Bud Wilkinson

Bud Wilkinson is editor and publisher of RIDE-CT. He writes the "My Ride" classic car column for Hearst Connecticut Media Group's newspapers in CT and for the company's CT Insider website and YouTube channel. The weekly feature began in 2016 in the "Republican-American" newspaper in Waterbury, CT. He also wrote the "RIDE-CT" motorcycle column in that newspaper from 2005 until 2025 when motorcycles were folded into My Ride. A graduate of Vermont Academy prep school, he holds a B.A. degree journalism from Ohio Wesleyan University. He is the recipient of a Scripps Howard Foundation National Journalism Award in 1992 and a 1991-92 regional Emmy Award for commentary. He currently rides a 1987 BMW R80RT and a 1996 BMW R850R.

Test Ride: Moto Guzzi V85 TT

BETHEL, CT – It was around 11 a.m. Friday while gearing up for a demo ride that Hamlin Cycles’ owner Jim Hamlin cheerfully called from across the parking lot, “Be back by 6.”  I chuckled inwardly because my plan was to merely run the new 2020 Moto Guzzi V85 TT …

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Yankee Chapter National Meet Has Bikes Worth Seeing

TERRYVILLE, CT – If opening day of the National Meet staged by the Yankee Chapter of the Antique Motorcycle Club of America at the Terryville Fairgrounds is for shopping for that much needed part, then day two is for leisurely strolling the grounds and looking at old machines. Many sparkling …

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Second Time A Charm For Yankee Chapter National Meet

TERRYVILLE, CT – Wet weather put a damper on the Yankee Chapter of the Antique Motorcycle Club of America’s first-ever National Meet at the Terryville Fairgrounds a year ago, but Mother Nature is cooperating this weekend, which resulted in a large opening day turnout on Friday. “I’m ecstatic,” said Ted …

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