Joe & Flora meet a polar bear named Nanook, then it’s off to the French speaking province of Quebec. Famous for amazing food and scenery, not to mention some nation changing history. Flora even gets a chance to do a little dog walking!
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Yamaha Motor Canada has announced the launch of two exciting new motorcycles, the 2011 Stryker cruiser and 2012 Super Ténéré adventure tourer. Which do you think OWD is more excited about? These motorcycles complement the FZ8 and Fazer 8 motorcycles previously launched in June.
Honda has posted the winners of the Next Big Adventure: Expedition Peru contest. The eight lucky riders will be joining Canadian Senior Marketing Manager Warren Millner on an expedition through Peru riding a fleet of Varaderos.
Some things you love to death, wearing them relentlessly until the bitter end. So it was the case with my Five Stunt Gloves, but 65,000km of adventure and street riding have taken their toll. …
Charley Boorman and Ross Noble are on a motorcycle adventure tour from Cape Town To Victoria Falls with Motoaventures. This episode covers the South African leg of the trip.
At 206km the engine sputters, then dies on an uphill 18kms from the nearest gas in Tulameen. It’s not a shock or surprise, I’ve been waiting for the KTM 690 Enduro R to run …
The MKRIDE team encounters heavy rain, swollen rivers and dangerous roads on their journey through China’s Northeastern region.
American Rally Ace Jonah Street dominated eight days and 3,700 kilometers of Rally Mongolia navigation racing, taking four-out-of-seven individual stage victories and maintaining more than a three-hour advantage over the nearest bike competitor at the finish… All aboard a borrowed Yamaha WR450.
Joe & Flora ride Manitoba from north to south stopping at the ever popular Riding Mountain National Park. Then it’s time to meet up with some riders from previous destinations and travel across Ontario.
At 10:55am I let out my first whimper, it was low and quiet enough that no one else in my riding group could hear. Whipping the thin, light, dust out of my eyes I realized we had only been riding for about one hour, and it was only the first day. Expectations and confidence were already shattered; this was going to be an intense BMW Enduro two-day training course.
Images ‘leaked’ from Triumph reveal the Brit firms new 2011 Adventure bike and a fair bit of marketing savvy.
The Adventure is suspected to be an 800cc triple, and obviously is svelter than than Triumph’s current …
Brothers Ryan and Colin Pyle are taking OneWheelDrive.Net readers along on an epic 60-day – 20,000km – BMW F800GS motorcycle journey around China, The Middle Kingdom. If the final preparations all come together that is…
“You’re not a motorcyclist until you’ve been to Coco’s Corner.” We’ve picked up this Baja saying along the way, but I’m unclear as to where. It’s un-attributable, but battering the Varaderos over 40kms of washboard and gravel, snaking through canyons, and viewing western movie perfect cactus forests has proven the saying’s truth.
Joe & Flora explore Alberta in more detail. Stopping to gaze at grazers and stepping back to stream powered thrashers, they make their way to Lesser Slave Lake in time for Canada Day. Then it’s on to Alberta’s capitol for some touring.
It’s a debate as contentious as oil, octane or tires… the ultimate luggage question, soft or hard bags. ‘Round the World traveler Andrew Lord weighs in as he reevaluates the option 50,000 miles and fifteen countries into his trip thanks to an accident and Giant Loop.
The Teiz Motorsports’ Ventura is a 5/8th length motorcycle touring jacket, so where are we putting it though it’s paces? The Baja and neighborhood, which should evaluate this handsome garment’s touring and adventure credentials.
We …
Reviewing is constrained by time and word count, which leads to gaps in evaluations no matter how thorough you try to be. Luckily, we’ve a couple standout commenters join the conversation following our Multistrada …
Thirty kms of grinding dirt, front-end stepping-out rock and battering washboard from the pavement’s end, about 50kms south of Puertecitos lies Gonzega. A gem of the Baja sitting on the Sea of Cortez.
Duncan Motorsports and Kickstart Coffee are pleased to present “An Evening with Simon Pavey” on Friday July 30, 2010.
In Part 1 of our two part Multistrada 1200 S review we examined the bikes Urban and Touring modes. This instalment we unleash Sport mode and take the Multistrada 1200S onto BC’s fire roads before making our conclusions.
Charley Boorman and Ross Noble are on a motorcycle adventure tour from Cape Town To Victoria Falls with Motoaventures. This episode covers the South African leg of the trip.
In Part 1 of our two part Multistrada 1200 S review we examined the bikes Urban and Touring modes. This instalment we unleash Sport mode and take the Multistrada 1200S onto BC’s fire roads before making our conclusions.
Yamaha Motor Canada has announced the launch of two exciting new motorcycles, the 2011 Stryker cruiser and 2012 Super Ténéré adventure tourer. Which do you think OWD is more excited about? These motorcycles complement the FZ8 and Fazer 8 motorcycles previously launched in June.
