If you’re a fan of European motorcycles, come and see the beauties. Classics to Moderns.

Bring and show your German, Italian, and British motorcycles. Adult admission tickets are $10; children (6 years and up), seniors, and active military are $5.  

Address: 15 Newton St, Brookline, MA 02445
E-mail: steele@larzanderson.org

The motorcycle event is organized by the family and friends of Jessica Lyn Finney, who tragically died in a car accident at 18. All proceeds will go to “Jessica’s Angel Fund” to support community programs educating safe driving awareness among teen drivers.

The motorcycle event will feature scenic “escorted” ride.  

Registration: $20 for Bike/Driver; $10 for Passenger - starts at 8am ~10:30am (Coffee/Donuts served).

Kick stands up at 11 am at Billerica Elks (start & finish). BBQ to follow w/all the trimmings! Bike Games, LIVE Band, DJ, Lots of GREAT Raffles, 50/50 and more… Rider’s fees include BBQ & 1 Poker Hand

Location: 
Billerica Elks, 
14 Webb Brook Road
Billerica, MA 01821

Find more info about the ride here. See Jessica’s Facebook page for photos of last year’s ride.

Check out the Daytona, FL “Biketoberfest” starting at October 14 – 17!!!

We’ll post more updates in the next few weeks, as well as photos of the events.

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 5,290 motorcyclists were killed in 2008—an increase of 2 % compared to the 5,174 motorcyclists killed in 2007. About 96,000 motorcyclists suffered injuries in crashes during 2008.

According to the report, 41 bikers died in Massachusetts crashes, even though 97% of them were wearing helmets. By comparison, in New Hampshire, only 29 motorcyclists were killed in crashes in 2008 with only 38% of them wearing helmets at the time of the crash.

Still, the NHTSA estimates that helmets saved 1,829 motorcyclists’ lives in 2008, and that 823 more could have been saved if all motorcyclists had worn helmets.

To find out more, please click here. To see the full report, click here.

The New England Fall Foliage Motorcycle Ride will begin on Sept.  7 in Manchester, New Hampshire and head out on some great country roads for the shores of Lake Winnipesaukee. Lunch is at Weir’s Beach. Riders will then continue into the White Mountains to arrive at the Franconia Inn for a welcome dinner and the first night stay.

After a morning stop for a tram trip to the top of Canon Mountain, riders will take the Kancamangus Highway across the mountaintops of New Hampshire towards the second night’s stay in Errol, NH.

Taking the scenic route, the third day of the ride continues through Montpelier, Vermont, then to Jackson Falls, NH for a night at a 200-year-old country Inn.

The fourth morning starts with a coach ride up to the top of Mount Washington, the tallest mountain in the northeast and then off on the back roads to Bar Harbor, Maine where riders will have two days to tour Acadia National Park.

After that, riders will follow the seacoast down to the Old Port area of Portland, ME for a sunset Harbor cruise and a final night in Maine. The final day of the tour, riders will go on back roads with scenic seaside stops and arrive for a farewell dinner at the Ashworth Hotel in Hampton Beach, NH.

All tours include the motorcycle rental and accommodations.

The ride will start at the VFW in Hudson, continue through beautiful countryside, and end at the The Upper Deck, Salisbury Beach where all participants will enjoy a barbeque.

The motorcycle event is jointly sponsored by the Enforcers Motorcycle Club New Hampshire and Fire and Iron Station 28 Boston.  All proceeds from the ride, which is held in memory of the heroes lost on 9/11, 2001, will go to benefit homeless veterans through HomesForOurTroops.org.

To find more information, pelase see the Guns & Hoses website.

This memorial motorcycle ride is held every year in honor of a 19-year-old Essex man, Nelson Selig, who was killed in a motorcycle accident in May 2000. 

Nelson’s Ride was started to help Selig’s widow, Felicia, raise college money for their two children, Nelson Jr. and Kristin. Once that was accomplished, in 2003, Felicia requested that the proceeds from the ride go to the Massachusetts Motorcyclists Survivor’s Fund.

