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

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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. …

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com A hearing will be held today by the General Assembly’s Committee on Veterans’ Affairs to get input on proposed Senate Bill 303, which would amend state statutes to allow the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles to issue a motorcycle endorsement to any active member of the …

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com New York director and videographer Andrew David Watson has created a short film titled “Waiting Out Winter” that any rider who owns some wrenches and a bike lift and who is frustrated by winter will certainly appreciate: Click just left of the “vimeo” at the …

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com The snow from last weekend’s blizzard is slowly melting, but the predicted highs for the next 10 days are only in the 30s. The prospect of doing any riding in New England in near future is pretty dismal, making vicarious riding the only option. A …