2007 Riders Choice Star winners and runners up
For significant achivement in 2006
| A riders dream – most desired dream ride or event | |
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Ride the silk route, Istanbul to China
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| Join Ewan McGregor on the Long Way Down ride, Scotland to Cape Town
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| Ride the Mother Road, historic USA Route 66
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| Best concept motorcycle or scooter | |
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Ducati Desmosidici RR
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| Gilera Fuoco 500 ie
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| Electric Moto Corporation Blade T-6
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| Best motorcycle exhibition | |
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Intermot, Köln Germany
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| EICMA, Milan
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| Rats Hole Custom Bike Show
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| Best looking new motorcycle | |
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Triumph Daytona 675
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| BMW R1200GSA Adventure
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| Benelli TNT Cafe Racer 1130
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| Best manufacturers website | |
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BMW Motorrad
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| Ducati
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| Harley-Davidson
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| Best motorcycle or scooter blog | |
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Steve Williams, Scooter in the Sticks
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| Mike Werner, Bikes in the Fast Lane
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| Wendy Moon, Moonrider’s Motorcycling World
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| Best new everyday motorcyle | |
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BMW F800S
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| Kawasaki 650 Ninja
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| Quantya Evo 1
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| Best new motor scooter | |
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Piaggio MP3
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| Vespa GTS 250ie
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| Yamaha Morphous
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| Best new motorcycle | |
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BMW F800 ST
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| Moto Guzzi Norge 1200
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| KTM 990 Super Duke RR
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| Object of lust – most desired motorcycle of any year | |
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Ducati Desmosedici RR
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| Triumph Bonneville T100
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| Ducati 1098
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| Thumbs up – best contribution to motorcycling | |
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Ardys Kellerman – setting new BMWOA mileage record at age 74
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| Patriot Guard (USA) – garnering positive media attention for bikers
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| Rodger Donaldson, director – World’s Fastest Indian
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| Wish we’d thought of that – best innovation or accessory | |
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Piaggio MP3
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| Garmin Zumo 550
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| D-LockSystems D-Lock
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| Women riders booster of the year – advancing the cause of women riders | |
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Ardys Kellerman – inspiring women riders of all ages
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| Alice Sexton, President WIMA USA – reviving the USA division of WIMA
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| Bonnie Strawser, Femmoto – getting more women on the track
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2007 Riders Choice Fallen Star winners and runners up
For serious lapse in judgement in 2006
| Thumbs down – worst contribution to motorcycling | |
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Billy Lane – fatal DUI accident kills fellow motorcyclist
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| Motorcycle Safety Foundation (USA) – suing Oregon State U. for M/C program infringement
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| Arnold Schwarzenegger – riding without a motorcycle endorsement .... | |
| What were they thinking? — worst idea of 2006 | |
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Speed TV (USA), Super Bikes! – replacing racing coverage with a stunter fest
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| Derbi Mulhacen 659 X-Vision – watch yourself on TV while riding
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| Caterpillar Cat Chopper
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| Worst manufacturer’s website | |
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Icon Motorsports, Icon Motorcycle Gear
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| Vespa, vespausa.com
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| KTM, Any KTM site
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In January 2007 nominations were opened to the public and MBI members. After nominations closed, MBI members selected five finalists in each category.
Voting was opened to the public and members during the month of February. Public and MBI member votes were recorded separately.
After voting closed, the public and member votes were tallied. For each category the percentage of votes each nominee received was calculated. The percentages for public votes and member votes were then added together giving a nomrmalized percentage for each nominee. The nominee with the highest percentage of votes in each category is the winner. An abbreviated example:
Public vote:Nominee 1: 12% of the vote
Nominee 2: 64% of the vote
Nominee 3: 24% of the vote
Member vote:
Nominee 1: 62%
Nominee 2: 22%
Nominee 3: 16%
The percentages are combined:
Nominee 1: 12% + 62% = 74
Nominee 2: 64% + 22% = 86
Nominee 3: 24% + 16% = 40
Nominee number 2 is the winner.