October 2018 - Motorcycle Mojo

CANADIAN MECHANIC WINS YAMAHA WORLD TECH GP IN JAPAN

For the first time ever, a Canadian representative was crowned champion at the Yamaha World Technician Grand Prix, held at Yamaha Motor Corporation’s headquarters in Iwata, Japan on October 17....

New SPOT X 2-way Satellite Messenger Released

SPOT X 2-way satellite messenger is the newest addition to the SPOT family. SPOT has been an integral part of many folks’ safety regiment from daily adventures to long travels. In the past SPOT...

Too Much of a Good Thing

With budgets cut, there were only so many ways to make the Manx Norton competitive, albeit unrideable. The Manx Norton has no rivals for the accolade of being the ultimate British racing single in...

A Schoolboy’s Dream

A small boy’s dream evolves into his lifelong love of motorcycles. The bus was stopped at the intersection. A small boy sat on the upper deck at the right front seat, staring at the showroom of...

Move to the Top of the List

A ride on BMW’s most powerful bike to date reveals astonishing acceleration and handling. My first glimpse of the BMW HP4 Race was earlier this year during a California Superbike School (CSS)...

My Stuff is Good Stuff

It’s not really hoarding if everything has a home, is it My wife is often after me to get rid of stuff. My stuff. Not her stuff. For example, cars and motorcycles. I mean actual cars and...

Summer Love

Central Idaho’s Sawtooth Mountain Range takes us by surprise I wasn’t looking for love when I rode up into Idaho’s Sawtooth Mountain Range last summer. I wasn’t looking for late night...

Third Time Lucky

Due to a recurring breakdown, it took years to finally get to their destination. “I’m done. Get. Me. Out. Of. Here.” Naively, I thought you had to see it to believe it. An afternoon on the...

Midsize Maestro

A new urban commuter with a penchant for highway travel It’s been exactly seven years since BMW Motorrad re-entered the personal transportation sector, after coming to the party a bit too early...

Ducati announces the arrival of the 1260 Multistrada

On October 12th in Bologna, Italy Ducati announced the arrival of the 1260 Enduro, the Bologna-built globetrotter has become even more user-friendly and fun, letting riders experience unlimited...

Triumph announces new updates on the 2019 Street twin

The new 2019 Triumph Street Twin now brings a significant step up in power, a higher specification of equipment, even more rider comfort and first-in-class technology. Launched in 2016 the Street...

KTM 790 Duke comes to North America in November

On October 9, 2018 in Germany KTM North America, Inc. was pleased to introduce the 2019 KTM 790 DUKE to the North American market, making its way to KTM Dealerships this November. KTM 790 DUKE...