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Got $1.32 billion? Ducati Up for Sale

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com Investindustrial, the Italian private-equity owner of Ducati, is looking to sell the motorcycle brand for as much as one billion euros, or $1.32 billion. The “Financial Times” broke the story today and reported that potential suitors include India-based Mahindra as well as Volkswagen and BMW …

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New Harley Models Have Arrived

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com It was only a little more than a week ago that Harley-Davidson unveiled two mid-year 2012 models – the Sportster “Seventy-Two” and the Softail “Slim” – and the good news is that they’re already in stores. RIDE-CT.com visited Harley-Davidson of Danbury on Friday and got …

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Oil Drippings: News and Opinion

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com A Sunday morning ride this past weekend resulted in the arrest of a Florida motorcyclist on a charge of felony child neglect. Jose Nelson Diana of Tampa was spotted going between 20 and 30 miles per hour with his three-year-old son on his lap. Diana was …

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