September, 2014

• 27 September

  Moto Guzzi Reveals V7 II

  

  The Moto Guzzi V7 is getting a makeover, and an expanded name. It will now be the V7 II, presumably for

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• 24 September

  Seeking Seafood In Maine

  

  New England riders carry a great sense of pride in the region that we are fortunate enough to call home. Those of us from the southern New England regularly point our bikes north via those wonderfully windy ribbons of tar. As a resident of Litchfield County, CT, I regularly heed …

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• 23 September

  Brooklyn Invitational Shows Off ’22 Henderson

  

  OK, technically, it may not have been a “custom” motorcycle. It didn’t have features such as an extended or raked front end, or a one-off gas tank, or an exotic color. What the 1922 Henderson did have was

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• 22 September

  Brooklyn Invitational Gallery

  

  RIDE-CT.com / RIDE-NewEngland.com staffers Bob Rosen and Bud Wilkinson spent Saturday pounding the pavement in Brooklyn, NY and snapping pictures of motorcycles. The purpose of the visit to the Williamsburg section was to attend the 6th annual Brooklyn Invitational Custom Motorcycle Show, which featured

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• 20 September

  Unwanted XT250 Ends Up In Garage

  

  Ever buy a motorcycle that you didn’t need or necessarily want? Sometimes the urge to add some fresh iron to the garage is just too irresistible. That’s why there’s a 1983 Yamaha XT250 is parked next to my 2008 Suzuki V-Strom. It’s the bike I didn’t need, eventually didn’t want, …

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• 19 September

  Honda Celebrating 40 Years Of Gold Wing

  

  For the 2015 model year, Honda is celebrating four decades of producing the Gold Wing with a 40th anniversary edition (shown above), but the announcement earlier this month of the commemorative model was quickly overshadowed by a recall of some 126,000 Gold Wings from the 2001-2010 and 2012 model years. The …

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• 19 September

  Yamaha Recalling 2014 FZ-09 Model

  

  Yamaha is recalling some 5,300 of its 2014 FZ-09 model for an inadequate headlight harness that could result in the headlight going out. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Thursday that FZ-09 models manufactured between Aug. 1 and Aug. 29 of this year  “may have a headlight harness that …

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• 16 September

  Hamden Police Nab Rider of “Police” Bike

  

  Police in Hamden, CT last week arrested a motorcyclist on a variety of charges after spotting him run a red light on a “police” bike, which was actually a dirt bike equipped with siren as well red and blue flashing lights. The bike had the word “police” stenciled in various …

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• 14 September

  Superleggera Draws Attention At IMOC

  

  STURBRIDGE, MA – Of all the motorcycles at IMOC today, there was one that drew more gawkers than all the others. The reasons were numerous. It’s expensive, rare and, if Ducati’s claims are to be believed, it has the best power-to-weight ratio of any production motorcycle ever built. It’s also gorgeous. …

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• 11 September

  New England Represented In Motorcycle Cannonball

  

  Dan Emerson of Connecticut at 2012 Motorcycle Cannonball New England is well represented in this year’s Motorcycle Cannonball Endurance Run with three participants from Connecticut and one each from New Hampshire and Vermont. There are also seven riders from New York. The coast-to-coast trek involving pre-1937 motorcycles began Friday in …

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