Returning to a Brand: A Story of 2 BMWs and 1 Jack
Tue, 17/05/11 – 11:12 | 5 Comments

I don’t like salesman Jack much; my inner voice has dubbed him Jack, short for “Jackass”. Despite my introduction including I’m a former BMW R1200GS rider, he’s walked me over to a bike that, “would be perfect for me.” It is a KLR 250. A 250. I repeat, a 250. So what’s delivered me into the hands of the sexist now HOLDING THE HANDLEBARS FOR ME? As if I, a girl, couldn’t possibly hold the meagre 250 up by myself.

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2011 Yamaha FZ8 Review – 8 is the new 6
Sunday, 8 Aug, 2010 – 23:56 | 5 Comments
2011 Yamaha FZ8 Review – 8 is the new 6

While the Yamaha’s Fazer family has been a European mainstay since 1998, it’s still relatively new in Canada. For 2011 Yamaha has delivered the FZ8, a bike that owes much to its bigger and more brutish sibling the FZ1, and surprisingly little to the defunct FZ6. That positions the bike to be novice and intermediate rider friendly, so it needs to be both frisky (or even occasionally ferocious) and friendly all at once.

Arctic Challenge Part 1: KTM 990 Adventure vs. BMW R1200GS Adventure & F800GS
Wednesday, 9 Dec, 2009 – 19:53 | Comment
Arctic Challenge Part 1: KTM 990 Adventure vs. BMW R1200GS Adventure & F800GS

Three top-notch adventure bikes, the KTM 990 Adventure BMW R1200GS Adventure and BMW F800GS and it all comes down to the Dempster Highway – seven hundred and thirty-six kilometers of dirt, clay, mud, shale and gravel… The perfect environment for the ultimate adventure comparison.

An Adventure Motorcyclist’s Guide to Riding the Dempster Highway – Part 1
Thursday, 19 Nov, 2009 – 0:37 | 5 Comments
An Adventure Motorcyclist’s Guide to Riding the Dempster Highway – Part 1

It’s winter, the motorcycle adventurer’s planning season. If you’re dreaming of the Yukon, grizzlies, tundra and Inuvik, NWT, we’ve the “How to guide” for you. OneWheelDrive.Net presents our essential practical guide of hard learned tips and tricks for riding the Dempster, Canada’s only all-season highway to cross the Arctic Circle.