NEW YORK – It may have been second runner-up in Victory’s recent “Operation Octane” dealer custom build contest, but the motorcycle dubbed “Bar Fighter” and entered by MOMS Boston got prominent display at the Progressive International Motorcycle Show over the weekend. Crafted with the help of Mark Tempesta of Breaklites …
Read More »IMS Beckons Riders To NYC
NEW YORK – It’s time once again to jump in the car, hop on the train or both and head to the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. The annual Progressive International Motorcycle Show is this weekend. The IMS features new models from
Read More »If You Had Asked, I Would Have Told You…
A new month means another edition of thoughts and opinions issued under the not-so-subtle heading of “If you had asked, I would have told you…” – That work is progressing on the restoration of a 1948 Vincent “Series B” Rapide that Peter Kettle of Fitchburg, MA bought for a mere
Read More »Wrapping Up the IMS in NYC
NEW YORK – Has there ever been a time in motorcycling’s history when there has been such a huge variety of bikes available to riders? Sure, there were more manufacturers in
Read More »New Models Will Glisten At IMS
NEW YORK – With fall bringing so many new model announcements from various manufacturers, this weekend’s Progressive International Motorcycle Show at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center promises to be an improvement over recent years, and shaves and boot shines will be free! The doors open at
Read More »December Again For IMS In NY
Dates have been announced for seven stops on the 2015-2016 edition of the Progressive International Motorcycle Show tour. The New York dates will once again be in December. The IMS will visit the Javits Center from Dec. 11-13, making it the four years in a row that the show has …
Read More »The Not-So-Incredible, Shrinking IMS
Examined on a year-to-year basis, the downsizing doesn’t instantly appear to be that significant. You first think that maybe there’s a manufacturer missing or a favorite vendor that’s absent. But when compared to what the Progressive International Motorcycle Show was like several years ago,
Read More »Indian Shows Off Scouts At IMS
NEW YORK – It’s never a good idea to have a preconceived notion about a motorcycle before riding it, and John Shope freely admits to having had one before he tried out the 2015 Indian Scout. Owner of custom shop Dirty Bird Concepts in Phoenix and one of the stars …
Read More »IMS In NYC Set for Dec. 12-14
So much for hoping that the Progressive International Motorcycle Show would move its New York dates back to January following
Read More »Triumph Thruxton Appropriated For Shows
Dave Rosen and his Thruxton at New York’s IMS When the January/February 2014 issue of “Motorcycle Classics” magazine arrived recently, I immediately noticed the full-page Triumph advertisement on the back cover. It shows a customized Thruxton model being ridden on the Bonneville Salt Flats by pro motorcycle racer Jason DiSalvo, its …
Read More »Attendance Dipped At New York IMS Due To Snow
By Bud Wilkinson Attendance figures are out for the Progressive International Motorcycle Show in New York last month and the crowd size plummeted 19.4 percent from the previous show due largely to a winter storm on Saturday, the main day of the three-day event. Attendance was pegged at 58,811, a …
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