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Mustang Factory in Three Rivers, MA By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com Mustang Motorcycle Products, maker of the high-end aftermarket Mustang brand motorcycle seats, will this week wrap up consolidation of its operation at its factory in Three Rivers, MA after closing its corporate headquarters in Terryville, CT. The company was …

Dennis Bolduc’s 1946 Indian Chief with sidecar sits in front of a 1941 Indian Four (left rear) and a 1953 Indian Chief (right rear) inside what will eventually be the showroom of Indian Motorcycle of Westfield in Westfield, MA. By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com A sunny, crisp autumn afternoon and …

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com Anyone with a passing knowledge of the rock band Rush knows that drummer Neil Peart has a love of motorcycles. While touring, he gets to concerts aboard a BMW R 1200 GS, usually taking the back roads to get there while his bandmates fly. (Photo …

In a four-paragraph tease, Erik Buell Racing (EBR) has announced that it will unveil a new sportbike on Oct. 16 at the American International Motorcycle Exposition in Orlando, FL. The street legal, high performance machine will carry the designation 1190RX and will use

A cemetery in Palmetto, FL now has a “Bikers Only” section. Skyway Memorial Gardens is selling plots in that section for between $5,000 and $100,000. The higher price is presumably for

It has been five weeks since Indian took wrappers off its new 2014 Chief models at the Sturgis rally, having earlier said its goal is to have 120-140 dealers across the country by

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com They came by the thousands to the Singletary Rod and Gun Club in Oxford, MA on Sunday to inspect the finest two-wheeled machines ever made in Japan. The show ground, the vendor areas and the parking lots were all  packed for the sixth annual Rice-O-Rama …

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com The website promises “There’s nothing like Rice-O-Rama” and it’s a promise that’s always kept. The 6th annual all-Japanese Rice-O-Rama meet is set for Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Singletary Rod and Gun Club in Oxford, MA. The event is both a …

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com Motorcycle daredevil Evel Knievel has been dead for nearly six years, but memories of his heroics live on, prompting a comic book publisher in Vancouver, WA to bring out a new series starring Knievel. Bluewater Productions plans both paper and digital versions of the Evel Knievel comic book …

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com After 33 years of owning Willow’s Motorsports in Cheshire, nearly half that time with co-owner Carolyn Vallone, Jim Tabor is on the verge of closing the dealership that up until recently sold Honda, Kawasaki and Yamaha motorcycles. The dealership’s website has already been deactivated. “We’re …

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com RIDE-CT.com set a readership record in August with nearly 10,000 page views – 9,503 to be exact. That’s the highest one-month total in website’s history. More than 26,000 unique visitors have checked out RIDE-CT.com since the start of the year, surpassing the 23,931 that were …

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com In an overnight press release, Motorcycle Mustang Products finally revealed that it’s now making Mustang Seats for several Triumph models, including all Bonneville variants as well as the Thruxton, Scrambler and Thunderbird models. “Think of it as New England meets olde England,” said Steve Veltri, …

(Editor’s note: Earlier this month, Ed Henderson of Waterbury, CT and Bobby Gregorio of Naugatuck, CT rode to South Dakota (and back) to attend the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. Henderson has provided RIDE-CT.com with some pics and commentary about their trip.) By Ed Henderson for RIDE-CT.com This journey to the 73rd …

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com Spending some time on Saturday morning cleaning out the e-mailbox and wondering… – What’s the point? A press release from the Concours Owners Group (COG) that arrived shortly before sunrise today contains info on the dates and location of the club’s 2014 national rally. The …

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com Trike riders from up and down the eastern seaboard, including all the way from Florida, began gathering in Torrington, CT today for the fourth annual TrikeTalk.com North East Rally. Early arrivals were taken on a guided tour by event organizer John Luciano, which included a …