November, 2017

• 20 November

  Hill Country: Riding Focuses Attention

  

  CHESTER, VT – When I throw my right leg over the saddle and settle in for a ride on my motorcycle I’m suddenly in a completely different world. It’s a place where the risks are greater, where you need to bring a level of concentration based on situational awareness. Riding focuses …

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• 19 November

  IMOS Shows Off “New” Indian Four

  

  NAUGATUCK, CT – A rare 1932 Indian Four is the latest model added to the vintage collection at Indian Motorcycle of Springfield in Westfield, Ma. Owner Dennis Bolduc retrieved the the blue beauty from a single-room man cave built into a barn in Coventry, CT roughly three weeks ago. It’s …

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• 15 November

  Lloyd “Bud” Provin Grateful For Post-Fire Support

  

  PITTSFORD, VT – It’s in times of tragedy that friends step up, and Lloyd “Bud” Provin is finding out this week just how many friends he’s made and riders he’s impacted over the years by fixing motorcycles. “It’s beyond encouraging. It’s gratifying, overwhelming, stunning,” said the owner of The Nickwackett Garage …

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• 14 November

  Fire Damages Motorcycles Of Nickwackett Garage Owner

  

  PITTSFORD, VT – A YouCaring fundraising effort with a $20,000 goal was launched today in the wake of an early morning fire Saturday that heavily damaged the home and motorcycle collection of Lloyd “Bud” Provin, operator of The Nickwackett Garage, a well-known shop that specializes in servicing BMW and Triumph motorcycles. …

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• 10 November

  Two Concepts That Are Needed Now…

  

  It’s often the case. The bike you really want is the one that isn’t offered. Sure, the manufacturers came out with loads of new models at the EICMA show in Milan, but the two most noticeable head-turners were concept/custom models that aren’t being produced – yet. They are the Indian …

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• 9 November

  Some “Must-Have” New Models for 2018

  

  It’s as predictable as leaves falling in autumn – manufacturers introducing new models at or during the EIMCA show in Milan. Over the past week, numerous new 2018 production bikes and concept models (to be covered in a separate story) have been unveiled. Some are eye-popping gorgeous, such as the …

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• 8 November

  Always Riding: Meeting Legend Piet Boonstra

  

  NORTH GRANBY, CT – To say that I was dumbstruck when my friend Frank Tedeschi recently texted “Google Piet Boonstra. He is my friend’s father” isn’t sufficient. I damn near fell out of my chair before replying, “WHAT?!” because I knew the name of this iconic rider and author well. …

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• 7 November

  Suggestions For “American Chopper” Reboot

  

  Ready for more bickering, bluster and contrived nonsense? The Discovery Channel is rebooting “American Chopper” after a five-year hiatus and the reaction so far has been predictably polarizing. Some riders never want to see the battling Teutul clan again, while rubberneckers wonder about the current status of Orange County Choppers, …

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• 2 November

  Eats: Farmington River Diner In Otis, MA

  

  OTIS, MA – There are lots of eateries that you can ride by and never notice. There are also restaurants that get visited simply because they’re handy, you happen to be nearby and it’s the easiest place to stop. The Farmington River Diner fits both of those descriptions. That’s not …

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• 1 November

  Bookshelf: “Why We Ride”

  

  In hindsight, it probably wasn’t so hard to predict that rider and psychologist Mark Barnes would be successful writing about motorcycling. In his first column for “Motorcycle Consumer News” some 21 years ago, he wrote that “motorcyclists can be divided into two types.” There are those who are happy to …

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