January/February 2009 Archives - Page 2 of 2

Roaming Wyoming

Perhaps the best decision I’ve made, besides marrying my beautiful wife of 27 years, Terri, was to obtain a motorcycle last fall; for therapeutic purposes, of course. The next logical step in...

Joseph Merkel’s Pioneering Motorcycles

It’s been estimated that as many as 300 American companies built motorcycles in the first half of the twentieth century. Most of these disappeared into oblivion without a trace, but some,...

‘It’s about the ride —eh!’

A funny thing happened on the way to work. lt started out as a regular day—running late again as usual. Pull out onto the county road behind ten CFB Borden student driver training trucks, and...

XS650 Café Racer

Hal Reid, the owner of this beautiful home-built cafe racer, admits that over the years he cannot remember how many XS650s he has owned, but he knows it’s in the dozens. He bought his first...

Stu and John’s Escapade North – Destination Inuvik Part One

At fifty-four, I’m starting to encounter some symptoms of what the slippery slope of age is all about. So far the physical stuff is easy; buy a bigger windshield, let practicality reign over...

An Open Letter to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario

Since editor Roberts, myself, and a number of others began developing this publication six years ago, I have managed to restrain myself generally from positioning political views here. Though I am...

Buell Ulysses XB12XT

When you think of Buell, the usual image that comes to mind are the sleek, short wheelbase V-Twin powered streetfighters like the Firebolt, Lightning or the new 1125R and CR models. In 2006, Buell...

Johnny Pag Spyder 300

The name Johnny Pag might be new to some in Canada, but Johnny Pag Sr. has been building custom bikes in his shop called Bikers Dream for high profile customers in Orange, California since the...