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Motorcycle Mojo Magazine
Editor Glenn Roberts Art Director Amy Olimer Illustrator Dean Foster Cartographer Mike Fell Associate Editor Costa Mouzouris Copy Editor Rebecca Tucker Business Manager Gwen Roberts Contributing Writers David Booth, Jeff Davison, William R. Duff, Ann
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Kawasaki Hybrid
Kawasaki is the first motorcycle manufacturer to commercialize a hybrid motorcycle, with the new Ninja 7 Hybrid sport bike and H7 Hybrid naked bike. The aggressively-styled motorcycles are powered by a 451 cc liquid-cooled parallel-twin that is paire
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Roads I Have Ridden
One of my favourite destinations is the little town of Winthrop, Washington. I’ve been on Hwy 20 many times, which goes over the North Cascade Mountains. Starting at the town of Sedro-Woolley, elevation 55 feet. This is a summer road which first trav
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The MOTHER ROAD
I may have been joyriding a little too joyfully. I blame the vast New Mexican desert. But when an unmarked right-hand curve jumped out from behind a big yucca, eyes widened, and knuckles whitened. Worse, I discovered it was a decreasing radius, and I
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Say What?
Just wanted to say thank you very much for selecting the Vespa (August 2024) in your calendar. I did not tell my wife about it and it was awesome seeing her reaction when we went through the calendar together. When you had mentioned that one of my ph
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A TALE OF Two TIGERS
Every year, my dad and I try to get out for a motorcycle trip together. Short or long, warm or cold; it doesn’t matter. It just so happens that he’s my favourite person to ride with and, although we live 4,000 km away from each other, we always find
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Next Issue
May 2024 KTM’s Duke celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. In the next issue we ride the 2024 KTM 990 Duke and find that it is powerful, goes around bends like a hot knife through butter, and strikes a great balance between outright hooligan bike
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Use The Right Gas
A common misconception about a fuel’s octane rating is its relation to power; many people believe that the higher the octane, the more power the fuel will produce. However, the grade of gas you put into your tank is entirely dependent on the type of
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Progression Of A Rider
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BMW Ce-02
BMW now has two electric two wheelers in its lineup: the CE 04 that was introduced in 2022, and the all-new and more affordable CE 02. BMW is calling the CE 02 neither an electric motorcycle nor an electric scooter; in press literature, it is being t
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Setting The New Standard?
Tahe 2024 GSX-8R is the latest model to be built around the new parallel-twin engine that Suzuki introduced last year in the V-Strom 800DE adventure bike and GSX-8S naked bike. This latest middleweight is the first Suzuki to brandish GSX call letters
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By the Numbers
The time in seconds that New Zealander Bruce Anstey finished ahead of his nearest rival on a Triumph Daytona 600, winning the 2003 Isle of Man TT and recording the fastest Supersport TT time of 1:15.13.98. Two other Triumphs finished in the top 10. T
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Built For Real-world Use
The Triumph Scrambler 1200 is in a class of its own. It’s a big street bike that has some serious off-road capability. On that description alone, it could classify as an adventure bike — but it’s not. Despite its affinity for both dirt and asphalt, i
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Words To Find
BEND CAR CURB CURVE DRAGGING EXHAUST INVISABLE LEFTOVER MISTAKES PREPARED RAILWAY SAND SIGNAL SPEED SPRING SPUTTERED SWEEPERS SWERVED TEMPERATURES THAWED TRACT TRAFFIC TRUCK WISER ANSWER ON PAGE 65
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TAKE ME To The SUN
The month of August is the prime vacation month for many and a traditional motorcycle touring month in the Pacific Northwest. The days are still long, the weather is stable and predictable; and mountain passes are open. August is also known for the r
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Tiger, Cobras, And Bikes
I recently had the incredible opportunity to join California Superbike School India (CSS) for its 14th event at the Madras International Circuit, in Irungattukottai, Chennai. It was my first time in India, and from the moment we set foot in the vibra
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The Future Of Motogp?
Last year, I created something of a hullabaloo when I postulated that Honda or Yamaha — or, in a worst-case scenario, both — might quit MotoGP. Both had seemingly given up on racing, barely developing their racing motorcycles — RC213V and YZR-M1 resp
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The Shows Must Go On
It’s that time of year again: the snow slowly dissipates from the earth to reveal a glimpse of what summer will hold (at least in the parts of Canada that received snowfall this year). But before we see the vibrance of spring, we have bike shows here
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Mapping Out My Summer
With this year’s motorcycle show season behind us, it’s time to plan for the upcoming summer’s road trips. Before you know it, it will be riding season and, in the words of Clinton Smout, after a bit of practice in a local parking lot it’ll be time t
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Many Years of COMICAL ILLUSTRATIONS
I’m sure you’ve noticed the fun, witty caricatures from our very talented illustrator, Dean Foster, over the past number of years. Since the July 2018 issue, Dean has been gracing our column pages with his excellent drawings as well as some of the fe
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Curb Your Spring Excitement
Don’t be stupid like me. Even after more than 50 years, I still get excited to get back on the road each spring. As I get older — and not necessarily wiser — I can recall a lot of stupid mistakes I have made when pulling my bike out in April. In the
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The Original Bike Buddy
It’s happened to all of us. You flick out your side stand and walk away from your bike only to come back later to find your bike on its side; your side stand has sunk into soft ground. The first time it happened to me was with my first street bike —
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The ULTIMATE DOGHOUSE
Since the advent of the first motorized two-wheelers, the motorcycle has exerted a powerful attraction for those of us with 10w-30 weight motorcycle oil coursing through our veins. Let’s face it: if you are a motorcycle junkie you might own one or tw
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Yamaha Fs1
Envy that has been simmering for more than four decades is the cause of my latest two-wheeled purchase. When I turned 14, I bought my first motorized two-wheeler, a well-used, non-running Motobecane 50V moped. I’d earned the $100 to buy it stocking g
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PARADISE Re-Found
Here’s the thing about time: It only moves forward, never back. But such is life. With that in mind the past few years, and having become a senior citizen against my will, I was ruminating over how much I missed the ability to go off-road and explore
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Ode To The Minivan
While fondly looking through old racing photos for a #throwbackthursday social media post, I realized there was a commonality in many of the shots. Consistently in the background, stable and reliable; behind motorcycles and tools; behind spare parts
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Remember When?
This photo is of Hughie Joseph MacDonald, my great grandfather. It was taken, we think, in 1946. He lived in Selkirk, P.E.I. and there is now a road where he lived named after him (Hughie Joseph Road). He used to deliver the mail on this Indian, and
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Bmw’s Adv-x
The numbers added up to a spectacular first-ever Motorrad ADV-X backroad adventure in the wilds surrounding the Sun Peaks ski, golf and mountain biking resort near Kamloops, B.C. in mid-September of last year. BMW partnered with Enduro Park Canada, a
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Motorcycle Mojo Magazine
Editor Glenn Roberts Art Director Amy Olimer Illustrator Dean Foster Cartographer Mike Fell Associate Editor Costa Mouzouris Copy Editor Rebecca Tucker Business Manager Gwen Roberts Contributing Writers David Booth, Jeff Davison, Doug Firby, Misti Hu
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Austrian Rocket
The biggest anomaly about KTM — at least, the biggest anomaly other than “Why orange?” — is how they have built a reputation for having the most outlandishly powerful motors while being built in the most overpoliced country in the European arena. Oka
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