Tag Archives: Harley-Davidson

FALLS VILLAGE, CT – There’s no mistaking the model year of Donald Zanetti’s Harley-Davidson Sportster with sidecar or his passion for it. Adorning the heavily-chromed bike as well as the passenger compartment are

Harley-Davidson is recalling more than 9,000 of its Breakout motorcycles (FXSB and FXSBSE) from the 2013 and 2014 models years for a

The line for BBQ stretched from the rear of the parking lot almost out to the street, a fact that wasn’t lost on Dave Carvalho of Trumbull, CT. “Once you advertise free food, everyone

Motorcycle shows are always fun, but the New England Air Museum‘s inaugural indoor event today in Windsor Locks, CT was best summed up by Rick Price of Chester, CT. “It’s such a cool place to have it. There’s certainly a lot of shiny aluminum around,” said Price, who brought his …

To an owner, a Harley-Davidson motorcycle is already a piece of art. To New Jersey artist Allan Gorman, it’s the pieces of a Harley-Davidson – the engine, exhaust, derby cover or gas tank – that are worthy of

As the BBC reporter notes, the weather was clear and the road surface was dry, yet British rider Jack Sanderson ran off the road on a notorious section of the A457 in the Derbyshire Peak District, crashed and toppled down a 40-foot embankment. A Go-Pro camera attached to helmet shows …

Pictures courtesy of Marvel This is the week that Harley-Davidon has been waiting for – the week when Marvel’s much-anticipated “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” opens and shows off its new Street 750 model to moviegoers (and riders) around the planet. The hope is that new and younger riders will be …

A neighbor recently thinned her bookshelves and deposited a plastic bag filled with paperbacks on my doorstep. Included in the discards that she thought I might enjoy was Robert Fulghum’s “All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten.”  In reading it, having missed its gentle wisdom when it was …

By Bud Wilkinson The arrival of spring not only means a return to riding, but also motorcycle meets and shows. There are at least three planned over the next few weeks and spread over the region. The most intriguing is… – The New England Air Museum Motorcycle Show, a first-time event …

By Bud Wilkinson Oil drippings… – Burt Ives Honda in Columbia, CT isn’t expected to re-open until late April. That’s well after the original target of February. The dealership, which dates back to the 1930s, was acquired last fall by Ken Ives Jr. who bought it from his father. Remodeling, however, …

By Bud Wilkinson “Link of the Week” took a week off last weekend due to a day-long road trip (on four wheels, unfortunately) and a day devoted to volunteering. So, to make up for that shortcoming, two suggestions from contributing columnist Bob Rosen are posted today. One of them touts a …

By Bud Wilkinson Updated at 1:30 p.m.: A press release has now been issued. Harley-Davidson is bringing back the Dyna Low Rider (pictured above) and coming out with a touring version of the Sportster dubbed the Superlow 1200T (pictured below). Details on the new models as well as pictures have …

By Bud Wilkinson A story in today’s “Mirror” newspaper in the U.K. tells of a company called Shaw Speed and Custom, which specializes in customizing Harley-Davidsons, including the one pictured below. It begins: “CUSTOMISING has always been a big part of the Harley-Davidson experience. There is an old joke which says that the …

What’s your image of those who attend the annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota? If you pegged them as being older, more proper than hard-core bikers, affluent and educated, well, you’d be right. You’d also be on target if you said rally-goers were mostly Harley-Davidson riders. The results of …

With a crowd of hundreds watching, Pope Francis’ signed Harley-Davidson Dyna Super Glide sold for $328,169 at auction in Paris on Thursday. The bidding lasted six minutes and onlookers applauded when the gavel came down. A Harley jacket also sold for $78,135 as the part of Bonham’s Les Grandes Marques …