Besides being a 1909 graduate of Cornell University and an astute mechanical engineer, Norbert Schickel was also a pack rat. Even after his Connecticut-based business went out of business, the self-described “born mechanic” retained financial statements, contracts, photos, correspondence, schematics, promotional literature and even parts from his creations. “Grandpa never …

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com Honda this morning unwrapped some models for 2014 in a new CTX line. The initials stand for Comfort, Technology and eXperience and the 670cc parallel twins feature lightweight handling, a low center of gravity and “Urban Roadster” styling. They are the CTX700 (shown above in …

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com Years ago – OK, decades ago – when I toiled for “The Columbus Dispatch” in Ohio, I was a member of the “Dispatch Speakers Bureau.” That was the newspaper’s fancy way of promoting the fact that some of its newsroom employees were available for public …