June 2022 Archives - Motorcycle Mojo

Special K On Two Wheels

This family of luxury touring bikes is setting a higher bar. Fresh from producing 194,261 bikes in 2021 — making that its best year ever since it was founded 99 years ago, in 1923 — BMW Motorrad...

Upping the skills With Like-Minded Attitudes

Proper training sets you on a path to do anything you set your mind to. On a whim, I signed up for the Crystal Loves Moto girls-only clinic in Nelson, B.C., with my friend, Carly, because, well, what...

The Future of Noise

Maybe it’s because I’m getting old and forgetful. Perhaps it’s because I’m getting old, forgetful and downright curmudgeonly. Or it could be that, as I am wont to think, there really are more...

Taking a Little Off the Top

I have found over my years of riding bikes that getting on and off them with short legs are two very different things. I can tell you I’ve fallen more times stopping and starting a dirtbike than...

A Century of History

A west coast riding club hits a milestone and continues to thrive. Milestones deserve attention and the Greater Vancouver Motorcycle Club celebrates a significant anniversary in 2022 with 100 years...

65 Years in the Making

Keeping the tradition alive. The Harley-Davidson Sportster, introduced in 1957, boasts the second-longest uninterrupted production run in motorcycling history. Only the Royal Enfield Bullet is older,...

A Bike From Many Sources

To the uneducated this bike might look stock, but that couldn’t be further from the truth. Saying “that bike looks stock” to someone who just put time and energy into piecing together a custom...

Motor-Paced Cycling

Throughout motorized history, the pursuit of high speed is a dangerous game. The image came up on one of a handful of vintage bike pages I follow on social media. It was accompanied by a somewhat...

It’s Go Time!

The leadup to a hectic MotoGP race weekend. Thursday mornings at MotoGP events are hectic. Forklifts buzz about, taking pallets of spare parts and crates of unobtainable machines from tents and cargo...

Smokin’ Hot in British Columbia

Heatwaves and wildfires force a change of plans and different routes. In 2020, we changed the plans for a bike trip due to Covid-19 and stayed within our own province of Alberta. In 2021, with...