Tag Archives: Why We Ride

Bookshelf: “Why We Ride”

In hindsight, it probably wasn’t so hard to predict that rider and psychologist Mark Barnes would be successful writing about motorcycling. In his first column for “Motorcycle Consumer News” some 21 years ago, he wrote that “motorcyclists can be divided into two types.” There are those who are happy to …

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Another Incident Involving Riders In NYC

By Bud Wilkinson Some more motorcyclists in New York have been acting like jerks. A group of more than a dozen riders on bikes and ATVs blocked a congested stretch of Broadway near 190th St. in Washington Heights on Sunday afternoon, doing burnouts and wheelies. Irate motorists can be heard …

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Oil Drippings: News and Opinion

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com What’s not exactly a car but not really a motorcycle either? Does the word “autocycle” resonate? There’s a start-up company called Elio Motors, founded in 2008 by Paul Elio, that plans to build a three-wheeled model in Louisiana that’s essentially a motorcycle with auto controls. …

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