Oil Drippings: News and Opinion

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com

Motus, the Alabama-based builder of sport bikes, is out with a video that shows its new MTS and MSTR models on the road for the first time. The bikes are powered by a 1,650cc V4 engine. Motus as-yet doesn’t have a dealer in New England.

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Another biker has been charged in the assault of an SUV driver in NYC and the “New York Daily News” reports that undercover and off-duty cops were among the riders who chased Alexian Lien, his wife and young daughter. The newspaper also reports that celebrity lawyer Gloria Allred is now representing the family of Edwin Mieses, the biker who suffered paralysis after being struck by Lien while fleeing from the bike swarm. That story is here. A “New York Post” story on  an undercover cop being at the scene when Lien was beaten is here.

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In recognition of October being National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, seat-maker Mustang is “thinking pink” by coming out with limited edition pink trimmed seat with pink ribbons.

The Breast Cancer Research Foundation will get $10 for each seat sold this month.

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Wired.com tapped Chris Hunter, who hosts the website BIKE EXIF in New Zealand and has written a book called “The Ride,” come up with a list of “The Most Incredible Custom Motorcycles of 2013.” It can be found here.