Up To Speed

Can You Pass This Motorcycle Test?

Are you a skilled rider? Do you have loads of experience on two wheels or are you a newbie? Are you as knowledgeable as you need to be to stay safe when out riding? The fact is that many riders who have been riding for decades cannot correctly answer basic …

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Prices Slashed For New EBR Models

EAST TROY, WI – The revived EBR officially relaunched today by showing off an American flag-themed bike that will be auctioned off for charity and by setting sharply-reduced prices for new bikes coming off the assembly line here. The MSRP for the 2016 1190SX will be

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Road Ends For “Motorcycle”

STAMFORD, CT – Tam Communications, publisher of “American Iron” magazine, is folding sister publication “Motorcycle” (subtitled “Rides & Culture”) after giving it two years on newsstands. The March/April issue of the magazine will be its last, according to

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Can The CSC Motorcycle Brand Compete?

Baby Boomers can recall the reputation of Japanese products in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Simply put, Japan produced junk. At least until the Japanese got into electronics. My first portable “transistor” was made by Hitachi, which my father routinely mispronounced as

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Spectro Oils Marks 50 Years

BROOKFIELD, CT – This month marks a milestone for Spectro Oils of America, whose products are manufactured and marketed by Intercontinental Lubricants Corp. at 993 Federal Road. The company celebrates its 50th anniversary, having been founded in 1966 by Robert H. Wehman. Still family-owned, Spectro Oils helped pioneer two-stroke oil …

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Is It Time To Replace Your Helmet?

Is it time to replace your helmet? Has it been dropped? Is it more than five years old? Or, perhaps, are the generally accepted rules for replacement a bunch of baloney? A new survey out of the U.K. suggests that many riders there are wearing helmets that are too old.

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Norton Exits Connecticut

Another business is leaving Connecticut… It’s not as ground-shaking, though, as the previous sentence might suggest. There will be no massive layoffs, no shuttering of buildings and no huge loss of tax dollars. It was with little fanfare that the revived British motorcycle company Norton set up

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If You Had Asked Me…

Even with an extra day in the month, February flew by. Maybe it was because it was so warm that we got to ride our motorcycles instead of having to chill inside and suffer from PMS (parked motorcycle syndrome). The start of a new month means a fresh edition of …

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