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Northern Ontario Beckoned: Old Men Answered the Call

Taking in the sights and roads of Manitoulin Island and the eastern shore of Lake Superior. We are getting old and maybe a little decrepit, but like all motorcyclists, we want to keep experiencing...

Through a Beginner’s Perspective

It’s easy to forget the challenges facing a beginner rider: remembering every step while starting a motorcycle; struggling with smooth gear shifts; braking without stalling; and maintaining focus...

Riding in Italy

As you can see from that incredible Bimota on the cover, I spent some time in Italy this summer. Actually, truth be told, I spend some time every summer in Italy and it’s specifically because of...

Across Canada on a Budget Motorcycle

Based on the price of soft-sided panniers, this writer set a challenge for himself. The long Canadian winter is a very favourable time to go over piles of bike magazines, read travel stories, and...

On Point for the Road

The Ibex 800 E makes a very good travel bike. In case you haven’t noticed, Chinese motorcycles are here to stay, but not in the form in which they were first introduced to Canada. In the early...

A Resurection of the Beginning

A skunkworks project that inadvertently established a new genre of motorcycling. Like so many great discoveries — penicillin, Velcro and, yes, Viagra — BMW’s GS was an accident. Okay, not quite...

Italian Ingenuity

The Tesi H2 Tera uses an unconventional centre-hub and swingarm steering system. Where to start is my big question. Do I lead with the fact that the new Bimota Tesi H2 Tera is a supercharged...

Braving Patagonia

The highlights outweigh any disappointments. This was it, we had finally reached Patagonia. Time to face my biggest fear of our entire Canada to Argentina journey: the notorious winds. Back on Route...

What’s The Worse That Could Happen?

Three bikes, two couples, one wild ride on the Sunshine Coast. Explore the Sunshine Coast! It was time for our annual couples’ motorcycle adventure trip, and my turn to plan something slightly...

Gaining Skills, Moving On

Hard things made easy – like learning off-road riding in Mexico’s Sierra Gorda. I didn’t always do hard things. As someone with anxiety, my excessive worry about what my performance says about...

OH!-hio

New Discoveries in the Buckeye State. It had been years since I’d spent any time in Ohio, so returning home from a trip through the South seemed like the perfect opportunity to revisit the 17th...

Ultrasonic Cleaner

An efficient tool to clean plugged carburetor internals, as well as other small parts A friend of mine recently got a great deal on two motorcycles as the result of an estate sale: a 2003 Harley...