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A naked man riding motorcycle during winter weather has been charged with a traffic violation and two misdemeanors after leading police on a chase through Searcy that ended when a state trooper's car collided with the motorbike, according to information from the Searcy Police Department. At least part of the chase was caught on police video.

Christopher A. Clark, 35, of Searcy has been cited for no vehicle license, indecent exposure and fleeing after the Jan. 26 incident.

(YBL Comment: Wouldn't you just love to hear the story of how this all started!?)

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Add motorcycles and motor homes to the list of things buyers can get federal tax breaks for, courtesy of lawmakers and lobbyists who won eleventh-hour additions to the stimulus bill to help home-state industries.

Tax deductions for both types of vehicles were added to the compromise $787 billion stimulus package that lawmakers were hoping to complete as early as Friday.

Lobbyist Ed Moreland of the American Motorcyclist Association, which represents bike enthusiasts, said his group, Harley-Davidson and the Motorcycle Industry Council were among those pushing for the provision.

Under the stimulus legislation, purchasers of new cars, light trucks, motor homes and motorcycles will be able to deduct the sales tax they pay through the end of this year, a provision with an estimated cost of $1.7 billion.

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Ducati have in their treasure chest of a website, a section with all owner manuals of all their motorcycles since the year 2000. So even if you have misplaced your manual, or if you've bought your Ducati motorcycle secondhand without the manual, you can now get it on-line.

What's even better, since there are several manufacturers who have their manuals on-line, is that this service is FREE! It's going to cost you nothing, nada, zip.... The manuals are available in many different languages and you can download them to your PC.

How about that? That's embracing the internet.

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