Up To Speed

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com It was only a little more than a week ago that Harley-Davidson unveiled two mid-year 2012 models – the Sportster “Seventy-Two” and the Softail “Slim” – and the good news is that they’re already in stores. RIDE-CT.com visited Harley-Davidson of Danbury on Friday and got …

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com A Sunday morning ride this past weekend resulted in the arrest of a Florida motorcyclist on a charge of felony child neglect. Jose Nelson Diana of Tampa was spotted going between 20 and 30 miles per hour with his three-year-old son on his lap. Diana was …

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com The bikes that we ride these days are so refined. We hit the starter button, click the shifter into first gear and go. It wasn’t always this way. Neil Tolhurst tipped us to a video from the Netherlands of a flame-throwing 1915 Indiana board-track racer:

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com Harley-Davidson has unveiled two new bikes for 2012. There’s a Sportster called the “Seventy-Two” and a Softail dubbed “Slim.” The Seventy-Two is a throwback bike recalling the early ’70s when choppers were the rage and metal flake paint schemes a necessity. Consequently, the bike has …

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com Two people were hospitalized with unknown injuries in Bridgeport on Tuesday morning following the collision of a motorcycle and a car on Fairfield Avenue. The accident left the motorcycle standing perpendicular against the driver’s side of the car, and the “Connecticut Post” has pictures and …

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com The Isle of Man TT was the overwhelming favorite answer to the January poll question of “If you could attend only one event event in 2012, it would be?” A total of 37 voters or 46 percent picked the Isle of Man TT. Sturgis captured …

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com The flier for the 94th annual Crotona Midnight Run proclaims “Girlie Men Need Not Apply,” and for good reason. This dead-of-winter, dead-of-night event is for serious riders as well as for those foolhardy souls with a spirit of adventure. The number of participants each year …

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com Sure, it was in the low 40s today, but it was still a great day to ride. How often do New England riders get to log miles in late January? Not often. No matter that a missed turn resulted in the unexpected challenges of a …

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com Some major details, such as price and availability of parts, are still being worked out, but bike builder Dave Perewitz of Perewitz Cycle Fabrication in Bridgewater, MA and Royal Enfield have teamed up on an accessories project that will enable owners of the 500cc C5 …

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com There’s only one week to go to cast your vote in RIDE-CT’s monthly poll question, which asks: “If you could attend only one event in 2012, it would be?” The Isle of Man TT is ahead in the voting and the following video clearly shows …

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com Harley-Davidson finished the year 2011 with strong sales in the U.S. and elsewhere, enabling the company to report full year income of $548.1 million – more than double the $259.7 million that it made in 2010. Motorcycles sales in the U.S. were up 5.8 percent …

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com When I was a kid, my parents had a rule of never traveling together on the same flight. Their rationale was that air travel was too risky. This was back in the days before Jetways when airlines flew prop planes like the DC-7 and passengers …

With three competing motorcycle shows this weekend, riders had to choose which one or ones to attend. RIDE-CT.com got to all three. Bud Wilkinson and Steve Smith attended the Progressive International Motorcycle Show in New York. Steve also helped staff the CONREP booth at the Northeast Motorcycle Expo at the …

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com NEW YORK – No, RIDE-CT.com isn’t ignoring Harley-Davidson’s presence at the Progressive International Motorcycle Show. It’s just that Harley didn’t have a new bike model to unveil as it has the past few years.  The Motor Company did have a huge display that attracted a …

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com NEW YORK -Back in the late 1960s, muscle cars ruled the automotive landscape with their big V-8 engines and throaty exhausts. Plymouth had the Road Runner and the Barracuda. Dodge burned rubber with the Charger and the Challenger. Chevrolet countered with the Chevelle SS, while …