July/August 2024 Archives - Motorcycle Mojo

Better Late Than Never

MV Agusta enters the ADV market with a very competent premium product, and with that comes a premium price tag. Some riders might not want to hear it, but adventure bikes are the two-wheeled...

Evolution of A Lightweight Streetfighter

Don’t let the engine size fool you, this ride features big-bike fun. Since its introduction, the 390 Duke has become KTM’s “bread and butter” bike, outselling all other KTM models. Aside from...

All’s Well that Oils Well

Oil is the lifeblood of your engine. Let’s do the impossible right now and decide on the very best engine oil for your motorcycle. Engine oil is your motorcycle’s lifeblood. It has multiple...

BMW in MotoGP

As MotoGP “silly seasons” go, the last few days before we went to press have been the silliest we’ve seen in some time. Jorge Martin, fed up with Ducati’s dithering about who will join Pecco...

Beware: The Common Tourist

There’s nothing quite like exploring the wilds of North America. Peaks that reach the sky, decorated with trees older than the creatures that call them home. And, as summer ascends the snow-capped...

Winding Road for the Next 1,000 Miles

Riding the Rockies and Ranges of the U.S. Northwest. Two hours of riding upriver had not narrowed the Columbia in the least. Interstate-84 hugged the south shore as cargo ships, cruise ships, barges...

Continuously Variable Transmission

An efficient drive system, but it lacks rider interaction with the machine. Unless you ride a scooter, your bike doesn’t have a CVT. A CVT, or continuously variable transmission, changes ratios...

The Colville is Calling

Little traffic, twisty roads and scenic look-offs keep bringing this rider back. As the mighty Columbia River makes its remaining 1,200-kilometre journey from the southern edge of British Columbia to...

All the Ferries

Crossing bodies of water became the norm while riding to the East Coast. When my daughter was home during summer break from Dalhousie University, she, for the first time, expressed interest in...

Maximum Adventure

Extend your adventure and confidence in the dirt and on the road. If you were to ask me before this experience what my favourite GS model was it would, without hesitation, be the R1250GS, of course....