August, 2016

• 20 August

  GasGas Launches New Website

  

  LOS ANGELES – GasGas has launched a new consumer website to better serve the North American market. The company says the new website is further evidence of GasGas’s continued growth and resurgence under

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• 20 August

  Zero Offers Discounts

  

  SANTA CRUZ, CA – Electric motorcycle-maker Zero is now offering discounts of up to $500 for student riders, riding school instructors, members of the military and first responders. Discounts of $500 are being offered on the Zero S, Zero DS, Zero SR and Zero DSR models, and $250 on the …

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• 19 August

  Brooklyn Invitational Reveals Date

  

  BROOKLYN – The date for the eighth annual Brooklyn Invitational Custom Motorcycle Show is now set. It will be staged Saturday, Sept. 24 at the Root Studios, 131 n. 14th St. in Brooklyn, NY, according to a new post on Facebook. Using a gallery setting, the motorcycle exhibition showcases unique …

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• 19 August

  California Legalizes Lane-Splitting

  

  SACRAMENTO – Gov. Jerry Brown today signed into law legislation making lane-splitting by motorcyclists legal in California, becoming the first state to do so. The law gives the California Highway Patrol the authority to

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• 19 August

  Harley-Davidson Settles With EPA

  

  MILWAUKEE – Harley-Davidson has settled with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over illegal engine devices that the EPA said caused excessive pollution. Harley-Davidson will pay a $12 million civil penalty plus $3 million to mitigate air pollution as well as buy back and destroy thousands of “super tuners.” The EPA …

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• 16 August

  If You Had Asked Me…

  

  What’s life without a little romance, although at my age (62), marital status (single) and location (rural Connecticut) that means enjoying the company of a motorcycle? Consequently, any time I see a motorcycle, I tend to look closely – whether it’s

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• 15 August

  Huisman On Harley History

  

  WEST HARTFORD, CT – It was happenstance that the white and teal Harley-Davidson motorcycle ridden by actor Michiel Huisman ended up parked next to a flat black Indian outside of Westfarms mall. Commenting about their adjacency to the “Games of Thrones” star was only natural, though, because

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• 11 August

  Bike Stolen From Doug Danger

  

  CAHOKIA, IL – A favorite wheelie bike belonging to record-holding stunt rider Doug Danger (real name Doug Senecal) was stolen off a trailer overnight. A GoFundMe campaign has been launched to replace it even as police here search for the missing 450cc Honda dirt bike that Senecal has owned since

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• 9 August

  Kent Coffee Open In New Spot

  

  KENT, CT – After getting evicted from its longtime home at 8 N. Main St., Kent Coffee & Chocolate Co. has moved up the street to a new and larger location in the former Bank of America building at 45 N. Main St. Java-seeking motorcyclists, who have made the shop …

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• 8 August

  Glistening Moto Guzzi

  

  EASTON, CT – When Mark Esposito acquired his 1971 Moto Guzzi Ambassador last September, it was a mess. “The motor was in the frame. The gas tank was on it. The rest of the parts were kind of scattered all over the place,” he recalled during

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