Daily news about motorcycleshttp://news.motorbiker.org/blogs.nsf/en-usTue, 21 May 2013 18:00:00 +0200 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 08:00:00 +0200

#Che #Venezuela - And here I was thinking that the famous, or notorious, Che Guevara was dead. But no, he lives, and he wasn't spotted in Las Vegas in the supermarket with Elvis and Marilyn, but riding his motorcycle in Venezuela supporting Chavez's mini-Me.

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#France #Taxevaders - France is going through some strange voyeurism show lately, and it has nothing to do with s.e.x. After the latest tax evasion scandal, though this time it was one of the finance ministers responsible for stopping tax evaders, the current socialist government is caught like a deer in the headlights of your motorcycle; scared silly and doing things you'd expect better from a 5 year old.

To fight the illusion that politicians are not corrupt, the President of France has told all his ministers to publish on Monday what their current financial status are, including real estate, bank accounts and vehicles. It's not going to solve any perception problems, since a corrupt and tax evading politician will just not declare the off shore accounts, the same way they don't declare them in their tax forms. So a stupid and wasted political action.

But 1 interesting thing did come out of it. Now you can see who actually has a motorcycle. And there are 1 and 1/2 ministers who actually have a motorcycle:..........

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#Russia #Putin #Biker - Vladimir Putin, President Prime Minister President of Russia loves a macho challenge. The more macho he can seem on TV, the better he feels about himself. Apart from flying fighter jets, riding in tanks, doing martial arts, he loves going on a motorcycle and ripping up the streets of Moscow with his posse (see related below), the Night Wolves.

The Night Wolves are a motorcycle club, not exactly a 1%er but neither are they a Blue Knights. And it's his belonging to this motorcycle gang that got him blacklisted...........

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#Depardieu #Dui #Stolen - French actor Gerard Depardieu has been in the news a lot lately, probably too much even. Being an A-list actor does mean that whatever you do will make it to the news, but in his case most often the headlines are negative.

The most recent negative headlines have been when the actor exiled himself to Belgium after the French socialist government announced they were planning to impose a 75% tax on annual revenues exceeding €1 million. While he exiled himself, Vladimir Putin, president of Russia, invited him to live in Russia, and promised him respect. So now Depardieu is the goodwill ambassador for Russia, exalting Russia as a model of democracy. Honest, you can't make this up, he really said it.

But back to two wheels. Depardieu for all his faults, has a love for PTW. He even is part owner for a Yamaha motorcycle shop, and prefers riding a motorcycle or scooter over a car. He is also owner of a vineyard, and he often combines both passions, something not recommendable. Last year on November 29, Depardieu crashed his scooter while being totally drunk (not the first time). He was checked by the police and found to have 1.8g/liter alcohol in his blood (the maximum authorized is 0.5, so more than 3 times the limit).

Earlier this week, Depardieu reported to the police that his scooter, in fact the same scooter he crashed while DUI, was stolen...........

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One of world's oldest motorcycle manufacturers, UK's Matchless (remember Marlon Brando on one in The Wild One), is coming out with their own line of clothing, and they found a very pretty ambassador for their clothing; famous model Kate Moss.

They're putting together their publicity campaign, using famous photographer Terry Richardson to make photos of the two beauties...........

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Remember the video we posted about the 17 Taiwanese senior citizens (age 80+) who did a trip around the island on their motorcycles? A very inspiring video, and I can only hope to be able to do this when, and if, I reach that age.

I wasn't the only one inspired. Peter Starr, motorcycle documentaries producer and editor at Motorcyclist Magazine, wanted to get involved and he roped in Dean Torrence, the other half of the famous rock & roll duo Jan & Dean (hits like Surf City, Deadman's Curve, The Little Old Lady from Pasadena, etc), and both, with 19 other foreign bikers are going for a similar ride around the island...........

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Is the new US Secretary of State, John Kerry, just naturally interested in motorcycles, being a biker, or does it look good in photos. He's got no points to win with the French voters, so maybe he's just interested in French motorcycle police and their bikes.

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It looks like Tom Cruise is going to be riding a motorcycle again in his next movie, a sci-fi called "All You Need Is Kill". There's a video below of the set, and you can clearly see Cruise cruising (sorry, couldn't resist the pun) a motorcycle in London, UK.

Again the American actor is riding a Triumph motorcycle, which is starting to look like his fetish bike. The movie itself is scheduled to be released a year from now. Have a look at the set video below...........

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Back on April 5th, 2012, Jim Marshall, aka the "Father of Loud", passed away. Jim was the maker of the famous Marshall amplifiers for guitars, used by most famous (and also by many unknown) musicians the world over.

Harley-Davidson's ad agency was quick of the mark, since they ran these ads the same day, asking the world to make noise (preferably with Harley motorcycles) to honor the man.

A fitting tribute to a man who made music hearable from far.

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No, we're not talking about his SWMBO, but a Harley-Davidson motorcycle. During a charity drive he met up with Royal British Legion Riders and sat on a motorcycle...........

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