November/December 2022 Archives

Peak Design Smartphone Mount

If you can’t leave home without your phone, you might as well keep it in plain view It’s easy to become dependent on the electronics that have been invading our lives like never before. I bet you...

BearWatch Systems

A recent foray into black bear and grizzly country had me brushing up on my campsite hygiene and researching protective gear. Most campers know the age-old wisdom of hanging all food in a tree,...

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...

Batteries Still Have a Long Way to Go

This column goes out to all the engineers out there, armchair or otherwise, who, like me, try to make sense of a complicated world through the deciphering of numbers. The subject for today’s...

Adventure Surpassed

Ducati proves it can play with the big kids in the heavy-weight dual-sport market. It seems everyone is making an adventure bike these days. However, their sizeable dimensions and heavy weight mean...

Looking at the Big Picture

Maybe it’s me… maybe it’s the GPS. Regardless, we just don’t get along, and we never have. I’m a paper person when it comes right down to it. I carry maps with me and spend my nights...

Forbidden Fruit

Honda’s latest sports tourer not coming to Canada Pity! “We hunger in earnest for that which we cannot consume:” a perfect synopsis of the allure of forbidden fruit from otherwise forgettable...

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...

On Her Bike

Canada is only one country of many in Kinga’s world travels. For most people, a long ride might last a weekend, or even a month. For Kinga Tanajewska, the ride began five years ago, and it...

Motorcycle Jeans: The Good, The Bad & The Ultra-Protective

While safety standards and testing results can be confusing, you might be surprised at how protective riding jeans actually are. All motorcycle protective gear is, by definition, a compromise. The...

More than America’s Dairyland

Experiencing some of what Wisconsin has to offer the roaming traveller. Full throttle! Hard brake! Full throttle! Interstate 94 around the southern shore of Lake Michigan alternated every 90 seconds...