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Lament for the Sport Touring Motorcycle

Are motorcycle manufacturers forgetting about a whole demographic of consumers In the last decade, we have seen sport touring motorcycle offerings decline and the adventure bike market explode....

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...

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...

Lucifer’s Hammer, Custom HD XR1000R

From concept to development to winning its debut race in just 60 days. Harley-Davidson is celebrating its 120th corporate birthday in 2023 — but the 81st running of the Daytona 200 on March 11 also...

Racing in the Land Before Time

Canadian enduro hits the big time with inclusion into the FIM race schedule. After competing in the 2021 Red Bull Outliers race, I wrote about this first of its kind race with a focus on achieving...

Saloonatic

Built as a nod to pre-war bikes and slapstick comedy. Growing up, John Kerfoot was surrounded by old British machines. “My dad was a mechanic in the British army during the Second World War,” he...

Old Friends New Plans

When borders close, a new strategy emerges. Forty years ago, my friend Bart and I roamed the highways and by-ways of Europe from the Netherlands on our Norton Commandos. We rode to London for bike...

How I Unwittingly Bought My Motorcycle Last

Planning and budgeting to become a safer rider. I was surrounded by eight police motor officers with the red and blues on their motorcycles flashing. I wasn’t the reason they were there. But I was...

You Can’t Wear Out an Indian Scout

A brief history of the Indian Scout, culminating with the three year run of the 1928 Model 101. A conservative but astutely managed Midwestern company, Polaris’ management today could hardly be...

You Gotta Start Somewhere

Inspiration can come from many sources, what you do with it is up to you. Marrying Japanese components with Harley-Davidson technology, builder Marco Luk of Calgary has turned out a unique custom...

Higgy’s on the Track

One man’s way of giving back to the motorcycle community. Touted as Canada’s only year-round motorsports facility, Vancouver Island Motorsport Circuit is a technical 19-turn circuit that is fun...

Sweet Surrender

Stepping into the future from the depths of the past. Somehow, I knew this bike would change my life the instant I laid my eyes on it. We come to sense these things as we get older. We grow sensitive...