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By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com Indian Motorcycle used the Sturgis rally tonight to unveil it new lineup of three 2014 Chief models, with base prices ranging from $18,999 to $22,999. The models are the Indian Chief Classic (above at left) at $18,999, the Indian Chief Vintage (above at right) at …

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com This is truly the little motorcycle website that could. RIDE-CT.com set a readership record in July with 8,384 page views, nearly doubling the 4,407 page views of July 2012. Unique visitors to the site year-to-date totaled 21,518, up from 14,209 for the first seven months …

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com Is it me, or is Victory the Rodney Dangerfield of motorcycles; a brand that doesn’t get the respect it deserves considering the fit, finish and reliability of the bikes it build? Is it merely matter of Harley-Davidson owners being so loyal that Victory hasn’t made …

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com Anthony and Lisa Sebastiano of Watertown, CT were headed to the Dalton, MA this morning to check out the American Legion post there and had stopped for a moment at the Becket General Store in nearby Becket. That’s where RIDE-CT.com spied Anthony’s handsome 1977 Harley-Davidson …

(Courtesy: Paul Bass/”New Haven Independent”) By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com The picture whizzing around Facebook this morning shows a man covered with blood, groggily sitting in the middle of a city street as concerned onlookers attempt to assist him. The injured man is white. Those coming to his aid are …

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com The video has only just come out, but, back in May, the grandson of gold legend Jack Nicklaus survived a nasty motorcycle crash. Nick O’Leary plays tight end for the Florida State football team. He went flying when a car pulled into his path and …

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com With the unveiling of the all-new 2014 Chief by Indian only 10 days away, RIDE-CT.com has been wondering if Indian has added any new dealers in the northeast where an interested party might be able to buy the $18,999 base-price model with its Thunder Stroke …

Motorcycles weren’t plentiful at the recent Falls Village Car & Motorcycle Show, so it would be understandable if a spectator overlooked David Chase Parks’ exquisite and rare 1958 Gilera 175 Extra parked amidst the dozens of classic cars. It would be equally understandable if

Apparently RIDE-CT.com wasn’t alone in wondering why the New York tour stop for Progressive International Motorcycle Shows will shift from the traditional third weekend in January to mid-December for the 2013-2014. The dates for the upcoming show are Dec. 13-15 at the Jacobs J. Javits Convention Center. Advanstar Communications reports …

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com In advance of this weekend’s Moto GP race at Laguna Seca in Salinas, CA, Yamaha released a video Q&A with racer Valentino Rossi. The questions were posed by fans and cover a lot of territory. His answers are quite entertaining:

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com A mid-winter ritual for riders in the northeast is getting upended. The just-released schedule for the 2013-2014 Progressive International Motorcycle Shows lists the dates for the next New York show as Dec. 13-15, rather than the event’s usual dates over the third weekend in January. …

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com In an editorial posted online on Wednesday afternoon, Hearst Communications’ newspapers in Connecticut -including “The News-Times” in Danbury, “The Advocate” in Stamford, the “Greenwich Time” and the “Connecticut Post” in Bridgeport – came out in favor of the state renewing a requirement that all motorcyclists …

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com Ever played air guitar to your favorite song? Who hasn’t? Even ridden an “air bike” for fun? Probably not. You’ve probably never even had the idea of riding an air bike, probably because there’s a real one parked in the garage. Well, Ducati has just …

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com Chris ‘D’Aleo of Amenia, NY may have ridden into Toymaker’s Cafe in Falls Village, CT in a group yesterday morning, but the bike he was riding certainly stood out from the others (as did a Yamaha XS850 that I regrettably didn’t get pictures of). D’Alewo …

With the clock counting down on the unveiling of the all-new 2014 Chief, Indian continues to taunt with a new teaser that shows the bike’s Thunder Stroke 111 engine in action – inside a replica of Burt Munro’s famous “world’s fastest Indian.” Dubbed the “Spirit of Munro,” the motorcycle is