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February Poll Results, Willows Drops Victory

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com If you’re a bike owner, you probably own multiple bikes. That’s the conclusion of RIDE-CT.com’s poll question for February: “How many motorcycles do you own?” A total of 63 percent of voters reported owning two or more. The actual breakdown was

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Cruise In Control On Triumph Thruxton

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com RIDE-CT.com yesterday provided a link to a newspaper story containing pictures of Tom Cruise riding a Triumph Thruxton while on the set of his new sci-fi movie, “All You Need Is Kill.” Here’s some video: — If you haven’t voted yet in our February poll, …

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ATV Registration Bill Proceeds in Legislature

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com A bill that would require the registration of every all-terrain vehicle in Connecticut is continuing to proceed through the General Assembly. A “vote to draft” was taken Monday, meaning the proposed bill will be drafted in full for

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Being Seen and Being Safe

By Steve Smith A few years ago, my son was struck in the leg and foot by a vehicle that nearly rear-ended him while he was stopped at a traffic light. He was 19 years old at the time and a fairly new rider. The driver swerved

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Florida Dealer Offers Gun With Bike Purchase

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com The owner of Pinellas Powersports in Pinellas Park, FL has come up with a well-timed gimmick to sell his Harley-Davidson, Honda and Kawasaki motorcycles: Buy a bike, get a free hand gun. A commercial for the dealership has people talking, and hundreds of people have …

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Best Western, H-D Partnership Extended

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com Best Western and Harley-Davidson have extended an ongoing partnership by three more years, with the hotel chain expanding benefits to riders from North America to the global level. Best Western has some 1,200 motorcyclist-friendly hotels in North America, which offer a free wipe-down motorcycle towel …

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Searching for “The Best Bar in America” on a BMW

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com The trip took 93 days and covered 11,000 miles. The result is a movie called “The Best Bar in America” that is due for release on DVD and digital download sometime in the spring. While the tale revolves around a writer who is on a …

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Harley Bans Music at York Factory

In an effort to improve safety, Harley-Davidson has stopped the music at its factory in York, PA. No more blaring radios. No more headphones. “It’s a distraction,” Maripat Blankenheim, director of external communications for Harley, told the “York Daily Record.” “It’s really important for people – no matter what they …

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Graphic Video on Danger of Cell Phone Use

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com It’s a graphic video that everyone, but especially those who make it a habit of chatting on cell phones when driving, should view. While it doesn’t show a motorcycle, it does open with a scene that riders will recognize – a driver rolling down the …

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Once Sunken Motorcycle Now on Display

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com It was back in late November that commercial fisherman Jeff Riedemann hooked a 1938 German motorcycle. It had been sitting on the bottom of Big Swan Lake in Minnesota for for 56 years – ever since 15-year-old Dean Allie went through the ice while joyriding. …

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