By Bud Wilkinson Route 154 is a winding state road that runs along the west side of the Connecticut River from Old Saybrook through Esssex and Deep River and north to Haddam and Higganum. “This is a nice cruising road,” said Janet Gessner, whose husband, Tim, rides a 2000 Harley-Davidson Sportster. …

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com A sparkling green, white and gold 1930 Indian 4 motorcycle, restored and customized by William “Wild Bill” Eggers of Goshen, is expected to fetch between $80,000 and $100,000 at an auction by Bonhams this week in Carmel, Calif. The bike has been in a private …

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com Go to the same places often enough and you’re bound to bump into familiar faces. The past two Sundays, RIDE-CT.com has run into Matt Hazen of Colebrook at the usual haunt, Toymaker’s Cafe in Falls Village. Today, Hazen was riding a silver 1987 Honda Hurricane …

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com A flash mob broke out Thursday night at the Main Street Marketplace in Torrington with 75 bikers, who had rehearsed for more than four months, putting on an enthusiastic show for the crowd. The purpose was to promote the Torrington Thunder bike night on Sept. …

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com They came from all over Connecticut and beyond, packing downtown and the side streets, parks and parking lots as well. Thousands of riders brought their bikes to the 7th annual Middletown Motorcycle Mania this evening. (The above picture was taken before the crowd became elbow-to-elbow.) …

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com Dressed in shorts, a golf shirt and tennis shoes, Gary Halby looked like a typical Sunday tourist as he walked the sidewalks of downtown Kent at midday snapping photographs, except for the fact he held a high-end Canon 5D Mark camera with a 70-300mm telephoto …

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com Buying a new (used) bike has diverted attention for a few days (more on the acquisition in a future post), but results have finally been tabulated for July’s poll question and a new poll question for August has been posted. July’s question revolved around a …

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com When I finally got the counter at the Department of Motor Vehicles on Thursday afternoon and handed over my paperwork to register a motorcycle and transfer a license plate, the customer service rep asked if she could throw away my numbered ticket for me. No, …

By Bud Wilkinson Ever pick a road that you’ve never ridden just to see where it would take you? Part of the fun of riding is exploring. A few Sundays ago, friends Gary Randall, Neil Tolhurst and I headed south out of Sharon on Route 41 and purposely turned left …

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com Readership of RIDE-CT.com rose again in July with the website registering 4,407 page views, a significant increase from the 3,396 page views recorded in July 2011.  For the first seven months of the 2012, more than 14,209 different people visited RIDE-CT.com and contributed to 36,647 …