Innholdsfortegnelse for September/October 2025 i Motorcycle Mojo Magazine

Since we’ve moved to the interior of beautiful British Columbia last fall, I’ve been trying to catch up on my riding this summer and discover this incredibly scenic province. But it’s hard to find time. The original plan was for me and Emily to get out riding more, and we’ve been doing that when we can. Still settling into our new-to-us house has taken longer than we expected and, of course, life and work get in the way, as does Emily’s trials and enduro training. But we have still been able to get out for some epic rides. Emily and I were part of a preseason seven-person tour hosted by Mark Lane, the owner of Dreamcycle Motorcycle Museum in Sorrento, BC, that took us around the Shuswap Lake. Our next…

SIGHT GLASSES ARE NEVER EASY I just read your excellent article about taking your bike out of storage (Getting Your Bike Out of Storage, May 2025) and the part about some oil level sight glasses requiring a helper made me chuckle. The oil sight glass on four-cylinder Gold Wings is not too hard to read if you put the bike on the centre stand and kneel beside it, but after I added the sidecar to my GL1000 back in the ‘90s, checking it involved laying across the bike with my chest on the seat and my head hanging between the bike and the sidecar with a brush to clear the sight glass in one hand and a light in the other. When I was adding the sidecar to my current…

I suppose not everything can work perfectly all the time; things tend to break — even new things. Glenn and I were returning from the Horizons Unlimited CanWest meet in Nakusp, B.C. We had just finished a long gravel stretch and back on Highway 6 to return home (for anyone looking for twisties in B.C., Hwy 6 is a top-notch ride). We weren’t on the highway for 10 minutes before my new BMW F900 GS lost power — no engine, display, or lights. Everything just stopped. I signalled to pull over with my foot, letting Glenn know I was stopping. We started trying to diagnose the issue by disconnecting and reconnecting the battery, pulling the main fuse and fiddling with the wiring. Nothing seemed to work. We decided it was…

“MY “NO” RESPONSE WAS ENTIRELY FUELLED BY MY FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN AND POTENTIAL FAILURE” I didn’t always do hard things. As someone with anxiety, my excessive worry about what my performance says about my place in the world combined with the impossible standards I set for myself used to keep me from even starting things I thought might be hard. This behaviour came to an end when I met my now-husband, Dustin. In the early stages of dating, Dustin asked me to run with him. I declined, simply stating, “I can’t run.” I had tried running before: many of my friends ran and would encourage me to join. It was awful. Unlike my gazelle-legged friends, my limbs were uncoordinated and heavy. To me, my inability to run was just…

A friend of mine recently got a great deal on two motorcycles as the result of an estate sale: a 2003 Harley Super Glide and a 1997 Kawasaki Vulcan 800. While both bikes are in good condition, neither has run in about 10 years. He plans on keeping the Super Glide, but will be selling the Vulcan (I’d do the same…), so we started working on that one. The seller did not know the maintenance history of the bikes, nor whether they had been properly stored when put away a decade ago — draining the fuel, fogging the cylinders, etc. However, the bikes had been stored in a heated garage. We therefore assumed that they probably hadn’t been stored correctly, but that they would nonetheless be in good condition because…

After a chat with my good friends Colin and Lisa, I decided to surprise our son Ashton with a trip to Europe for his 16th birthday. The couple had recently moved from Calgary to Sabadell, Spain, to support their son Ethan’s racing dreams. They were loving the weather and the twowheeled lifestyle over there, but were also missing their friends back home. So they invited us over. “Just get here,” they said, “and bring your riding gear.” I couldn’t resist, so I cashed in my air miles and booked last-minute flights. The trip felt like the perfect opportunity to combine rider training, travel, and bonding time with my eye-rolling teenager. Another friend suggested we ride flat track at the famous Rocco’s Ranch. I said I’d try. After a long flight,…

Throughout the years we’ve had some great columns written by Clinton, Misti and Emily of their experiences, mishaps and adventures. Sometimes it’s a struggle to put together yet another new and exciting column and other times “Shift happens” and you have a great story to tell. These words are then brought to life by Dean Foster in his incredible caricatures. In 2026 we will bring back a few of our most memorable people, articles and adventures that helped shape Motorcycle Mojo over the past 25 years. We hope you keep your subscription active and come along for the journey!…

Head to MotorcycleMojo.com and submit your answers through our Trivia page. You have until October 20th. 1: What was Steve McQueen’s famous pseudonym throughout much of his racing career in the 60s and 70s? A: Harry Mugman B: Harvey Mushman C: Harold Mangus D: Henry Munchin 2: Name the famous model of motorcycle that debuted in 1969 and introduced the world’s first massproduced four-cylinder engine. This bike is popular and sought out by many builders and collectors because of its historical value, easy customization and reliable engine. A: Honda CB 750 B: Suzuki T350 C: Harley-Davidson XR-750 D: Triumph Bandit 3: This famous trials rider is one of the best in the world, and recently claimed his 19th consecutive FIM X-Trial World Championship. Who is he? A: Dougie Lampkin B:…

1902 The year that the first motorcycle with a front brake was released by Steffey Motorcycles in Philadelphia. Steffey used a front-brake only system which used a steel plate that rubbed on the tire to slow the bike. 1975 The year that Honda’s CB 750 became the first to use disc brakes on both the front and rear of a motorcycle. 1988 The year BMW made a leap in designing and developing anti-lock braking as standard on motorcycles. First seen on the K100 LT, which featured massive regulators for the ABS unit. 1962 The year that the Lambretta TV 175 Series 3 scooter used a disc brake becoming the first production two-wheeler to do so. The disc was enclosed in a drum and used a cable-operated caliper. 1972 The year…

Most of my young off-road instructors are also interested in riding on the street. I always suggest they take a two-day rider training course to get their licence, and I support them when they do. I also offer them some extra riding tips. I call them Street Survival Tips from Uncle Clinton. These are things you can do on your bike to increase the likelihood of getting home safely. I thought you might be interested, as well. Scrub off speed on city streets by lightly using the front brake. The slower speed provides you with more time and space to react if you are cut off. It also turns on your brake light, and puts your brain into braking mode, which allows a faster reaction time for emergency braking. Watch…

Did Donald Trump just kill the electric motorcycle? That’s not a rhetorical question. Or even, believe it or not, an inflammatory one. It’s a serious question for which — loyal readers prepare to be stunned — I profess no answer. The reason I ask is that California’s electric vehicle mandate is well and truly on the rocks. Actually, it’d be fairer to say it’s almost surely going to be rescinded. I’ll try to keep the boring legalese as short as possible, but essentially, the breakdown is as follows: California has long been granted the right to set its own emissions standard through its Air Resources Board (the famed — or notorious, depending on where you sit on the environmentalism fence — CARB) with permission from the Environmental Protection Agency. In…