August/September 2009 Archives - Page 2 of 2

From Canyons to Coffee Shops

As you flip through the pages of our August/September issue, you’ll notice a bit of a trend. Apart from our review on the fantastic new-for-2009 Suzuki Gladius, aka SFV650, you’ll notice the...

Close To Home

Sometimes the best roads can be found just around the corner. It is a warm spring day and I am going for a ride. No, I am not going to a motorcycle nirvana in the Rockies, Alps or Australia. You see,...

Bikers Don’t Do Picnics

“Is it time for a picnic” “No.” Only pussies do picnics – bikers don’t do picnics. Karl’s glacier blue eyes look at me with a mischievous smile. “Is it time for a picnic” he...

The Flight of Pegasus – Part 2 – Eastern Canada

Today there are no creative juices I’m afraid, they have been washed clean out of me, leaving only a residue comprising distain for the manufacturers of all motorcycle apparel. When the rain is...

The Birth of the Bond

My first taste of a true motorcycle happened when I was around five-years-old, bouncing around on the back of my brother’s Lambretta. There’s been more than a few decades passed since then, but I...

Vancouver, BC to Key West, Florida & Back

An 18,000 km Winter Interlude It’s been a trademark of our marriage; Bob and I are always up for a challenge. In our pre-children years we toured British Columbia on a brand new purple 1969 Triumph...