BOXBOROUGH, MA – Royal Enfield is dramatically upping its presence in the Northeast. To a lesser degree, the same may be said for Ural. Longtime premium used car dealer Alpha Cars, which has sold Russian-made Ural sidecar rigs since 2007, added Royal Enfield to its store here (pictured above) in …
Read More »Test Ride On Ural’s Prototype Electric “Zral” Sidecar Rig
SAN DIEGO – When GP Motorcycles held a grand reopening party last week having added Ural to its brand lineup, they invited Ural to bring demo bikes to create some buzz. In addition to a gas-powered Gear Up sidecar rig, Ural brought its prototype electric model with sidecar – and …
Read More »Staff Inflection: The Writers’ Desires
A new feature begins today called Staff Inflection whereby the writing staff of the RIDE-CT & RIDE-NewEngland wades in on a single subject. It may be on a serious issue facing the motorcycle industry, a recent event or trend, or something as frivolous and inconsequential as this initial entry: “If …
Read More »Sidecar Sequel From Good Spark Garage
CARMEL, IN – Five months after coming out with a clever, fast-paced and sometimes slapstick video on how to operate a sidecar rig, which RIDE-CT & RIDE-NewEngland told you about here, Good Spark Garage and twin brothers Corey and Casey Wilkinson are out with a sequel primer on sidecar safety for kids. …
Read More »Ural Dealer Seeks Credit Card Scammer
BOXBOROUGH, MA – An online shopper who used a stolen credit card to buy more than $700 in parts and accessories from Ural of New England has the dealership searching for the scammer. In a Facebook post at 10:59 a.m. Wednesday, Ural of New England business manager Olga Bykhovsky described …
Read More »Will Captain America Help Harley Sell New Model?
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 …
Read More »Royal Enfield Reduces MSRPs Of Bikes
By Bud Wilkinson In an effort to “reposition the brand,” Royal Enfield has dramatically dropped the MSRPs of its line of mid-sized motorcycles. The most expensive 2014 model is the new 535cc Continental GT cafe racer (pictured above). It will sell for $5,999, “much lower than industry observers expected,” the …
Read More »Ural of New England Top-Selling Dealer
By Bud Wilkinson In the world of motorcycles, Ural isn’t huge. The Russian company only built 1,206 bikes in 2013, which is probably one-quarter of what Harley-Davidson produced in a single week. Of that total, 98 percent were shipped with sidecars, leaving a mere
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