Happy New Year to all of our readers! Here's to a fantastic 2007 filled with lots of clean, fresh pavement, beautiful scenery, great rides, uncrowded roads, and continued good health for everyone.

We look forward to lots of great new things to share with our readers this year. Stay tuned!

Now then, Where's the best place to ride in 2007?

Cheers!

We're posting new photos from the San Mateo show.

You can find them in the gallery.

We've got photos of bikes, people, manufacturer's floor displays, accessories, and a bunch of other stuff. We hope that you enjoy them.

Please see our write-up about the show.

This article on The New Atlantis website talks about the loss of craftsmanship, and what it means to work with your hands (as, for instance, when you build something, repair a motorcycle, etc.) and produce something tangible vs. the more typical, 'information economy' intangible stuff such as software.

Given the intrinsic richness of manual work, cognitively, socially, and in its broader psychic appeal, the question becomes why it has suffered such a devaluation in recent years as a component of education. The economic rationale so often offered, namely that manual work is somehow going to disappear, is questionable if not preposterous, so it is in the murky realm of culture that we must look to understand these things. To this end, perhaps we need to consider the origins of shop class, so that we can better understand its demise.

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Check out the massive CTEK motorcycle at the Cycle World International Motorcycle show in San Mateo, California this weekend December 16th and 17th. Stop by their display and check out the line of smart battery chargers. We will be evaluating the CTEK Multi US 3300 smart battery charger. Please check back for a full review.

Marine Reserves will be collecting unwrapped toys and contributions for the Toys for Tots drive at the Cycle World International Motorcycle Show in San Mateo, CA this weekend, December 16th and 17th.

Dwight and I will be at the 2006 Cycle World International Motorcycle Show in San Mateo the evening of Friday, December 15... We'll be wearing shirts bearing the RoadCarvin' logo, if you see us, come on over and say hi!

We'll post the best photos on RoadCarvin' as soon as we can.

Update December 19 - we've posted some of the photos here.

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