June 2009 Archives - Motorcycle Mojo

Embarrassing Motorcycling Moments

Hey, stuff happens, right My embarrassing moments seem to happen most often when people are watching. There is a learning curve to any sport, so when we ran instructor training programmes, I would...

Wheels Through Time: The Museum That Runs

We rode past the parking lot twice before we finally noticed the flagpoles and the large outcropping of rocks with a rusting hulk of a motorcycle perched atop as if someone rode it up the vertical...

Draggin Jeans

Do you regularly go riding with uncomfortable, bulky nylon or textile gear, or chaps that offer no butt protection Or worry when you are riding with regular jeans that they are just not strong...

Family Jewels

My dad, Tom Langrell Sr., rode his 1942 Harley-Davidson all over Southern Ontario to New York City and to Texas. All of these trips were accomplished between 1945-1947. When he left the home farm...

Triumph Bonneville Rewriting History

Introducing a Distinguished Bonnie The 2009 Bonneville and Bonneville SE were the stars, front and centre, during a recent press launch in New Orleans this spring. Triumph now offers four Bonneville...

The Roadhammers II

It’s always great fun to see what our friends ‘The Road Hammers’ are up to, and what I found out recently was no surprise, and certainly something that I have been waiting on…the release of...

New Brunswick Students Win Big

Congratulations are in order to the Bike Klub for winning the Donnie Smith Invitational Bike Show that took place at the end of March in St Paul, Minnesota. The Bike Klub took two top honours winning...

2009 BMW K1300GT

Hopefully, he doesn’t have his radar gun pointed in our direction is my first thought when I see the Police car at the junction. We have just pulled onto the highway and running up hard through the...

Canadian Riders

Spring has sprung and the local Timmies is teaming with bikes. I like places like that because you get to yak with riders of all shapes, ages and sizes, it sort of feels like home. It’s also a...

A Family Affair – Backyard Motorcross Riding

I tried on my motocross pants, but they got stuck at about thigh level, so, I decided I’d just have to ride in my jeans. My riding jersey was very snug, but I just tucked it in tight so it...

RoadKrome Ladies Vicinity Jacket “Start 2009 in Style”

The RoadKrome Ladies Vicinity Jacket is new for 2009. Made of a premium Grade ‘A’ cowhide leather, this jacket gives you that “already worn” look and comes in sizes extra small to extra...

The Racer and the Bobber

Both of these bikes featured here serve a purpose in Bob McKay’s mind, one is a legend from the Canadian vintage racing scene, and the other is just a fun road-worthy bobber project to imitate the...