April, 2013

• 30 April

  Longtime Friends Enjoy Spanish Machines

  Steve Maughmer Talks About His Bultaco Sometimes a ride can provide a history lesson. It was shortly after going through an unlocked gate on to private property and proceeding cautiously down the heavily-rutted, puddle-filled dirt road in Morris that I learned of the road’s past. The sloppy half-mile track, which caused …

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• 29 April

  Indian Seeking Dealerships In All Sorts of Places…

  By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com With its first new model due out later this year (following the company’s purchase by Polaris Industries two years ago), Indian is working to expand its dealer network. Over the weekend, RIDE-CT.com had an unexpected conversation with a seemingly unlikely candidate who has been approached about …

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• 28 April

  Reaction Fierce to Loud Exhaust Amendment

  By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com An unexpected effort in the General Assembly to crack down on noisy motorcycles is being met by immediate opposition by the motorcycle industry. Under language added last week to a bill involving off-road ATVs, the sale, registration or operation of a street motorcycle having most …

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• 27 April

  Burgers With All the Toppings at Harry’s Place

  COLCHESTER, CT – A great Mom & Pop-type road food location. Harry’s Place, 104 Broadway, has been around since 1920 and is very well known to locals and travelers heading to and from the casinos. The specialty of the house is

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• 26 April

  Legislature Targets Replacement Exhaust Pipes

  By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com Motorcyclists operating with exhaust pipes that don’t have E.P.A. approval – and dealers and shops selling them – would be open to fines under an amendment attached this week to an ATV bill that is moving forward in the General Assembly. While targeted at loud …

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• 25 April

  Harley Sales Down, But Earnings Are Up

  By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com Despite a drop in sales during the first quarter of 2013 when compared to a year ago, both in the U.S. and worldwide, Harley-Davidson today reported a 33.8 increase in earnings per share. First quarter net income was 224.1 million on consolidated revenue of $1.57 …

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• 24 April

  New Online Store Launched by Harley-Davidson

  By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com There hasn’t been a press release from Harley-Davidson. Dealerships haven’t been emailing customers about the debut, either. In fact, the word is that the “soft launch” of a new online store by Harley is on purpose, presumably to make sure everything is working correctly. RIDE-CT.com’s …

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• 23 April

  Not All Harley Riders Are Old, Fat and Balding…

  By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com With Baby Boomers aging and even giving up riding, Harley-Davidson needs replacements, and new data from the research firm R.L. Polk & Co. reveals that for the fifth straight year Harley is the top seller of street motorcycles to U.S. adults between the ages of …

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• 21 April

  Rant: Roadside Memorials? Tribute Or Distraction?

  By Bud Wilkinson Not unlike dandelions in a manicured lawn, they pop up unexpectedly. One moment there’s little-noticed guard rail alongside the highway and the next there’s a floral display that pulls your eyes from the road ahead. Roadside memorials, colorful tributes to people killed when traveling, have seemingly become …

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• 19 April

  New Haven Powersports Adds Ducati

  By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com Connecticut has a new, and second, Ducati dealer. New Haven Powersports, which already carries the Italian-made Aprilia and Moto Guzzi lines, has now added Ducati and is in the process of remodeling. “We’ve had it exactly one month today,” said Chris Green late Friday afternoon. …

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