February, 2016

• 15 February

  Slingshot Freshened For 2016

  

  MINNEAPOLIS – Polaris has released a new spring 2016 line-up for its Slingshot model. The reverse trike will come in two new colors – gloss black and, on the SL model, silver. There will also be a limited edition SL model in white pearl that will have

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• 12 February

  Matching The Buyer With A Bike

  

  A Facebook post this week by a Connecticut dealership that showed a happy customer sitting on his first motorcycle – a high-power, 2016 model-year sport bike with a $12,299 MSRP – got me to thinking about dealer responsibility. How responsible is the dealership for selling the “right” motorcycle to a …

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• 11 February

  Excavating For Excelsior Info

  

  It’s not every day that someone sends me century-old pictures of an old Excelsior motorcycle and asks for help in dating it. Yet that’s what happened a week ago when Alta Johnson of Concord, CA reached out to RIDE-CT & RIDE-NewEngland after an Internet search that she was making turned …

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• 11 February

  RevZilla Confirms Cycle Gear Deal

  

  RevZilla has now confirmed that it will link with Cycle Gear’s parent company, J.W. Childs, to form a new holding company that will operate both businesses. RevZilla founder and CEO Anthony Bucci said,

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• 10 February

  Motorcycle Track Days On Lime Rock Slate

  

  SALISBURY, CT – Lime Rock Park has released its track and event schedule for 2016 and included in the mix are motorcycle track days. As anticipated, the racetrack reports that Team Pro-Motion of Horsham, PA will stage track days on the 1.5-mile racetrack. The schedule shows them taking place on five …

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• 10 February

  Others Surge As Harley-Davidson Dips

  

  Even as Harley-Davidson announced recently that sales dipped in 2015 – down 1.7 percent in the U.S. and 1.3 percent worldwide – other manufacturers were crowing about record years. Ducati North America reports that

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• 8 February

  Fonz’s Triumph, McQueen’s Harley For Sale

  

  Is any old motorcycle that’s not a Brough Superior worth $100,000 or $200,000? An eBay seller that goes by the moniker “bighouses” will find out soon enough having put a 1949 Triumph Trophy TR5 once ridden by Henry Winkler on the ABC comedy “Happy Days” and a 1934 Harley-Davidson RL …

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• 6 February

  Larz Anderson’s Inhibiting, Infuriating Exhibit

  

  BROOKLINE, MA – It’s almost as if the Larz Anderson Auto Museum planned a rodeo rather than an exhibition of vintage motorcycles and then forgot to put on the show; keeping the livestock in a corral instead of showcasing them in an arena. Yes, the museum has herded up

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• 6 February

  Gallery: Larz Anderson Exhibit

  

  BROOKLINE, MA – More than 70 vintage motorcycles, many of them rare or exotic, have been gathered together at the Larz Anderson Auto Museum for an exhibit titled “Beauty of the Beast.”

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• 3 February

  Royal Enfield Unveils Himalayan

  

  NEW DELHI, INDIA – As promised, and after weeks of teasing, Royal Enfield has unveiled its first-ever adventure and touring model – the Himalayan. Powered by a 411cc, single-cylinder, carbureted engine that puts out

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