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With spring around the corner and thermometers rising, riders living in winter states are readying themselves and their motorcycle for the first ride of the season. Before rolling the motorcycle out of the garage, there are some important items to check to ensure the first ride is a safe one.

The Harley-Davidson CVO program creates limited edition, exclusive motorcycles produced by teams of technicians in a special assembly area at the Harley-Davidson plants in York, Pa., and Kansas City. Each year several of the regular models are chosen to go through the CVO treatment. These custom bikes feature a Twin Cam 110, the largest displacement production engine offered by Harley. Image shown in the Screamin Eagle Softail Springer.

Hundreds of Harley-Davidson women riders joined together in Daytona Beach, Fla., for one of the largest Harley-Davidson womens rides in history. Originally, the Harley-Davidson Womens Day Ride benefiting Muscular Dystrophy Association was to be limited to 105 women, but after an incredible response from women riders asking to join the ride, Harley-Davidson decided to increase the size to accommodate the large demand.

The American Motorcyclist Association invites motorcyclists to attend the inaugural Bay Area Rally, a Signature Event in the AMA Premier Touring Series presented by Cycle Trader. The event will include various group rides, and a Women Riders Convention. Motorcyclists from around the United States will ride into Houstons NASA Johnson Space Center and the surrounding Clear Lake area for four days, April 10-13.

The 2008 Buell Inside Pass track day schedule includes stops at 10 of the nation’s race tracks and features on-track test rides of the all-new Buell 1125R.

The Sturgis Motorcycle Museum Hall of Fame is accepting nominations for the 2008 Freedom Fighters Hall of Fame.

David Uhl is releasing a commemorative Daytona Bike Week piece for 2008. The piece named “Babe” is the fourth in his Daytona series. The limited edition, hand-signed canvas prints are available for purchase through the end of the rally, March 9, 2008.

Last year’s introduction of Female Ride Day in Canada was such a success that this year it has gone international. Female Ride Day is a synchronized day, worldwide, where women motorcycle riders demonstrate their enjoyment of motorcycle riding.

The 2009 American Motorcyclist Associations International Women Motorcycling Conference will take place at the Keystone Resort Conference Center in Keystone, Colorado.

OCC Motorcycles is adding two new bikes to their Limited Edition Production Line. Paul Sr., Paul Jr. and Mikey Teutel of “American Chopper” TV fame recently unveiled the motorcycles at the 2008 V-Twin Expo in Cincinnati, a trade show open to dealers.