Author: T.H.

AMA 日前針對一條由 Allen Hurt 在 New Mexico 提出的器官捐贈法案表達嚴重抗議。此法案授權州政府可逕行將未戴安全帽而身故者之器官捐贈。

The American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) has expressed its outrage at a proposed law in New Mexico that could make some motorcyclists into forced organ donors. The proposal, introduced in the New Mexico Legislature by state
Sen. Allen Hurt (R-Waterflow), would allow the harvesting of organs from any motorcyclist who doesn’t wear a helmet and is declared brain dead as a result of an accident. Hurt’s bill, designated Senate Bill 239, specifically states that: “a person operating a motorcycle without a helmet and who, as the result of an accident, is pronounced brain dead pursuant to Section 12-2-4 NMSA 1978 by a licensed physician shall become an organ donor regardless of whether the person made an anatomical gift by completing the organ donor statements.”

2002.09.22

看後方來車可概分為三種方式：mirror check, shoulder check and lifesaver.

這個轉頭去確認的動作叫做 “shoulder check,” 主要的功能已如 Deimos 所述，是去 check blind spots. 另一種為 “lifesaver,” 望文可生義，為更大幅度的轉頭向後方確認。英國政府規定交警轉向時必須採取的 standard procedure. Mirror check 是最基本的。

今午有閒，便約女友前往微風廣場內的紀伊國屋逛。女友她非常認真在找日本自助旅行之所需書誌。而我呢，則是書櫃間漫步亂竄，沒打個主意要挑什麼樣的書… 正疑不知有無日文摩托文學作品之時，運來氣至，逮到一本架上躺斜，封面伴有美女與 Harley Davidson(model 不知) 的著作。大標題日文一串，可惜僅單『旅 』漢字，與我相認。副題則為『湯、酒、鐵馬 – 三拍子紀行』，快意醒目，真是好樣。初步印象，我給滿彩。

快翻內文，版面編排頗為素淨。雖不識”aeiou”，但覺內文短簡意賅，頗有參考價值。毫不猶疑，直接出卡購買。

作者：國井律子，1975年生。看看人家女孩子一個，拿的是大型免許。我男人一隻，腳下跨的是 Vespa 125cc. 空有豪情而無兵器，文化與環境之束縛原罪，真是令人無奈。

參考網站為 Kuniritsu.com.
アタシはバイクで旅に出る。

閒來無事從yahoo上找了半天才找到的，不知道有沒有人有相關的經驗或資訊？蠻另類有趣的摩托資訊，大家參考一下。對了，義大利和德國都有一些很不錯的摩托相關高等的教育機構和研發單位，改天找到再貼上來。 1) American Motorcycle Institute
http://www.amiwrench.com/home.html

建立於1972年，簡稱AMI，其實是由下列數個子機構(學院?)組成：

American Motorcycle Institute
American Marine Institute (又是跟造船有關，難道…)
American Watercraft Institute
International Technical
Training Center

入學的admission 分為三種，分別為veterans、vocational rehabilitaion 和 international student(hoho!)。

既然是講摩托車，那其他的就先不管。AMI 針對 motorcycle 方面有下面的幾個course：

1) Course MDBMW 2) Course MDDUC 3) Course MH
4) Course MDHON 5) Course MDKAW 6) Course MDSUZ
7) Course MDTRI 8) Course MDYAM

共八個，望文可生義哉。每個 course 除了一般性和各車廠專門的 mechanics 之外，還包含了共同科目dealership management。沒有意外的話大部分的 classes meet Monday through Friday from 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. Total 8 hours a day – 40
hours per week, 20 Weeks/800 Clock Hours Resident Training. 然後每五週都會有各車廠專業科目開班。

然後是，跟AMI有合作關係的企業：
http://www.amiwrench.com/moving.html

2) Motorcycle Mechanic Institute
http://64.82.5.217/techtraining/motorcycle.html

根據網站上的資訊，這家機構在美國是唯一受到：
Harley-DavidsonR Motor Co., American Honda, American Suzuki, Yamaha Motor Corp. USA, and Kawasaki Motors Corp., USA. 等惡勢力完全認證和資助的機構，好像後台頗硬……

Course Information

MMI 把哈雷特地和其他車廠分開來，所以在course的選擇上，HD technician progroam和 motorcycle technician program 是不一樣的(搞啥？哈雷就不是摩托車嗎？)。

Motorcycle technician program，代號『program 301』，課程總共33週，包含825個教學鐘點和27.5個測驗鐘點。

program 301課程內容有：

Theory and hands-on training on products from a variety of manufacturers in Clinics 1-9 to include Engines and Transmission; Suspension and Chassis System; Machine Shop; Basic and Advanced Electrical; Vehicle Maintenance; Engine Troubleshooting and Noise Diagnosis; and Engin
Performance.

