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Gallery: Doc’s 50th Anniversary Bike Show

September 15, 2019 Comments Off on Gallery: Doc’s 50th Anniversary Bike Show

WATERBURY, CT – Doc’s Motorcycle Parts hosts a customer appreciation day and bike show every September, but this year’s was special as it marked the store’s 50th anniversary.

A sizable crowd came to 1625 Thomaston Ave. today to admire the entries, chow down on hot dogs, and to do some shopping as well.

There were drag bikes in the show…

Some customs, too…

Some bikes made a statement…

While others just enjoyed the scenery…

Some spectators were into checking out their bikes’ performance…

Meanwhile, a look-see was just fine for the rest…

Not everyone got a trophy, but some did…

About Bud Wilkinson

Bud Wilkinson is editor and publisher of RIDE-CT. He writes the "My Ride" classic car column for Hearst Connecticut Media Group's newspapers in CT and for the company's CT Insider website and YouTube channel. The weekly feature began in 2016 in the "Republican-American" newspaper in Waterbury, CT. He also wrote the "RIDE-CT" motorcycle column in that newspaper from 2005 until 2025 when motorcycles were folded into My Ride. A graduate of Vermont Academy prep school, he holds a B.A. degree journalism from Ohio Wesleyan University. He is the recipient of a Scripps Howard Foundation National Journalism Award in 1992 and a 1991-92 regional Emmy Award for commentary. He currently rides a 1987 BMW R80RT and a 1996 BMW R850R.