KTM “Hard Adventure” 690 Enduro R Project – Range
Thu, 26/08/10 – 12:15 | Comment

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 …

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KTM “Hard Adventure” 690 Enduro R Project – Range
Thursday, 26 Aug, 2010 – 12:15 | Comment
KTM “Hard Adventure” 690 Enduro R Project – Range

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 …

Multistrada 1200 S Feedback Fills the Gaps
Monday, 26 Jul, 2010 – 10:14 | 3 Comments
Multistrada 1200 S Feedback Fills the Gaps

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 …

The KTM “Hard Adventure” 690 Enduro R Project
Monday, 12 Jul, 2010 – 17:03 | 8 Comments
The KTM “Hard Adventure” 690 Enduro R Project

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.

Testing Blog: Pillion Thoughts
Wednesday, 16 Jun, 2010 – 8:55 | Comment
Testing Blog: Pillion Thoughts

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.

Testing Blog: Three bikes… One Hour
Friday, 11 Jun, 2010 – 12:59 | Comment
Testing Blog: Three bikes… One Hour

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 …

Testing Blog: Ducati Streetfighter
Tuesday, 8 Jun, 2010 – 21:55 | Comment
Testing Blog: Ducati Streetfighter

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 …

Flora Lloyd Interviews ‘Round the World Traveler Rene Cormier
Thursday, 29 Apr, 2010 – 17:36 | Comment
Flora Lloyd Interviews ‘Round the World Traveler Rene Cormier

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.

Hard and Soft – Adventure Riding BC’s Sunshine Coast
Wednesday, 10 Mar, 2010 – 12:55 | Comment
Hard and Soft – Adventure Riding BC’s Sunshine Coast

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 CAUSE to Ride For
Friday, 29 Jan, 2010 – 14:40 | Comment
A CAUSE to Ride For

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.

Canadian Motorcycle Industry and Social Media
Wednesday, 27 Jan, 2010 – 21:20 | Comment
Canadian Motorcycle Industry and Social Media

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.

Dakar 2010: Rally Pan Am Rest Day Press Release
Saturday, 9 Jan, 2010 – 14:56 | Comment
Dakar 2010: Rally Pan Am Rest Day Press Release

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 2010: “White Pit” Eats Canadians, Others Soldier On
Tuesday, 5 Jan, 2010 – 14:05 | Comment
Dakar 2010: “White Pit” Eats Canadians, Others Soldier On

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 …

Dakar Stage 1: More Details on Don Hatton’s Time Card Fiasco
Sunday, 3 Jan, 2010 – 11:25 | Comment
Dakar Stage 1: More Details on Don Hatton’s Time Card Fiasco

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 …

Dakar Stage 1: Don Hatton Nearly Sent Packing
Saturday, 2 Jan, 2010 – 23:00 | 3 Comments
Dakar Stage 1: Don Hatton Nearly Sent Packing

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.

Dakar 2010: Prelude Video
Friday, 1 Jan, 2010 – 12:00 | Comment
Dakar 2010: Prelude Video

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.

Rally Pan Am Ready to Race
Thursday, 31 Dec, 2009 – 22:05 | Comment
Rally Pan Am Ready to Race

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.

Welcome 2010 and the Age of Adventure
Thursday, 31 Dec, 2009 – 18:35 | Comment
Welcome 2010 and the Age of Adventure

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.

Street heads to South America for 2010 “El Dakaro”
Wednesday, 30 Dec, 2009 – 15:44 | Comment
Street heads to South America for 2010 “El Dakaro”

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 …