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January 2016 APRILIA’S CAPONORD 1200 RALLY Adventure Capo-bilities Max Klein’s Try-fecta • FJ-09 Project Update • Dron Buell Concept Bike Our Favorite Things • Ride Friday Give Back • Any Two Wheels Show • Intertia LEDs Helimot B11 Gloves • Nexx X.D1 Voyager Helmet News, Clues & Rumors Volume XXXIII, Issue 1 Publication Date: December 14, 2015 If You’re Not Part Of The LED lights everywhere, slipper clutch, blah Maybe one of these wealthy tech kids On The Cover: Solution… blah blah… six speeds, son! that’s so enamored with the authenticity of Max Klein hustles the Capo through a misty motorcycling culture will use some of their mountain morning. We told you so, and we hope other Photo: Bob Stokstad We talk all the time about how stock earnings to reopen it. Giving back, manufacturers start taking our advice motorcyclists need to be more involved public good, and all that. Contents: in shaping our destiny. To be clear, we seriously, too. NCR............................ 3 mean that in a positive way, not shaping Multistradas Recalled Due To Pitstops ........................ 4 Speaking Of Things You Need… Uneasy Rider . 6 our destiny by pissing off every motorist Narcolepsy on the road with stupid-loud pipes, shitty A Lightsaber? New Stuff ....................... 7 Ducati North America is recalling Events......................... 10 splitting, and generally bad riding coupled From desk of the “Seriously? Fucking certain 2015-16 Multistradas because Dronald McDonald . 11 with daily body bags. marketers…” department, we have news Screw You, Yoda................. 12 the kickstand might break, due to “an in that Ural, purveyors of keeping it real retro- Faves Time..................... 14 Along with bitching about poor attendance correct length sidestand support tube.” WRENCH ON YOUR themed sidecar rigs, is currently taking Capo-talism .................... 16 at the CMSP Advisory Committee We’re guessing certain Multistradas means Project Oh Nine ................. 19 reservations for their Dark Force limited meetings, we’ve also pointed out how the ones with kickstands. In other words, Devine ........................ 20 edition model, which includes blacked-out the nearly 100% MC / cruiser / biker all of them—although to be fair, Ducati OWN RIDE? Doc Frazier..................... 21 paint, blacked-out engine and exhaust, demographics of previous Unification NA hasn’t confirmed or denied this, Maynard ....................... 22 LED lighting, and… a fucking lightsaber? Hertfelder...................... 23 Rally have left the rest of us out of that because we didn’t ask them. Classifieds ..................... 24 conversation, at least from a public Incidentally, it seems that The Walt Disney Locals Only..................... 25 Apparently, there’s an increased risk FINISH THE JOB: perspective. So we’re asking you to ride Company and Lucasfilm would like us to Stankflapper.................... 26 of injury due to the potentially sudden Last Page Photo ................. 27 with us to the 2016 Unification Rally in put a registered trademark symbol after th naptime of these ‘Stradas. Maybe if you’re A Few Of Our Least Favorite Things.. 29 Sacramento on January 9 . every instance of the word lightsaber, since laying down next to the motorcycle, which Recycle oil and filters! Find us online at: they own the trademark to this imaginary It doesn’t matter if you agree on the issues, we know Ducati owners never do— . We’ll bet you can guess what we CityBike.com or even think the issues are real, it matters thing they’re always inside the coffee shop, tiny think of that, and in case you can’t, we’ll /CityBikeMag that you—we—we show up. Make no espresso cup in hand, pinky oh-so-properly tell you. It’s stupid, just like including a /CityBikeMag mistake, future legislative sessions will extended, talking Termignoni. FREE concern us as riders, and while it’s good lightsaber with a motorcycle. Pick up Yeah, we’re stereotyping, and yeah, /CityBikeMag fun to sit back and scoff what unification?, Seriously, folks, the first person who can narcolepsy is no laughing matter. we actually have the solution to this lack of give us the contact info for some wannabe oil recycling gear CityBike Staff: Admittedly, we could have gone a PO Box 18738 diversity problem. Get off the couch, out of “Big Bang Theory” cast member that buys different direction with this, for example: Oakland CA 94619 the Starbucks, out of your shell, and ride to one of these gets a CityBike shirt. We’d and information at Multistrada owners can’t keep it up. It Phone: 415.282.2790 Sacramento with us. love to witness the power of their fully Editorial: [email protected] being their motorcycle, in case that wasn’t operational Ural, and ask them what their our Riders Recycle Advertising / Business: [email protected] We’ll leave from Middle Harbor Shoreline clear. Editor in Chief & Jackass of All Trades: Surj Gish Park at 9 AM sharp the morning of major malfunction is. th If Ducati would just include a goddamn booth at the: Master of Puppets & Layout: Angelica Rubalcaba January 9 . Stay tuned to our Facebook “LOL! Only five speeds?” centerstand on these things, we’d Senior Editor: Robert Stokstad page for more details: facebook.com/ CityBikeMag. have no problems. At least with the EASYRIDERS Contributing Editors: John Joss, Will Guyan, bike spontaneously falling over. Courtney Olive Sean McGinnis Trial Update BIKE SHOW Chief of the World Adventure Affairs Desk: We didn’t have a picture of a Dr. Gregory Frazier There is still no hearing scheduled Multistrada on its side to add to Sacramento Convention Center Staff Photographers: Robert Stokstad, for Sean McGinnis, the motorcyclist this article, because surprisingly, we Angelica Rubalcaba who collided with two pedestrians, haven’t crashed one of those. Give us Illustrations: Mr. Jensen killing one, in San Francisco on July time… and a Multi. JANUARY 17-18 Operations: Gwynne Fitzsimmons 1. McGinnis remains out of custody, Road Scholars: receiving medical treatment, and the Try Something New At J. Brandon, Sam Devine, Jeff Ebner, An DeYoung, Max Klein defense is interviewing eye witnesses. Dubbelju Contributors: “There’s still an ongoing investigation It’s winter, and maybe you’re bored Dan Baizer, Craig Bessenger, with your current stable, maybe you’re Blaise Descollonges, Dirck Edge, Julian Farnam, trying to figure out what actually Alonzo Fumar, Will Guyan, Brian Halton, happened,” says Scott Grant, shopping for a new bike. Or maybe your David Hough, Maynard Hershon, Ed Hertfelder, McGinnis’s lawyer. “The police brother-in-law is visiting and wants to go Otto Hofmann, Jon Jensen, Bill Klein, report had suspected that he was riding, but there’s no way you’re putting David Lander, Lucien Lewis, Larry Orlick, him on your bike. Jason Potts, Bob Pushwa, Gary Rather, under the influence and that just Curt Relick, Charlie Rauseo, Mike Solis, wasn’t the case. He’s not charged Either way, you should know that Ivan Thelin, James Thurber. with any DUI related anything.” Dubbelju is offering 15% off their regular Alumni (RIP): We’ll keep you updated as the case rental rates through March. You could John D’India, Joe Glydon, Gary Jaehne, Photo: Angelica Rubalcaba Adam Wade continues. even rent a Multi from them and see if you Back Issues: $5, limited availability can catch it in the act of falling over! Archived Articles: We can find stories and send you scanned images for $5/page. No, we will not mail you our last copy for free just because your - Sam Devine buddy Dave was on the cover. Please know the name of the story and the year of publication...at least! If you say something like, “it was about this Stewarts Point Store Has cool bike I used to see at Alice’s and I think it was in CityBike in 1988... 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