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Oil Drippings: News and Opinion

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com What better way to kick off a 110th anniversary celebration than with a burnout? That’s what Harley-Davidson has done: — Let’s see… The ice in the driveway has been chipped. The Battery Tender was plugged in overnight. There was something that I want to do …

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“American Pickers” Episode Is Simply Unbelievable

By Bud Wilkinson So-called “reality shows” on television are anything but real. They’re orchestrated and staged just like a sitcom or drama. The action is largely preordained and the open, middle and ending are tightly scripted. The purpose is storytelling, not truth, because actual reality can be

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Paley Sells Griffon for $23,000 in Bonhams Auction

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com Will Paley has sold his 1906 Griffon. The Cornwall collector put the French-made motorcycle with the Swiss motor in a Bonhams auction in Las Vegas yesterday and it sold for $23,000. The Griffon was brought to the U.S. in 1910 by a man in Salisbury …

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