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WATERBURY, CT – Could it have been much hotter? Sweating spectators at Doc’s Vintage & Classic Bike Show found themselves searching for shade today as sunshine and a 90-degree temperature baked the annual event at Doc’s Motorcycle Parts, 1625 Thomaston Ave. That didn’t stop motorcycle owners from bringing

TORRANCE, CA – What’s the most that you’d pay for a motorcycle? Would you ever fork over $184,000? That’s Honda’s asking price for the limited edition RC213V-S, a 2016 model based on the company’s MotoGP machine. It’s being offered

TORRANCE, CA – Honda is bringing back an adventure model known as the Africa Twin, which will be in U.S. dealer showrooms in early 2016. Only teaser photos were released today when Honda revealed the all-new CRF1000F Africa Twin. Honda’s original XRV650 Africa Twin originally debuted in 1989 and was later …

Japanese manufacturers build motorcycles that are “significantly more reliable” than those made by companies in the U.S. and Europe, according to a just-released “Consumer Reports” survey of subscribers. They provided their experiences on more than 12,300 bikes built between 2008 and 2014. Yamaha/Star was judged to be the most reliable …

It’s only a concept model, but Honda’s Bulldog motorcycle that debuted today at the 31st Osaka Motorcycle Show sure exhibited some bark. With wide, 15-inch tires and a low seat at

It has become a ritual. Viewers tune in the Super Bowl to watch the commercials as much as they do to watch the big game, and a 30-second spot tomorrow in Super Bowl XLIX will cost $4 million. We’ll soon find out which ones stand out, but some from the …

LITCHFIELD, CT – So much for the book value… The 1965 Honda C110 auctioned off New Year’s Day at the Possum Queen pageant at the Litchfield Inn far surpassed the $1,000 reserve and even topped the NADA estimate in excellent shape of $2,420. Denise Leclair of Goshen, CT had the …

Jeff Crampton spent years in his youth working on Hondas. As a certified Honda technician and later as a service manager, he toiled at several dealerships in New England back in the 1970s. His first motorcycle was a Honda – a 1965 Super 90 – and his current bikes are

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 …

Honda marked a milestone this week. The Japanese company manufactured of its 300-millionth motorcycle since the first Dream Type-D (pictured above) came off the assembly line in 1949. A Gold Wing model produced at Honda’s Kumamoto Factory in Japan was designated the milestone bike. Honda began mass producing motorcycles in …

Pardon me while I belatedly celebrate a milestone. It was in late October that I marked 10 years of riding a motorcycle. Over that time, tens of thousands of miles have been ridden and nearly a dozen used bikes have filtered through the garage. The two-wheeled journey has been filled …

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 …

It has been out elsewhere, but not here – at least not until August. That’s when the 2015 Honda CBR300R will finally

It has been two months since Honda unveiled its futuristic NM4 model in Japan. The 745cc, dual clutch transmission bike will be called the Vultus in Europe, and will be

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 …