Yep, I know that the Alpinestars SMX-2 Air Carbon Gloves are meant for street riding, but I’m keen on the extra protection offered in comparison to the majority of off-road offerings. Add good ventilation, and the SMX-2 has become my go to glove for hard adventure.
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Ten year in the motorcycle industry is no small feat, so Rhode Island’s Twisted Throttle has good reason to celebrate. Join the accessory specialists at their new location in Exeter for a celebration featuring touring and adventure talks, a “Teach” McNeil Stunt show, dyno, tours of the company’s new 27,000 foot facility, a little Canadian content in the form of Dakar racer Patrick Trahan, and a chance to get your bike all twisted up.
One of the key focuses of the wordily titled document Gaining the Edge: A Five-year Strategy for Tourism in British Columbia 2012 – 2016 from the Ministry of Jobs, Tourism and Innovation is the promotion of BC’s rural areas. At the moment I couldn’t agree more. Taking a new adventure convert out for a spin we’ve found a sand practice area, none of our group of four knew existed. While the new adventurist is seeing BC with an entirely novel sense of freedom, we’ve been reminded just how diverse our province is.
Amongst the fanfare of British Columbia Ministry of Justice’s April 30th, 2012 announcing new motorcycling laws requiring DOT, Snell M2005, Snell M2010 or ECE certified helmets are far reaching penalties for being out of the saddle. The release re-emphasizes Motor Vehicle Act Section 55, which sees standing to improve motorcycle control on unpaved surfaces as illegal. Largely rural, a majority of BC’s roads are unpaved and by the letter this law does endanger, if not make outlaws of, responsible dual sport, adventure and supermoto riders.
To introduce women riders to the full range and capabilities of BMW motorcycles, BMW Motorrad Canada is hosting an Exclusively Female Test Ride Event.
This program is reserved for women only. Only BMW Motorrad Canada personnel …
Join AltRider in the middle of Washington’s perfect summer on August 24-26 for the second annual Ride the Hoh Rainforest Ride.
BMW’s R1200GS Adventure is the gold standard in adventure touring bikes, but now it’s facing down challengers like the Ducati Multistrada 1200 S Touring. Is the road to ruins for the BMW paved by the likes of the Ducati? Before we find out off the pavement, a little protection and preparation is in order. If we had the licensing, we’d cue the A-team montage music and cut to the folks at AltRider.com.
It’s one of the most massive mass starts any rider could concieve. I’m one of 1000 riders forming a mile-long line of dirtbikes. We’re all waiting for the firing of the start cannon, before sprinting to our bikes and launching across the open desert towards a 25-ft wide choke point in the course. Welcome to an utterly unique motorcycling experience, the Desert 100.
Tooele, UT — At the World Superbike/AMA road races this coming Memorial Day weekend, adventuresome motorcyclists can do more than watch exciting pavement action on the track. There’s now an event they can actually ride. Adventure Summits are a new form of riding entertainment where participants test their real-world riding, camping and “partying” skills. We’re a little unclear on what the latter would be, but shall be sourcing bulk Melbec for practice.
Agassiz, BC, April 15th – I am in the air. In fact, I’ve never spent so much time in the air on a motorcycle. Ever. Previous to the KTM Ride Orange Moto Tour 2012, airborne outings could be counted on one hand and mostly ended poorly. Below me is the 350 SX-F, likely shorthand for Sexy as F***, a weapons grade rarity from KTM’s 2012 MX line. Better, it and others like it are yours for the trying.
The introductory dual-sport market is a bit of a wasteland here in Canada, but Honda has a remedy coming in the form of the CRF250L. Based around the CBR250R’s 250cc single-cylinder mill, and pumps out …
Aging, agism, youthfulness, mortality on the trail, and the soul of off-road riding are heavy themes for a motorcycle documentary to explore in 19 minutes, but 50 Years of Kicks examines these with a deft and graceful touch that highlights the ills in current motorcycle media.
The trio of Walter Colebatch (UK), Lukas Matzinger (Austria) and Barton Churchill (USA) achieved their goal of setting a new motorcycle altitude world record at 6.361 m (20.869 ft) aboard a Husaberg FE 570.
America is back, and the signs are of freedom and liberty are clear; a rider popping wheelies in the Lincoln Tunnel and filming video while driving. Colbert captured this epic of huge balled bad-assness …
Ducati is returning to Pikes Peak in July 4th-8th, 2012 for the 90th running of the “Race to the Clouds.” Defending champion and Pikes Peak motorcycle record holder, Carlin Dunne, will join six-time Pikes Peak …
It’s snowing, except looking at the dash display the temperature is +10C. A hard rain, or hail, or a hallucination? An effect of the “Eyes of God” Twisted Throttle Denali D2s white light, hitting the downpour’s drops? Fatigued, my mind scrambles for why Highway 1 heading into Hope, BC has turned white. I’m on the final leg of a 1225km ride from Eureka, CA to Sunshine Valley, just outside Vancouver, BC pitting KTM’s 990 Adventure R against a Google Navigation estimate. It’s a total of 1225 kms, or 760 miles, in one go. The hail covered road, well, that’s not to plan.
What’s a KTM 990 Adventure without big boxy luggage? Just another highly capable but impractical motorcycle. Slap a couple boxes on and you go from a fire road terror to continent crosser, which is where companies like Twisted Throttle come in. So here’s our thoughts of the Rhode Island firm’s offerings, as the KTM 990 Adventure gets twisted.
KTM is offering Canadian riders an opportunity to drive more funds towards their local off-road riding federations. All it takes to support trail development and protection of riding areas is a coupon and a stop at your local KTM Dealer.
Approximately 20,000 kilometers ago, Touratech USA offered to kit out OWD Photographer Kevin Miklossy’s KTM 990 Adventure Dakar. Much slab, highway, twisties, dirt, gravel and Baja sand later, here’s how the company’s offerings have stood up.
Due to be unveiled at the EuroMoto 2012 Motorcycle Show at the Lynnwood Convention Center on March 3-4, 2012 Ducati Bellevue has executed a concept that OWD toyed with a couple years back. What if you took the Ducati Hypermotard and transformed it into an adventure bike? Thus the Redmond, Washington shop, seeing a niche in the Ducati market that the flying-D and other’s have missed, has produced a true Ducati adventurer and made it available to the public.
BMW’s R1200GS Adventure is the gold standard in adventure touring bikes, but now it’s facing down challengers like the Ducati Multistrada 1200 S Touring. Is the road to ruins for the BMW paved by the likes of the Ducati? Before we find out off the pavement, a little protection and preparation is in order. If we had the licensing, we’d cue the A-team montage music and cut to the folks at AltRider.com.
