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28 | WheelsOfGrace.com | Issue 45 HANDLEBAR NEWS U.S. SENATE PASSES MOTORCYCLIST ANTI-PROFILING RESOLUTION BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT PICKERINGTON, Ohio — The American Motorcyclist Associa on expresses its deep apprecia on to the U.S. Senate, which adopted a resolu on promo ng awareness of motorcyclist profiling and encouraging collabora on and communica on with the motorcycling community and law enforcement officials to prevent instances of profiling. Senate Res. 154 also urges state law enforcement officials to condemn motorcyclist profiling in their policies and training materials. Senate resolu ons do not have the force of law. "In 2015, Congress wisely acted to ban federal highway funding for motorcycle- only checkpoints, recognizing that federal funds are be er spent on promo ng highway safety for all vehicles and drivers," said AMA Vice President of Government Rela ons Wayne Allard. "Now, the Senate has taken a big step further to help end the discriminatory and ineffec ve prac ce of profiling motorcyclists." As adopted, the resolu on recognizes the significant increase in motorcycle registra ons during the past 20 years. The resolu on also acknowledges that motorcyclist profiling occurs across the na on. Profiling means the illegal use of the fact that a person rides a motorcycle or wears motorcycle-related apparel as a factor when law enforcement officers decide to stop and ques on, take enforcement ac on, arrest or search a person or vehicle with or without a legal basis. INDIAN OFFERS NEW MOBILE APP FOR RIDE COMMAND INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM Indian Motorcycle have developed a new mobile App to work in tandem with their Ride Command touchscreen infotainment system, alongside a new so ware update for the display itself. Appearing on a range of high-end Indian machines, the Ride Command unit features a glove-friendly, seven-inch display, with the latest updates available via a visit to your local dealership, or downloading it to a USB device at www.ridecommand. indianmotorcycle.com. New Indian Chie ain and Roadmaster owners will receive three years of complementary map updates. Available as a free download, the Ride Command mobile app is able to wirelessly transfer planned routes to the bike's naviga on system via Bluetooth, as well as giving the user access to key informa on about their bike in remote loca ons – including fuel level, oil life, re pressures and ba ery charge. You can also track rides, view service interval recommenda ons and log any maintenance work, with push no fica ons available for important service reminders. You can also share completed or planned rides with friends on Facebook, too. URAL REVEALS ELECTRIC SIDECAR Ural may be best known for throwback sidecars with DNA da ng back to World War II but they've now come up with this electric prototype which uses the ba eries, controller and motor from a Zero S. There are actually two Zero ba ery packs: a lighter ZF6.5 in the main chassis, and a heavier ZF13.0 under the sidecar seat. These yield an effec ve range of about 100 miles and take about 13 hours to recharge when plugged into a normal household circuit. On Zero's advice, Ural brought in high-end California design studio, ICG, to help with packaging and styling which explains why the prototype looks so finished. ICG created the snazzy alloy side panel and came up with the idea to conceal the charging port inside the fuel tank under the fuel cap. Users get to choose between three modes: Sport (for maximum torque), Eco (for maximum range) and Custom (where a rider sets power, torque and regenera on levels). Power is fed to a Z-Force 75-7 brushless DC motor that produces almost twice the torque of Ural's current 750cc pushrod twin. As a result, the electric Ural is downright sprightly. On wet roads it'll spin the rear re off the line! Like petrol- powered Urals, the EV also has a reverse gear. In this case it's an inconspicuous toggle switch that simply runs the electric motor backwards. If there's enough demand there's a good chance Ural will build an electric ou it. MONKEY RUN: TAKE THE SCENIC ROUTE THROUGH ROMANIA "Epic & u erly ridiculous. The hardest and funniest days ride I've ever done." - Joe Harrod The Monkey Run is an adventure that takes the imprac cal brilliance of a Monkey Bike; a vehicle so deligh ully ludicrous for even the shortest of jaunts; and tosses it head first into some of the most demanding and challenging stretches of road that have been laid out on planet Earth, and we've recently tested the very latest incarna on: Romania... Romania is s ll a rela vely new one for us, so ruddy new you can hear the squeaks of its spanking new shimmering arse from Bristol; but it's already, a er just a couple of edi ons, proved itself as a formidable Monkey Run Romania is home to the Transfaragasan and Transalpina highways, epic slithers of road strewn across the Romanian landscape like a plate of dropped spaghe . Price? About £1295 (about $1500 USD) and for that you receive: A mighty if diminu ve bike to love, bike paperwork including 3rd party vehicle insurance, test driving and advice pre-launch, a launch party to kill half your brain and a finish party to kill the other, the most ridiculous week of adventuring chaos imaginable with like-minded reprobates, enough stories to enthrall your mates with for years and a sore bo om! MOTORCYCLIST IN COCONUTS, SINGAPORE CASUALLY RIDES ONTO PEDESTRIAN CROSSING CURB IN FULL VIEW OF TP OFFICER FOR SOME REASON What an absolute madman. This dude just doesn't have any flying hoot le to give or he really misjudged the traffic situa on — either way, he casually cruised himself into trouble with the authori es. For some unknown reason, a motorcyclist made the clearly illegal decision of riding onto a pedestrian path despite being well aware of the presence of traffic police officers right in front of him. On the SG Road Vigilante page, Facebook user Kal El shared the ridiculous footage caught on his