Recent Posts by Neil Johnston
B.C.’s Sunshine coast is no stranger to riders, so how to spice things up. Great food, great accommodations, a good measure of adventure, and a motorcycling celebrity know for his work on Race to Dakar and Long Way Round. No, not Charley or that other guy.
As Kevin picks up the rock and I secure the rim for another round of hammering, neither of us want to admit it outright, but we’re in deep trouble. The video will show a certain amount of Survivor Man bravado, but off camera things are more worrying. This morning we confirmed a suspicion with our host David, we’ve the only two Honda Varadero’s to reach Mike’s Sky Ranch, a Baja adventure and dirt rider Mecca. Today we’ll be lucky to get both bikes out again.
The battle to get the Varaderos into Mike’s Sky Ranch begins, before the bikes are even fired up. That late start makes for a late arrival and the breaking of one of the Baja’s cardinal rules; don’t ride at night, off road, through territory you’re not familiar with.
Diving the Honda Varadero into the melee of a Tijauna traffic circle makes this tour’s stutter start preparation worth it. The act is a stinging belly-flop plunge into a different culture. It’s an act of faith that inserting the big adventure bike into the swirling vortex of squealing family sedans, rattle trap busses and braying taxis will work out. Miraculously, it does.
In the final video of the Arctic Adventure online video series, the OneWheelDrive.Net team reaches Inuvik, NWT. A ride that has carried us from Vancouver, BC to our destination 200km north of the Arctic Circle. Watch for our upcoming feature download and DVD exploring the Dempster Highway in detail.
Dreaming of riding South America? Don’t want to do it the easy way? Want to do some good in the world? The Adventurists have the solution… The Mototaxi Junket.
The Mototaxi Junket launches from …
The OneWheelDrive.Net team has made it to the Dempster, Canada only all season highway to cross the Arctic Circle, on the second to last leg of the Arctic Adventure video series.
We’re off testing the Icon Variant Helmet this February, but early indicators are this is the one to have for those who mix a bit of dirt with their pavement. Even better, Icon’s giving one away. Here’s how to win.
A letter from CAUSE.ca concerning a motorcycle tour of Sierra Leone, reveals how bikes can better the world by using dual-sport to deliver aid and education.
The social media means as a reader you’ve joined OWD overlooking glaciers, shivering at the Arctic Circle and mid-review of various bikes. Increasingly members of Canada’s motorcycle industry are adopting social media, but there are no guarantees they are using it well. Here’s some help and hearty encouragement.
The road to Telegraph Creek is one of British Columbia’s greatest roads, jaw dropping scenery, a hint of danger and a uncertain future. To steal a phrase every visit is potentially a last chance to see this great destination. So the http://OneWheelDrive.Net team takes a two day detour on our way to the Western Canadian Arctic.
The Second Trailer for Australia Inside Out – 26,000 kilometers of Australian Highway, sand, mud, and gravel roads. Three months of camping at truck stops, caravan parks, greasy food, unique wildlife and amazing landscapes… and twelve episodes of stunning HD.
Dakar’s “White Pit” Eats Canadians
Any thoughts that El Dakaro, held in Argentina and Chile, wasn’t as psychopathic a race as the original Dakar should be cast aside. Of the seven Canadians entered in the …
For those who’ve “Fa-la-la-la-la”-ed themselves into some ContourHD Helmet-cam joy this past Christmas, VholdR, the maker of ContourHD Wearable Camcorders, is releasing a firmware update enabling users to configure the camera’s microphone volume, lighting and bit rate.
This episode the http://OneWheelDrive.net team encounters a bear, cow floating rain and oatmeal in their ride to Inuvik, NWT 200km north of the Arctic Circle.
Near bald, the Hypermotard 1100S’s Pirelli Diablo III is spinning in the damp dirt, while fellow rider Mark pushes it from behind. Despite the enduro looks the Hypermotard was never meant for this, but some thrown dirt, pushing and shoving, the Ducati enters the Kettle Valley Railway (KVR) creating a definitive ride of 2009.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Years from the OneWheelDrive.Net team. Kevin Miklossy, Glenn Simmons, Joe and Flora Lloyd, and I, Neil Johnston, would all like to wish you the best of the season. So enjoy a bit of festive cheer and cheese on us, in the form of a video carol. See you in the New Year!
In Part 2 of the Arctic Challenge the BMW F800GS, R1200GS Adventure and KTM 990 Adventure take to the dirt as we try to find the king of the adventure hill, in our survey of the three most asked about adventure bikes for 2009.
