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Arctic Challenge Counterpoint: A Personal Evolution of Adventure Riding

In his counter point to the Arctic Challenge, Joe Lloyd argues that in our rush to embrace the bigger is better marketing message, many riders are too quick to overlook the lighter cheaper bikes that hooked us on adventure riding in the first place. Case in point, the Suzuki DR650.

Arctic Challenge Part 2: KTM 990 Adventure vs. BMW R1200GS Adventure & F800GS

In Part 2 of the Arctic Challenge the BMW F800GS, R1200GS Adventure and KTM 990 Adventure take to the dirt as we try to find the king of the adventure hill, in our survey of the three most asked about adventure bikes for 2009.

Arctic Adventure Video: Something Fishy (Warning some Sushi Violence)

Fish beatings, idilic mornings, and dust? The OneWheelDrive.Net team’s Arctic Adventure continues as they ride 12,000kms north to Inuvik, NWT.

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.

Arctic Adventure Video: Smoke in the Air

Riding to the Inuvik, NWT (200kms north of the Arctic Circle), the OneWheelDrive.Net team gets their first taste of dirt traveling from Soda Creek to Bob Tail Lake (just outside of Vanderhoof, BC). A route that requires a minor detour to avoid a forest fire

Arctic Adventure Video: Bugs in the System

This episode we’re dealing with some bugs as http://OneWheelDrive.Net hit the road, riding from Vancouver, BC to Inuvik, NWT some 200kms North of the Arctic Circle.

Pressing Dilemmas – When Press Releases become Promotional Releases

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

An Adventure Motorcyclist’s Guide to Riding the Dempster Highway – Part 2

In Part 1 of An Adventure Motorcyclist’s Guide to Riding the Dempster Highway we covered the basics of preparing for your ride to the Western Canadian Arctic. Now in part two, we’ll cover the critical information you need for the Dempster itself, and that starts with fuel.

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.

California Cycleworks HM69 Extended Range Hypermotard Fuel Tank – Priceless

It’s hard to get anywhere when a your Ducati Hypermotard 1100 is sucking fumes after 110 kms (70 miles) of full-on frolic. Luckily, California Cycleworks offers a solution, the 22.2L (6.4 US Gal) HM69 fuel tank, and if you invest in one accessory to transform your Hypermotard from “toy to tool”, this is it.

The Ducati Multistrada 1200 in Detail

With Ducati claiming to have taken the original Multistrada concept of sporting performance, comfort and versatility a more than a few steps further in the Multistrada 1200, we peruse the technologies that could make this all a reality.

Measuring up the Ducati Multistrada 1200 vs 1100S, BMW R1200GS & KTM 990 Adventure

So number to number how does Ducati Multistrada 1200 measure up on the spec sheet to the outgoing 1100S, the BMW R1200GS and the KTM 990 Adventure. We’ve pulled together a quick spreadsheet to help you compare.