August 2021

Life & Work Can Coexist
Even when work gets you down, quitting time means riding time. Please indulge me if you will and picture a sunny Friday afternoon. You’re nearing the end of your exhausting work week and counting...
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Rally in the Rockies
When the possibility of holding a motorcycle rally was looking bleak, Calgary H-D and other Alberta businesses stepped up to create a safe rally environment. In August 2020, while life in general...
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Giant Loop Fandango Tank Bag
Giant Loop is at it again, refining its already-great product range. The company has been designing lightweight and efficient soft luggage for motorcycles since 2008, and while the original emphasis...
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AdMore Park-N-Move
It is, sadly, the most first-world of problems: too many motorcycles and not enough garage space. Now before you start thinking I’ve been on the take lo these many years, or that I have been...
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How to Rev Up a Hot Summer Night
Your guide to hosting a private ride-in theatre. I grew up three tobacco fields behind Brantford’s legendary Sunset Drive-In. With binoculars, I could zero in on the grainy screen and enjoy silent...
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Motion Math and Motorcycles
Don’t be intimidated by the title, we’ll only look at what it teaches us. On my way home from my Saturday ride, I was surprised to see how busy the traffic was heading into Toronto. On my left, a...
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Batteries
Like most things, you get what you pay for A battery is an integral part of your bike, and even if it’s a maintenance-free type, it still requires some care. Maintenance-free batteries need an...
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Discovering America’s First Coast
Finding adventure in the most unexpected places. Definitions of adventure have been bandied about — even hotly contested — for many years now in the motorcycle community. For me, adventure simply...
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Conveying the Right Message
Usually, the only time you read about motorcycles in the mainstream media is when someone dies. Such was the case during this year’s Mugello Grand Prix. Jason Dupasquier, a young Swiss man —...
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A Compromise of Love
Life is full of sacrifices, carrying the burden of others for the greater good, and ensuring our loved ones are taken care of before ourselves. So this year, when my partner had to leave for work, I...
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Serious Speedfighting
Triumph, being the inventor of the streetfighter genre, hopes this fully revised model regains the lead position on the streetfighter grid. Triumph Motorcycles owner John Bloor and son Nick, who...
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