Bud Wilkinson
December 9, 2019 New England News, Up To Speed
NEW YORK – Remember the old joke about the person who went to a fight and a hockey game broke out? It flipped the tables on the once common hockey experience of seeing nearly as many on-ice fights as actual skating, shooting and scoring. The days of relentless pugilism in …
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Bud Wilkinson
December 5, 2019 New England News, Up To Speed
NEW YORK – A multi-line dealer in New Jersey may be the ultimate savior of this year’s Progressive International Motorcycle Show, which kicks off a three-day run at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center on Friday. With nearly as many motorcycle manufacturers deciding to skip the IMS as attend, Motocycle …
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Bud Wilkinson
December 3, 2019 National News, Up To Speed
HINCKLEY, ENGLAND – Triumph‘s middleweight adventure model gets a makeover for 2020, with a larger motor and less weight. The rebranded Tiger 900 line announced today will come in five versions. The models will boast “10% more torque than the Tiger 800” which has been around since 2010. The Tiger …
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Bud Wilkinson
December 3, 2019 National News, Up To Speed
MATTIGHOFEN, AUSTRIA – Husqvarna today confirmed that it will upsize its street line of motorcycles and enter the adventure touring market with the Norden 901 model. A concept version of the Norden 901 was displayed at the EICMA show in Milan, Italy in early November, making today’s announcement no surprise. …
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Bud Wilkinson
December 1, 2019 New England News, Up To Speed
BRISTOL, CT – After more than 10 months of anxiously waiting for his new 2020 model-year motorcycle to be delivered, John Birden of Harwinton finally picked it up on Nov. 23 at Yankee Harley-Davidson in Bristol, CT. Birden traded in a barely used 2019 Harley-Davidson Softail Slim with only about …
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Bud Wilkinson
November 23, 2019 New England News, Up To Speed
BRISTOL, CT – A lifelong Harley-Davidson rider from Harwinton, CT today became the first owner in New England of the company’s debut electric model. John Birden rode his new LiveWire home from Yankee Harley-Davidson as the sun was beginning to set. “It feels awesome. It really does. It’s been a …
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Bud Wilkinson
November 22, 2019 New England News, Up To Speed
NEW YORK – The exhibit floor at the Progressive International Motorcycle Show will be a bit barren next month as big-name manufacturers have abruptly abandoned the annual show after years of participation, leaving riders with far less reason to attend. Ducati, Indian and Triumph will be the biggest OEM absentees …
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Bud Wilkinson
November 19, 2019 National News, Up To Speed
MV Agusta builds pieces of art as much as its builds high-power, high-priced motorcycles. Consequently, it’s no surprise that a video released last week for its Brutale 1000 Serie Oro model would lean more toward catching the eye than selling the product. Racer Davide Stirpe is shown piloting the model …
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Bud Wilkinson
November 12, 2019 National News, Up To Speed
Over the decades, there have been numerous songs about either motorcycles or riding motorcycles. There have been upbeat songs like “Little Honda,” the 1964 hit by The Hondells that was written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love of The Beach Boys. There have been raucous songs like “Born to Be …
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Bud Wilkinson
November 8, 2019 Up To Speed
Attending the annual EICMA show in Milan, Italy has to be on the travel bucket list of any true motorcycle enthusiast. It’s where the most new models get revealed every autumn and where the industry’s full buffet of models – from concept to street ready – is on display. This …
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