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Yamaha’s Star cruiser brand today unveiled a new, third version of its Bolt model for 2015. Called the C-Spec, this Bolt features clip-on handlebars, fork gaiters, a removable passenger seat cowl and “sport cafe paint and graphics. Available in silver or green, the Bolt C-Spec joins the existing base Bolt …

Motorcycle manufacturers love to embellish when describing their offerings, so it’s only natural to skim over some of the descriptions used by Triumph regarding its Thunderbird LT model – lines such as “premium class touring cruiser” and “world’s largest parallel twin motorcycle engine.” More to the point is how does …

Triumph is recalling more than 1,300 of its 2012 and 2013 Street Triple R models because of possible loose bolts. The bikes, built between July 1, 2012 ad Oct. 1, 2013 and having ABS, have “four bolts that secure the two cable guides on either side of the headstock” that …

Kawasaki’s long-running, 649cc Versys model is getting a larger sibling. The company announced today that the Versys 1000 will finally be sold in the U.S. as a 2015 model, with both versions coming in an “LT” configuration. The larger Versys has been sold elsewhere in the world since the 2012 model …

Edgar Howard Johnson Jr. fervently believes in securing his recently-acquired vintage Harley-Davidson, and is adamant that history not repeat itself. The motorcycle is locked in the garage at his home near Charlotte, N.C. “There’s no way they’d be able to

About 100 miles north of New York City, Columbia County has long offered a great selection of fun riding roads and some interesting destinations. Among those destinations are three venues for modern outdoor sculpture – sometimes on a grand scale. The ambitious rider could visit each of these unique collections …

A 1954 Harley-Davidson that was stolen from a North Carolina police officer’s home in 1972 – and spent many years in New England (see update at bottom) – has been found at the Los Angeles/Long Beach seaport in California where it was bound for Australia. U.S. Customs and Border Protection …

  After teasing it seemingly forever, Ducati today revealed images and info on its new 2015 Scrambler model, describing it as “a contemporary bike that expresses the pure essence of motorcycling.” Powered by an oil- and air-cooled, 803cc, L-twin motor, the compact Scrambler will come in

KENT, CT – There weren’t many motorcycles at the 30th annual Connecticut Antique Machine Association‘s Fall Festival on Saturday, and the few that were parked amidst the vendor tables, the vintage tractors, and the old, wheezing single-cylinder engines were easy to notice – including a

The Moto Guzzi V7 is getting a makeover, and an expanded name. It will now be the V7 II, presumably for

New England riders carry a great sense of pride in the region that we are fortunate enough to call home. Those of us from the southern New England regularly point our bikes north via those wonderfully windy ribbons of tar. As a resident of Litchfield County, CT, I regularly heed …

OK, technically, it may not have been a “custom” motorcycle. It didn’t have features such as an extended or raked front end, or a one-off gas tank, or an exotic color. What the 1922 Henderson did have was

RIDE-CT.com / RIDE-NewEngland.com staffers Bob Rosen and Bud Wilkinson spent Saturday pounding the pavement in Brooklyn, NY and snapping pictures of motorcycles. The purpose of the visit to the Williamsburg section was to attend the 6th annual Brooklyn Invitational Custom Motorcycle Show, which featured

Ever buy a motorcycle that you didn’t need or necessarily want? Sometimes the urge to add some fresh iron to the garage is just too irresistible. That’s why there’s a 1983 Yamaha XT250 is parked next to my 2008 Suzuki V-Strom. It’s the bike I didn’t need, eventually didn’t want, …

For the 2015 model year, Honda is celebrating four decades of producing the Gold Wing with a 40th anniversary edition (shown above), but the announcement earlier this month of the commemorative model was quickly overshadowed by a recall of some 126,000 Gold Wings from the 2001-2010 and 2012 model years. The …