修完後才有資格enroll最少六個星期的Manufacturer Specific Training：

Program 510* – HonTechR Program**
(12 weeks – 300 Clock Hours, 10.0 Credit Hours)

Program 710* – YamaProR Program**
(6 Weeks – 150 Clock Hours, 5.0 Credit Hours)

Program 950* – Factory Authorized Suzuki Training (FAST) Program
(6 Weeks – 150 Clock Hours, 5.0 Credit Hours)

Program 810* – K-TECH Specialist Program

3) Warren Tech
http://204.98.1.2/high/wotc/warren.html

跟上述兩間機構的屬性似乎有所不同，Warren Tech 除了在 transportation program 下有著一支『SMALL ENGINE AND MOTORCYCLE TECHNOLOGY』之外，舉凡graphic、business 甚至到 construction 都有涉足(http://204.98.1.2/high/wotc/prog.html)。

沒辦法，我不是讀本科的，搞不清楚他們的體系……

並非所有駕駛者或騎士都必須在London(倫敦市)的擁擠區(congestion area)，繳交行車稅金(congestion charge).

以下為免繳對象：

* 身心障礙人士或相關單位(持有藍色證，之前為橘色證)
* 居住在擁擠區的的住民
* 使用替代能源車輛的車主
* 駕駛九人座以上車輛的車主
* 路邊故障維修車輛的車主
* 相關急救單位之駕駛人

免繳證明需向 TfL 申請。

Deal all,

目前版面上的所有文章來源(皆為個人文章)，可粗分為下列：

(1) scumotor.twbbs.org (2) bbs.ntu.edu.tw (3) bbs.cs.nthu.edu.tw (4) dreamland.twbbs.org (5) http://blog.schee.info

未來 Motomosa.com 將以更專業的角度，來服務本地車友，傳播和 foster 不同面向的輿論，並與國外專業摩托權益促進團體(FEMA, MAG-UK, AMA, MRF…)和組織/個人作串連，提供第一手資訊。請與 Motomosa.com 一起成長，共同期許讓台灣走出畸形的道路和用車文化，過於技術偏向，還有人來政去的困境，謝謝。

If you would like to contribute articles and join Motomosa.com(or Motomosa Action Team), or offer a bit of help and shout a friendly hello, you could reach me at inf o@m oto mos a.c om

感念為誌,
Schee

還有一項可算是非常明顯，但卻又是極度遭『忽視』的第一：

1) scooter 在台灣合法掛牌上路數量；
2) 掛牌 scooter 總數除以台灣人口總數比

這兩點吧？ =D 我在想，義大利 scooter 是很多沒錯，但每次翻閱 Motociclismo 此誌，常發現歐盟各地區的 scooter 當月/當季/年度銷售量總是比台灣遜上好幾籌。台灣前幾年每年機車銷售總數曾經突破百萬台水準. Urhh…掐指一算，歐盟地區所有 scooter 年銷售量搞不好還會被台灣扳倒。這種單一市場的胃納，也算是世界第一吧？ =P

附錄資料：1999/2000 歐盟各國摩托車/速克達銷售量統計
來源：頁193, Motociclismo 2002/04

THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN evolution, introspection, and the general pursuit of life’s great mysteries to the activity of motorcycling may not be especially evident to every rider. But as we have found time and again, motorcycling is a way of bringing one closer to these things. Bill Huth, owner of Willow Springs Motorsports Park in Southern California, knows this as well as anyone… Huth, who has crammed enough adventure for a dozen lifetimes into his 70-plus years, started working at the age of six as a door to door salesman hawking Christmas trees and baked goods. By the ripe old age of eleven, he was trapping animals for the movie industry, and as a teenager, made a living as a welder and mechanic. After a brief acquaintance with the U.S. Air Force, Huth started a legitimate career as a whiskey bootlegger and nightclub operator. His expertise soon got him into the business of professional gambling and the confidence game. He later acquired Willow Springs International Raceway, and in the last ten years has transformed it from a single, narrow strip of rough asphalt into a world-class motorsports park comprised of five separate racetracks.

Huth certainly looks like a man who could convince Eskimos to buy ice cubes. He’s warm, engaging, and sincere, qualities no doubt acquired from living a life that, by all accounts, has been overflowing with rich experience. He’s tall, rugged, and wears a continual smile. If one could trace the lines on his weathered face, each and every one would likely lead to some sort of amazing adventure, the likes of which most of us will never see.

In “The Evolutionist” Huth embarks on a series of personal reflections not dissimilar to those penned by Mark Twain in “Letters from the Earth,” or by the father of modern psychology, Carl Jung in his own autobiography. But while Jung’s ruminations are laden with a good deal of highly technical jargon, and Twain’s maunderings are sadly weighted with the dark cynicism of his twilight years, Huth’s observations are optimistic, full of wonder, and refreshingly founded in the largely intuitive process of lay reasoning. They sometimes seem almost childlike in their simplicity, until you come across a sentence or phrase that holds so much fundamental truth it captivates your attention and starts the reasoning process anew.

Huth’s book is a beautiful little volume, a pocket-sized handful of inspiration that provides a little light for those dark moments that are inevitable as we trace our way from here to eternity. But it’s more than that. It’s something he’s given us to contemplate for generations to come. The wisdom of experience is difficult to capture, and few of Huth’s generation have taken the time to write theirs down. Bill Huth has, and the world is a bit brighter place for it.

“The Evolutionist” is available from:

High Sierra Books
Box 607
Kernville, CA 93238
(760) 376-1079