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Is Boot Protector Really Necessary?

Is this item really necessary? The Canadian website Town Moto describes its “Shifter Boot Protector” as “a simple solution to an age old problem.” It’s a leather strap with an elasticized band that “stops the toes of your boots from getting scuffed and marked up by your shifter.” For only …

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Oil Drippings: Hamlin, Royal Enfield, PA Show

Here goes with more Oil Drippings: News and Opinion as well as links to stories from elsewhere. – What gives with Hamlin Cycles in Bethel, CT? It opened last April and became a Moto Guzzi dealer more than three months ago, but its bare-bones, amateurish website gives the impression of an …

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Reopening Closer For Point Lookout Inn

EAST WINDHAM, NY – Closed for more than two years, the hillside lodge and eatery on Route 23 that was previously known as Point Lookout Mountain Inn and Restaurant will soon reopen as Captain’s Inn Point Lookout. RIDE-CT / RIDE-New England stopped there in October 2012 (below picture) to enjoy

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