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The American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) is reminding riders that they may be eligible for a federal tax deduction on their 2009 taxes if they bought a new motorcycle last year. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act a landmark $787 billion economic stimulus package that President Barack Obama signed into law in February 2009 provides a deduction for state and local sales and excise taxes paid on the purchase of qualified new vehicles from Feb. 17 through Dec. 31, 2009.

Weve been alerted to a tour being put together of the Himalayas and parts of India that will be the first women only motorcycle tour organized by Indias only women-owned motorcycle tour company. From August 27 to September 11, 2010, Moksha, owner of Back-N-Beyond, will guide a group of women around the most scenic parts of the Himalayas on 350cc or 500cc Royal Enfield motorcycles.

Women motorcyclists have been the fastest growing demographic in the motorcycle industry since 1990, when women represented just three percent of riders. Today, women represent 23 percent of all motorcyclists, and in an effort to encourage this growing trend of women hitting the open road, Harley-Davidson is celebrating National Garage Party Month in March by hosting nearly 400 Garage Party events at dealerships across the country.