Ha! My final project is finished along with the willpower to accomplish any more schoolwork for the next few weeks. I decided to map the increases and decreases in motorcycle registrations across the U.S. because as a motorcyclist, I'm curious about the growth or decline of the motorcycle industry. Overall, it appears to be growing quite a bit. The only trouble in making the map came from Colorado's motorcycle registration numbers for 2002-2006, which included duplicate numbers of registrations from one year to the next and jumps of almost 100,000 between other years. Since both of these scenarios seem rather unlikely, I decided to substitute the more realistic 1996-2000 data in for Colorado and made note of the switch on the map.Here are some useful links, should one like to learn more on the subject or just waste some time:
Department of Transportation - Federal Highway Administration
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/
Motorcycle Safety Foundation
http://www.msf-usa.org/
Motorcycle USA
http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/
Visordown
http://www.visordown.com/
DC Sportbikes
http://www.dcsportbikes.net/
