April 2017 Archives - Motorcycle Mojo

The Assembly Line

Have you ever wondered how your motorcycle began its life Having worked on motorcycles for two decades professionally, and still personally, I’ve taken apart my fair share. But I’ve always been...

Urban Adventurer

With inspired design from the scramblers of yore, this retro might be better sticking to hard-packed roads Where’s a trend these days for bike makers to introduce a motorcycle, and then use it as a...

Catching the Wave

Missing out on the first scrambler era, BMW is making up for lost time by entering into the current trend BMW has a storied history. In fact, the company celebrated its 100th birthday in 2016,...

Canada to Cuba on Two Wheels

While it isn’t impossible to take your bike to Cuba, it certainly isn’t easy. But this intrepid traveller has found a way My Cuba journey is already six weeks old by the time I have ridden from...

The Fundy Adventure Rally

A good time to take off work and head into the bush on two wheels It’s 7 a.m. and dawn is just breaking on this chilly September morning in rural New Brunswick. I’m sitting on a borrowed Honda...

The Dempster Highway

There are precious few places in the world that can still be considered truly wild “Be there, don’t just get there,” says adventure motorcycle rider Oliver Solaro of the northern grandeur that...

Mighty Peace Country

An exploration of ancestral trails and nature’s bounty Heading north from Grande Prairie, Alta., into the Peace River region, 460 km northwest of Edmonton, the road stretches straight out in front...

Wilzig Racing Manor

It didn’t take long to say yes after receiving a personal invitation to coach at the world’s only privately owned, personal racetrack When Alan Wilzig’s girlfriend, Clemence, wanted to learn...

Par for the Course

If there were a yardstick in the motorcycle industry, it would look like this Welcome back! Or maybe that should be, hello again. No, I know: glad-ius to meet you! No matter how we split those hairs,...