Innholdsfortegnelse for May 2022 i Motorcycle Mojo Magazine

.007 The separation in seconds between first and second place at the Daytona 200. Brandon Paasch rode across the finish line on his Triumph Street Triple 765 RS; a split second behind him was Cameron Peterson. Paasch came from fourth place in the last lap to take the exciting win. 2015 The year MotoAmerica took the reins of the Superbike Race series (formally the AMA Superbike series), as sanctioned by the AMA and FIM. 20 The first rider to have 20 AMA Superbike wins under his belt was Fred Merkel, achieved in 1986. Merkel went on to win the first and second Superbike World Championships in 1988 and 1989. 17 The most wins during one season of the MotoAmerica Superbike Race Series. This record belongs to Jake Gagne, who entered…

With the fall sneaking up and a weather forecast promising sunny days, going on a long ride before hibernating for the season was tempting. Thus, in the last week of September, I loaded my V-Strom and headed north on B.C.’s Sea to Sky Highway, a road I’ve ridden countless times. The delight of twists and turns in breathtaking forest and mountain landscapes always make a perfect recipe for my riding enjoyment. A few kilometres before the junction with Hwy 97, the road runs parallel with Pavillon Lake; the vegetation reflecting in the deep blue water creates a vibrant contrast of colours. As I continued north, I couldn’t stop thinking that my initial plan for 2020 was to go east on a journey that I have had in mind for more…

You’re probably familiar with the Can-Am name, likely because of the company’s ATVs or Spyder three-wheelers. However, if you rode dirt bikes in the 1970s, you probably remember that the name originally flanked the fuel tanks of Canadian-made motocross and enduro motorcycles, from 1973 to 1982. Those bikes were competitive, too, winning gold in the International Six Days Trial in 1973, and topping the AMA 250 cc motocross championship in 1974. At the time, Can-Am belonged to the larger Bombardier conglomerate, a company that also produced snowmobiles, commercial jets, train cars, and eventually ATVs and watercraft under different brand names. Funding was eventually diverted to the production of trains and planes, and motorcycle production ceased in Canada. While production continued in the U.K. under licence by Armstrong-CCM, Can-Am two-wheelers disappeared…

STAYING DRY… OR NOT? Just a wee note to compliment your organization on another excellent issue! (March 2022) It arrived last week and I have read every word (as usual), including the ads (which your advertisers will like!) I also want to compliment Emily Roberts on her superb article: “Protection from the Elements.” It is a pleasure to witness her growth in writing. This was a very thorough, in-depth and educational article. Thank you to all your writers. Dick Beresford via email In the March 2022 issue, Emily Roberts discusses the benefits of membranes, especially Gore-Tex (Protection from the Elements). She highlights an example of a 15-year-old jacket that got replaced. My experience is somewhat different. On my way to the BMW MOA rally in 2019, I stopped for a…

“THE ROAD-ORIENTED GT HAS A MORE NOSE-DOWN PITCH AND FEELS LIGHTER AND LOWER THAN THE RALLY” Let’s face it: big-bore adventure bikes rarely get ridden off road, not hard anyway. For the most part, the toughest terrain such bikes will see is gravel, and that’s fine. Sure, there’s a small percentage of riders who will take their BMW R1250GS, KTM 1290 Super Adventure or Yamaha Super Ténéré on challenging off-road rides, or even wander onto some single track — and, with the right skillset, those bikes can do remarkable things on dirt. But their size and weight still make them a handful. You can always opt for a middleweight, like the F850GS, 890 Adventure or Ténéré 700, which can handle deepwood excursions almost like a true dual-sport. But then you’d…

Plans change, and it’s important to remain open to all options. Essentially, that’s how this custom 1974/1979 Yamaha XS650, built by Kevin Bergeron, came to life. The Bonneville Salt Flats have long inspired land speed racers to test their tuning and engineering skills. In 2019, Alberta-based firefighter, paramedic and custom motorcycle builder Bergeron challenged himself to create a machine for the salt. Thinking a Yamaha XS650 parallel-twin engine would provide a strong heart for a racer, he started searching for one. “I originally was after just an XS650 engine,” Bergeron says. “But after I’d had my eyes peeled for a long time I found a package listed on Kijiji that included a bike with a Mike’s XS big bore-kitted engine and a bone stock engine included in the deal. I…

You know when you go into a motorcycle shop and they have a bunch of motorcycles, motorcycle parts and motorcycle gear, and you’re happy? That’s a good thing. But what if there were motorcycle shops that had a bunch of motorcycles, motorcycle parts and motorcycle gear — but they also had a little somethin’ extra? Something beyond just the usual motorcycle stuff? Wouldn’t that be an even better thing? I believe I just heard you say “Yes!” Well, in the general vicinity of Motorcycle Mojo’s Practically Secret West Coast Research and Development Laboratory (MMPSWCRDL, which just rolls off the tongue…) there are such shops. And the proprietors of such shops will actually allow me to enter the premises, and will occasionally talk to me. And so I’m going to write…

Arizona has joined Utah in legalizing lane filtering for motorcycles. Lane filtering is the practice of riding a motorcycle between two lanes of traffic that are moving in the same direction, when vehicles in both of those lanes are at a stop. This allows motorcycles to move through stopped traffic, or to move to the front of the line at traffic lights. As defined by the new Arizona law, which parallels the Utah law that took effect in 2019, motorcyclists can travel between two lanes of stopped traffic at a speed not exceeding 15 mph (24 km/h), on roads with a posted speed limit of 45 mph or less. Lane filtering is reportedly safer for motorcyclists than sitting in stopped traffic, as it reduces the likelihood of being rear-ended. According…

It’s all a bit incongruous when you think about it. Ducati’s Multistrada, were you to attempt to pigeon-hole its purpose, is an adventure bike. Which, when you think about it, is a touring bike that is based on dirt bike technology. Hence, they wear 19-inch front rims (or 21-inchers when the pretense is taken to its logical ends), have ginormously wide handlebars and suspension travel that I would have died to have on the Suzuki RMs that used to bust my nuts on motocross tracks so many years ago. Then, if you’re Ducati, you take that basic dirt-bike/touring bike premise and throw it completely for a loop, squeezing enormously wide 17-inch rims into the front fork and rear swingarm. Next, you jettison all that motocrossian suspension travel, chop down the…

I It was the most unexpected meeting of minds. On one side of the table, there was me, a 64-year-old curmudgeonly old scribe whose nostalgia for period-piece choppers turned out to be a lot more remarkable than he remembered. On the other was baby-faced Nick, a fledgling bike-builder who, in the eyes of this 64-year-old curmudgeonly bike journalist, didn’t look a single day older than 17. One was wearing a 40-year-old Timex — they really do keep on ticking — the other was wearing a nose ring. I’ll give you only one guess as to who was wearing what. And yet, there we sat, discussing old choppers like it was the ’60s, the Electra Glide had just been upgraded to the Shovelhead and wasn’t it just yesterday that Sonny Barger,…

BMW’S SECOND-GENERATION K1600 FAMILY After the undesirable task of burning through R&D dollars to find out how to meet stringent Euro 5 regulations, BMW Motorrad has launched a second generation K1600 line-up. Not only did Europe’s largest premium motorcycle manufacturer meet the regulations, it kept the same horsepower figure and actually increased torque. And you can bet there are more upgrades to this revamped family of touring bikes. CELEBRATING 100 YEARS The Greater Vancouver Motorcycle Club hits a milestone this summer as it celebrates 100 years. Read about its history and how you can participate in the club’s centenary…