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WEST ROXBURY, MA – Cartoonist Paul Jamiol is expanding his offerings. Having already written and inked four motorcycle-themed children’s books in a series called “Bikers Are Animals,” in which all the riders shown are actual animals, he’s now created some biker-oriented holiday cards to benefit

MARIETTA, GA – A motorcyclist was severely burned over the lower half of his body Thursday morning after becoming engulfed in flames at a gas pump. The rider had parked his Harley-Davidson at a Chevron station and left it running when he went inside to pay. The “Marietta Daily Journal” quotes …

Neiman Marcus is out with its annual Christmas book packed with fantasy gifts, and an Arch motorcycle and two days of riding with the company’s movie star co-owner, Keanu Reeves, can be yours for a mere $150,000. The package includes

NORTH KINGSTON, RI – Motorcycle enthusiasts and collectors came by the hundreds today for a warehouse auction of a portion of Gordon Razee’s collection. Among the rusting carcasses and non-running models were a few pristine examples of motorcycling’s past. John Harris of Brooklyn, CT described the collection of roughly 250 …

NORTH KINGSTON, RI – Peter Kettle of Fitchburg, MA was surprised when the bidding ended and he’d won a 1948 Vincent “Series B” Rapide for a mere $43,000. “I didn’t expect I’d get it at that price to be

TOYKO – The 44th annual Toyko Motor Show doesn’t open until Oct. 30, but Honda has already revealed some production and concept models that will be on display. Among them is a reverse trike concept dubbed the NEOWING.

  BROOKFIELD, CT – Pete Celona has made his home in Brookfield for the past three years, but his belongings have been in storage since July to enable him to enjoy an enviable vagabond life. This past summer, Celona got to drive bikes for Ducati on a cross-country demo tour. …

PITTSFIELD, MA – As a lifelong motorcyclist, singer/songwriter Arlo Guthrie knows about the camaraderie felt by riders. Thanks to one of his best known compositions, a silly song in which he tells of riding off a cliff “doin’ 150 miles an hour, sideways, and 500 feet down at the same time,” …

PITTSFIELD, MA – Arlo Guthrie is as well known as a singer/songwriter and a bit lesser known as a children’s book author, but he’s also a “famous moose-ologist” – at least that’s how the person who approached him a few years ago to write a preface to

BROOKLYN – Have you ever been to a place, maybe a restaurant or a bar, and had a good experience but figured another visit was needed before making it a regular habit or haunt? I’m that way with motorcycle events. Most are largely the same every year. Miss a year …

STURBRIDGE, MA – If the brand names on all the bikes on the show ground end in a vowel, it’s a safe bet that you’re at IMOC. The Italian Motorcycles Owners Club held its 32nd annual motorcycle show today at the Hamilton Rod & Gun Club, and riders turned out …

NEW HARTFORD, CT – The bride didn’t want a diamond. What she really wanted was a ride on vintage Indian Chief on her wedding day. This tale of matrimony began for RIDE-CT & RIDE-NewEngland a little more than a week ago when I received an invitation in the form of an …

Not all TV commercials are designed to hard-sell a product. The purpose of Honda’s new two-minute, stop-motion “Paper” ad, which debuted during an NFL telecast on CBS on Sunday, is simply to reinforce brand identity by

THOMPSON, CT – A press release hasn’t been issued yet, but vintage motorcycle owners will want to save this date: May 15, 2016. That’s when Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park plans its first-ever Thompson Vintage Motorcycle Classic. Held on a Sunday, it will piggyback with

Another month has passed, so I guess it’s time for another installment of “If you had asked me, I would have told you that…” And even if it isn’t, here goes. If you had asked me, I would have told you that: – Lane-splitting on freeways while on a motorcycle …