Bike Reviews

Introduction to Adventure

A non-intimidating ADV bike for those ready to try something a little different. Adventure riding is very gratifying, but for many riders it can also be...

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    Rider Focused Roadster

    A less aggressive riding position and a sweet, very competent inline triple that is built for the masses. Triumph’s first triple, the Trident 750, appeared the year before Honda’s legend-ary...

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    Two Bonnevilles, Two Personalities

    A pair of British cruisers with unique attributes and distinctly different characters. Bobbers were initially conceived in the mid-20th century. They were originally stripped-to-bare-bones hard-tail...

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    Clean Sheet Brutale

    Riding the prototype promises a more refined and accessible customer version. Mind-Blowing! That’s the expression that the marketing mob at MV Agusta has designated as the one they’d like to pass...

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Travel

A South African Motorcycle Camping Adventure

A three-week motorcycle trip from Cape Town to Durban burns indelible memories into the mind. Devouring my first kudu burger in Mossel Bay — the western...

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    Life Lessons

    The things you learn on the road that were never taught in school. Back in school, our teacher loved to re-focus our scattered attention by exploding gas-filled balloons in the name of science. If he...

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  • Travel

    All Aboard the Northern Adventure

    Escaping the dry heat of the Okanagan for the chilly rain of Haida Gwaii. It’s 6 a.m. The rain has stopped and it’s 13 C in Prince Rupert, B.C. I’m packing away a very wet tent and making a cup...

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    Solo in the American West

    The famous twisty canyon roads of California prove addictive. “Are you OK” came the question, from below my feet. The words weren’t coming from the ground though: I was lying on the ground, in...

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Product Reviews

Leatt ADV 8.5 Hydradri Boots

Heavy-duty boots for heavy-duty abuse and protection. There isn’t much arguing with the fact that ADV touring bikes are the de facto standard genre of...

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  • Five HG3 EVO WP Heated Gloves

    These heated gloves check all the boxes — well, almost all the boxes. There must be something in the human genome that causes us all, somewhere around the age of 60, to suddenly develop a complete...

  • Ducati Bevel-Drive 1970-1974

    Ducati guru Alan Cathcart releases his newest volume on the company’s legendary bevel-drive V-twins. The creation of the Ducati bevel-drive V-twins, and the early days of their quixotic evolution...

  • Pirelli Scorpion Trail 3

    Longevity and handling, what more do you need You know a motojournalist likes something when he pays for it rather than trying to describe it as a “test” product. And if, for instance, said...

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