Steve Smith
February 27, 2024 Safe Riding, Up To Speed
Are you a motorcycle novice interested in learning to ride and get licensed? Are you already riding on a motorcycle permit, but wish to get licensed. Have you been riding with a motorcycle endorsement, but would like to improve your skills? If your answer is “Yes” to any of these …
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February 26, 2024 New England News, Up To Speed
A lot has been made in recent years about older riders calling it quits and younger folks not taking up riding. Despite the suggested trends, motorcycle registrations in Connecticut have remained relatively steady over the past five years. Figures from the state Department of Motor Vehicles show there were 84,836 …
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Bud Wilkinson
January 31, 2024 Ride New England, Up To Speed
HARWINTON, CT – It doesn’t take psychographic analysis to know that the motorcycling community has changed significantly over the past two decades. As odd as it may seem, while it sometimes appears that there are more motorcycles on the roads on pleasant summer days, a contrary argument can be made …
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January 24, 2024 National News, Up To Speed
MILWAUKEE – Harley-Davidson lovers will want to immediately check their bank balances and credit ratings. The company today announced some new models for 2024. They include a CVO Pan America adventure bike with a starting price of $28,399 and a CVO Road Glide ST beginning at $42,999. There are also …
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January 23, 2024 New England News, Up To Speed
CAMBRIDGE, MA – It’s an anticipated and well-attended event simply because of its setting on Massachusetts Ave. Motorcycles line either side of the thoroughfare outside of and across the street from Naco Taco for the Wild Rabbit Moto Show in Cambridge, but there won’t be a show in 2024. “It’s …
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January 22, 2024 National News, Up To Speed
By Steve Rossi / RIDE-CT BETHEL, CT – It’s Friday, January 19. The thermometer reads 28 degrees, snow flurries are flying, and I’m piloting a vehicle with sporting pretensions to Hamlin Cycles. Instead of being on two wheels, though, I’m on four – in a late model sport utility vehicle. …
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December 20, 2023 National News, Up To Speed
DAYTONA BEACH, FL – Many details aren’t known, but AMA Pro Racing announced today that an American Flat Track event in Sturgis, S.D. will be part of the 2024 racing schedule. Set for Aug. 11, it will coincide with the final day of the 84th annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. The …
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Bud Wilkinson
November 27, 2023 New England News, Up To Speed
MIDDLEBURY, CT – Larry Janesky of Middlebury calls it “a survival test of man and machine.” It’s the longest, most treacherous off-road race in the world through a bone-rattling hellscape of dirt, sand, rocks and cactus in Baja California, Mexico. This month’s 56th edition of the Baja 1000 for trucks, …
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November 17, 2023 New England News, Up To Speed
(Update: Libby provided an update on Saturday, Nov. 18 reporting that the crash occurred “in front of my kids’ house” and that another motorist immediately called 9-1-1. He explained, “The EMT’s and the staff at Bridgeport Hospital were phenomenal in responding, assessing and commended me over and over on the …
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Bud Wilkinson
October 20, 2023 Ride New England, Up To Speed
It’s 46 years old and has never been ridden – a limited-edition 1977 Triumph Bonneville Silver Jubilee model. The gas tank has never been filled with petrol and its odometer reads only 1.3 miles. No doubt that’s because the motorcycle has been rolled around over the years. Its whereabouts and …
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