More than 1,000 motorcyclists are expected to join the ride, which will go through Essex, Ipswich, Hamilton and Manchester.

Registration begins at 9:30 am at the park. Tickets are $15. Advance tickets, $10.

The ride kicks off at noon, with the  first riders will start returning to the park around 1 pm. Afternoon entertainment includes bands, including Full Circle of Gloucester, a 50/50 raffle worth more than $500, bike games, and more.

Ride and raffle tickets may be purchased at Cycles 128 in Beverly; the Ipswich VFW; the Whittier Motel; Seacoast Cycles in Newburyport; Provanzano Law Offices in Peabody; Eric’s Auto Repair and Gypsy Cycles in Rowley; and Lister Insurance Agency in Medford.

Guillermo was driving his friend’s Yamaha motorcycle when the crash occurred.

According to news reports, he was going west on Marston Street in Lawrence when he lost control of the motorcycle, went airborne and landed into the eastbound lane, hitting the SUV.

Guillermo was pronounced dead about two hours after the accident at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. It is not yet clear if the SUV occupants were injured in the crash.

The Yamaha motorcycle, which was registered to Guilermo’s friend, a Lawrence man, was badly damaged. The far worse damage is the irreparable loss of the young person’s life. We send our sincerest condolences to his family and friends.

The SUV – 2010 Chevrolet Equinox - operated by Laurie Boyce, 58, of Alton, was traveling on Saco Road about 4:30 pm when she made a left turn onto Route 111 east and struck the 2006 Harley-Davidson motorcycle operated by Shane McCarthy, 45, of Lee. His wife, Lezlie Perham, 41, was riding on the back of the motorcycle.

Police said Boyce was turning left onto Route 111 when she struck McCarthy’s motorcycle, “She said she didn’t see him coming.”

The SUV’s front grill smashed into the front tire of the motorcycle, knocking it over and throwing the bike passenger over. The SUV then dragged the bike a short distance, police said.

McCarthy, who was wedged between the bike and the SUV’s undercarriage following the crash, was pronounced dead on the scene. His wife was taken to Maine Medical Center in Portland in a critical condition. According to a hospital spokesman, she was in satisfactory condition over the weekend.

Both McCarthy and Perham were wearing helmets.

Drugs and alcohol were not contributing factors in the crash, police said. It is not yet known if Boyce or McCarthy were speeding. The cause in the crash is yet to be determined.

We feel sorry for the death of Shane McCarthy, and we sincerely hope his wife, Lezlie Perham, will soon recover from her injuries.

Two other bikers were injured in a separate incident the night before, while a Pawtucket biker was killed in Scituate accident (on the same Friday night).

The Pawtucket motorcyclist, Dana R. Zeiner, 51, was killed in a head-on collision with a pickup truck on Tunk Hill Road in Scituate, RI, near Gainer Dam.

According to police, Zeiner crossed the double yellow lines of the road and went into the westbound lane, crashing into the truck. Zeiner was pronounced dead at the scene. The truck driver was uninjured.

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The other motorcycle accident happened a couple of hours later in Middleboro. The two motorcyclist who were injured in the other Friday crash were a stepfather and stepson travelling on their Harley Davidson motorcycles on Old Center Street.

The crash occurred when they came upon a fallen tree, blocking both lanes of the street.  The Harley riders tried to avoid crashing into the tree by laying down their bikes, but the stepfather hit the tree anyway. The stepson crashed, too, while trying to avoid hitting his stepfather.

Both men suffered injuries. The stepfather, Tracy Moquin, 41, was airlifted by a medical helicopter to Rhode Island Hospital in Providence, while his stepson, Joshua Kagiwada, 22, was taken by ambulance to an undisclosed hospital. 

We wish them both a speedy recovery. To the family of Dana Zeiner, we send our deepest condolences and sympathies.