Please find a list of more archived stories from our 43 years of publishing motorcycle content from around the world. The stories range from motorcycle reviews to travel features to showcasing custom motorcycles from Canada and the international scene. The list will be continually updated as we continue to archive stories that were only ever seen when the original print issue was published.
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Yamaha Roadliner : A Rolling Study of Motorcycle Design (Review)
A crisp V-Twin, sharp braking and superior handling are combined in the Yamaha Roadliner. But will the styling, so new and yet so old, hit its intended mark? With a…
Red Deer River Valley – 27 Crossings
When he set a summer riding goal to explore the crossings and curves of the Red Deer River valley, this Albertan finally saw his own back yard in a whole…
Trans-Canada Adventure Trail (Saskatchewan)
Tenere, Tiger and the TCAT The Trans-Canada Adventure Trail is a new way to see the country, as two boys from Saskatchewan discover. Most of us are familiar with the…
Victory Jackpot : Gettin’ Lucky With Style (Review)
With a high bling-bling factor, a big fat rear wheel, Vegas DNA strands and Arlen Ness standing by as the stylemaster, Victory rolls out the 2006 Jackpot. The “Land of…
Ducati Paul Smart Replica
The Prettiest Retro Ever? For nearly two years Ducatisti have anticipated the SportClassics, period commemorative motorcycles with classic styling and contemporary components. Finally they’ve arrived in the Paul Smart…
Norton Commander – So Close to Revolutionary
Norton Commander It’s a question for the ages. What if, Norton had survived the death of the British motorcycle industry? Though Norton ceased motorcycle production in the mid 1970s, they…
Honda CBX Carbs – Six To Clean
A simple summer day job turns into holy hell when old fuel is discovered in the CBX carbs — all six of them. Summer being about over I decided to…
Custom: Honda CBX-Ducati Hybrid – Beauty and the Beast
Life is full of variables, oddities and options, but how many Honda CBX/Ducati 999R hybrids have you ever seen? In late September of 2014 a buddy from work asked if…
Motorcycle Exotica – Attempting to Define Special
When it comes to motorcycles, a precise definition for the term ‘exotic’ is nearly impossible. But that didn’t stop our Tech Editor from trying. As we already know, any…
MOTORCYCLE GRAB BAG
These are stories of interest that have come out of the archives and don’t quite fit into any of our regular categories. Think of them as in a “grab bag”…
Motorcycle Financing Canada, Promotions and Loans
MARCH 2022 UPDATE We have scoured the Canadian manufacturer sites to see if there are any good promotions for you. Below is what we found. While there are some exceptions,…
Honda Fury Motorcycle Review – A New Beauty in Daytona
Texas Style Fury Honda pencilled in Bike Week to introduce its 2010 Fury to press. And what better venue than Daytona Beach, Florida, the ultimate spiritual and physical celebration of the American motorcycle…
Ducati Multistrada 1000 DS – Something New, But What Exactly? (Review)
The Good All-Rounder – The Air-Cooled Multistrada Since its debut as a 2004 model, the Ducati Multistrada has been a bike coveted by Canadian Biker staff. Ducatis have graced our…
Kawasaki ZX-14 – The Vanishing Quickly Breed (Review)
The Kawasaki ZX-14 boasts nearly 200 Ram Air-assisted horsepower and looking as mean and purposeful as a jet fighter and is said to be the first production motorcycle to dip…
Yamaha Stratoliner : An Aluminium Evolution (Review)
Darwin’s theory of evolution applies to everything—even motorcycles. When cruisers first crawled from the primeval muck, they were strictly one-celled boulevard posers unable to do anything other than grunt and…
BMW R1200S – A Wasp-Waisted Wonder (Review)
Bavarian exotica. Good things come to those who wait. There might hardly be more fitting words to describe the long-anticipated replacement of the R1100S because the all-new BMW R1200S, a…
Ducati GT1000 Sport Classic – No Place Like the Past
The 2006 Ducati GT1000 tries to bring the past back to the present. A daunting exercise. The Ducati Museum, which sits atop the company’s Borgo Panigale premises in Bologna, is kept…
Kawasaki GPz1100 : A Collectors Choice
Others were put off by the GPz1100 ‘s finicky fuel injection, but one man’s hassle is another man’s opportunity. When I was younger (some 30 years ago) and still in…
Evolving the Kawasaki KLR650
In 2018 Kawasaki halted production of its legendary KLR650, a decade after the dualsport’s first and only major revision back in 2008. Because little has changed for the bike since…
Suzuki Katana Motorcycle Review- This time, It’s Personal
When it comes to motorcycling royalty, the Katana’s right up there. For MY 2020, Suzuki returns the model, but does it live up to the legendary 1980s original? We go to…
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