Motorcycles equal money for some local businesses

Motorcycles equal money for some local businesses By Cristina Kumka STAFF WRITER - Published: September 18, 2010Formal results aren’t in, but according to some Rutland and Killington business owners, the Killington Classic motorcycle rally was profitable during a time otherwise dominated by the Vermont State Fair. Both the Killington and Rutland Region chambers of commerce reported good results from the ninth-annual touring rally — a stark difference from last year when the rally bypassed...

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Harley-Davidson 2011 Road Glide Ultra FLRTU: Motorcycle Review

H-D Touring Bike at an Economical Price Harley-Davidson reports it is introducing three new-for-2011 bikes. The one that caught my attention is the Road Glide Ultra FLRTU. A higher-end Harley, it remains affordable by leaving consumer teasers,obs and CVO options, for other models. Starting at $22,499, the buyer can have an incredible touring bike with the Harley-Davidson growl and name. Four colors cover this bike: Vivid Black, Brilliant Silver Pearl, Cool Blue Pearl, and Merlot Sunglo.The...

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Triumph Lives Up to Its Name with Award-Winning Motorcycles

Britain's Triumph motorcycles have been on the road for more than 100 years, and have maintained a reputation  or quality since gaining serious ground in the 1920's all the way through its latest incarnation under John Bloor, who's held Triumph's reins since the 1980's. After his acquisition of the company, Bloor reportedly kept the designs for Triumph's re-launch under wraps for eight years until he felt they were fully developed enough to re-establish Triumph Motorcycles...

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How Bridgestone Makes Motorcycle Tires Bart Madson

motorcycles tires are critical to rider safety and bike performance. The casual rider probably cares little and thinks even less about how tire companies turn raw materials into high-performance tires. During a recent press introduction at Bridgestone’s Japanese home base, Motorcycle-USA got an eyewitness account of the tire-making process during a tour of the company’s Nasu Plant.  The real beginning of the tire-making process is in the company’s engineering labs where designers...

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Woman’s cellphone troubles resolved

EAST London resident Ilza Pannewitz waited almost two years before her problems with a cellular network were resolved – but thanks to the Crusaders she was removed from a blacklist and even refunded R3500.Pannewitz told the Crusaders that she had joined the MTN network and, during a phone call with the service provider, requested to be placed on a Top Up 100 contract – a prepaid type contract – in October 2008.After two months on the new contract she discovered that she had in fact been placed...

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Is your mobile phone loaded with money? Mitu Jayashankar , Forbes India

Name: Carol RealiniProfile: Founder Obopay, a Silicon Valley mobile payments company.History: She was voted one of the top 25 women to watch for in technology in 2010 by AlwaysOn, Stanford University technology summit.Her Mission: Deliver financial services to a large number of people through mobile phones.I was bored; so I decided to take a re-look at my life. I had retired in 2000 after spending about 25 years in technology companies — a few of which I had started. Two of the companies...

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The 10 signs of cellphone addiction

Forget fast food, video games and reality TV. The worst plague sweeping the world these days is smartphone addiction. You've seen the worst affected skittering in alleyways, awake in bed at night, and in movie theaters, with the glow of backlit LCDs lighting up their maniacal faces. They're addicts. Any you may be one of them.Think you it may be more than a slight affinity for texting? Here are the top ten signs you're addicted to your smartphone.(And we're all a little guilty.) 10. You've...

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Mobile Phone: A Must To All

an our day to day living we all find the use of mobiles important and essential. They first and foremost help us keep in touch with people across the globe; they also keep us entertained with cameras and music players. They help us organize our work and take down notes. A mobile phone is a must in everyones life. It is next to impossible to carry out daily routines without them. The current market is in no shortage of mobile phones and their varieties. There are a number of phone providing companies...

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What sort of things the future TVs holds for consumers

sept. 16,, 2010 ·   The television that we are so much in tune to watch either alone or together as a family has so much potential and can be more interactive and enjoyable that what it is today, more and more the developer and engineers at TV manufacturing companies expressing similar views. Most of the new development has been focused on its thinness and picture and sound quality or their pure energy efficient functionalities which is mostly self-imposed by manufacturers themselves....

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