ANYONE who might have admired the gleaming finish of an Indian Chief I recently rode would not be faulted for praising the quality of its restoration. Never mind that the classically styled highway cruiser being ogled was in fact a 2009 model, fresh out of the assembly plant a few miles up the road from here.
An ambitious restoration — of Indian, that is, the bike’s maker — is well under way, and not for the first time. Since the original company went out of business in 1953, the Indian name … Details
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Formula One championship contenders Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello were among five drivers penalized five starting places in a chaotic qualifying session for the Japanese Grand Prix on Saturday.
The Brawn GP pair, Renault’s Fernando Alonso and Force India’s Adrian Sutil failed to … Details
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At first, people at Cape craft shows don’t even notice Pat Taylor and Bill Witmer. They only have eyes for the couple’s kayak.
They want to touch the gleaming designs and curves created by strips of cedar. They begin dreaming of quiet coves, sunlight dappling the water as paddles break the surface and …
Boom! The deal is done.
Taylor and Witmer have sold another raffle ticket, another step toward raising more than $20,000 this year for Habitat for Humanity of Cape Cod’s creation of affordable homes…Â Details
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LEADING professional surfers Koby Abberton and Bruce Irons, who were feared missing after surfing near the epicentre of Indonesia’s first earthquake on Thursday, were safe last night, staying with friends in Padang.
Abberton, an Australian big-wave rider, and well-known Hawaiian surfer Irons were both on a boat charter in wave-heavy Mentawi Islands when the earthquake hit …Â Details
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