May, 2012

• 22 May

  Motorcycle Deaths Flat Nationally, Down in CT

  By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com In a report released today, the Governors Highway Safety Association found that no progress was made nationally in reducing motorcycle fatalities in 2011. Based on preliminary data from 50 states and the District of Columbia, the GHSA projected that riders deaths will total about 4,500, …

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• 20 May

  Tiger Explorer, Bikes Along the Road

  By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com A pulled hamstring sidelined RIDE-CT for a few days, but back in the saddle today for a 96-mile shoreline trek on a new 2012 Triumph Tiger Explorer, loaned by regional Triumph representative Dave Rosen. Thanks, Dave. The 1,215cc, 135 horsepower, shaft-drive adventure model has only …

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• 17 May

  An 8,000-Mile Journey at Age 85

  By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com E. Bruce Heilman is a World War II veteran, chancellor of the University of Richmond, and an avid motorcycle rider and Harley-Davidson owner. When he was 82, he took a 7,000-mile trip around the U.S. For his 85th birthday last year, he rode to

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• 16 May

  Zero Motorcycles Visit New England Cycle Center

  By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com To recall a line from the musical “My Fair Lady,” as delivered by Prof. Henry Higgins, “Damn, damn, damn, damn.” Reps from Zero Motorcycles made a quick trip to Connecticut and New England Cycle Center in Hartford this evening to show off their electric bikes …

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• 15 May

  A Life-Long Love of Vintage Harleys

  Mike and Jennifer White of Canaan and the 1965 Harley-Davidson “Panhead” By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com Like countless other Harley-Davidson owners, Mike White of Canaan is extremely passionate about the brand. He owns three running Harleys and a fourth that’s a basket case awaiting reassembly in his garage workshop. Get …

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• 13 May

  Colorful Bikes Discovered Along the Road

  By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com Wasn’t this a splendid day to ride? RIDE-CT’s day started with friend Gary Randall calling to say the new battery on his 1946 Indian Chief was dead and that none of his eight bikes were capable of moving. The problem was quickly solved. Gary took …

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• 13 May

  A Change Coming at the Pump

  By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com Those rubber boots on gas pump nozzles, designed to capture vapor, are going the way of the dinosaur. The federal government announced last week that they will be phased out simply because some 70 percent of cars have systems that are designed to capture vapors. …

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• 9 May

  Military Vespa Brings Bang to Auction

  Check this out… A rare military-version Vespa from the 1950s is coming up for auction in Monaco this weekend and it’s quite a sight to see. Mounted on it is a U.S.-made M20 recoil-less rifle. Approximately 800 were built for the

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• 8 May

  Ural Back in CT, New Dealer in Norwich

  By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com Ural is back in Connecticut. The Russian brand that used to be sold by Canton Cycles in Winsted before that dealership went out of business a couple of years ago has added Street Stuff Cycle in Norwich as a dealer. Street Stuff Cycle got its …

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• 7 May

  What To Do With Old Bikes?

  By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com It was a couple of weeks ago that Phil Pepper of Torrington contacted RIDE-CT seeking advice on what to do about some old bikes in his possession, including a 1977 Honda GL1000 Gold Wing that he’d parked about 10 years ago. The bike had been …

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