May, 2018

• 14 May

  Always Riding: A Key To Riding Is When

  

  NORTH GRANBY, CT – Some free time last week prompted the thought that a weekday at midday is the perfect time to ride as the rural roads can be less congested.  Being someone who always take note of what other riders have to say about their rides, I am always on …

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• 13 May

  Harley-Davidson Takes Hit In Headlines

  

  MILWAUKEE – It was a rough last week for Harley-Davidson with a union asserting in a news story that the motorcycle manufacturer is engaging in “a corporate ambush on working people” by shipping jobs overseas, with another news report questioning whether the company has something to hide after it banned …

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• 9 May

  Registering A Beef With Progressive Insurance

  

  Dear Progressive, I have a beef.  Earlier this week, I participated in an informative and carefully-executed instructional non-sportbike “track day” staged by Tony’s Track Days at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park in Thompson, CT. I rode my new-to-me 2014 Triumph Bonneville and did so without insurance coverage after being informed by …

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• 8 May

  Cyril Huze Announces Retirement

  

  Support and well-wishes for custom motorcycle builder and website publisher Cyril Huze have been accumulating since yesterday when he announced plans for retirement on May 15 due to a health issue and the end of fresh content on the “Cyril Huze Post.”  “Due to a health issue discovered in 2017 requiring …

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• 7 May

  Test Ride: Husqvarna Vitpilen 401

  

  HARWINTON, CT – Motorcycle models have sorts of aggressive, imaginative and even derogatory names. Some suggest action or attitude, such as Triumph’s Explorer, Suzuki’s Gladiator and Honda’s Fury, while others are more mundane like Ducati’s Multistrada (Italian for “many roads”) or playful like Harley-Davidson’s Sportster. Some make no sense at …

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• 6 May

  Eats: Wood’s Pit BBQ & Mexican Cafe

  

  BANTAM, CT – Just as Christmas once produced visions of sugar plums, at least according to “A Visit from St. Nicholas,” the arrival of Cinco de Mayo every year generates a strong yearning for tequila and margaritas. Friends from my Arizona days routinely referred to the date as “Cinco de …

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• 4 May

  Off The Beaten Path: Ladies-Only Over And Out

  

  BRIDGEWATER, CT – A few weeks ago when perusing ADV Rider, I happened upon a thread in the Northeast Forum: “Ladies-only event: Over And Out, June 22-24 2018, Hancock.” After over 40+ years as a female off-road rider, I had never witnessed an actual women’s off-road event here in the northeast. …

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April, 2018

• 30 April

  AMCA Revokes Dan Henke’s Membership

  

  The longtime president of the Hudson Valley Chapter of the Antique Motorcycle Club of the America, who has overseen the annual Rhinebeck Grand National Meet at the Duchess County Fairgrounds in New York, has reportedly been kicked out of the club by the board of directors of the national organization.  …

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• 29 April

  Hill Country: Haulmark Handiest Thing I Own

  

  CHESTER, VT – It may have been around 2004 when I made (for me) a rather predictable purchase a brand new four-wheel-drive ATV with a winch and a plow. I figured that I could justify the purchase just for the snow plow attachment. I used the ATV for a while, learned …

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• 24 April

  Why Royal Enfield Put A Dealership In Kent, CT

  

  KENT, CT – It’s probably natural to yearn for the “good ol’ days” when life was seemingly simpler, less hectic and far more congenial. When motorcyclists look back, they do so with fond memories of small and cluttered motorcycle “shops” with oily rags and limited choices of new models, not at …

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