Up To Speed

TORRINGTON, CT – A public memorial service for Indian expert George Yarocki, who died in his sleep on May 25 at age 88, will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, June 18th, it was announced this morning at a private funeral attended by family and friends. The setting will …

FALLS VILLAGE, CT – Seeing interesting old bikes in the parking lot at Toymakers Cafe here is commonplace, and today’s standouts were two duck-tailed, vintage Kawasakis from the late 1970s.

TORRINGTON, CT – Like almost anyone who has ever ridden, George Yarocki never forgot his first motorcycle – a 1928 Indian 101 Scout. The year was 1941 and he was a 14-year-old sophomore at Torrington High School. “I rode my bicycle by the Indian dealer every day going

MILWAUKEE – After 44 years, Harley-Davidson has released a new flat-track model for racing. The XG750G will make its official debut Sunday with the Harley-Davidson Screamin’ Eagle Factory Team at the

Manufacturers continue to have demo trucks out on the highways giving riders the opportunity to try out new 2016 models, including at Americade (June 7-11) and at Laconia Motorcycle Week (June 11-19).

MILLBROOK, NY – If Goldilocks owned a motorcycle and had only a few hours to ride through the forest, she might say that the Catskills or Adirondacks are too far and that the usual haunts in Litchfield County are too near, but that the Duchess County village of

WEST CORNWALL, CT – It took nearly four years from start to finish, but part-time resident Gary Halby’s high-end, high-quality coffee table book celebrating motorcycles, “The Art of the Ride,” is now available

STAFFORD SPRINGS, CT – Multiple news outlets are reporting that Shark Cycle is being scrutinized by state police as part of a fraud investigation.

THOMPSON, CT – What the first-ever Thompson Vintage Motorcycle Classic may have lacked in quantity, it sure made up for in quality. Parked among all the old Indians and Harley-Davidsons were dozens of other rare bikes, including a

SAXTONS RIVER, VT – Life is filled with little lessons, and a brief two-day, 400-mile motorcycle trip to southern Vermont this week provided a few reminders of forgotten lessons and clues on what to do in the future. In motorcycling, there’s a phrase

MINNEAPOLIS – Indian today unveiled a blacked out, lower-priced version of its Chieftain bagger model. The new 2016 Indian Chieftain Dark Horse has an MSRP of $21,999 and is available

MONTEREY, CA – Ducati dealers rated No. 1 this week in the just-released 2016 Pied Piper Prospect Satisfaction Index, which annually ranks motorcycle dealers and their treatment of shoppers. It’s the third consecutive year that

HARTFORD – Cities in Connecticut will have the ability to seize and sell dirt bikes, ATVs and mini-motorcycles that have been ridden illegally on public property as a result of a bill that has now passed the General Assembly.

CHESTER, VT – He’s a character, both figuratively and literally, and now Arlo Mudgett has joined RIDE-CT & RIDE-NewEngland as a contributing writer and columnist. His real name is Bob Furman and he’s a longtime radio personality and newspaper columnist in southern Vermont using the Arlo Mudgett moniker. He also just …

Is it really May already? The start of another month means one thing. It’s time for  fresh edition of “If You Had Asked Me, I Would Have Told You…” It’s kind of a catch-all column for news items and press releases that accumulate over the month infused with a dollop …