Posted in Firefighting on Jan 29th, 2008
Scott and Linda Spain
Fire fighters at the IAFF Motorcycle Group (IAFF-MG) First National Rally from South Dakota to the 2007 IAFF Fallen Fire Fighters Memorial in Colorado Springs, Colorado, were among the first to see what Kitsap County, WA Local 2819 fire fighter Scott Spain’s custom-built motorcycle featuring red pin-striping, flames and the IAFF logo.. […]
Posted in Firefighting on Jan 29th, 2008
Cyril Huze’s “The Bravest” Built for International Association of Firefighters
“The Bravest” has many characteristics which make it very special to Cyril Huze. First, it was commissioned to benefit the IAFF (International Firefighters Association) Burn Foundation. How many times in his professional life a custom builder can do what he loves and at the same time benefit […]
Posted in On the Road on Jan 29th, 2008
(STURGIS) A parade of several hundred members of the International Association of Fire Fighters paraded though Sturgis at 9:00 am today. The group is meeting in Sturgis this week and will spend several days riding through the Black Hills and surrounding area. The group will then head to Colorado Springs, CO to the First National Rally […]
Posted in Firefighting on Jan 29th, 2008
Darlene Huffman of Hickory, N.C., entered her firefighter-themed custom Harley-Davidson in the Rat’s Hole Bike Show. A firefighter herself, Huffman said the $50,000 investment was worth the reaction from the crowd, which praised the Sept. 11, 2001, tribute and the firehose nozzles on the pipes.”They always ooh and ahh,” Huffman said. “Everybody loves it.”
Huffman started […]
Posted in We Didn't Start The Fire on Jan 29th, 2008
Los Angeles (CA) – The inventor of the “KillaCycle” electric motorcycle almost killed himself during a demonstration at the Wired NextFest conference. Bill Dube, a government scientist during the day and electric bike builder at night, did a “burn out” in front of the Los Angeles Convention Center, but accidentally accelerated too much and crashed […]
Posted in Firefighting on Jan 29th, 2008
After spending 6 months to study the ramifications of putting emergency medical services personnel on two wheels, the New York City Fire Department has turned down eight free Harley-Davidson motorcycles.
One source in a New York Post story cites a safety concern with cycles, but for Kent Aarosen, who proposed the idea, the benefits are clear: […]
Posted in On the Road on Jan 29th, 2008
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Posted in Think about this on Jan 29th, 2008
Can you imagine a world that did not have to depend on fossil fuels anymore? If these scientists can stick handle around the big oil companies trying to buy and lock up the idea in their museums, the energy problem could be solved all over the world. This is truely an idea that would change […]
