January, 2014

• 9 January

  Remembering A Friend With “Numb Nutz Ride”

  By Bob Rosen New Year’s Day is often a time for new beginnings and renewed commitments to an improved life. The passing of the previous year also creates the urge to review and reflect. In the case of a hardy group of riders in Fairfield County, CT, they use Jan. …

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• 8 January

  Attendance Dipped At New York IMS Due To Snow

  By Bud Wilkinson Attendance figures are out for the Progressive International Motorcycle Show in New York last month and the crowd size plummeted 19.4 percent from the previous show due largely to a winter storm on Saturday, the main day of the three-day event. Attendance was pegged at 58,811, a …

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• 7 January

  BMW Recalling More Than 50,000 Bikes

  By Bud Wilkinson The potential for a leak involving the fuel pump has prompted BMW to recall more than 50,000 motorcycles covering 18 models over a seven-year period. Affected are 2005-2011 “R” models, 2005-2012 “K” models, the S 1000 RR from 2010 and 2011, and 2006-2010 HP2 motorcycles. The National …

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• 5 January

  “Motorcycle Classics”

  By Bob Rosen “Motorcycle Classics” is a magazine dedicated to all things vintage. Their website is loaded with interesting restoration stories and hundreds of photographs.  Pay particular attention to the title bar listing different countries of origin.  Clicking on the country of your choice will bring you into a world of bikes …

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• 4 January

  Oil Drippings: News and Opinion

  By Bud Wilkinson When the PSA came out in August 2009, it was credited with getting teens to stop texting while driving and with saving lives. Shot in South Wales and funded by the Gwent police department, it graphically showed the potential consequences of texting when behind the wheel. If …

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• 3 January

  New Dealer In Bethel Targets March 1 Opening

  By Bud Wilkinson Jim Hamlin is targeting a March 1 opening for his new Hamlin Cycles dealership in Bethel, CT. Pending zoning approval that will allow a service department, Hamlin plans to open the new store in a building that formerly housed a power equipment business. “We’re working on the inside …

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• 2 January

  Study Says Hundreds of ATVers Die On Public Roads

  By Bud Wilkinson All-terrain vehicles are designed to be ridden off-road, but many owners illegally take their ATVs on paved public roads, and the result has been the deaths of more than 1,700 riders in the U.S. between 2007 and 2011, according to a new study just released by the …

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• 1 January

  2020 Event Calendar

  

  The COVID-19 pandemic has had a huge impact motorcycle rallies, shows and other events scheduled for 2020. Most have been canceled. Immediately below are events still scheduled to take place: Aug. 8 – Rotary Club of Mansfield (MA) Vintage Motorcycle Show, British Car Show and Aircraft Fly-in from 10 a.m. …

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• 1 January

  Website Sets Readership Record in 2013

  Happy New Year and Thank You! RIDE-CT.com/Ride-NewEngland.com set a readership record in 2013 with the number of unique visitors to the website increasing nearly 58 percent  (57.95 percent to be precise) and the number of page views rising nearly 30 percent (29.9 percent) over 2012. According to Google Analytics, RIDE-CT.com/Ride-NewEngland …

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December, 2013

• 31 December

  Just Asking, But Why Isn’t the Bellagio Sold Here?

  By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com Given the popularity of Harley-Davidson’s Sportster variants, you’d think that any company making a similar mid-sized cruiser model would want to sell it in North America. That isn’t the case, though. While Triumph has the America and Speedmaster models and Yamaha has several V-Star 950 …

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