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 …

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 …

I have seen the light.  Smaller, lighter and harder is better, especially as our adventure destinations take us further afield.  In reality though small adventure bikes aren’t common in the size-queen driven “bigger is better” North American market. So we’re going to build one… the KTM “Hard Adventure” 690 Enduro R.

Wrapping up testing of the Multistrada 1200S in Kelowna means a long wet ride back to Vancouver on the Varadero as a passenger, and that has me thinking about the plight of the pillion.

I’ve just run across town to return the Ducati Streetfighter 1098. In traffic it is a surging, charging, bucking beast, the engine just doesn’t live till 4,000RPM and anything below sees it straining at …

So here we go, pulling back the curtain a little with a Testing Blog. You’ll have noticed that I stepped away from testing sport bikes for a while to pursue adventure riding, but if …

OneWheelDrive.Net’s Flora Lloyd interviews ’round the world traveler Rene Cormier about his over five year motorcycle adventure around the world and his book The University of Gravel Roads. At the Kelowna, BC stop of his cross Canada talk tour of BMW dealerships.

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.

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.

Antofagasta, Chile. January 9, 2010 – After 7 Stages of intense competition, Jonah Street holds the 7th place position in the Dakar Rally. The rally is half-way done. The competitors rest while …

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 …

Photo Credit: ADVRider Brice
Team Rally Raid Canada webmaster Dave O’Sullivan, who has been writing most of Don’s updates and posting them on the http://www.destinationdakar.ca, has supplied us with more details on Don’s progress in stage …

It’s a rough start for Vancouver Island’s Don Hatton but he made it through a hot, and longer than expected day, in good spirits and ready to go for tomorrow on the first leg of 2010′s Dakar.

Buenos Aires – A glimpse into the build up for the 2010 Dakar Rally. The usual suspect, but with the 450cc ruling there is a host of new bikes.

San Francisco, California based Rally Pan Am team has returned for its 7th Dakar Rally. With the team’s top rider, Jonah Street, is prepared to challenge all other competitors for a podium finish in the 2010 Dakar Rally.

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.

Jonah StreetAmerican Rider Jonah Street and Team Rally PanAm are flying to Buenos Aires, Argentina for the 2010 running of the Dakar Rally. Street, winner of Stage 5 at the 2009 version of this …