Going the Extra Mile: Insider Tips for Long-Distance Motorcycling and Enduran...
by Ron Ayres
Amazon Price: $13.57
Customer Review: Greatbook. Covers it all without unnecessary fluff. Used it to help prepare for my 4 corners of South Korea and the advice it provided made all the difference.

Against the Wind: A Rider's Account of the Incredible Iron Butt Rally (Incred...
by Ron Ayres
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Customer Review: I really enjoyed reading this book. It provided insight into the world of high mileage riding. It was interesting to read about the different strategies people use when approaching the Iron Butt Ral...

To Dakar and Back: 21 Days Across North Africa by Motorcycle
by Lawrence Hacking, Wil De Clercq
Amazon Price: $12.21
Customer Review: The author shows his gutsy determination to finish the Dakar. A great read for all of us Walter Mitty's .

Chasing Dakar - a rider's guide to adventure riding, rally preparation and ra...
by Johnathan Edwards M.D. and Scot Harden
Amazon Price: $19.95
Customer Review: This book provides a good introduction into adventure and rally riding. It covers everything from riding techniques to physical training. This book is not a comprehensive guide to riding. Rather it...

Race to Dakar
by Charley Boorman
Amazon Price: $23.07
Customer Review: Having read "A Long way round" and "A Long way down" , this book is facinating to read and just another part of the story. Charley knows what a motorcycle rider wants to hear to makes sure you get it....

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SD charges dropped against Washington officers - Mitchellrepublic.com

18 Nov 2008 at 2:08pm  RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) ? A judge has ordered that concealed weapons charges be dropped against four off-duty Washington police officers who were charged in a shooting at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. The judge says Seattle police officers Dennis ...
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Records attorney: City must disclose rally cop count - Hollister Free Lance

18 Nov 2008 at 12:49pm  Officers patrol the Hollister Motorcycle Rally in this July 2008 file photo. Officials contend that releasing the overall number of police employed for the event could endanger safety. Although the city attorney and police chief have contended that ...
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Weapons Charges Dropped - KELOLAND TV

18 Nov 2008 at 11:16am  A judge has ordered that concealed weapons charges be dropped against four off-duty Washington police officers who were charged in a shooting at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. The judge says Scott Lazalde, Dennis McCoy, James Rector and Ron Smith are ...
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Weapons charges dropped against four Iron Pigs - Rapid City Journal

18 Nov 2008 at 10:47am  Circuit Judge Warren Johnson ruled Friday that Scott Lazalde, Dennis McCoy, James Rector and Ron Smith are exempt from prosecution under South Dakota state law because of the federal Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act. However, Johnson ruled that a ...
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Last charges dropped against cop in bar fight - Seattle Times

18 Nov 2008 at 3:16am  Prosecutors in South Dakota have dismissed the last of several criminal charges filed against a Seattle police detective who shot a member of the Hells Angels motorcycle club during a barroom fight at the annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. On Friday ...
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Thunder promotion wins marketing award - Tribune-Democrat

17 Nov 2008 at 6:55pm  A locally produced DVD featuring Johnstown?s Thunder in the Valley motorcycle rally has received a marketing-industry award. Greater Johnstown/Cambria County Convention and Visitors Bureau, along with Johnstown-based Your Interactive Media Works ...
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Survey concludes that most rally dollars leave county - Hollister Free Lance

17 Nov 2008 at 5:58pm  A graduate student's study of Hollister Motorcycle Rally economics estimates that consumers spent about $6.1 million as a result of the event, but also that most of it leaked to non-local businesses. Some of the study's other prominent findings were ...
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Gun charges dropped against SPD officers at biker rally - Seattle Post Intell...

17 Nov 2008 at 2:52pm  South Dakota prosecutors have dropped misdemeanor gun charges filed against two Seattle police officers involved in a shooting at the Sturgis motorcycle rally. Friday's decision ends the prosecution of Ron Smith, a detective who was initially charged ...
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Misdemeanor weapons charges against Seattle police officers dismissed - Seatt...

17 Nov 2008 at 1:12pm  Criminal charges have been dropped against two Seattle police officers who were each cited with a misdemeanor for carrying firearms into a bar during a motorcycle rally in South Dakota earlier this year. Seattle police Detective Ron Smith and Sgt ...
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Doubts growing over a 2009 rally - Gilroy Dispatch

12 Nov 2008 at 6:54pm  Hollister Motorcycle Rally promoter Seth Doulton revealed to the Free Lance this week how he lost $100,000 on this year's event and said he will stand firm over his requirement that the city - set to lose about $125,000 on the 2008 rally - underwrite ...
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