By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com Harley-Davidson finished the year 2011 with strong sales in the U.S. and elsewhere, enabling the company to report full year income of $548.1 million – more than double the $259.7 million that it made in 2010. Motorcycles sales in the U.S. were up 5.8 percent …

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com When I was a kid, my parents had a rule of never traveling together on the same flight. Their rationale was that air travel was too risky. This was back in the days before Jetways when airlines flew prop planes like the DC-7 and passengers …

With three competing motorcycle shows this weekend, riders had to choose which one or ones to attend. RIDE-CT.com got to all three. Bud Wilkinson and Steve Smith attended the Progressive International Motorcycle Show in New York. Steve also helped staff the CONREP booth at the Northeast Motorcycle Expo at the …