Florida Dealer Offers Gun With Bike Purchase

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com

The owner of Pinellas Powersports in Pinellas Park, FL has come up with a well-timed gimmick to sell his Harley-Davidson, Honda and Kawasaki motorcycles: Buy a bike, get a free hand gun. A commercial for the dealership has people talking, and hundreds of people have called the store to voice opinions. Bay News 9 has the story here.

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The definition of “biker” has changed. Oxford University Press in the U.K., which publishes the Oxford English Dictionary, has bowed to pressure from riders and dropped a definition of a biker as “a motorcyclist, especially one who is a member of a gang: a long-haired biker in dirty denims.” “The Telegraph” has the story here.

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To help local Vespa enthusiasts celebrate the third anniversary of their club, the Mod Cafe-Bar in Rhodes, Greece commissioned a video:

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Due to iffy road conditions, the 95th annual Crotona Midnight Run scheduled for midnight on Saturday was canceled.