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Hot Topics: Magazine and Newspaper Articles on Motorcycling
A selection of articles written by the VCOM staff on issues of interest to you and your club or group.
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What About Motorcycle Helmets? Is This a Law We Really Need?
We’re out on the streets on our various motorcycles. Some people think we’re crazy; others want to join us because it looks like fun (and it is).continue here
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Preparation Means More Than a Full Tank
A motorcycle is definitely in your future. You’ve thought about it for a while. You’ve ridden your friends’ bikes. Now, it’s your turn. Time to head to the dealership, checkbook in hand. continue here
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Your Fair Share
Many letters, advertisements and other seemingly useless articles arrive at my mailbox on a daily basis. Solicitations for causes I've never heard of or care to support bombard the postal service and are actually partially paid for by your first-class rates. Subsidies are what they call them. continue here
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Protection for You and Your Rider
You put on your leathers. You put on your boots. You put on your gloves. You put on your helmet. You check your bike. You crank it. You look both ways. You pull away from the curb. continue here
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Allstate Loses - Motorcyclists WIN!
An attempt by Allstate to eliminate motorcyclists from medical payment coverage went down in defeat in the case of a young passenger on a bike. continue here
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Highway Discrimination
This story started with a telephone call from David "Brownie" Brown, Virginia State Coordinator for the Christian Motorcyclist Association. In his daily commute, he must cross the Coleman Bridge, one of the first facilities in Virginia to use "Smart Technology" or fast tolls. Brownie's motorcycle is his method of choice for his commute, so he equipped it with the transponder that signals he has passed through the toll facility, automatically debiting his prepaid account in the amount of fifty-cents. When Brownie pulled his trailer behind his motorcycle his account was debited $6. continue here
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