***CLASSIC RIDE-CT*** (Editor’s note: Because they’ve never appeared on online, RIDE-CT.com today begins reprinting in edited form some early RIDE-CT columns that appeared in “The Republican-American” newspaper.) By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com The outlaw image of motorcyclists, personified by Marlon Brando in the 1953 biker movie “The Wild One,” got …

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com New spy shots of the all-new BMW R1200RT have surfaced on MCN’s website in the U.K. (here) and they show that the new 2014 model will have the same water-cooled, 125-horsepower engine that’s being used in the recently launched R1200GS adventure bike. MCN spotted the …

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com Suzuki dealers in Connecticut and the rest of New England are breathing easier following the revelation earlier this week that bike maker planned on trimming about 10 percent of its U.S. dealer network. Apparently no dealers in the state, and reportedly only six in New …