August 2015 - Motorcycle Mojo

Bonneville Motorcycle Speed Trials Cancelled

The poor conditions on the Bonneville Salt Flats have already caused the cancellation of several events this year and it has now caused the cancellation of the Bonneville Motorcycle Speed Trials...

Ready Powersports Welcomes Kawasaki to the Showroom

Ready Powersports of Mississauga, Ontario has announced they will be carrying the complete line of Kawasaki motorcycle and Jet Ski products. The addition of Kawasaki means Ready Powersports is now...

Triumph Postpones Land Speed Record Attempt

Triumph’s plans to contest the World Land Speed Record this year have been put on hold due to injuries sustained by pilot, Guy Martin during the Ulster Grand Prix road race in Ireland. The...

Honda Recalls 500 cc models

Due to possible fuel system faults, Honda has recalled three models within its current crop of 500 cc motorcycles. The Affected models are the 2013 to 2015 CBR500RA, CBR500R and CB500F Recall #...

Asselstine Country Dealership Hit Hard

A series of severe storms ripped through Southern Ontario over the August long weekend leaving in their wake waterlogged cottagers and campers and a long list of damages. One of the worst hit was...

The Next Generation

The new MotoGP-derived Yamaha R1 comes with all the bells and whistles you’ve come to expect from a modern supersport machine – and more Trust the electronics. This is something I began telling...

Natural Selection

Choosing the path of Evolution over Revolution Just a decade ago, if you wanted an adventure bike that could comfortably cover long distances on the tarmac or get a little dirty on logging roads and...

Reconnecting With The Past

Perusing an online buy-and-sell website leads to a bike build long forgotten Editor Glenn Roberts and I have in the past discussed our impulse to reconnect with our youth. In biker terms, this means...

Reinventing Tradition?

The Motor Company shocked the motorcycle world when it announced an electric motorcycle. No one saw that coming Take what you know about motorcycles and throw it out the window. Riding LiveWire,...

Life and Near Death on the Open Road

In search of routes less travelled The quiet of the empty stretch of highway was interrupted by the sound of the approaching truck. As I sat on the paved shoulder checking my map, I kept an eye on...

Isle of Man TT Through the Lens

They say a picture tells a thousand words. We thought we’d share a few thousand words showing the diversity of the two-week Isle of Man TT race festival Since 1907, the Isle of Man Tourist Trophy...

Springs and Preload

Shocking information about suspension and ride height. Since we’ve recently covered different types of forks and how their damping systems work, it’s time to look at springs. Springs, whether in...