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The world’s best known and most prestigious desert race started for the 34th time and finished for the 19th time in Ensenada, 65 miles south of the U.S border at San Diego.

Yuma, Arizona Marines will soon get their first look at the Corps' latest motorcycle training course, developed to reduce the number of motorcycle deaths. The station's first sport bike rider courses, developed by the Naval and Army Safety Centers in conjunction with the Motorcycle Safety Foundation (MSF), are slated to begin Monday and Tuesday.

Each fall automotive manufacturers share their latest vehicles with consumers through auto shows, often unveiling cars and trucks with new technologies designed to make roads less dangerous. Not only do drivers and their fellow motorists benefit from these advances in safety technology but motorcycle and scooter riders reap rewards as well.

A surge in scooter sales is providing unprecedented mobility for hundreds of thousands of disadvantaged people in a socio-economic landscape where mass transit availability is shrinking, fares are rising and where the price of private vehicles and vehicle insurance is prohibitive to an enormous and growing population bloc.

The Skybrake transmitter in your pocket will tell the receiver on the motorcycle that, hey, owner is no longer associated with this vehicle. Skybrake then shuts off the engine before the hijacker can get more than a couple of metres away.

WASHINGTON—Antilock brakes could help motorcycle riders avoid fatal crashes, says a study by the insurance industry.

Motorcycles are a popular form of transportation in the U.S. According to the Federal Highway Administration, there were 7 million motorcycles registered in the U.S. in 2006. That’s a 75 percent increase from 1997, when 4 million were registered. In 2006 alone, more than 1.1 million motorcycles were sold in the U.S.

Hurricane Ike, which blasted the densely populated Texas coast and swept through Houston on Saturday, could trigger insurance claims between $8 billion and $18 billion, according to early estimates of the damage.

A comparison on gas mileage, power, cost of maintenance and crossover cost.

With soaring gasoline prices, more people are thinking about motorcycles or scooters for transportation.

The standard homeowner’s or auto policy is not designed to provide coverage for the various unique exposures represented by boats, RVs and ATVs/motorcycles.

Ah, the advantages of owning a motorcycle - the freedom of the open roads, the feel of rushing air, the ability to go where others can't.

Not to mention the heady gas mileage.

Arai ranks highest in satisfying motorcycle helmet owners for a tenth consecutive year, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2008 Motorcycle Helmet Satisfaction Study(SM) released today.

Taking an additional motorcycle awareness course can help riders reduce their insurance premiums, as well as increase personal safety, an industry expert has said.

So it's little wonder the talk among the motorcycle enthusiasts gathered at the third annual Legend of the Motorcycle classic and antique bike show was about how their weekend toys - gas misers to the hilt - were becoming their vehicles for weekday commutes.

Finally, the 2008 riding season is here. But before you hit the road, there are a few lessons - learned through both bad and good experiences - that you should keep in mind so that you don't run into any problems this year.