April, 2018

• 8 April

  Four Small Models For Those Just Starting

  

  The start of the rider training season means graduates will be shopping for first bikes. Some will follow the long-recommended advice of “buy small, buy used” for their first road machine, wisely realizing they’ll probably have a drop or other mishap while getting some initial miles under their butts. Others …

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• 4 April

  AMCA Considers Complaint, Henke Won’t Get FL

  

  The Antique Motorcycle Club of America is taking “quite seriously” a complaint against Hudson Valley Chapter president Dan Henke from motorcycle collector and club member Dr. Dominick Cannavo of New York, who last month wrote the AMCA seeking Henke’s expulsion for violating “Policies & Procedures” that require members to be …

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• 3 April

  Ouster Of AMCA Hudson Valley President Sought

  

  NEW YORK – A formal complaint to the Antique Motorcycle Club of America seeking to get Hudson Valley Chapter president Dan Henke expelled from the organization has been filed with the club’s national board of directors by a motorcycle-collecting New York doctor, and the board reportedly planned a teleconference Monday …

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• 2 April

  Are April Fools’ Day Jokes Passé?

  

  HARWINTON, CT – Maybe it’s because Easter and April Fools’ Day fell on the same day this year, but there were seemingly fewer jokes being bandied about online yesterday. Or maybe it’s because there’s so much “fake news” and agenda-driven stories being circulated these days that not much is believable …

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March, 2018

• 29 March

  Lessons Learned From Years Of Riding

  

  As a newbie, I knew little about riding. I’d long driven stick shift cars so learning how to operate a clutch and shifter lever on a motorcycle wasn’t a problem when I took the Basic Rider Course in Connecticut back in 2004. Everything else was foreign. Over the years, I’ve …

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• 27 March

  Bookshelf: Two New Triumph Tomes

  

  Celebrating the past and admiring vintage and new models are a part of the motorcycling experience, and two recent books on the iconic Triumph brand enable readers to do just that: “Triumph Motorcycles in America” is a coffee table-style book jammed with pictures and historical data. Written by Lindsay Brooks …

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• 25 March

  Safe Riding: Experienced Riders Skip CONREP

  

  NAUGATUCK, CT – Motorcycling is like so many other sports. Training and practice can help immeasurably in mastering skills, learning new ones and correcting bad habits that have developed over time. Think about it for second: Golfers often seek out a pro to improve a swing. So do tennis players. Skiers …

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• 18 March

  A Treasure Of A Knucklehead Sitting For 50 Years

  

  It’s a basement find. A well-used and dust-covered 1941 Harley-Davidson FL “Knucklehead” that has been sitting untouched and unmolested in a dry, heated basement for probably 50 years. Its owner passed away a few days after Christmas and his widow is now considering selling it – in consultation with other …

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• 17 March

  Staff Inflection: The Writers’ Desires

  

  A new feature begins today called Staff Inflection whereby the writing staff of the RIDE-CT & RIDE-NewEngland wades in on a single subject. It may be on a serious issue facing the motorcycle industry, a recent event or trend, or something as frivolous and inconsequential as this initial entry: “If …

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• 17 March

  Website Tweaked, Adds More Content

  

  HARWINTON, CT – In a social media post last month, I mentioned how RIDE-CT & RIDE-NewEngland had just held its first-ever staff lunch, bringing together most of our far-flung writing staff to kick around ideas for improving the website. There were dozens of suggestions, which have resulted in a few …

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