June 2024
Tune-Up 101
There are many maintenance items you can easily do at home. Assuming your bike is running well and you want to keep it running that way, you’ll have to perform some regular maintenance. Your...
Read MoreMemory Full
Riding the Northern Pacific Coast Highway. It had been a long time coming. Fifteen years ago, I set out to ride the Pacific Coast Highway, but mechanical problems had collided with my timeline and,...
Read MoreA Juxtaposition
It’s funny how when you’re immersed in an industry you may not see just how much something might be wrong; maybe you’re too close to the picture to understand what it looks like. Recently I...
Read MoreThere Is No Autopilot
On April 19th, another “self-driving” Tesla killed someone. A Tesla Model S, whose owner, Carl Hunter, from Snohomish, Washington, had engaged Autopilot, failed to see a motorcyclist in front of...
Read MoreBuilding, Training, Racing
Royal Enfield has developed a winning combination when it began the all-woman initiative to build and race their own Continental GTs. It’s the first race of the Royal Enfield Build. Train. Race....
Read MoreA Café in Calgary
An enduring friendship continued after this bike changed builders when one man couldn’t finish it. For the money invested in this custom 1982 Honda CX500, Walter Loeppky says he could have...
Read MoreStill A Contender
In addition to Triumph’s attention to detail, it’s the Daytona’s excellent inline-triple that sets it apart from the competition. There was once an annual award given to the motorcycle that...
Read MoreA New Eagle Has Landed
Moto Guzzi seems to have stepped up its game to produce a Best-in-Class ADV bike. Born in 1921, Moto Guzzi is Italy’s oldest bike manufacturer in continuous production. Covid forced the...
Read MoreThe Perfect Motorcycle?
The first motorcycle I’ve ever tested where I didn’t want to change anything. Okay, almost anything. I think I might have found the holy grail. A motorcycle that needs absolutely no modification....
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