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December 13, 2016 Up To Speed
NEW YORK – Team Pro-Motion, the Pennsylvania company that hosts track days at various race courses in the eastern U.S., hopes to be back at Lime Rock Park in 2017, although it has yet to confirm dates for the coming year with the track in Salisbury, CT.
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December 12, 2016 Up To Speed
NEW YORK – Nick Beaulieu of Forever Two Wheels in Windham, ME calls his newest creation “The Hate Machine,” but seeing how much loving attention he gave the polished aluminum machine at the
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December 12, 2016 Up To Speed
NEW YORK – It may have been second runner-up in Victory’s recent “Operation Octane” dealer custom build contest, but the motorcycle dubbed “Bar Fighter” and entered by MOMS Boston got prominent display at the Progressive International Motorcycle Show over the weekend. Crafted with the help of Mark Tempesta of Breaklites …
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December 8, 2016 Up To Speed
VERNON, CT – Ken Kaplan’s stalled dream of opening a massive motorcycle museum and entertainment complex in the Rockville section has received a boost from the Town Council, which voted 9-2 on Tuesday night to apply for
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December 8, 2016 Up To Speed
BOSTON – The word “stat” means “without delay” and it certainly applies to watching some breathtaking and informative new videos on the Isle of Man TT races posted this week on the website called Stat
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December 5, 2016 Up To Speed
NEW YORK – It’s time once again to jump in the car, hop on the train or both and head to the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. The annual Progressive International Motorcycle Show is this weekend. The IMS features new models from
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December 2, 2016 Up To Speed
BROOKLYN – The new Vanguard motorcycle company makes its existence official today with the release of info and pictures of its debut roadster model. Slated for production in 2018, the pommel horse-looking roadster will be assembled at the Brooklyn Navy Yard and have a premium price tag starting at $29,995. …
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November 30, 2016 Up To Speed
BETHEL, CT – Declaring in a Facebook post this morning that “motorcycling is a refuge,” Hamlin Cycles owner Jim Hamlin firmly deemed political and religious talk to be off-limits at his Moto Guzzi and Motus dealership here.
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November 28, 2016 Up To Speed
BROOKFIELD, CT – The clock will be ticking for MAX BMW at the Progressive International Motorcycle Show in New York next weekend as the dealership plans a 2½-day rebuild of a 1961 BMW R69S.
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November 25, 2016 Messenger
HARWINTON, CT – There’s no disputing that Florence Henderson, who died yesterday of heart failure in Los Angeles at age 82, was best known for playing cheerful family matriarch Carol Brady on the ABC comedy “The Brady Bunch” between 1969 and 1974.
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