Ten year in the motorcycle industry is no small feat, so Rhode Island’s Twisted Throttle has good reason to celebrate. Join the accessory specialists at their new location in Exeter for a celebration featuring touring and adventure talks, a “Teach” McNeil Stunt show, dyno, tours of the company’s new 27,000 foot facility, a little Canadian content in the form of Dakar racer Patrick Trahan, and a chance to get your bike all twisted up.
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The KTM 690 Enduro R should need no introduction; it has been around for a while hasn’t it? But, this particular Enduro R does merit a few words, because this is MY KTM 690 Enduro R, which is something entirely different. That’s because I test bikes, over 150 of them at last count, but when it came time to sign on the dotted line I chose the KTM 690 Enduro R. And it’s ruined me.
Against our better advertising sales judgement, we’ve been honest about the problems we’ve encountered with our Ducati Multistrada 1200 S Touring (MTS 1200). As an eternal optimist though, I’ve felt a swell of anticipation …
The first review of our first Amazon Kindle Single, “Last Chance to Ride: Fish Lake”, is in, and if the printer were working I’d frame it. An Amazon’s Kindle Single is a short eBook, and potentially the salvation of long-form journalism as magazine’s continue to slide into decline. How they work and the opportunities they offer both writers and readers are quite brilliant, and point to the future of independent journalism.
We’re pleased to announce we’ve released our first OneWheelDrive.Net Kindle Single. This is a long-form journalistic piece for the Kindle eReader and associated iOS, Android, OSX and Windows applications. As the “back cover” blurb …
The rain is falling in sheets as we pull out of San Luis Obispo, ditch the 101 and its stutter-step panic braking traffic, and head for the Pacific Coast Highway. Pre-Christmas 2010, these are the worst rains to lash California in recent memory. It’s the right day to break out the heavy weather gear, but in the name of science I’ve refused instead relying on Alpinestars’ Frontier Gore-Tex Jacket and Apex Drystar Gloves to resist the onslaught.
Allow me a moment of cynicism. Perhaps, I’ve reached a point of over-connection through my Twitter, FaceBook and ADVRider accounts, but do we really need another social network to divert our attention from riding? …
The RWC: North team leave from Victoria BC, on their arctic journey. On the very first day they encounter more than they bargained for with a major snow storm. Then it’s the transition from mild temperatures and urban centres to hard packed snow and small communities.
BMW’s R1200GS Adventure is the gold standard in adventure touring bikes, but now it’s facing down challengers like the Ducati Multistrada 1200 S Touring. Is the road to ruins for the BMW paved by the likes of the Ducati? Join OneWheelDrive.Net as we conduct a we conduct a monumental comparison against a back drop of dead seas, dying towns, a makeshift community on an abandoned military base and 800 year-old cliff dwellings from the end of the Sinagua people, all on “The Road to Ruins”.
Come “get screwed” with OneWheelDrive.Net as we attend the 5th Annual Kamloops Dual-Sport Riders’ Loose Screw Dual-Sport Ride, August 13th, 2011 in Kamloops, BC. The 150 rider event runs between August 12th-14th, 2011 with the ride starting the morning of August 13th at approximately 8:00am.
Ducati has announced the 2011 schedule for its Multistrada Travel Experience, a series of world wide motorcycle tours for passionate riders organized by the reputable Edelweiss Bike Travel touring company.
Craving a chance to inflict some serious MX damage on the latest in the KTM line-up? Here’s your chance! The KTM Ride Orange MX Tour trailers are visiting select regions across Canada, giving you the opportunity to come out and test ride the latest SX-F models and hang out with the KTM crew.
The Reconnecting With Canada: North crew are heading, as you would expect, North. Unlike most motorcyclists they aren’t waiting for clear skies and warm days, they are doing the ride in winter. Join the team of riders Joe Lloyd and Paul Mondor and support drivers Jesse Clark and Flora Lloyd as they prepare the bikes for the trip.
Being able to see what you’re shooting is the biggest problem with helmet cams. Contour has the solution with its Connect View Card and Viewfinder App…
Ducati has unveiled the Multistrada 1200 S Pikes Peak Special Edition, in celebration of Greg Tracy’s victory in the 2010 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. The Special Edition features a Ducati Corse paint job, a race-derived carbon fiber low windscreen and front mudguard, custom seat and numbered crank case.
To celebrate the start of the 2011 MotoGP season, Ducati has released the official Ducati Corse iPhone App via the Apple App Store and iTunes
I finally believe the press that the Canadian motorcycle industry is swirling down the drain of an economic downturn. The symptoms of an ailing industry have increasingly affected Canadian online media as motorcycle companies close regional offices, as press fleets dwindle and tension over perceived damage to test bikes increases. For those of us publishing on the web exclusively, the situation has worsened, as Rob Harris of CMGOnline.com, points out in his editorial CMG Call to Arms, which reveals the massive cash injection of Canadian print publications are receiving from the Harper Government to assist their move from print to the web.
A Chilcotin lake poised to be destroyed by a mine, that is ironically called Prosperity, that intends to fill it with rock waste and use as a tailings pond. An “easy” dirt road ride across British Columbia gone wrong, due to thousands of downed trees. These are the makings of “Last Trip to a Lost Lake” our recent article in the March issue of Cycle Canada (on stands now). Of course, there’s a story behind the story.
BMW’s R1200GS Adventure is the gold standard in adventure touring bikes, but now it’s facing down challengers like the Ducati Multistrada 1200 S Touring. Is the road to ruins for the BMW paved by the likes of the Ducati? Before we find out off the pavement, a little protection and preparation is in order. If we had the licensing, we’d cue the A-team montage music and cut to the folks at AltRider.com.
