let people know you're really a motorcycle rider), or for your motorcycle (but then is it a bumper sticker??).
Many of the bumper stickers are meant for cars, to caution cagers about being careful around motorcycles. I mean, if you're going to drive a car, why not use some of the real estate of your car to warn other drivers to watch out of motorcycle?
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Posted 08:00:00 France: The Massive Motorcycle Protest Of This Weekend
Filed under France News
Author: Mike Werner | Location: Travelling
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French motorcycle riders had their day in the news this weekend. Organized by the FFMCFederation Francaise des Motards en Colere - Angry French Biker Association, an association of bikers fighting for the rights of motorcycle riders, a call went out to all bikers to ride in protest parades in some 40 cities throughout France. The main protest reasons are that the government is planning to make illegal to split lanes (currently it's tolerated), but also for better and safer road infrastructure for motorcycles, reduced taxes on security accessories (like helmets), etc.
Many cities within striking distance of Paris had a local assembly point, followed by a ride-out to Paris, where they joined the main protest.
 Organized entry into the ring road. © Y.Picard/Motomag.com |
Despite the miserable weather, 10,000 bikers went on the Parisian protest ride, first to the Parisian ring-road (the famous and notorious Peripherique). There, all incoming traffic was stopped by the police to let all the bikers in.
 1 motorcycle = 1 car spot. © N.Gumel/Motomag.com |
The bikers were told to ride 100% legally, in other words, everyone stays in their own lane, respecting the security distance between vehicles.
 10,000 Bikers on the Parisian ring-road © AFP Joel Saget |
This of course meant that the all traffic suddenly was slowed down on one of Paris main arteries, since having 10,000 bikers on a ring-road, riding like cars, meant that traffic was saturated.
This exercise was to point out to the government that if motorcycles are not allowed to split lanes legally, traffic will come to a standstill in any city in France.
Afterwards, a large number of bikes went and blocked a metro station, since public transport is not a viable solution to the congested traffic problems.
The other cities in France were not spared the wrath of the French bikers:
- Lille 3,000,
- Bordeaux 2,000,
- Nantes 1,000,
- Orleans 550,
- Royan 1,000,
- Toulouse 1,200,
- Clermont-Ferrand 1,500
and many more cities, 40 in total.
Despite what you may think, car drivers support our movement. They know it's in their own interest, and during the protest, many cars applauded the protest!
Now let's hope that all this was not in vain, and that the government finally starts listening. But somehow, I doubt it...
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Friday, March 12th, 2010 |
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Thursday, March 11th, 2010 |
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Posted 17:00:00 Movie Review: Stone Cold
Filed under Movie Review Product Review
Author: Mike Werner | Location: Normandy, France
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Score:
Plot: 4
Acting: 4
Visual: 4
Sound: 4
Nudity: Some
Gore: None |
This is quite a good movie, starring Brian Bosworth  (the 1990's football player). Though it's a same-old, same-old story-line, it's well done, and even builds up some suspense. Some real stereotyping going on; the 1%-er biker gang, the Brotherhood, is totally psycho, cops are straight shooters, except the main character, who is a rebel & a maverick.
Check out the "interesting" drink concoction that Brian Bosworth prepares at the start of the movie... yuck.. There's a good motorcycle-on-motorcycle chase scene followed by quite an unrealistic crash. Apart from some funny moments, it has some surprising good ones, like when the trailer-rig gets shot off a truck.... nice touch.
Plot: Joe Huff is a cop who is angry at the system for handling criminals with kid gloves. Joe is on suspension, but the FBI gives him an opportunity to go undercover in Mississippi and infiltrate "The Brotherhood," a white supremacist biker gang that runs drugs. In the Brotherhood, each member legally changes his name to his Brotherhood nickname. The Brotherhood is led by a violent psychopath named Chains Cooper. Joe -- rechristened "John Stone" -- accepts the job, even though he's not happy about it. His FBI contact, Lance, doesn't really look at home in biker bars. And the members of the Brotherhood, especially Chains, have their doubts about Joe, who wants a piece of their action. Joe has to kill a man as his initiation. With the FBI's help, he carefully fakes a murder and is accepted by everyone except for Chains's right hand man Ice, who still thinks Joe's an undercover cop. Joe befriends Chains's girlfriend Nancy, and when Joe learns that Nancy is not happy being with Chains, Joe offers to help her escape. Ice finds Joe meeting with Lance, and tries to warn Chains, but Ice is killed in a fiery motorcycle crash before he can get to Chains. Nancy is later killed by Chains, and the man Joe is supposed to have murdered turns up alive, blowing Joe's cover. Chains and his gang later take the Mississippi supreme court hostage in an effort to stop one of their men, Trouble Owens, from being sentenced to be executed for killing a priest, and it's up to Joe to end the situation.
Side Note: The motorcycle used by Brian Bosworth was made by himself for his own pleasure, and used in the movie.
Quotes: "His reminds me of my father's last words: "Don't son, that gun is loaded!" "Imagine the future, Chains, 'cause you're not in it." "It's better to be first in Hell than last in Heaven!"
Verdict: Very watchable.
Click here for many more photos and info at Motorbiker.org
Click here to see Stone Cold's entry in the IMDB .
Stone Cold Trailer (1 minute 23 seconds)
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