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Going the Distance with the GSX-S1000 GX

A long-term test ride of Suzuki’s newest Sport Touring machine. Maybe you’ve heard of Nick Sanders, who rode his sport bike (a Yamaha R1) around the world, or Ed March who did the same (albeit...

More Sport Than Adventure

Honda has made changes to the newest Africa Twin Adventure Sports to enhance its cornering prowess Honda’s Africa Twin has always been the most committed of big-bore Japanese adventure bikes....

Mid-Sized Fun

An entry-level sport bike to grow in to. I still remember when I rode my first Ninja. Although it was only a 250 cc, I felt like the next Valentino Rossi whipping through the corners. I expect that...

Maximum Adventure

Extend your adventure and confidence in the dirt and on the road. If you were to ask me before this experience what my favourite GS model was it would, without hesitation, be the R1250GS, of course....

Setting the New Standard

Competence on the street and the track. The 2024 GSX-8R is the latest model to be built around the new parallel-twin engine that Suzuki introduced last year in the V-Strom 800DE adventure bike and...

Practical Corner Carver

A superbike for the adventure set. So, you’ve outgrown your CBR600RR. Perhaps it was a GSX-R600. Maybe Team Green’s 636. Hell, it could even have been a R6, though Yamaha hasn’t built a...

Prelude to Adventure

The all-new Suzuki V-Strom 800DE heads west. Is there a rider anywhere that did not sit up with interest at the announcement of a new V-Strom Honestly, it is hardly hyperbole to say that since the...

BMW R1300GS 2023 Review

BMW once again sets the bar high with the redesigned big GS. I’ve spent more time in the saddle of BMW’s big GS than on any other press motorcycle I’ve ridden. Actually, I have owned one of the...

In It’s Element

A hard-charging motorcycle for those expert riders who demand more. In two decades of travelling to racetracks around the world, I’ve been to Spain’s Almeria Circuit only twice, including this...

Adventure on the Horizon

Overall updates and an increased engine size make the new Africa Twin a desirable bike by anybody’s standards. Honda’s CRF1000, when it was originally launched six years ago, was a bit of a...

A Wolf in Lamb’s Clothing

Sophisticated and docile — that is, until you grab a handful of throttle. The first thing that comes to mind when motorcyclists start jabbering about Kawasaki’s Ninja H2 is, without a doubt, the...

Forbidden Fruit

Honda’s latest sports tourer not coming to Canada Pity! “We hunger in earnest for that which we cannot consume:” a perfect synopsis of the allure of forbidden fruit from otherwise forgettable...