March, 2020

• 19 March

  Harley-Davidson Suspends Production

  

  MILWAUKEE – Harley-Davidson has joined the Big 3 automakers in Detroit in shutting down production, a move that affects about 2,000 union workers at its three plants in the U.S. The company has 5,000 total employees. The shutdown will run from Wednesday night through March 29. Employees have been placed …

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• 18 March

  Updated: It’s Time To Halt The Ritual – Now

  

  WORCESTER, MA – It’s a ritual that needs to be halted. Now. Immediately. No exceptions. The ritual is this: Person buys a motorcycle at a dealership, a picture gets snapped of the smiling buyer with the salesperson, and the pic gets posted to social media. It makes the buyer feel …

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• 17 March

  Ducati Production Lines Closed Until March 25

  

  BOLOGNA, ITALY – Production of Ducati motorcycles has now been suspended until March 25 as the Italian motorcycle maker works to implement safety measures “to limit the probability of the (COVID-19) virus spreading at its plant,” according to a company statement. The announcement Monday said the decision was made “in …

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• 16 March

  Closing Notices And Postponements: Hot Leathers And Ride 1 Rally

  

  The COVID-19 pandemic is prompting government edicts and voluntary cancelations, closures and postponements of events. RIDE-CT & RIDE-New England wants to help keep riders aware and is launching this page to do so: Cancelations Cabin Fever Custom Car & Motorcycle Show – The two-day event at Naugatuck Entertainment Facility in …

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• 16 March

  Indian Hits Back At H-D With New “Choose Wisely” Ad

  

  Indian’s timing in debuting a new advertising campaign might not be propitious – what with the COVID-19 pandemic getting most everyone’s attention – but the company is out today with a new TV ad urging shoppers to “Choose Wisely” when buying a new motorcycle. Not surprisingly, the 30-second spot takes …

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• 13 March

  Mark’s Expo Canceled Because of Coronavirus

  

  The growing global coronavirus crisis is impacting events in the Northeast. The plug has been pulled on the Mark’s Northeast Motorsports Expo scheduled for this weekend at the Big E in West Springfield, MA. The show mixes classic cars with a few motorcycles. It was set to run from 4 …

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• 9 March

  RIDE-New England: Fifty Years On The Road

  

  HARWINTON, CT – It was while going through a plastic storage container stuffed with miscellaneous old papers recently that I discovered a diploma issued nearly 50 years ago when I was 16.  The “Driver Education Certificate” from The Faita A-C School of Driving in Torrington was dated July 1, 1970 …

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• 8 March

  TWIR (March 7) – Indian, BMW And Royal Enfield News

  

  It’s time for “TWIR” – The Week in Review for the week ending March 7. Indian announces a new model, BMW unveils a new logo, and Royal Enfield gets into flat track racing. Here goes with TWIR: New Indian Scout Bobber Sixty Indian has released a lower priced, entry-level bobber …

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• 5 March

  Two Rare Triumph X-75 Hurricanes For Sale in NY

  

  The Triumph X-75 Hurricane is a rare and unforgettable model, remembered for its wrap-around bodywork, triple exhaust and bright orange and yellow paint scheme. Designed in the United States by Craig Vetter for BSA, but ultimately sold as a Triumph after BSA went out of business, only 1,200 examples of …

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• 4 March

  It Certainly Pays To Be A Harley-Davidson Executive

  

  MILWAUKEE – Executive shakeups don’t come cheap, and a compensation breakout by the “Milwaukee Business Journal” reveals that the new acting CEO of Harley-Davidson as well as the exiting CEO will get their pockets lined. The publication reports that Jochen Zeitz, who became acting CEO on Friday after Matt Levatich …

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