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Use the Right Gas

High octane fuel isn’t always the best. A common misconception about a fuel’s octane rating is its relation to power; many people believe that the higher the octane, the more power the fuel will...

The Shows Must Go On

It’s that time of year again: the snow slowly dissipates from the earth to reveal a glimpse of what summer will hold (at least in the parts of Canada that received snowfall this year). But before...

The Future of MotoGP?

Last year, I created something of a hullabaloo when I postulated that Honda or Yamaha — or, in a worst-case scenario, both — might quit MotoGP. Both had seemingly given up on racing, barely...

Yamaha FS1

High school desire comes to fruition for 2024 that has been simmering for more than four decades is the cause of my latest two-wheeled purchase. When I turned 14, I bought my first motorized...

A Reflection of Self

Do you ever catch a glimpse of your motorcycle and see yourself embodied by the machine I do, and I’m happy that we still have an emotional connection to the bikes that we ride — we thrive when...

Electric Vehicle Ban

A racetrack in rural Wales, the Anglesey Trac Môn Circuit, just became the first in the United Kingdom to ban electric vehicles. More important, at least to this column, is that Anglesey’s ban...

Organized Chaos

One thing I’ve learned this past year with humility is how driving in North America is different to everywhere else in the world, and not necessarily for the better. I used to think it was great: a...

Winter Tires

Regular motorcycle tires aren’t designed to be used in cold conditions. Unless you’re out having fun on snowy trails or on a frozen lake using studded tires, riding your motorcycle in winter...

Superbike History

It is almost axiomatic that the heyday of any technology dependent sport, particularly any form of motorsport that involves internal combustion, is its very beginning. No one, not even the most...

Winter Storage

Follow a few simple guidelines for a trouble-free spring start For many across the country, the time is coming to put the motorcycle away for the winter season. If you want a trouble-free start...

To See, or Not to See.

Ahh, but what would I be doing if I didn’t spend as much time as possible trying to hurt myself I, of course, would then have no words of wisdom to pass on to you fine readers. I wouldn’t be able...

Out With The Old, In With The New?

It turns out that middleweight sport bikes didn’t die. They just got boring. To those of us bikers long in our years, one of the most glaring changes — besides the advent of 170-horsepower dirt...