By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com If you wear an SA-08 model motorcycle helmet, sold under the brand name 5X5, you might want to chuck it in the dumpster. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has flagged it for failing to meet head protection requirements  of the federal safety standard for …

Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com A 44-year-old California firefighter rode his Yamaha Super Tenere motorcycle 2,428 miles from San Diego to Jacksonville, FL in 45 hours this week to help the non-profit group Friends of NICU buy a motor home to enable parents of premature babies stay close to them as …

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com An idea from governmental entity that actually makes sense – and is useful to riders? The General Assembly in Rhode Island has passed legislation and the governor has signed off on providing specific parking spaces for riders at state, city and town buildings. The new …