April 2011 - CityBike

News, Clues & Rumors
Volume XXVIII, Issue 4
Publication Date: March 22, 2011
On The Cover:
On the Cover: Ducati’s mid-life crisis gives us
the Diavel. Brian J. Nelson gives us the nice
photo. Photoshop (and A.D. Ahlan Lapp) does
the rest.
Contents:
NCR .............................. 3
New Stuff .......................... 6
Events. ........................... 10
My CityBike: Hotrod Duc ............. 14
Discussion: Ducati Diavel ............ 16
Darioen or RoaAerstichdcrafter? ...... 20
Should Rider Training be Madatory?. ... 23
Ed Hertfelder ...................... 24
Dr. Gregory W. Frazier ............... 25
Tankslappers ...................... 26
Marketplace ....................... 27
Classifieds ........................ 28
AFM Section ....................... 30
Comprehensive Asian Buffet Guide. .... 33
CityBike Staff:
PO Box 10659 Oakland, CA 94610
phone:. .................415/282-2790
e-mail: .............info@citybike.com
Find us online: ....... www.citybike.com
News ‘n Clues: ...................Staff
Editor-in-Chief:. .........Gabe Ets-Hokin
Senior Editor: .......... Robert Stokstad
Contributing Editor: .......... John Joss
Chief of the World Adventure
Affairs Desk:. ........Dr. Gregory Frazier
Staff Photographers:
— Robert Stokstad
— Gary Rather
Art Director: ................ Alan Lapp
Advertising Sales: .........Kenyon Wills
Publisher: .............EHW Partnership
Choreography: ...........Elaine D’Marco
Gaffer: ................Floribundo Higgs
Micromanager:. ...........Celine Dionne
Best Boy: .......................Jesus
Worst Boy: .................Adolf Hitler
Contributors:
Brenda Bates, Dan Baizer,
Craig Bessenger, John Bishop,
Joanne Donne, John D’India (RIP),
Mike Felder, Dr. Gregory Frazier,
Will Guyan, Joe Glydon (RIP),
Brian Halton, David Hough,
Maynard Hershon, Ed Hertfelder,
Harry Hoffman, Otto Hofmann, Jon Jensen,
John Joss, David Lander, Lucien Lewis,
Ed Milich, Patrick Moriarty, Larry Orlick,
Jason Potts, Bob Pushwa, Gary Rather,
Curt Relick, Charlie Rauseo, Mike Solis,
Ivan Thelin, James Thurber, Adam Wade.
CITYBIKE: YOUR MAGAZINE
We at “News, Clues” are merely
the guardians of CityBike—
we just work here, really. The
true owners of the magazine are Bay Area
motorcycle enthusiasts, so get involved!
We’re waiting for your letters, emails, stories,
photos. We had “user generated content”
before Al Gore stopped smoking weed
and started inventing the Internet (yes, we
know he didn’t really invent it), but because
it’s so easy now to post online, we don’t get
the volume of reader mail and feedback we
used to. But you can change that! Send your
traffic to info@citybike.com or give us a call
at 415/282-2790 with feedback, criticism
(not too much!) story ideas or tips. We love
hearing from our reader(s).
NEW OWNERSHIP
In that vein, we would like to announce
new ownership of CityBike. As of April
1, 2011, EHW Partnership will be under
majority control of Pendleton Investment
Group, a multi-billion dollar investment
capital organization. Known for turning
around struggling regional publications,
Pendleton will utilize its know-how in the
publishing and pharmaceutical industries
to reinvent the paradigm that is CityBike,
while still delivering the free-wheeling
wackiness that you’ve come to know and
love over the last three decades. Expect the
cover price to double in the first 90 days
and the motto will change from “Ride Fast
Take Chances” to just “Ride.”
AFM
This season marks the 28 th or so that
CityBike has been sending you race reports
on the exciting and close-matched racing
of Northern California’s own American
Federation of Motorcyclists. To celebrate
our relationship with what is arguably the
fastest, most storied and best-attended
Elena Meyers tries
her bike on for size.
DiSalvo stands by as his crew refuels during the 200.
roadracing club in the United States, we’re
now devoting two pages monthly to AFM
coverage. We’ll profile racers, sponsors,
machinery and of course keep providing
race results. Thumb through to the back
and check it out.
ERRATA
This month’s erratum is a doozy: we’ve
been printing the wrong volume number
over there in the masthead box for the last
24 months. The proper number should be
XXVIII, not XXIX. The problem seems to
have started in March, 2009 when we came
back after skipping the February issue—
some person (we’re not sure who) added an
extra “I” to the numeral. The problem was
exacerbated by the fact that nobody in the
Art Department reads Latin or owns an
expensive watch, making fact-checking of
Roman numerals difficult.
This is a very serious offense, and the
violation is currently under investigation
by the Vatican’s Special Office of Roman
Numerals Standards and Practices. The
findings will be made public sometime in
the next VI to VIII weeks.
In the meantime, we ask those who don’t
recycle CityBike or use it as eco-friendly
paper towel replacement to please use
White-Out and fix the volume numbers
in your back issues. All of 2009 should be
“XXVI,” 2010 should be “XXVII,” and the
current year should be “XXVIII.” Ay-yi-yi.
DAYTONA
The slogan of the 2011 Daytona 200
should have been, “Well, that’s racing.”
The historic race was plagued by multiple
crashes and pandemic tire failure, but the
day ended with a happy Jason DiSalvo—
CityBike is published on or about the 15 th of each
month. Editorial deadline is the 1 st of each month.
Advertising information is available on request.
Unsolicited articles and photographs are always
welcome. Please include a full name, address and
phone number with all submissions. We reserve the
right to edit all manuscripts.
Web hosting and design by mojotown.com
©2011, EHW Partnership. Citybike Magazine is
distributed at over 150 places throughout California each
month. Taking more than a few copies at any one place
without permission from EHW Partnership, especially for
purposes of recycling, is theft and will be prosecuted to
the full extent of civil and criminal law. So there.
April 2011 | 3 | CityBike.com