By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com Received an email yesterday from Ken Anderson, who shared the news that his grandfather, Norbert Schickel, will be inducted into the Motorcycle Hall of Fame in Pickerington, Ohio in November. Schickel’s company was based in Stamford and unveiled its first motorcycle in 1911. It sold …

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com For the 13th consecutive year, Arai helmets rank highest in customer satisfaction, according to a J.D. Power and Associates survey of 4,820 purchasers of new motorcycles who provided info about their most recent helmet buy. Sharing the top spot with Arai was Icon with a …

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com In an editorial in today’s newspaper, “The Hartford Courant” came out in favor of a mandatory helmet law for all riders in Connecticut, saying the current “weak helmet law” costs taxpayers money. Read the editorial here.