March 2017 24/7 HOTLINE 800.707.0707 BMW Motorcycles of San Francisco BMW Motorcycles of Walnut Creek 790 Bryant St 1255 Parkside Drive San Francisco, CA 94107-1025 Walnut Creek, CA 94596 415-503-9988 925-938-8373 www.bmwmotorcycle.com www.bmwmcwalnutcreek.com March 2017 | 2 | CityBike.com News, Clues & Rumors Volume XXXIV, Issue 3 Publication Date: February 20, 2017 On The Cover: The Arizona Twin. Photo: Max Klein Contents: NCR............................ 3 Shop Rag ....................... 5 Pit Stops........................ 6 Uneasy Rider . 7 New Stuff ....................... 8 Events......................... 11 Twins ......................... 12 AFM Round 1 Program............ 16 Baja Not-so-Fresh ............... 18 Fi5, Trois....................... 21 Photo: Surj Gish “2017 Outstanding Road Rider” Why, God, Why? Part 2 ........... 22 Maynard ....................... 24 really all you folks who deserve the kudos As noted in our calendar (page 11, yo!) we Hertfelder...................... 25 Budman: AMA’s Outstanding Doc Frazier..................... 26 Road Rider Of 2017 for allowing us to be an influence on our still don’t know the location, but we know Devine ........................ 27 motorcycle lifestyle." that the meeting will (probably) be in Classifieds ..................... 28 This is getting to be a little ridiculous. Sacramento, from 6 to 8 PM. We also know Locals Only..................... 29 His unofficial response? Hopefully a Dennis “Budman” Kobza, previously that we’ll be looking to roll up on The Sac Tanks For The Slaps .............. 30 well-deserved ride. Like many of the dubbed the “moto-rights Wizard of with as many riders as we can, to continue Last Page Photo ................. 31 tireless folks sacrificing hours and days and Spy Photos: 50 New H-D Models ....... 33 Oz” in these pages (“Who Cares About the show of interest and engagement we weeks working on this stuff on behalf of Motorcyclist Rights? Dennis “Budman” began at the last meeting. So tell your boss motorcyclists, Budman is time-starved for Find us online at: Kobza” – April 2016) is getting even more you’re out the afternoon of April 12th, and CityBike.com time to actually ride. He does ride a Ducati, love from the American Motorcyclist stay tuned here or at our Facebook page /CityBikeMag but it’s a white one, so maybe that cancels Association, after making a smiling (facebook.com/CityBikeMag) for details it out? /CityBikeMag appearance on the cover of American as we figure out a meeting time and place. Motorcyclist Magazine (the AMA’s /CityBikeMag Congratulations, Budman, from the entire member rag) back in November 2015. CityBike crew. EBR Calls It Quits… Again Contact CityBike: We’re not complaining—there’s no one In a not-unexpected but certainly PO Box 18738 more deserving, but goddamn, we’re New California Lane Splitting unfortunate case of “damn, that dude Oakland CA 94619 running out of good pictures of The Guidelines Coming… Soon-ish? just can’t get a break,” Eric Buell Racing Phone: 415.282.2790 Budman. Editorial: [email protected] Speaking of the Budman and lane splitting, announced in January that it was shutting Advertising / Business: [email protected] The AMA gave The Budman its 2017 down again. word on the street, or rather emails and Outstanding Road Rider Award, an texts, is that there’s a conference call CityBike Staff: annual award that recognizes those who When EBR first shut down and then was Editor in Chief & Jackass of All Trades: Surj Gish planned soon to kick off the discussions for have contributed to the promotion of the purchased by Liquid Asset Partners and Master of Puppets & Layout: Angelica Rubalcaba V2 of California’s lane splitting guidelines. motorcycle lifestyle and the protection of production restarted, we had perhaps- Senior Editor: Robert Stokstad In the last CMSP Advisory Committee misguided hopes EBR would make it on-highway motorcycling, and presumably meeting, an audience member proposed Chief of the World Adventure Affairs Desk: includes a year’s worth of extra-special happen this time. Although EBR is still Dr. Gregory Frazier “just using the old guidelines,” an idea roadside service from the AMA to say looking at other options, it’s probably Staff Photographers: Robert Stokstad, that was literally frowned upon by CHP thanks. time to give up and move on: production Angelica Rubalcaba, Max