April 2018 Archives - Motorcycle Mojo

The Search for Horsepower

Motorcycle racing is exciting to watch, but even more exciting to me are the unseen efforts taken behind the scenes to make a machine competitive. A long-time friend of mine, Jean-Pascal Schroeder,...

Motorcycles, Guns & Beer

The full Texas experience I mean seriously, can it get any better I thought to myself while dirt riding, shooting guns and drinking beer at the Texas Tornado Boot Camp. I laughed and crashed, dirtier...

Still Setting Records

A brief history of the Vincent 998 cc V-twin brings us to the Ehret Vincent, arguably the most important Black Lightning in existence and one of the world’s most famous, and expensive, motorcycles...

Sandhills Surprise

Yes, Virginia, there are great motorcycle roads in Nebraska Okay, so Nebraska wasn’t high on my list of motorcycle destinations either, but research for a book I’m writing about America’s...

Shinobi

Japanese pop culture inspired this builder’s creation Having grown up on a farm in Alberta, Scott Wilson is familiar with making things work with what’s available. It’s that simple can-do...

Luxury Touring Just Got Better

Other than getting a few cosmetic changes over many years, the previous-generation Gold Wing needed a major upgrade. Honda knew it and did something about it in what might be one of the most...

The Road to Nakusp

A history lesson of sorts led to a change of plans for this rider. I had been riding my BMW F650GS for four hours by the time I glimpsed Old Hedley Road. The secondary route east of Princeton, B.C.,...

Riding The Berkshires

Berkshire County offers fantastic roads for the motorcyclist and a rich past for the history buff The Massachusett people, meaning “by the range of hills,” roamed these valleys, flanked by...