May 2012 Archives - Motorcycle Mojo

Restoration – Bitsa BSA

I have a BSA Bitsa in my family room. This seems perfectly normal to me, because this is not the first motorcycle to winter in the house as it awaits re-emergence in the spring. Needless to say, I...

Feature Bike – Board Track Racer

We all know that it’s cool to own a well-built custom motorcycle. I don’t mean a cookie-cutter bike littered with bolt-on parts from a catalogue; I’m talkin’ a real custom motorcycle....

Travel – Smoky Mountains

“If it doesn’t fit in your saddlebags, you don’t need it.” As a newer rider, I was taking in all the advice – listening to all the tales I could before heading out on only my second...

Feature – Honda CBR125R Challenge

The long, uphill climb of Mosport’s Mario Andretti Straightaway is normally a breathtakingly fast section of racetrack. Not today. Straining underneath me is a 125 cc, 4-stroke motorcycle, and it...

Travel – Riding the Baja Peninsula

Ever since I started racing in Baja five years ago, the remote Mexican desert has felt like home, and the guys I race against, an extended family. More of an exclusive club for racing veterans than a...

Mojo Test Ride – Suzuki TU250

There are times when you’re smarter to zig when everyone else is busy zagging. At least, that’s the strategy that Suzuki has deployed in the increasingly competitive small-displacement segment....

As The Wheel Turns

A smooth-running motorcycle isn’t only a matter of a vibration-free engine. It’s also about wheel balance. An unbalanced wheel can create unpleasant vibrations when riding, and if the imbalance...