By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com A day after employees of two unions at Harley-Davidson plants in Wisconsin approved new seven-year contracts that will freeze wages, pass along more health insurance costs to workers and result in layoffs, the company’s board of directors approved the contracts and said it will keep the factories …

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com Harley-Davidson’s union employees in Wisconsin today voted to approve a new seven-year contract offered by The Motor Company that will likely result in hundreds of fulltime workers being let go. The new pact also allows for many more part-time, “casual” employers, who will be paid much lower …

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com It takes water to make rice, but rain would have put a damper on the 4th annual Rice-O-Rama, the vintage and custom Japanese motorcycle show and swap meet held Sunday in North Brookfield Mass. Fortunately, the precipitation held off . As many as 2,000 motorcycle enthusiasts turned out under threatening skies to gawk …