February 2016 MOTUS Moto−Love, American Style More Women Motorcyclists • We Finally Get Around To The Ninja 300 What We Learned Searching For Ed Cavanaugh • Part Of The Solution: The Unification Rally Bull-It Jeans • Nexx R2 Helmet • Kangaroo Naughty Bits • Bay Area Stupid-Moto News, Clues & Rumors Volume XXXIII, Issue 2 Publication Date: January 18, 2016 On The Cover: Lee Conn and Sam Devine head towards The Junction on Mines Road Photo: Max Klein Contents: NCR . 3 Locals Only . 4 Uneasy Rider . 5 Pitstops . 7 New Stuff . 9 Events . 12 Ladieez Night . 13 Rigor Motus . 14 Three Hundred . 17 Last Lesson . 19 Devine . 20 Doc Frazier . 21 Maynard . 22 Hertfelder . 23 Photo: Scott Wilson Classifieds . 24 Stankflapper . 26 Photo Of The Month: Bo To Be that the American Diabetes Association “TP” took the reins of the storied Dudley Last Page Photo . 27 Wild does.” Perkins Company from his father, Dudley, Affordable American Motorcycles . 29 Jr., almost 20 years ago, overseeing moves Several on the team were friends of Ed’s, or Last month’s Last Page Photo catapulted from the cramped Page Street location Find us online at: assisted in the search for him when he went CityBike.com young Bowen Wilson into local moto-hero in San Francisco to a spacious South Van missing. 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Chief of the World Adventure Affairs Desk: his boots on one at a pancreatic cancer, The Ultimate Dr. Gregory Frazier time, just like the rest Stories abounded at TP’s Memorial, with Authorized Dealer Riding Machine® 58-year old Tom Staff Photographers: Robert Stokstad, of us. But smaller. many attendees exclaiming, “I didn’t Angelica Rubalcaba Perkins’ dealership family led their know that…” All the more so amongst Illustrations: Mr. Jensen Dumb Mistakes HOG members (who served the food Operations: Gwynne Fitzsimmons 300-strong Harley We used to call this crew on Dudley’s lines for 500 celebrants), investment Road Scholars: kind of stuff errata, J. 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But Latin-esque accident in his teens sparked many years David Hough, Maynard Hershon, Ed Hertfelder, early afternoon memorial gathering for SHORTCUTS Otto Hofmann, Jon Jensen, Bill Klein, obfuscations aside, we’re more like a Tom back at the South San Francisco H-D of toy drives, financial aid to SF General David Lander, Lucien Lewis, Larry Orlick, monkey with a proverbial football than dealership and museum. Hospital, and more. Supporting our Jason Potts, Bob Pushwa, Gary Rather, literary uh…literate person. veterans was also TP’s constant personal Curt Relick, Charlie Rauseo, Mike Solis, and business hallmark. NEVER LEAD TO Ivan Thelin, James Thurber. Case in point: Tom Spinks, winner of the Alumni (RIP): “coolest” Dirtbagger at the 2015 Dirtbag, While most John D’India, Joe Glydon, Gary Jaehne, actually goes by the name Tony Spinks, present were Adam Wade PLACES WORTH GOING. 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You know better. have come together in his passing to carry on his beautiful legacy and to support the work February 2016 | 2 | CityBike.com February 2016 | 3 | CityBike.com follow his direction to “look forward and The note goes on to say thanks to a long list The E-motorcycle Federal Tax Credit was In Dainese’s quest to make the perfect Since the human spine was not designed to For Whom The Buell Tolls move ahead”. of people, including Cary Littel: included in the tax extenders deal approved protective gear they had done a elongate, Dainese created the Skinsuit. by Congress and signed by President considerable amount of research in how The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported - Curt Relick “ From top down, a soft but rigid padded th A special note of thanks to Cary Littell for Obama (Thanks, Obama!) on December the body moves—or more importantly— January 14 that Walworth County Circuit canvas in the shoulder area is combined Locals Only his help in getting the shop up and running 18th.