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.
Older stories can be found found within the MENU categories on our home page or scrolling deeper through the list below.
We hope you enjoy this ride into both the recent and not so recent past.
Another Horsepower Race
The State of Horsepower in 2015 With the Kentucky Derby just passed we thought we would look at another type of horse race, the horsepower race. With 2015’s introduction of…
MOTORCYCLE TRIPS – Canada and the World
Motorcycle travel and tours through Canada and around the world. Since beginning our publishing journey back in 1980 Canadian Biker contributors have ridden many roads through many regions across Canada (and in some cases, around the world) for motorcycle tours, tests and press events. The latter often feature dramatic roads and inspiring scenery chosen to highlight a motorcycle in its intended environs.
Unfortunately, the time allowed for savouring the local flavour is slim indeed. Time is money and another wave are journalist are knocking on the door. That being said, many slower miles are spent enjoying the great motorcycle roads of Canada and the US. Below are some examples of our Canadian motorcycle travel and touring stories from the past 10 years. There is a definite lean into western Canada where so many riders come to enjoy the twisty mountain roads but we have ridden locales from the very eastern to the very western and from the far north and south across the border into the US.
Is there a favourite? Well, sometimes that favourite is whatever road you are on.
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Called Back to Prince Edward Island
Home of the Privateers – A Nova Scotia Motorcycle Tour
Glooscap Trail : Anchored by Minas Basin (Nova Scotia)
Cape Breton and Bras d’Or Lake on the V-Strom
Gold Country (Yukon and Alaska)
Follow The Tramp – Yukon and Alaska
The Enchanted Isle by Motorcycle (Prince Edward Island)
Unfinished Business – Riding the North Island to Holberg
The Dempster Highway and the Yukon – Northern Essentials
A sense of unease follows one V-Strom rider from his home in Ontario to the Dempster Highway in the Yukon. What did he forget? How could he have prepped…
Room at the Inn (BC, Alberta)
On a rambling road trip through the Canadian Rockies, Best Western explains why it wants to be the go-to hotel for riders making journeys of their own, and what it’s…
Cape Breton – Sundown on the Margaree (Nova Scotia)
Stowing his rod and reel into a big new touring bike from Harley-Davidson, Steve Bond sets out for the east coast where he discovers that Cape Breton is more…
Bella Coola: A Three Generation Motorcycle Journey
A Bella Coola three generation motorcycle journey – grandfather, father, son, three bikes and three perspectives on one rainy destination in the isolated heart of the West Coast. Bella Coola…
Ride the Ottawa Valley (Ontario)
The Ottawa River Valley and Algonquin Provincial Park are two of Ontario’s definitive natural features. When out-of-province guests arrive, Liz Jansen leads them there on a women-only ride. Ride The…
From Field to Port (Alberta, BC)
With some time to kill before haying season begins, a group of Alberta farmers saddles up to follow the grain they’ve grown as it rides the rails to the west…
The Group of Seven : Picking the Great Motorcycle Engines
Singles. Doubles. Triples. Multis. Parallel. Opposed. Inline. The history books are full of engine choices. Picking the “most important”—or even the top seven—is a thankless task. Consequently then, we won’t…
Kawasaki Concours 14 – Living Up to A Legend (Review)
The sport touring class has traditionally displayed a bias toward the “touring” side of the category name. With the launch of its reborn Concours 14, Kawasaki flips that equation around…
Victory Vision (2008) Motorcycle Review
Inspired styling and unconventional details combine in Victory’s new Vision Street and Tour models. They are the newest members of the exclusive luxury touring class. After being teased, tempted and…
Harley-Davidson Electra Glide Classic (2009) Motorcycle Review
With a thorough chassis revision program for 2009, Harley-Davidson’s Touring models have become wholly new motorcycles. The Electra Glide Classic is a case in point. Steve Bond reports from Sonoma,…
Harley-Davidson CVO Line Up (2009) Review
CVO – Carrying price tags that list up to 70 per cent more than standard production models, the annual offerrings from Harley-Davidson’s Custom Vehicle Operations seem an extravagant expense. But…
Zero Motorcycles “X” (2007) Motorcycle Review
More so now than at any other point in history, the market is positioned to extend open arms to alternate energy motorcycles. Just how many manufacturers are ready to accept…
Kawasaki Voyager – Dressed for the Road (Review)
Lifting a nameplate from its past, Kawasaki has introduced a new kind of Voyager for 2009. No longer a pure touring bike that might have evolved to go head-to-head with…
Piaggio MP3 (2007) Review
Does the motorcycle industry really need a high-tech three-wheeled scooter? Is the MP3 even a scooter? There’s really not a lot about the MP3 from Piaggio that you could point…
Triumph Motorcycles (2007) Motorcycle Review
Whatever the industry, it often seems that without big names and corresponding resources, great products are almost impossible to create. Ask small British manufacturer Triumph its thoughts on the subject…
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Canadian Biker – March 2013
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