December, 2012

• 31 December

  Top 5 Posts of 2012 Present Surprising Mix

  By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com It’s always a guessing-game when reporting or regurgitating news as to what readers will enjoy and what they won’t. What interests the writer may not interest readers and vice versa. The Top 5 most-popular posts on RIDE-CT.com during 2012, as tabulated by Google Analytics, certainly …

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• 30 December

  The Year in Pictures: October-December

  By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com Fall foliage provides a good reason for riding and for picture-taking, and the camera was stowed in the top bag during a brisk ride through the Catskills in October… In November, RIDE-CT.com met up with Steve Luba of Torrington, a guy who has a knack …

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• 29 December

  The Year in Pictures: August-September

  By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com One ride from this year will never be duplicated. It happened in August when I joined Will Paley when he took his French-made, 493cc Griffon out for a spin on Route 43 near his Cornwall home. Paley’s purpose in riding it was to make sure …

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• 28 December

  The Year in Pictures: June-July

  By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com June means the annual Rhinebeck Grand National Super Meet at the Duchess County Fairgrounds in New York. Persistent raindrops intruded this year but didn’t dampen the fun of seeing hundreds of vintage machines. There were gorgeous Harleys… And some rarities, too, including an old Emblem …

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• 27 December

  Vintage Honda Commercial Features “Wild Hog”

  By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com Long before he starred in the movies (including “Wild Hogs”) or on television (“Welcome Back, Kotter”), John Travolta did a motorcycle commercial for Honda. It’s appropriate to pull it out this messy day because the jingle begins “Through rain or sleet or snow, you’ve got …

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• 27 December

  The Year in Pictures: April-May

  By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com An April party marking the move of Keith Bruno’s motorcycle repair business in Winsted, known as The Shop, gave RIDE-CT.com the opportunity to meet Mike White of Canaan, who showed up on his 1965 Harley-Davidson Panhead. In May, RIDE-CT.com attended the vintage automobile and motorcycle …

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• 26 December

  Submerged for 56 Years, Bike Now Back on Land

  By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com Fisherman Jeff Riedemann hooked a whopper on Nov. 29 when he pulled a 1938 German motorcycle from the bottom of Big Swan Lake in Dassel, MN. It had been submerged since December 1956 when 15-year-old Dean Allie went through the ice while joyriding. Allie’s now …

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• 26 December

  The Year in Pictures: February-March

  By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com Chatting with some friends one recent evening, one of them remarked that someday Vincents will be forgotten; that new riders lack an interest in the history of motorcycling and have no interest in the vintage machines that once flashed across the landscape. I hope he’s …

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• 25 December

  The Year in Pictures: January

  By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com With 2012 winding down, it’s time to look back on some of the images and events that RIDE-CT.com captured during the year. (OK,  I admit it, the week between Christmas and New Year’s produces very little news and a “look back” is better than no …

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• 19 December

  N.J. Moves to Ban Motorcycle-Only Checkpoints

  By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com The Senate Transportation Committee in New Jersey approved on Tuesday legislation that would prohibit motorcycle-only checkpoints. “Stopping a driver strictly because of the type of vehicle they are operating is unfair to motorists, plain and simple,” said Sen. Jeff Van Drew, who is co-sponsoring the …

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