By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com One of the highlights of every riding season is the annual Rhinebeck Grand National Meet at the Duchess County Fairgrounds in New York. Despite the persistent raindrops on Saturday, this weekend’s show truly

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com Up until yesterday, I’d never heard of FairWarning.com, a non-profit, online investigative news operation devoted to “news of safety, health and corporate conduct” that’s headed by award-winning former “Los Angeles Times” investigative reporter Myron Levin. What brought it to my attention was a story headlined …

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com Ducati reports that North American sales in May were up 49 percent from a year ago with 1,782 bikes being sold. That marked the company’s all-time record for a month. Ducati attributes part of the reason for the rise to the introduction of two new …