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Britten’s History Short But Memorable

It stands upright on a podium, secured from beneath by thin cables and bookended to the front and rear by two other uncommon motorcycles that are posed on platforms that are appropriately lower. Spotlights in the ceiling make its bright blue and pink paint sparkle. The race-bike rarity is so …

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Good Photos Crucial To Selling A Bike

Here’s a statistic that may surprise you: For every new motorcycle sold, there are four used bikes that find new owners. Most dealers sell used bikes at a rate of less than one used for every new, which means a lot change hands privately thanks to eBay, Craigslist, brand-specific forums and other means. Sellers …

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A Forum Worth Checking

By Bob Rosen Known to many, the Adventure Rider forums should be known to all.  Perhaps one of the very best all-round resources on the web. The depth and breadth of information on ADVrider is nothing short of astonishing.  Many a cold winter’s day has been whiled away reading the …

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Bike EXIF

By Bob Rosen Bike EXIF – This blog by Chris Hunter features some of the most creative custom bikes you’ll ever come across.  The blog is updated on a regular basis and never fails to provide thought provoking (and even controversial) examples of bike builders’ creativity from around the world. Most often …

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Video Captures Crash

As the BBC reporter notes, the weather was clear and the road surface was dry, yet British rider Jack Sanderson ran off the road on a notorious section of the A457 in the Derbyshire Peak District, crashed and toppled down a 40-foot embankment. A Go-Pro camera attached to helmet shows …

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DeLuco Becomes G.M. At Springfield Motorsports

Ralph DeLuco has a longer commute to work from his Simsbury, CT home. The former owner of Canton Cycles in Winsted has left the job that he held for the past few years – service manager at Gengras Harley-Davidson in East Hartford – to become general manager of Springfield Motorsports across the …

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