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 …

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.

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.

Press Releases are an editorial dilemma, especially when they transcend information, and become blatant advertising backed by a promoters sense of entitlement.

By commenting on Motorcycle.com’s “leak” of the Multistrada 1200 this week, formerly known to the public as the Strada Aperta or Cayenne, we’ve been assailed by a storm of Internet traffic. So much so we’ve had to install a caching system to keep http://OneWheelDrive.Net up, running and vaguely responsive. This has me thinking about notoriety, the Internet and integrity.

The print motorcycle magazine industry is not a healthy thing.  British magazines like Bike and TWO (now VisorDown taking the name of the magazines website) have developed content bulimia, shedding pages on a free-fall purge, …

Harley-Davidson has discontinued Buell and is divesting itself of MV Agusta, the Italian sport bike company it purchased last year. In doing so did Harley-Davidson just throw away its future?

How quickly do we forget what it’s like to be a new rider? The accumulation of experience can eventually drown out the novelty of riding and wonder of what a motorcycle can do and …

A Globe and Mail article on the health benefits of Dirt Riding leads to a thread of comments underlying the prejudices of self-propelled trail users against responsible motorcyclists. We think the solution may start with being better ambassadors while on our workouts.

On June 4th, 2009 the Amaury Sport Organization, or ASO, the organizers of the “South American Dakar“ changed the face of the rally by announcing from 2010 onwards motorcycle’s would be capped at 450cc displacement. A mandate that forces KTM out of the Dakar and has financial consequences for teams and privateers alike.

Interactive maps for rides, travels and adventures, more room for pictures, better display of videos, better navigation, new ways to discover articles… Meet the new OneWheelDrive.Net!
It wasn’t a small undertaking, with over 400 pertinent articles …

There’s a lot of buzz about Ducati’s upcoming Adventure oriented Multistrada replacement, but do we really have to wait? We at OneWheelDrive.Net have gotten impatient. Well, that and our 640 Adventure is waiting for parts, so can our long term loaner Hypermotard stand in?

People have been asking what’s a Konker 200SM, for reference here’s a quick snap courtesy of photographer Kevin Miklossy…