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By Bud Wilkinson In the world of motorcycles, Ural isn’t huge. The Russian company only built 1,206 bikes in 2013, which is probably one-quarter of what Harley-Davidson produced in a single week. Of that total, 98 percent were shipped with sidecars, leaving a mere
Read More »Oil Drippings: News and Opinion
By Bud Wilkinson Oil drippings: The Greater Hartford Motorcycle Enthusiasts are hosting a showing of the motorcycle documentary “Why We Ride” at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 6 at AMC Loews Danbury 16 theaters in Danbury, CT and needs 77 reservations for the screening to come off. A total of 11 tickets …
Read More »Forty Years Since “Fonzie” First Roared
Ron Howard as Richie Cunningham and Henry Winkler as “Fonzie” Time flies. It was 40 years ago yesterday – Jan. 15, 1974 – that the ABC sitcom “Happy Days” premiered. Among the many cast members were Ron Howard as Richie Cunningham and Henry Winkler as Arthur “Fonzie”/”The Fonz” Fonzarelli, a …
Read More »New Indian Dealer Changes Name, Adds EBR
It hadn’t even officially opened yet but Indian Motorcycle of Westfield in Massachusetts is no more. Its name has changed and it has added a second line of motorcycles. The new name is Indian Motorcycle of Springfield, which makes sense because it serves the Springfield market and because Springfield is …
Read More »Another Incident Involving Riders In NYC
By Bud Wilkinson Some more motorcyclists in New York have been acting like jerks. A group of more than a dozen riders on bikes and ATVs blocked a congested stretch of Broadway near 190th St. in Washington Heights on Sunday afternoon, doing burnouts and wheelies. Irate motorists can be heard …
Read More »The Nastiest Column About Motorcycles Ever Written?
By Bud Wilkinson While checking out the website Sports on Earth earlier this week, I came across a very funny story written by Alan Siegel about the some stunts staged by the Buffalo Sabres back in the 1970s and 1980s that were thought up by the hockey team’s “public relations czar” …
Read More »Remembering A Friend With “Numb Nutz Ride”
By Bob Rosen New Year’s Day is often a time for new beginnings and renewed commitments to an improved life. The passing of the previous year also creates the urge to review and reflect. In the case of a hardy group of riders in Fairfield County, CT, they use Jan. …
Read More »Attendance Dipped At New York IMS Due To Snow
By Bud Wilkinson Attendance figures are out for the Progressive International Motorcycle Show in New York last month and the crowd size plummeted 19.4 percent from the previous show due largely to a winter storm on Saturday, the main day of the three-day event. Attendance was pegged at 58,811, a …
Read More »BMW Recalling More Than 50,000 Bikes
By Bud Wilkinson The potential for a leak involving the fuel pump has prompted BMW to recall more than 50,000 motorcycles covering 18 models over a seven-year period. Affected are 2005-2011 “R” models, 2005-2012 “K” models, the S 1000 RR from 2010 and 2011, and 2006-2010 HP2 motorcycles. The National …
Read More »Oil Drippings: News and Opinion
By Bud Wilkinson When the PSA came out in August 2009, it was credited with getting teens to stop texting while driving and with saving lives. Shot in South Wales and funded by the Gwent police department, it graphically showed the potential consequences of texting when behind the wheel. If …
Read More »New Dealer In Bethel Targets March 1 Opening
By Bud Wilkinson Jim Hamlin is targeting a March 1 opening for his new Hamlin Cycles dealership in Bethel, CT. Pending zoning approval that will allow a service department, Hamlin plans to open the new store in a building that formerly housed a power equipment business. “We’re working on the inside …
Read More »Study Says Hundreds of ATVers Die On Public Roads
By Bud Wilkinson All-terrain vehicles are designed to be ridden off-road, but many owners illegally take their ATVs on paved public roads, and the result has been the deaths of more than 1,700 riders in the U.S. between 2007 and 2011, according to a new study just released by the …
Read More »2020 Event Calendar
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a huge impact motorcycle rallies, shows and other events scheduled for 2020. Most have been canceled. Immediately below are events still scheduled to take place: Aug. 8 – Rotary Club of Mansfield (MA) Vintage Motorcycle Show, British Car Show and Aircraft Fly-in from 10 a.m. …
Read More »Website Sets Readership Record in 2013
Happy New Year and Thank You! RIDE-CT.com/Ride-NewEngland.com set a readership record in 2013 with the number of unique visitors to the website increasing nearly 58 percent (57.95 percent to be precise) and the number of page views rising nearly 30 percent (29.9 percent) over 2012. According to Google Analytics, RIDE-CT.com/Ride-NewEngland …
Read More »Just Asking, But Why Isn’t the Bellagio Sold Here?
By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com Given the popularity of Harley-Davidson’s Sportster variants, you’d think that any company making a similar mid-sized cruiser model would want to sell it in North America. That isn’t the case, though. While Triumph has the America and Speedmaster models and Yamaha has several V-Star 950 …
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