By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com Long before he starred in the movies (including “Wild Hogs”) or on television (“Welcome Back, Kotter”), John Travolta did a motorcycle commercial for Honda. It’s appropriate to pull it out this messy day because the jingle begins “Through rain or sleet or snow, you’ve got …

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com An April party marking the move of Keith Bruno’s motorcycle repair business in Winsted, known as The Shop, gave RIDE-CT.com the opportunity to meet Mike White of Canaan, who showed up on his 1965 Harley-Davidson Panhead. In May, RIDE-CT.com attended the vintage automobile and motorcycle …

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com Fisherman Jeff Riedemann hooked a whopper on Nov. 29 when he pulled a 1938 German motorcycle from the bottom of Big Swan Lake in Dassel, MN. It had been submerged since December 1956 when 15-year-old Dean Allie went through the ice while joyriding. Allie’s now …