January, 2016

• 25 January

  Bob Rosen’s 2016 Predictions

  

  LITTLE NECK, NY – Even though the first month of the new year is just about in the rearview mirror, it’s not too late to take a shot at guessing what the motorcycle industry will look like after all 12 months of 2016 have zoomed by and to make some …

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• 23 January

  Up For Bid, Harley-Davidson Cards

  

  Check out the Harley-Davidson historical playing cards. Would you like to own a deck? RIDE-CT & RIDE-NewEngland reader Michael Trengali of Goshen, CT contacted me last weekend to say that he had six decks of the cards from 1997 that depict Harley-Davidson models built between 1903 and 1950. He thought …

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• 22 January

  Royal Enfield Teases Himalayan

  

  The official launch won’t take place until Feb. 2, but Royal Enfield is now teasing its new Himalayan adventure model after months (or is it years?) of speculation over what it might look like. No word yet on when the India-made bike will be available or where. The company’s new …

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• 21 January

  Study Hints Shaky Future For Motorcycling

  HARWINTON, CT – As we were getting ready to leave the Springfield Motorcycle Show at the Eastern States Exposition last Saturday, motorcycling friends Brian O’Neill and Roland Smith looked at the crowd of riders in the hall and observed that maybe next year we should rent a booth and hawk …

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• 20 January

  Northeast Dealers Engage In Project Scout

  

    As if motorcycle dealers don’t have enough to do already, Indian invited its dealers worldwide back in November to enter a “Project Scout” competition. The rules were simple. Take an Indian Scout or Scout Sixty and customize it. There were no restrictions on theme or budget. They only had …

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• 19 January

  Hamlin Cycles Adds Pool Room

  

  BETHEL, CT – It’s not uncommon for motorcycle dealers and shops to sprinkle vintage motorcycles around their stores to provide a visual link to the past. For example, Doc’s Motorcycle Parts in Waterbury, CT has an elevated shelf in its building lined with splendid old bikes. North’s Services in Lenox, MA …

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• 18 January

  Compelling Videos From Hoxton Moto

  

  It was last Friday that reader Joe Acampora posted a video of a 1912 Wilkinson motorcycle on my Facebook timeline. He presumably figured that I’d like to learn about a vintage machine – built more than 100 years ago by the folks who make razor blades – that bears my …

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• 17 January

  New England Motorcycle Museum Stalled

  

  ROCKVILLE, CT – Ken Kaplan’s hope back in the fall of 2014 was to have his grandiose New England Motorcycle Museum opened by Labor Day 2015. His dream was to restore the derelict Hockanum Mill into a show place for motorcycles that would eclipse the world-renown Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum …

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• 17 January

  Eye Candy At Springfield Motorcycle Show

  

  WEST SPRINGFIELD, MA – Part of the fun of attending a motorcycle show is being on the lookout for interesting bikes that may be parked in an out-of-the-way corner or tucked among other bikes in a display. This weekend’s Springfield Motorcycle Show at the Eastern States Exposition had quite a …

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• 16 January

  “Doug Danger” Recounts Record Jump

  

  WEST SPRINGFIELD, MA – The expression of amazement on the face of four-year-old Cooper Cullen of Enfield, CT as he watched a video of Doug Danger‘s record motorcycle jump over 22 cars at the Sturgis rally back in August confirmed that daredevils never

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