By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com January’s poll question(s) got a divided response from RIDE-CT.com voters, with only half of those casting ballots liking the idea of Harley-Davidson building a model smaller than the Sportster. A total of 50 percent approved the idea of Harley building something sporty like an XR750, …

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com The deal’s done. In what it described as a “strategic realignment” of its business, BMW Motorrad today announced the sale of the Husqvarna motorcycle brand to Pierer Industrie AG, a company owned by KTM chief executive officer Stefan Pierer. The price of the purchase was …

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com It’s an alphabet soup of bike builders. The British website MCN is quoting “high-placed motorcycle industry sources” as saying that BMW is negotiating the sale of Husqvarna to Austrian bike-maker KTM. The German giant BMW bought Husky from MV Agusta in 2008 and has put …