By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com OK, maybe it’s still a little nippy and the snow crust hasn’t melted entirely, but this weekend has RIDE-CT believing that the riding season is here. The ice mound at the end of the driveway is gone and the clocks have been pushed ahead. Petcocks …

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com The lack of a mandatory helmet law in Connecticut has “led to high fatalities and injuries from motorcycle crashes that likely cost billions of dollars in hospital and rehabilitation bills,” according to a new study released today by researchers at Yale School of Medicine, UConn and the Connecticut …

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com There probably isn’t a motorcyclist who doesn’t ride in blue jeans – if not most of the time, at least occasionally. Some riders wear leather chaps over their jeans while others wear non-denim riding pants packed with armor, but plain ol’ jeans are always the …