Issues
Three Epic Rides for 2025
Our first year in a new-to-us house meant doing a lot of chores both inside and outside. That threw off my plans to explore this wonderful province of British...
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Quest For the Best: Riding The Ultimate Highlands
An historic part of Ontario that features some of the best riding roads in the province. After each annual motorcycle adventure, my friends and I discuss next year’s ride route. Together we have...
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Garage Musings
A few tech tips that can only come from experience. Winter arrived early in eastern Canada this year, which means I’ve been spending more time in my workshop. My Kawasaki KLR650 got a major...
Read MoreFrom Houston to Miami, Eh!
Sometimes the reason for an extended road trip could be as simple as aiming your front wheel toward a town name. Last summer, I had an idea. Strictly speaking, it wasn’t my idea. A billboard...
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The Anti-Social Rider
All motorcyclists have a passion for riding on two wheels in common; having the unlimited quiet time in the helmet is a bonus. I’ve always been an introverted person; simply stated, being around...
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Digital Helmets
I’ve been obsessing a little over helmets as of late. I’m concurrently testing three, and researching about a dozen more, so it’s become a preoccupation that, true to my unfettered ADHD, has me...
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Exploring Cape Breton Island’s Backcountry
Riding the less travelled paths created by pioneers, settlers and homesteaders. “We can’t go through here,” I told my riding partner Glen — although that technically wasn’t true. If we’d...
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A Crash Course on Rally Racing
There’s more to rally racing than just avoiding cacti, rocks, sand, ruts and a host of other dangers that lurk around every corner and over every hill. I remember it clearly. I was riding along the...
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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...
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Back to the Banking
Eighteen years after their unforgettable Battle of the Twins victory, the Irving Vincent team is returning to Daytona with a familiar rider, a reunited crew and a two-valve, air-cooled V-twin built...
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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...
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Precision Measuring Tools
Proper care of these items is crucial to retain their accuracy. I once owned several high-quality Starrett measuring instruments, including several micrometers, a dial caliper, snap gauges, small...
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