May 2023

Race Bred Streetfighter
An improved motorcycle with lessons learned from Moto2. When Triumph signed a deal with Dorna in 2019 to be the exclusive engine supplier to Moto2, it wasn’t only so the British bike maker could...
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What New Riders Need to Know
Listen to good advice from someone who knows and understands. Motorcycles can be a practical form of transportation but overall, they are fun toys for big boys and girls. For most new riders, getting...
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Marrakech Express Part II
Experiencing the Atlas Mountains and the Sahara Desert, and wondering “have I been sold into marriage for five kilograms of salt” In our March issue, Emily Roberts embarked on a journey via...
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Otto Cycles
Our world just wouldn’t be the same if it weren’t for the internal combustion engine. I freely admit to my obsession with the internal combustion engine, particularly with the four-stroke...
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A Worthy Retro
A thoroughly modern naked bike disguised as a throwback to the ’70s. I am not, with rare exceptions, a fan of retro-styled bikes. Too many — I’m thinking of Honda’s CB1100 here — tend to...
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In Search of a Lost Spirit
Mountains, rivers and scenic byways abound in the Pacific Northwest, making the area a rider’s paradise. Oregon seems like a long way away, I think that I lost my motorcycle spirit, I am sorry to...
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Motorcycle Sharing
In February of this year I spent a couple weeks in Florida and decided to rent a motorcycle for a few days to tour along the east coast. A Harley-Davidson just seemed fitting. I hopped online and...
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How Far We’ve Come
A little more than a month ago, an example of the world’s first gasoline-fuelled production motorcycle sold at a Bonhams auction. This particular 1894 Hildebrand and Wolfmüller, engine number 69,...
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Vintage Endurance Race
Small displacement engines and shift patterns be damned, a day on the track is still a ton of fun. Three nights before the VRRA endurance race at Calabogie, Alan Burns texted me a photo of a bike...
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Last Frontier
Taking in the nature and the weather of the far Northwest. As they trekked through the Alaskan wilderness of the late 1800s, John Burroughs, a companion of naturalist John Muir wrote, “Things are...
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