April, 2014

• 4 April

  Firefighters Save Collectible Motorcycles From Blaze

  Imagine peering through a camera lens and seeing your garage that’s filled with a dozen vintage motorcycles as well as a 1989 Porsche 911 just feetaway from being engulfed by flames.

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• 3 April

  Bikes Are Centerpiece of Berkshire Museum Exhibit

  Pittsfield, MA – It seemed like the day would never come. However, a little warmth and a little sunshine provided the opportunity yesterday to back a bike out of the garage, check the tires and head north to the Berkshire Museum to check out the motorcycles on display as part …

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• 2 April

  Can-Am Video With Messier Goes For Laughs

  Some visitors at the Progressive International Motorcycle Show in New York back in December got to gawk at NHL legend Mark Messier, who was on the convention floor shooting video touting the Can-Am Spyder. The six-time Stanley Cup champ (five times with the Edmonton Oilers and once with the New …

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• 2 April

  Will Captain America Help Harley Sell New Model?

  Pictures courtesy of Marvel This is the week that Harley-Davidon has been waiting for – the week when Marvel’s much-anticipated “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” opens and shows off its new Street 750 model to moviegoers (and riders) around the planet. The hope is that new and younger riders will be …

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• 1 April

  A Motorcycle Really Needs To Feel Right…

  A neighbor recently thinned her bookshelves and deposited a plastic bag filled with paperbacks on my doorstep. Included in the discards that she thought I might enjoy was Robert Fulghum’s “All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten.”  In reading it, having missed its gentle wisdom when it was …

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March, 2014

• 31 March

  TMZ Clueless When It Comes to Motorcycles

  By Bud Wilkinson The gossip website TMZ is receiving guffaws from riders coast-to-coast after cluelessly labeling a motorcycle ridden by a Los Angeles police officer as a “chopper” in a story about a woman who apparently dodged ticket on Friday afternoon. The website reported: The LAPD is conducting a formal Internal Affairs …

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• 30 March

  Two Attempts To Repeal Helmet Laws Fail

  By Bud Wilkinson Michigan repealed its helmet law in 2012, allowing riders 21 and older to go lid-free, but similar efforts in other states since then have failed. Two attempts this year to wipe helmet laws from the book, including one in New England, failed. In the Vermont legislature, the …

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• 28 March

  British Meet in Massachusetts Gets New Home

  It’s the longest-running British Motorcycle Meet in the country, and this years’s 36th annual event staged by the BSA Owners Club of New England will move to a new location at the Bolton Fairgrounds on Route 117 in Lancaster, MA. The meet includes a bike show and motorcycle flea market …

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• 27 March

  The World’s Oldest Profession – Sales

    Even before un-virtuous ladies of the night could offer up their services something had to take place to generate interest and awareness for their “business.” They found themselves needing to sell their attributes to potential clients.  Attracting interested parties, emphasizing the superiority of their offering

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• 26 March

  New England Air Museum Plans Motorcycle Show

  By Bud Wilkinson The arrival of spring not only means a return to riding, but also motorcycle meets and shows. There are at least three planned over the next few weeks and spread over the region. The most intriguing is… – The New England Air Museum Motorcycle Show, a first-time event …

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