[Jo6pak]

I had a chance to ride a Ridley about 10 years ago. I've never had a bike try so hard to kill me as that one did. Let's just say, the CVT transmission had a few "highly undesirable" quirks.

 

[Jo6pak]

At one point, they were sued by Harley Davidson over the use of the name "Auto-Glide" Apparently, the boys in Milwaukee thought it was a bit too close to the names for some of their steel.
(It's often the case that a bigger corporation doesn't have to win a lawsuit as long as they have more money for lawyers to stretch the litigation until the little guy runs out of funds.)

I'm not saying that was the reason for Ridley's downfall, but I can't have done thier financials any favors