By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com Only 10 days until the Motorcycle Cannonball II endurance run starts in Newburgh, N.Y. and participants are fine-tuning their rides. Jeff Alperin, who resides in Florida after living most of his life in Connecticut, is spending the days leading up to the run getting his …

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com Matt Klebe and Kelley Babbin of Winsted were pooped but pleased after having successfully competed in the 3rd annual Hoka Hey Motorcycle Challenge earlier this month. It’s an endurance event that this year had riders going from Las Vegas to Gowanda, N.Y., mostly on secondary …

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com The official video of the Aug. 9 flash mob in downtown Torrington to promote Torrington Thunder is now out. Here it is, courtesy of Whitney Productions:  

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com About a month ago, Will Paley of Cornwall took his 1906 Griffon out of mothballs and put it back on the road. This afternoon, he took it for a spin on Route 43 near his Cornwall home and he invited RIDE-CT.com along. The 493cc French-made …

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com Harley-Davidson has released its 2013 model year lineup that includes 10 bikes with 110th Anniversary badging, a restyled Street Bob and two new CVO models – a high-performance Softail called

As is the case every August, lovers of vintage British bikes turned out for the annual Brit Jam meet, held Sunday in East Haddam at the Haddam Neck Fairgrounds. RIDE-CT.com was unable to attend this year due to a sick pooch, but friend Ken Engelman, associate publisher of “RoadRUNNER” magazine, …

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com It’s a rarity to see a motorcycle on the track at Lime Rock Park in Salisbury. In fact, except for a corporate BMW Motorrad outing, bikes have been absent from the track for a half-dozen years. In the 50 years before that, motorcycles only got …

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 …