Klein Assistant Chief Chris Costigan. Besides, equipment is slated to be sold off starting Artwork: Mr. Jensen, Sam Devine The reasons for the award include Berkeley / SafeTREC’s research suggests in March. Operations: Gwynne Fitzsimmons Budman’s “pivotal role in grassroots that higher speeds are acceptable, up to Road Scholars: advocacy in California.” We’ve listed this 50 MPH at a 15 MPH delta, so ideally the We’re frankly tired of analyzing and Sam Devine, An DeYoung, Jeff Ebner, Fish, guidelines will reflect that and we won’t looking for grains of hope in latest chapters Max Klein stuff out before, but here it is again in case one of our readers is still somehow head- have just been dicking around for a couple of the EBR story. What else is there to say? Contributors: Other than maybe, well, shit. Michele Appel, Dan Baizer, Craig Bessenger, J. scratching, like “Bud… who?” Budman years, only to reintroduce the original Brandon, Blaise Descollonges, Julian Farnam, owns and runs BayAreaRidersForum.com, guidelines. 3 More Years For SCRAMP Alonzo Fumar, Will Guyan, Brian Halton, David was instrumental in getting AB 51 passed, Hough, Maynard Hershon, Ed Hertfelder, Otto serves on the California Motorcycle Spring CMSP Meeting: Are You Mazda Laguna Seca Raceway posted Hofmann, John Joss, Bill Klein, David Lander, st Lucien Lewis, Larry Orlick, TJ Noto, Courtney Safety Committee and the California In? a press release on January 31 stating Olive, Jason Potts, Bob Pushwa, Gary Rather, Motorcyclist Safety Program advisory We reported last year (“CMSP Advisory that SCRAMP, the Sports Car Racing Charlie Rauseo, Curt Relick, Mike Solis, Ivan committee. He was a primary driving Association of the Monterey Peninsula, Thelin, James Thurber. Committee Fall ’16 Meeting: Good, Bad, force behind the original lane splitting & Ugly” – Pit Stops, November 2016) that has been given a three-year management Alumni (RIP): guidelines, and has somehow wrangled his the suggestions of making CMSP meetings agreement by the Monterey County Board John D’India, Joe Glydon, Gary Jaehne, of Supervisors in accordance with county Adam Wade way into having some input into SF’s Vision easier for regular riders to attend were met staff. For back issue and archive requests, email [email protected]. Back Zero program. with resistance and constipated faces from issues (if we have ‘em) are five bucks a pop. No, we will not mail you our last copy of an issue from the ‘80s for free, just because your buddy some. And when we reached out for more was on the cover. We can find stories (maybe) and send you scanned Budman’s official response? The AMA’s Michael Smith, president of SCRAMP’s images for $5, too, but please know what you’re looking for and the year th of publication… at least! If you say something like, “Well, it was about information about the upcoming April 12 Board of Governors, was quoted in the this cool bike I used to see at Alice’s and I think it was in 1988... or maybe press release quoted him saying, “"I am 1994, or maybe it was in Urban Moto” we will buy a cheap latex adult actually both shocked and stoked to meeting, we were initially told it would release, saying “We have been working novelty and mail it to your grandkids. just be a call, in spite of agreement in the CityBike is published on or about the third Monday of each month. Editorial receive this award from the AMA. This very closely with County Staff over the deadline is the 1st of each month. Advertising information is available on request. Unsolicited articles and photographs are always welcome. Please fall meeting that it’d be in-person. 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Yeah! with the AMA and Assemblymember more patient worked on this behind the CityBike magazine is owned by CityBike Magazine, Inc and has teams of scenes, we’re happy to report that the April We’re glad for some respite from concerns sleep-deprived, coke-addicted attorneys ready to defend it from frivolous Quirk on A.B.51, the lane splitting bill, lawsuits, so even if you see Fish doing one of his wheelies on the cover and about management of Laguna Seca, Mazda decide you want to do that too and then you hit a parked car and your bike meeting will be not only an in-person is wedged under a van and it catches fire and the Vallejo FD has to come was extremely satisfying and successful. or otherwise.