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Unusual and interesting tidbits about motorcycling from all over. Updated as we get new items.

Posted 7/27/09


Levittown Man Killed In Motorcycle Crash

Levittown man dies after falling from cycle and is struck by car Written by Long Island Press on Jul 21st, 2009

A motorcyclist was killed last night in Jericho after being struck by a car in Jericho.

Police say Michael Rossi, 34, of Cherrytown Lane in Levittown was riding a 2007 Yamaha motorcycle and was on the exit ramp of exit 35 on the Northern State Parkway at around 11:30 p.m. When he lost control of the cycle and was thrown to the ground and into the northbound lane of N. Broadway.

Rossi was hit by a 2003 Ford driven by Leah Pellman, 23, of Fenimore Rd. In Port Washington and dragged about 100 feet by the car.

Rossi was pronounced dead at the scene. Both vehicles were impounded for safety checks. No charges were filed against Pellman.

Posted 7/29/09
 
E. Greenwich using labels to curb motorcycle noise
4:28 PM Wed, Jul 29, 2009
 
EAST GREENWICH, R.I. - Bikers planning to blast through East Greenwich
May want to steer clear of the town instead, especially if their exhaust
Systems aren't the proper match for their choppers.
 
The Town Council unanimously passed an emergency ordinance Monday night
Allowing police to pull over and levy fines against bikers if the noise
Rating data stamped into the chrome of the exhaust doesn't match the
Label on the bike.
 
The "label matching" program is an indirect attempt to eliminate a noise
Problem that has been drawing complaints, particularly in the waterfront
Area of town.
 
The first offense is $500. It jumps to $700 the second time $1,000 for
Each third and subsequent violation.
 
"I hope we don't have to pull over one single motorcycle," said Police
Chief David Desjarlais. "But if they're loud and they draw our attention
Because of the volume of the exhaust, and we find they're not in
Compliance, we're more than willing to write the ticket."
 
The ordinance, now in effect, sparked questions Wednesday from Buddy
Cardoso, president of the Rhode Island Motorcycle Association.
 
"What do you do, throw away the motorcycle if the exhaust wears out?" he
Said. He said the owners of other vehicles are allowed to use
After-market exhaust systems, and it would be unfair to single out
Bikers.
 
"If you're not making too much noise, we're not going to pull you over
In the first place," said Desjarlais.
 
Cardoso's fears are also unfounded, the chief said Wednesday, because
After-market exhausts say which motorcycles they were designed for to
Conform to federal noise-pollution standards.
 
Under the ordinance, a system would be set up to allow a biker to avoid
The fine by bringing in the bikes and having it tested with a noise
Meter.
 
But the chief said he doubts that will happen because noisy riders know
That the exhaust system they purchased is over the limit.
 
He said officials in Woonsocket, Cumberland, South Kingstown and
Smithfield have already contacted the town, wanting to know how well the
Ordinance works out for East Greenwich.

Posted 8/3/2009

Negligent entrustment of motorcycle is subject of wrongful death complaint

7/29/2009 10:40 AM By Kelly Holleran

The mother of a deceased woman blames two men for her daughter's death, caused when her daughter crashed a motorcycle into a sound barrier.

Geneva Mack, mother and special administrator of Charmay Burnett's estate, filed a lawsuit July 24 in Madison County Circuit Court against Walter Burnett and Kenneth Burnett.

Mack says Walter Burnett and Kenneth Burnett allowed Charmay Burnett to borrow a 2006 Kawasaki Zx636 motorcycle on July 26, 2007, at about 7:35 p.m.

Charmay Burnett was driving the motorcycle on Muny Vista in Alton when she suddenly lost control, according to the complaint.

"Due to her inexperience plaintiff's decedent lost control of said motorcycle and ran into a sound barrier wall," the suit states. "Said negligent entrustment of the motorcycle to Walter Burnett who then allowed plaintiff's decedent to operate said motorcycle was a proximate cause of the death of plaintiff's decedent."

Because of Charmay Burnett's death, her next-of-kin have lost her society and incurred medical and funeral bills, the complaint says.

Mack blames Walter Burnett and Kenneth Burnett for entrusting Charmay Burnett with a motorcycle when they knew she was not properly trained.

In the two-count suit, Mack is seeking a judgment of more than $100,000, plus costs and other relief the court deems just.

Charles W. Chapman and Rodney D. Caffey of LakinChapman in Wood River will be representing her.

Madison County Circuit Court case number: 09-L-767.

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