By Bud Wilkinson It has taken Jim Hamlin longer than he expected to open Hamlin Cycles in Bethel, CT, but with zoning approval finally secured, he’s now targeting a mid-April opening. “We’re getting there,” he said Wednesday, reporting that the bases for the counters in the parts and service departments …

By Bud Wilkinson A story in today’s “Mirror” newspaper in the U.K. tells of a company called Shaw Speed and Custom, which specializes in customizing Harley-Davidsons, including the one pictured below. It begins: “CUSTOMISING has always been a big part of the Harley-Davidson experience. There is an old joke which says that the …

An enormous black-and-white photo showing the inside of the BMW motorcycle factory in Germany as it was in November 1923 adorns an end wall of Peter Nettesheim’s private museum on Long Island. In the picture, perched atop wooden tables and surrounded by serious-looking workers clad in overalls, are early R32 models …