STURBRIDGE, MA – If the brand names on all the bikes on the show ground end in a vowel, it’s a safe bet that you’re at IMOC. The Italian Motorcycles Owners Club held its 32nd annual motorcycle show today at the Hamilton Rod & Gun Club, and riders turned out …

NEW HARTFORD, CT – The bride didn’t want a diamond. What she really wanted was a ride on vintage Indian Chief on her wedding day. This tale of matrimony began for RIDE-CT & RIDE-NewEngland a little more than a week ago when I received an invitation in the form of an …

Not all TV commercials are designed to hard-sell a product. The purpose of Honda’s new two-minute, stop-motion “Paper” ad, which debuted during an NFL telecast on CBS on Sunday, is simply to reinforce brand identity by

THOMPSON, CT – A press release hasn’t been issued yet, but vintage motorcycle owners will want to save this date: May 15, 2016. That’s when Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park plans its first-ever Thompson Vintage Motorcycle Classic. Held on a Sunday, it will piggyback with

Another month has passed, so I guess it’s time for another installment of “If you had asked me, I would have told you that…” And even if it isn’t, here goes. If you had asked me, I would have told you that: – Lane-splitting on freeways while on a motorcycle …

  Just for the sake of comparison, imagine Boston without Fenway Park. It would still be Boston, but it wouldn’t be the same without the compact ballpark filled with Red Sox partisans as well as the crowds and vendors on Yawkey Way. Even a life-long New York Yankees’ fan such …

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Kawasaki is recalling nearly 12,000 of its Voyager and Vaquero heavyweight cruiser models due to an ignition wire that may chafe after coming in contact with the fuel tank. This may result in a short circuit, causing the bike to stall. The NHTSA says 11,826 units, including …

SHELTON, CT – Bill Pitt isn’t an average rider. Last month, he bought a 2015 BMW F 700 GS and put 3,500 miles on the odometer in the first three weeks of ownership. “I don’t ride to see how fast I can ride, I ride to see how

FRANKFURT, GERMANY – Ducati has unveiled what it says is “the most powerful Ducati naked of all time,” the 2016 Mobster 1200 R. “Equipped with a 1200 cc Testastretta 11° DS “R” version twin-cylinder engine, the Monster 1200 R takes

UPDATE: A website has now been launched to help get motorcycle collector and Torrington, CT businessman Mike Wallace a new kidney. It’s at mikewallacekidney.com.