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Ducati Staging New Model Tour

In advance of new 2015 models actually landing in showrooms, Ducati is staging a “preview tour” – hauling examples of the 1299 Panigale, Multistrada 1200 and Scrambler models in a van to a short list of dealers across the country. According to Ducati, two dealers in Massachusetts, one in New …

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Petition Seeks Legal Lane-Splitting

If you’re in favor of the California practice of lane-splitting – riding between lanes of slow-moving traffic on freeways – and would like to see it become legal everywhere, there’s a petition on the White House website that you might want to sign. Published Dec. 2, the petition seeks “to

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Honda Heritage Center Showcases Bikes

Opening to the public next month in Marysville, OH will be the Honda Heritage Center, a combination museum, technical development center and office complex. It will feature both cars and motorcycles built in the state and North America over the past 55 years. The $35 million, 160,000-square-foot facility was dedicated …

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DMV In CT Rejects Slingshot Again

A recent test drive of the Polaris Slingshot by Connecticut’s Department of Motor Vehicles failed to convince the agency to allow the new three-wheeled model to be sold and registered in Connecticut. Polaris brought a Slingshot to DMV headquarters in Wethersfield on Dec. 8 for inspection and a test drive, …

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