November, 2011

• 21 November

  Show Conflict Coming In January

  By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com Winter is the time when motorcycle shows draw our attention away from snow and ice and get us thinking of the spring ahead. We check out new models and load up on gear and accessories that we might need or desire for the coming riding …

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• 11 November

  Season Ender Column Comes Early

  By Bud Wilkinson In past years, RIDE-CT has pushed the riding season to the limit before packing it in. The routine has been to bundle up and stay on the road for as long as possible – often until mid-December. A ride on New Year’s Day has been an occasional …

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• 7 November

  Royal Enfield Commercial Cuts The Cord

  By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com The power’s back on after eight days following the pre-Halloween snowstorm here in Connecticut, so it’s back to posting news and other interesting motorcycle info… It came out four years ago, but an overseas TV commercial for Royal Enfield certainly makes the point that the …

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October, 2011

• 28 October

  Triumph Adds Larger Tiger To Lineup

  By Bud Wilkinson Triumph has announced that it will offer a new adventure-touring model for 2011 as well as a couple of different editions of current models, namely the Bonneville T100 and the Speed Triple. New to the lineup will be the Tiger Explorer. The Tiger Explorer is an upsized …

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• 27 October

  Yamaha Owners Love Their Vintage Visions

  By Bud Wilkinson Just like with movies and TV shows, some new motorcycle models become hits with consumers while others flop and disappear quickly. Occasionally, a long-forgotten relic that was a slow seller and only had brief life on the showroom floor will develop a cult following or be sufficiently …

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• 15 October

  Test Ride: 2011 Victory Cross Roads

  By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com R. Lee Ermey has had a successful, in-your-face second career as an actor and TV pitchman. His prior occupation was as a drill sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was in the Stanley Kubrick movie “Full Metal Jacket” and hosted the TV series “Mail …

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• 6 October

  Vintage Vincent A Fine Motorbike

  By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com Not many motorcycles have songs written about them. “Little Honda” comes to mind. It was written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love of The Beach Boys, and turned into a Top 10 hit in 1964 by a grab-bag group of studio musicians that included Glen …

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• 5 October

  CEO Says Harley Needs New Customers

  By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com Harley-Davidson CEO Keith Wandell says his company is rebounding from the economic recession, but needs new product aimed an entry-level riders and product that makes riders go “Wow!” and that gets t0 market quicker. He spoke at a business symposium at Ohio State University on …

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• 4 October

  Carlsberg Beer Ad Mocks Biker Stereotype

  By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com All bikers are mean, ornery, tattooed tough guys, right? The Carlsberg beer company has done an ad in Belgian that pokes fun at the stereotype by filling a movie theater with bikers and leaving only two empty seats in the middle of the auditorium. What …

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• 2 October

  First Impression: 2011 Victory Cross Roads

  By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com As promised by Jim Tabor, Willows Motorsports in Cheshire has loaned RIDE-CT.com a 2011 Victory Cross Roads to beat on, er, ride carefully five days. It’s a factory demo with a couple-hundred miles on it. Rode it home late yesterday afternoon under threatening, weepy skies …

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