July, 2019

• 5 July

  Bikes And Breakfast, Maryland Style

  

  POOLESVILLE, MD – Some Sunday morning rituals cannot be abandoned just because one’s on a short vacation. For worshippers of the Church of Two Wheels that means riding a motorcycle or at least mingling with those who are. A trip to visit friends near Washington D.C. last month had me …

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• 2 July

  An Art Show Devoted To Motorcycle Helmets

  

  WOODBRIDGE, CT – Depending on one’s viewpoint on whether tattoos are unequivocally linked to motorcyclists, it was either 23 years ago or merely two years ago that Jim LoPresti found a way to mesh his love of art and motorcycles. It was in 1996 that he began his career as …

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June, 2019

• 26 June

  IMS Dates Announced for 2019-2020 Tour

  

  SANTA MONICA, CA – The Progressive International Motorcycle Shows tour will expand by one city in 2019-2020, with Denver joining the schedule that includes a New York stop Dec. 6-8 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, it was announced this morning. The eight-city tour kicks off Nov. 22-24 in …

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• 26 June

  Registrar In Massachusetts Resigns In Wake of Crash

  

  BOSTON – The head of the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles resigned Tuesday after her agency failed to terminate the commercial driver’s license of the man whose collision with a group of motorcyclists in New Hampshire left seven riders dead on Friday evening. In a statement announcing that she had …

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• 25 June

  Pickup Driver Enters Not Guilty Pleas, Fall Jury Trial

  

  LANCASTER, NH – The driver of the pickup truck accused of killing seven motorcyclists on Friday evening in northern New Hampshire has pleaded not guilty on seven counts of negligent homicide. A jury trial has been set for November. The plea was entered today for Volodymyr Zhukovskyy, 23, by his …

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• 25 June

  Always Riding: Crash Brings Marine To Tears

  

  NORTH GRANBY, CT – It was when approaching a left-hand turn this past weekend that I noticed two motorcycles coming at me. I put on my turn signal well in advance and not only scanned the road in front of me but, using my mirrors, scanned the road behind me. …

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• 25 June

  BMW Offers Glimpse Of Electric Future

  

  MUNICH – BMW Motorrad today unveiled a concept electric model dubbed the Vision DC Roadster that was designed to show how the company might transition its iconic boxer heritage in future years. “The boxer engine is the heart of BMW Motorrad – an absolute stalwart of its character. But BMW …

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• 24 June

  Pickup Driver In Crash Is Headed to New Hampshire

  

  CONCORD, NH – The driver of the 2016 RAM 2500 pickup truck involved in Friday evening’s horrific crash that killed seven motorcyclists in Randolph, NH is headed back to New Hampshire. Volodymyr Zhukovskyy was handed over to New Hampshire authorities after a brief arraignment in a Springfield, MA courtroom Monday …

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• 24 June

  Victims In Jarheads MC Crash Identified

  

  CONCORD, NH – The identities of the seven people killed in the horrific crash between a pickup truck and a group of motorcyclists on Friday evening have been released. Four of the dead were from New Hampshire, two from Massachusetts and one from Rhode Island. Each died as a result …

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• 22 June

  Fundraising Begins For Jarhead Crash Victims

  

  RANDOLPH, NH – A fundraising effort has already begun to help victims of the horrific crash Friday evening involving a 2016 RAM 2500 pickup truck and a group of 10 motorcycles that killed seven people, five of them members of the Jarheads Motorcycle Club. Meanwhile, authorities have identified the driver …

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