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The Bear – Friday, March 18, 2011 Here’s an interesting piece from the internet news service Slate. “Red-light cameras aren’t just municipal moneymakers, according to a new study. They also save lives, reports the Washington […]

The Bear – Thursday, June 25, 2009 Well, it’s been a couple of interesting days. I managed to put in some time with Arlen Ness (read all about it in Cruiser) and Mike Corbin (read […]

The Bear – Wednesday, November 18, 2009 The locals fly the flag – a bit, anyway The Milan Motorcycle show, better known as EICMA, is amazing. I don’t just say that because they fly me […]

The Bear – Wednesday, October 28, 2009 Is everything fair in love and war… well, apprehension of “lawbreakers”? Here’s a letter from Dave Williams. Now he sent this to several magazines, which precludes it from […]

The Bear – Monday, August 15, 2011 The Census, it seems, doesn’t want to know about us Were you annoyed by the exclusion of motorcycles from the Census? You weren’t alone. Here’s a typical letter […]

Terri . – Friday, April 30, 2010 Trailer Trash You know all those mattresses you see strewn along the highways and byways of this great country…well they all fell off the back of someone’s trailer. […]

The Bear – Friday, August 14, 2009 Okay, here’s the deal. We get a lot of stuff either to test, or at launches, or just out of the goodness of the bike industry’s hearts (no, […]

The Bear – Wednesday, February 22, 2012 I have not seen so much meat… Since a grateful reader organised a tour of the Riverstone abattoirs for me. At Fogo de Chao in Minneapolis, feral waiters […]

The Bear – Thursday, December 03, 2009 As if being a motorcyclist isn’t enough I’ll bet you sometimes feel that motorcyclists are considered, shall we say, less than completely worthwhile members of society. Someone says […]

The Bear – Tuesday, September 06, 2011 A report from the Victorian Auditor-General has backed the technology, which brought in about $211 million revenue for the government in 2009-2010 Road safety cameras – speed and […]