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DMV probe keeps bikers off road Orange County kit bike owners aren't sure when they'll be able to ride or sell hand-built vehicles. Friday, June 22, 2007 BRIAN JOSEPH SACRAMENTO -- Dain Gingerelli says he locked up a sure sale of his motorcycle in April – about $10,000 for a kit bike he built himself. But two months later, the bike is gathering dust in his garage and the cash is in someone else's pocket. What happened? The state Department of Motor Vehicles, Gingerelli said, blocked the sale. It turns out Gingerelli used a kit made by Custom Chrome Inc....

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A helicopter operated by a private security firm came down in Iraq last week, U.S. officials said on Thursday, an incident that marks the sixth downing of a helicopter in three weeks. Reports of the January 31 incident, in which no one was killed, come a day after seven crew members and passengers aboard a U.S. Marine helicopter were killed when it crashed near Baghdad, possibly after being hit by ground fire. The U.S. military, concerned that militants have changed tactics or are using more sophisticated weapons, has said it is adjusting its tactics. One U.S. military...

Within two weeks, four choppers go down in Iraq. Shot down. By ene mies who previously couldn't hit the Goodyear Blimp. Attack helicopters and transport birds, military and contractor aircraft went down. Crews KIA (in one case, executed). Did the bad guys just get lucky? No. They have new weapons. And new training. And a new strategy. First, the strategy: In Iraq, helicopters serve as our taxis, moving personnel quickly and - until now - safely above the carnage on the ground. Attack helicopters provide quick-response fire support to the grunts, giving us a huge advantage. Limit our freedom to...

Company to Create 164 New Jobs; Retain 12 Existing Jobs Governor George E. Pataki today announced that Orange County Choppers, manufacturer of custom motorcycles, plans to invest $13.4 million to construct a 92,820 square foot facility at Crossroads Court in the Town of Newburgh in order to accommodate the increasing expansion of the business. The project is expected to create 164 new jobs within three years and retain 12 full time, permanent employees. “I am pleased that Orange County Choppers has committed to growing their enterprise and building their new world headquarters right here in Newburgh, New York,” Governor Pataki...

The Israeli Army says two of its military helicopters have collided near the Lebanese border causing casualties. Army Radio said the two US-made Apache helicopters crashed last night (local time) on a road near Ramat Naftali, 10 kilometres from the frontier where Israeli forces and Lebanese Hezbollah guerrillas have been fighting for nine days. Army Radio originally said five people were injured in the crash but later revised this to four. A witness interviewed by the radio described the casualties as being inside the wreckage of the aircraft, each of which carry a two-person crew. Al Jazeera television said there...

The radial engine is a thing of beauty and it looks like several other folks think the same thing. After we posted the radial motorcycle yesterday, we contacted Rotec Engineering, makers of these 7 cylinder radial engines, and according to them, there are at least 4 of these projects in various stages of completion at the present time. Yesterday’s bike and this one as well seem to be a bit short of running. I see no provisions for exhaust yet and no front brakes. This bike has no handlebars either so we’re still in the building stage. At first glance,...

ROCHDALE, England, May 2 — "I snapped it out myself," said William Kelly, 43, describing his most recent dental procedure, the autoextraction of one of his upper teeth. Now it is a jagged black stump, and the pain gnawing at Mr. Kelly's mouth has transferred itself to a different tooth, mottled and rickety, on the other side of his mouth. "I'm in the middle of pulling that one out, too," he said. It is easy to be mean about British teeth. Mike Myers's mouth is a joke in itself in the "Austin Powers" movies. In a "Simpsons" episode, dentalphobic children...

The Looting of New Orleans (sung to the standard tune) In 2005 Katrina began to trip, Along with Jesse Jackson near the mighty Mississip. We stole a pile of TV sets and equated it to beans, And we raped the young and infirm in the town of New Orleans. We fired our guns and the choppers kept a comin’, There wasn’t as many as there was a while ago.

AL ASAD, Iraq (Aug. 11, 2005) -- The high operational tempo of the second largest air base in Iraq requires many of the service members here to find ways to get from place to place faster than by just walking. Bicycles, a cheap and effective mode of transportation, have become the most popular way to overcome this challenge. Sgt. Dustin W. Lambert, an airframes mechanic with Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 26, didn’t want to be like everyone else riding a stock bike. Inspired by Jesse James, famous builder of motorcycles and host of the Discovery Channel’s Monster Garage, Lambert built...

NEW YORK, May 16, 2005 – The Orange County Choppers (OCC), in association with the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund and the Fisher House Foundation, held an auction at the Intrepid Sea, Air, and Space Museum on May 5. The famed biker trio of the Discovery Channel’s hit series, American Chopper, came up with the idea for the Support Our Troops auction after being inspired from a recent visit to the Walter Reed Medical Center, where they met wounded Marines and soldiers from Iraq and Afghanistan. “Before Christmas we went to Walter Reed Medical Center, and it had a great impact...

    For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces.     Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today!       ....CHOMP...CHOMP...what are you doin?...playin' with the choppers the dentist gave me.....quit it!...ain't nice to do that in public....OK, then, how 'bout this.......POTATO  POTATO POTATO.....and WHAT are YOU suppose to be?.....I'm a CHOPPER!....HUH???...I'm a CHOPPER! Ya know, like a Harley?....you're SICK!....ain't we all?....YEAH!...ALRIGHT!....everybody! let's all head over to the Canteen & see what kind of CHOPPERS we can find....... Welcome to Camp RUN-A-MUK!  ...

Subject: Don't listen to CNN I've edited out the identity of the person who sent this as his job would be in serious jeopardy if Senator Leahy gets wind of this. But it may begin to explain to some people how their preoccupation with single 'issues' can have disastrous repercussions for all the other things they may - or may not - hold dear. And it may lend some balance to the media's tendentious reporting on efforts being made to alleviate the suffering. On a final note, this guy is an American who, along with a lot of other Americans,...