The line that Matthew Phillips used to describe Ducati’s original scrambler model built back in the 1960s was a tad too colorful to print verbatim in a newspaper, but not here. It was, he recalled, a bike that guys bought to get laid. In fact, Ducati used that suggestive imagery …

EAST HADDAM, CT – Given the ages of the bikes, it’s perhaps surprising there weren’t more breakdowns but only Rich Hosley of Guilford, CT found himself with tools in hand prior to the Tiddler Tour. He was trying to sort out an electrical problem with his Spanish-made 1970 OSSA Wildfire. …

Did anyone see this coming – a bagger from BMW Motorrad? The German motorcycle maker used the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este in Italy yesterday to unveil a “Concept 101” cruiser. The name refers to its six-cylinder, 1,649cc engine capacity – which is roughly 101 cubic inches – as well as …