WEST HARTFORD, CT – The line to meet actor (and avid rider) Scott Patterson stretched out the door of the Kiehl’s store at Westfarms mall on Friday. Fans of “Gilmore Girls” were anxious to get pictures with the guy who plays diner owner Luke Danes. They wanted autographs, too. And …

WEST HARTFORD, CT – It’s a 10-day charity riding event through four states, staged by the skin-care company Kiehl’s and benefiting amFAR (The Foundation for AIDS Research). On Friday, a group of executives and celebrity participants in the seventh annual LifeRide rolled into the Kiehl’s store at Westfarms mall to

BROOKFIELD, CT – The state is getting its first Indian dealer. Indian’s website doesn’t yet list Brookfield Indian Motorcycle, but the under-construction dealership at 20 Federal Road quietly launched a

It’s always satisfying to see an old friend or colleague do well. Yesterday’s announcement that Keith Gretzky is becoming assistant general general manager of the NHL’s Edmonton Oilers after spending five seasons as director of amateur scouting for the Boston Bruins put a smile on my face. Keith and I worked …

It was arguably the worst period in Harley-Davidson’s history. Decades later, the “AMF years” between 1969 and 1981 are remembered not-so-fondly by many of the brand’s loyalists as a time when build quality and reliability deteriorated. Buy it new, fix it immediately was the routine for

HARWINTON, CT – Interstate highways didn’t exist in October 1947. ABS wasn’t available on automobiles and motorcycles. Neither cars nor bikes were as safe or as sound nearly 70 years ago as they are today. There was less traffic, too, but possibly more risky behavior. And there was certainly a …

HARWINTON, CT – The content found on RIDE-CT & RIDE-NewEngland keeps evolving. The website has grown dramatically in terms of content and readership over the past five years. Today, a new page under the “Events” tab devoted to “Charity Rides” gets added.

Harley-Davidson is recalling 27,232 heavy cruisers from the 2016 model year to fix a problem with the clutch master cylinder. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports “the clutch master cylinder may lose the ability to generate enough lift to disengage the clutch, especially if the motorcycle has been parked …

STAMFORD – The death of a close friend in a motorcycle accident last week has prompted a Connecticut rider to launch a petition drive to pass a helmet law in the state. Dante Ibanez is seeking a “No Helmet, No Ride” policy in Connecticut.

By Bud Wilkinson “The American cinema’s most unsung singer” is what “The New York Times” calls Marni Nixon in an obituary posted today.  Like other obits, the newspaper’s story notes that it was Nixon who did the singing in some celebrated movie musicals from

SPRINGFIELD – The Indian “motocycle” brand dates back 115 years to the company’s founding here in 1901. Dana Faucher can connect the dots on history’s timeless back much earlier – centuries, in fact, to the 1600s – when talking about his 1936 Indian Chief that he’s named

SUFFIELD, CT – It was hot on the hilltop today as Hilltop Farm revived its vintage motorcycle show after a four-year sabbatical, and one old bike stood out in particular and required sunglasses to squint at. It was a brilliant all-chrome 1947 Indian Chief police edition with

Summer’s here, those days of soda and ice cream and chip-sealing. Before getting to two of those three items, a quick reminder that this monthly “If You Had Asked Me, I Would Have Told You…” column is a catch-all for news items, rumors, odd stuff that I’ve stumbled across as …

LOS ANGELES – The founding of Harley-Davidson in Milwaukee gets recalled in a new three-part miniseries from Discovery Channel titled “Harley and The Davidsons,” which will premiere at 9 p.m. ET on Monday, Sept. 5 and air on

A Yamaha recall of 11,280 of its YZF-R3 sport bikes from the 2015 and 2016 model years for power train and engine/engine cooling issues is underway. All were manufactured between