Kawasaki Announces 2022 Team Green Winners
Canadian Kawasaki Motors would like to congratulate all of the riders who took part throughout 2022 aboard Kawasaki KX and KLX motorcycles. Team Green participants competed in a nation-wide competition for the Team Green Grand Prize of a KX or KLX motorcycle, or a $5,000 parts and accessories credit. Twelve-year-old Saskatchewan rider Leo Hickey is […]
MV Agusta Motor S.p.A. and KTM AG complete an important recapitalisation for sustained growth
MV Agusta Motor S.p.A. announced a capital increase of 30 M€ on the part of the company’s shareholders and KTM AG, ahead of the extraordinary shareholders’ meeting that took place yesterday, November 15th, 2022. During the meeting, the new shareholder, KTM AG, a company of PIERER Mobility AG, who now holds a 25.1% stake in […]
First Person – Larry Bejcar, St. Albert, Alberta
In September of 2001, I was going to head out for a week-long tour through B.C., with folks I met through the online mailing list called SabMag. The name comes from the Honda Sabre and Magna V4 bikes, and how it functioned was a lot like social media does today. The stories and pictures from […]
Moto-Tech – Chassis parameters and handling
As we mentioned in our very first column, the powertrain occupies a privileged place in our perception and fascination with motorcycles. Truth be told, however, the nature of our relationship and interaction with our motorcycles on a daily basis is much more determined by another key element, the chassis. Indeed, the vast majority of a […]
2023 Bridgestone CSBK National Championships will start and finish at Shannonville Motorsport Park
The 2023 Bridgestone Canadian National Superbike Championship, CSBK, will open and close next season with rounds at Shannonville Motorsport Park (SMP), east of Belleville, Ontario. The second-ever Superbike National event took place at the same venue, then called Nelson International Raceway, in September 1980. The first round of the 2023 Bridgestone CSBK Tour will take […]
New riders – Long live the Kawasaki KLR
KAWASAKI’S ALL-PURPOSE IS UNSTOPPABLE When I saw the newly redesigned 2020 Kawasaki KLR, fine memories came flooding back. So I thought it would be nice to share some of my experiences with this legendary adventure motorcycle. It all started ages ago, in 1982, when I was 15 years old (I am now 53). I was […]
Cycle Canada Test – 2020 Honda CRF1100L Africa Twin Adventure Sports ES
HIGH-END ADVS AREN’T JUST FROM EUROPE UPDATED AFRICA TWIN IS SERIOUS COMPETITION When the Africa Twin was introduced in 2016, it excelled at being capable in off-road situations but fell short of its European rivals in terms of features, technology and long-haul comfort. But Honda has continued development on the amiable AT, culminating in the […]
Cycle Canada Test – Harley-Davidson Pan America
Pan America: One big step for Harley-Davidson A bike to rival (on paper) the best of Euro Harley-Davidson first announced its Pan America adventure bike project almost three years ago, mid-summer in 2018. We originally expected to see the bikes on the market in late 2020, but the coronavirus pandemic and a major internal shake-up […]
Discover the 2023 models of MV Agusta
For MV Agusta, 2023 marks a true turning point in the name of evolution and technology. The R package makes its début on all the three-cylinder bikes: Brutale, Dragster, F3, and Turismo Veloce flaunt new colours and lots of new features. The new range of three and four cylinder bikes, even more complete and exclusive, […]
“BULTRACKER 33” …a new Harley Scrambler by Lord Drake Kustoms
This is the new Sportster Scrambler built by Francisco Alí Manén and his custom motorcycles company Lord Drake Kustoms. The Number 33 has been chosen for this new Harley Davidson Sportster Scrambler and Street Tracker style that we have finished in Lord Drake Kustoms. It is not the first Harley Scrambler that is made in our Harley workshop in Malaga and […]