It’s hardly t-shirt weather in these parts, but it will be soon and Indian has a clever promotion to help push its products for the coming riding season – a t-shirt exchange. The “Switch Your Gear” trade-in offer runs through March 31. If you bring a new or gently-used t-shirt …
Read More »Rockwell Cycles Adds Zero
FORT MONTGOMERY, N.Y. – Finding a motorcycle dealer that sells electric bikes in the region isn’t easy. There are fewer than a handful in New England and eastern New York, but now there’s one more. Rockwell Cycles recently added Zero. “We’ve had them for about three weeks,” Rockwell Cycles owner …
Read More »“The Art of the Ride” Almost Ready
NEW YORK – It was summer of 2012 when RIDE-CT / RIDE-New England spotted and snapped a picture of Gary Halby taking photos in Kent, CT. His expensive Canon camera with a 70-300mm telephoto lens suggested a more substantive purpose to his effort than mere snapshots, and it was quickly …
Read More »Motorcyclepedia Keeps Adding Old Bikes
NEWBURGH, N.Y. – Pulling into a parking space outside the employees’ entrance of the Motorcyclepedia museum one recent morning, it was impossible not to notice an old Indian strapped down in the bed of a nearby pickup. The truck had an Ohio license plate, suggesting the bike had traveled
Read More »Indian Introduces Chief Dark Horse
MINNEAPOLIS, MN – Indian today introduced a new, less expensive and less flashy member to its Chief line of heavyweight cruisers. Dubbed the Chief Dark Horse, the 2016 model will have a starting MSRP of $16,999, which is $2,400 less than the Chief Classic. Indian says the Chief Dark Horse “is …
Read More »Two Top Royal Enfield Dealers In New England
FARIBAULT, MN – Classic Motorworks, the U.S. distributor of Royal Enfield motorcycles, is out with its Top 10 list of dealers in the country for 2014, and two are in New England. National Powersports Distributors in Pembroke, NH, ranked No. 5 in sales for the year, while Mark’s Motorsports in …
Read More »Does Victory Have Electric Plans?
Talk about moving quickly. It was less than a month ago that Polaris acquired the electric motorcycle business of Brammo, Inc., and already the company has a brand and model in mind. Polaris announced the deal on Jan. 15. Only 12 days later, on Jan. 27, it filed with the …
Read More »Royal Enfield Sells The Most Bikes
If you ask the average rider which company sells the most motorcycles, the probable answer would be “Harley-Davidson.” It was just a week ago that Harley-Davidson reported worldwide sales of 267,999 motorcycles in 2014, a 2.7 percent increase over 2013. However, “The Times of India” now reports that
Read More »Harley-Davidson Names Next CEO
MILWAUKEE – Harley-Davidson has announced that its current president and chief operating officer, Matthew S. “Matt” Levatich (pictured), will become the company’s next chief executive officer upon
Read More »Max BMW’s “Basement Find” R80 G/S
BROOKFIELD, CT – Imagine buying a new bike, taking it home, putting it in the basement and letting it sit for more than three decades without ever riding it. That’s what the owner of a 1981 BMW R80 G/S did. Max Stratton, owner of the Max BMW dealerships, heard about …
Read More »Ad Hit For Honda Long Before Super Bowl
It has become a ritual. Viewers tune in the Super Bowl to watch the commercials as much as they do to watch the big game, and a 30-second spot tomorrow in Super Bowl XLIX will cost $4 million. We’ll soon find out which ones stand out, but some from the …
Read More »Contest Reboot: It’s Much Easier To Enter
There are now two ways to enter RIDE-CT / RIDE-NewEngland’s winter contest. The harder way to enter is to identify the brands of bikes in a six-photo collage below,. The shots were taken by Bob Rosen at the Motorcyclepedia museum in Newburgh, NY.s. The easier way is to name the bike …
Read More »13,000+ People Have Bought Our Theme
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Read More »Harley-Davidson Sales Up 2.7 Percent in 2014
MILWAUKEE – Worldwide sales of Harley-Davidson motorcycles rose 2.7 percent in 2014, with international sales increasing 5.4 percent. In its home market of the U.S., sales increased by only
Read More »Harley-Davidson Museum To Honor Willie G. This Summer
MILWAUKEE – The Harley-Davidson Museum today announced plans for a summer 2015 exhibit honoring Willie G. Davidson, grandson of one of the company’s original founders, William A. Davidson, and chief styling officer emeritus of the company. Titled “Willie G. Davidson: Artist, Designer, Leader, Legend,” the exhbit opens June 13 and …
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