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LOWDOWN ON LOJACK
Disc locks, heavy steel cables and alarms with ear-piercing sirens are useless if your motorcycle is actually stolen. At that point, you need a product like LoJack for Motorcycles. Based on radio-frequency tracking originally developed for automobile-theft recovery and used by federal, state and local law-enforcement agencies, the system relies on a small transceiver ($595, plus installation fee) hidden discreetly on the bike. To learn more, call 800/456-5225 or log on to www.lojack.com.
MAPPING THE NATION
Mad Maps, lauded for its excellent regional California and Smoky Mountain Appalachia maps, has gone national. First in a new Adventure America series, Best Road Trips Volume I ($11, www.madmaps.com) features nine color-coded, pre-mapped loopsWest Coast, Four Corners, Texas Hill Country, Ozarks, Black Hills, Northern Great Lakes, Smoky Mountains, Florida and New England-that range in length from 1190 to 2725 miles. Order your copy and ride `em all.
RACING FOR BIG BUCKS
Supercross superstar Jeremy McGrath has announced plans for the inaugural Jeremy McGrath Invitational. Entries will be extended to the wood's top-20 SX racers, who will vie for a $500,000 purse. "The track we are going to design will be like nothing anyone has ever seen before-like a Pro-style supercross track taken to the next level," says McGrath. The event is scheduled for October 6-7 at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California.
READIN' ROSSI
Valentino Rossi, the book, nicely captures the spi~tof Valentino Rossi, the racer. A glorious, largely visual record of six of the Italian mega-star's seven world titles, the 188-page work combines the stunning color photography of Mirco Lazzari with the words (both English and Italian) of Marco Masetti. Priced at $13, the 7 x 5-inch book is available from its publisher, Tide Mark (www.tide-mark.com).
HELL'S ANGELS WIN $1 MIL
ft pays to be hassled by The Man, apparently, or at least it does if you're a Hell's Angel. In ea~y February, the Board of Supervisors in Santa Clara County, Cal~ornia, approved a $990,000 setliement in a lawsuit filed by the Hell's Angels after police shot and killed three of the club's guard dogs du~ng raids of the group's San Jose headquarters and some of the members' homes. Ninety officers conducted the raids in January of 1998 to gather evidence against Steve Tausan, an Angel who was being held on murder charges. Tausan was subsequently acquitted on all counts. Officers from the cities of Santa Clara and Gilroy also participated in the raids, and those cases were settled separately for less than $50 000 4
BLOG-O-RAMA
Catch up on Hoyer's latest old f Triumph misadventure, see what body part Cernicky has pranged this month, read about what back-porch beater Edwards has dragged home. It's all on the "CW Blog" section of www.cycleworld.com, freshened several times weekly for your reading pleasure.
