August 2017 Archives - Motorcycle Mojo

Vozz Helmets RS 1.0

A revolutionary change in full-face helmet design. Some people zig while others zag, and it’s no different for companies. Vozz Helmets, an Australian company, is one that zags and is taking a...

The Communal Moto Shop

Forming a reasonably priced hangout for fellow gearheads to wrench and create. Wouldn’t it be great if you had a place to store your bike, work on it and use that same place as a social hangout for...

Tribe of Two Wheels

The love of two wheels brings us together It’s called the Sunshine Coast, though that seems quite a euphemism when you’re a transplant from Southern California. But granted, for British Columbia,...

Oil & Rust

Where custom, vintage and race bikes go to hang out Jeff Kerevan is a busy man. Not only is he head mechanic at Rising Sun Motorcycles, a full-service and custom bike shop in East Vancouver, he is...

Hot Times on Ohio’s Windy 9

The riding heats up in the Buckeye State Light-headed and nauseous, I sank onto the seat in the air-conditioned burger shop and held the ice-cold drink to my temples. I had come to explore the...

Saving the Best ‘Til Last

“Created to provide quintessential performance.” That’s Ducati’s proclaimed axiom behind the development of this bike, and after riding it, I reckon its engineers have hit the bull’s eye...

Mannered Menace

Working without a safety net We’re encountering a renaissance of sorts in the sport standard segment at the moment: a return to responsibility rather than restriction; a dialling back of the nanny...

Big Things, Small Package

Repurposing the Ninja 300 powerplant into a competent adventure-type bike proves to be a resounding success Eating dirt is underrated, especially in the case of adventure riding. The fact my teeth...

Black Beauty

Polar opposites collide to form this Jekyll and Hyde ride It’s hard to think of two kinds of bike more radically different from each other than a chopper and a superbike, the Arctic and Antarctic...

Kickstart 2017

Showing off the talents of the garage-based motorcycle builder at an upscale venue When an abstract idea becomes a concrete creation, we call it art. From Jean-Michel Basquiat to Vincent van Gogh,...