Up To Speed

FARIBAULT, MN – Classic Motorworks, the U.S. distributor of Royal Enfield motorcycles, is out with its Top 10 list of dealers in the country for 2014, and two are in New England. National Powersports Distributors in Pembroke, NH, ranked No. 5 in sales for the year, while Mark’s Motorsports in …

Talk about moving quickly. It was less than a month ago that Polaris acquired the electric motorcycle business of Brammo, Inc., and already the company has a brand and model in mind. Polaris announced the deal on Jan. 15. Only 12 days later, on Jan. 27, it filed with the …

If you ask the average rider which company sells the most motorcycles, the probable answer would be “Harley-Davidson.” It was just a week ago that Harley-Davidson reported worldwide sales of 267,999 motorcycles in 2014, a 2.7 percent increase over 2013. However,  “The Times of India” now reports that

MILWAUKEE – Harley-Davidson has announced that its current president and chief operating officer, Matthew S. “Matt” Levatich (pictured), will become the company’s next chief executive officer upon

BROOKFIELD, CT – Imagine buying a new bike, taking it home, putting it in the basement and letting it sit for more than three decades without ever riding it. That’s what the owner of a 1981 BMW R80 G/S did. Max Stratton, owner of the Max BMW dealerships, heard about …

It has become a ritual. Viewers tune in the Super Bowl to watch the commercials as much as they do to watch the big game, and a 30-second spot tomorrow in Super Bowl XLIX will cost $4 million. We’ll soon find out which ones stand out, but some from the …

There are now two ways to enter RIDE-CT / RIDE-NewEngland’s winter contest. The harder way to enter is to identify the brands of bikes in a six-photo collage below,. The shots were taken by Bob Rosen at the Motorcyclepedia museum in Newburgh, NY.s. The easier way is to name the bike …

MILWAUKEE – Worldwide sales of Harley-Davidson motorcycles rose 2.7 percent in 2014, with international sales increasing 5.4 percent. In its home market of the U.S., sales increased by only

MILWAUKEE – The Harley-Davidson Museum today announced plans for a summer 2015 exhibit honoring Willie G. Davidson, grandson of one of the company’s original founders, William A. Davidson, and chief styling officer emeritus of the company. Titled “Willie G. Davidson: Artist, Designer, Leader, Legend,” the exhbit opens June 13 and …

WINDSOR LOCKS, CT – A planned second annual motorcycle show at the New England Air Museum has now been scrapped following an apparent branding dispute between the museum and the Murdercycles Motorcycle Club of Manchester, CT, which organized the first show. After getting a splendid response to the inaugural show …

A double recall is underway for Polaris Slingshot models – for bad bearings in the steering rack assembly and for bad roll bars.

HARTFORD – A bill introduced Friday in the Connecticut General Assembly to create an “autocycle” category of motor vehicles would not, contrary to what RIDE-CT / RIDE-NewEngland reported five days ago, make sales of the Polaris Slingshot roadster legal in the state if passed. The bill was introduced by state Rep. Jonathan …

HARTFORD – Here we go again. Yet another attempt to open trails on state land to all-terrain vehicles. This time it’s state Rep. Rob Sampson (R-80th) who wants to provide ATV enthusiasts with places to ride. Sampson’s introduced Proposed Bill No. 5143 in the General Assembly that asks “That the …