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New England riders carry a great sense of pride in the region that we are fortunate enough to call home. Those of us from the southern New England regularly point our bikes north via those wonderfully windy ribbons of tar. As a resident of Litchfield County, CT, I regularly heed …

OK, technically, it may not have been a “custom” motorcycle. It didn’t have features such as an extended or raked front end, or a one-off gas tank, or an exotic color. What the 1922 Henderson did have was

RIDE-CT.com / RIDE-NewEngland.com staffers Bob Rosen and Bud Wilkinson spent Saturday pounding the pavement in Brooklyn, NY and snapping pictures of motorcycles. The purpose of the visit to the Williamsburg section was to attend the 6th annual Brooklyn Invitational Custom Motorcycle Show, which featured

Ever buy a motorcycle that you didn’t need or necessarily want? Sometimes the urge to add some fresh iron to the garage is just too irresistible. That’s why there’s a 1983 Yamaha XT250 is parked next to my 2008 Suzuki V-Strom. It’s the bike I didn’t need, eventually didn’t want, …

For the 2015 model year, Honda is celebrating four decades of producing the Gold Wing with a 40th anniversary edition (shown above), but the announcement earlier this month of the commemorative model was quickly overshadowed by a recall of some 126,000 Gold Wings from the 2001-2010 and 2012 model years. The …

Yamaha is recalling some 5,300 of its 2014 FZ-09 model for an inadequate headlight harness that could result in the headlight going out. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Thursday that FZ-09 models manufactured between Aug. 1 and Aug. 29 of this year  “may have a headlight harness that …

Police in Hamden, CT last week arrested a motorcyclist on a variety of charges after spotting him run a red light on a “police” bike, which was actually a dirt bike equipped with siren as well red and blue flashing lights. The bike had the word “police” stenciled in various …

STURBRIDGE, MA – Of all the motorcycles at IMOC today, there was one that drew more gawkers than all the others. The reasons were numerous. It’s expensive, rare and, if Ducati’s claims are to be believed, it has the best power-to-weight ratio of any production motorcycle ever built. It’s also gorgeous. …

Dan Emerson of Connecticut at 2012 Motorcycle Cannonball New England is well represented in this year’s Motorcycle Cannonball Endurance Run with three participants from Connecticut and one each from New Hampshire and Vermont. There are also seven riders from New York. The coast-to-coast trek involving pre-1937 motorcycles began Friday in …

EBR plans a demo tour for the 1190SX model this month with four stops in New England, three in New Jersey and one in New York. The tour kicks off  next Wednesday at Big Boyz Toyz in Marlboro, NY, followed by stops at EBR Metuchen in Metuchen, NJ on Sept. …

Mention the word “grill” and I’m apt to smile. For me, the word doesn’t only conjure up an image of a backyard barbecue or a heavily-chromed front end of a car produced by Detroit automakers in the 1950s, but also a line from an audio recording that I heard many …

Harley-Davidson is out with more models for 2015, including a new low-profile trike dubbed the Freewheeler to join the existing Tri-Glide Ultra Classic. Starting at $24,999, the Freewheeler features a mini ape-hanger handlebar and bobbed fenders. “With its low profile and stripped-down details inspired by classic hot rods, the Freewheeler …

There’s a tendency after you’ve been riding for a few years to look down on – or simply overlook – motorcycles that aren’t “big boy toys.” If it’s not a heavyweight cruiser, a one-liter sport bike or a large adventure touring machine, it ain’t worth a gander.  Right? Honda, however, …

PEMBROKE, NH – The signage for Triumph hasn’t arrived yet, but bikes made by the British manufacturer have, signaling the addition of a second brand of new motorcycles at National Powersports Distributors at 319 Commerce Way. Triumph joins Royal Enfield (added in 2010) as the company, which began in 2002 as …

A 1958 Ariel Cyclone once owned by rock ‘n’ roll legend Buddy Holly, and reportedly one of only 174 ever built, will be auctioned off Oct. 5 in Phoenix at the Musical Instrument Museum as part of a “Remembering Waylon” collection of Waylon Jennings memorabilia. The Ariel was purchased by Holly …