May, 2022

• 26 May

  Who Was That Masked Man? The Case Of The Disappearing Doctor

  

  HARWINTON, CT – And now the rest of the story, otherwise known as the case of the disappearing doctor. As recounted earlier, a mishap with a log splitter resulted in a sizable portion of my left thumb being sheared off. When the accident happened that Saturday in mid-February, a friend …

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• 23 May

  Trail Bike Museum Owner Jim Hoellerich Passes Away

  

  CHESHIRE, MA – The longtime owner of the private Museum of Vintage Trail Bikes, Jim Hoellerich, has died at 88. He passed away on Sunday, one day after hundreds of riders attended one last open house at the hilltop museum he founded that houses 100 or so models made by …

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• 19 May

  Harley-Davidson Suspends Production Due To Supply Chain Issue

  

  MILWAUKEE – Harley-Davidson has shut down motorcycle manufacturing in Wisconsin and York, PA for a minimum of two weeks due to a supply chain issue. The company cited a regulatory compliance issue with one of its suppliers as the reason. The production suspension doesn’t affect the manufacture of LiveWire electric …

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• 19 May

  New Touratech Retail Store In CT Now Selling Gear, Accessories For Adventure Riders

  

  BROOKFIELD, CT – Work was still progressing Wednesday afternoon at the new Touratech retail store and distribution center here. History will record that the first sale had already been made with the purchase of a Butler road map. “The only thing that’s not ready is the front counter,” said Touratech …

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• 17 May

  Traffic Fatalities Soared In 2021 With Motorcycle Deaths Up Nine Percent

  

  WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last year was a deadly one on the nation’s highways with traffic fatalities soaring 10.5 percent over 2020, estimates released today by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reveal. Motorcycle deaths rose nine percent in 2021. Deaths totaled 42,915, the highest number since 2005. The agency said …

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• 10 May

  LiveWire Reveals Second Model, Limited Edition Del Mar Quickly Sells Out

  

  MILWAUKEE – It took less than 20 minutes today for a limited edition of LiveWire’s second electric model to sell out. LiveWire began taking orders for 100 “built to order” copies of the dirt track-inspired S2 Del Mar LE (for Limited Edition) at 12:40 p.m. (EDT) and customers snatched them …

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• 9 May

  IMS Outdoors Tour Suspended For 2022

  

  SANTA MONICA, CA – In what it called a “difficult decision,” the Progressive IMS Outdoors tour announced today that all events planned for 2022 have been suspended. Among the eight tour stops getting scrapped was a planned visit to the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, NY from Sept. 23-25. …

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• 2 May

  Riding Season Delayed By Traumatic Accident WIth Log Splitter

  

  HARWINTON, CT – This riding season is unlike any other. By this time last year there had already been a three-day trip to an antique motorcycle show in Pennsylvania. This year, operating a motorcycle for even a few miles has been thwarted by an injury.    While I routinely put …

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April, 2022

• 28 April

  Oil Drippings, Including Touratech Store Update, Demo Trucks

  

  It’s another edition of Oil Drippings, a collection of news items from near and not-so-near that riders may find interesting or useful: Touratech Still Targeting May Opening In Brookfield A date hasn’t been pinpointed but Touratech is still targeting a May opening for a new retail store and distribution center …

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• 26 April

  Ural Moving Production To Kazakhstan From Russia

  

  REDMOND, WA – With Russia’s war on Ukraine continuing, Russian sidecar rig manufacturer Ural is moving assembly of its models out of Irbit. They will now be put together about 375 miles to the southeast in Petropavlovsk, Kazakhstan. The plan is “progressing at full speed,” Ural CEO Ilya Khait told …

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