January/February 2008 Archives

It Followed Me Home…Honest

I love all bikes, but I have a special fondness for old ones that need a good home. I can’t think of a time in my life when I wasn’t looking for my next bike. Since having a ride on Gordon...

Extending the Season

This season was kind of weird for me. I couldn’t get my fill of two-wheeled time. I rode, then I wanted to ride some more. Maybe I was in need of therapy, or conversely maybe riding was my therapy,...

Stopping Fast

I’ve seen it happen on more than one occasion, motorcyclists making all sorts of detrimental errors while attempting to make an emergency stop. I’ve watched riders lock-up the rear tire so...

Triumph Tiger …On the Prowl

There was a time that all motorcycles played the same game, regardless of what they were asked to do. When you went to your local dealership to buy a bike you didn’t have to decide what type of...

Say What?

Glenn and Gwen, Enclosed is my renewal of Motorcycle Mojo for two years. You will recall one of your first issues, you ran a picture of my wife and two children on my police bike taken in 1964 and...

XV1900 Yamaha

History has a habit of constantly repeating itself by bringing back what-once-was, but quite often in a slightly different and modern form, and always better than the previous era. Many things can be...

Canadian Hall of Fame Awards

Soirée: “An evening party or reception.” Theme: Motorcycles and the really famous people that ride them. P.S. Don’t wear leathers. The 2007 Canadian Motorcycle Hall of Fame Inductee...

Seven Turns

Recently we received an article, which is printed in this issue from a girl by the name of Cheryl Lewis. I’m calling her a ‘girl’ instead of woman as this is the recollection I have of her....

A Day with Luc and Bob

In this world we live in it’s sometimes easy to lose sight of what is truly important. Of course, family, friends and one’s own self are still at the top of the list for many of us however,...

A Short Eclectic Wander

Take a boisterously coloured fine fall day, no wind, brilliant blue skies with warm temps, then add a few laid back two-wheeled types in the mix and point some well engineered bikes in the direction...

The Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum

“OVERWHELMING!” That is an adjective that one hears repeatedly from first time visitors to the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum, the jewel in the crown of the 740-acre Barber Motorsports Park...

Wild Rose Tattoo Body Wear

Wild Rose Tattoo Shirts operates out of Vancouver, BC. These shirts are a fashion statement as well as a conversation piece. The artwork comes from a variety of sources, some in-house and some are...