Ambassadorial Exercise in Dirt Riding

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.

Twenty20 ContourHD 720p Helmet-Cam Review

The Twenty20 ContourHD has is the world’s first 720p helmet cam for the consumer market and OneWheelDrive.Net has bought one for independent review. So how does the footage look and will the unit make the cut with the motorcycle traveler? You be the judge.

2009 Suzuki SFV Gladius – Just don’t call it Gladys

If you were in the market for a sword, what would you be after? A finicky, finesse-centric epee? A saber? Which is just a long skinny hassle? Anything long and you’d forever be inadvertently skewering people in lineups and crowds. No you want something short, manageable and without airs – you’d want a Gladius.

Meet the New OneWheelDrive.Net

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 to convert, adventures to geo-tag and a lot of cursing at code, but we’re proud to introduce OWD Mark…

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TTXGP: The Eco-Isle of Man

June 12th, 2009 comes like a postcard from the future.  On the Isle of Man bikes charge down a straight, throttles full open, riders fully focuses, and the crowd cheering on the entrants.  There’s something missing though, you can hear the sound of tires on tarmac, but were is the thunder of twins and raw-whine…

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Ducati Hypermotard-A for Adventure

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?

K1300GT and K1300S

If the 2009 BMW K1300GT and K1300S have a hallmark over their previous 1200 incarnations, it’s progress. But, trumping the slatherings of electronics, enhanced mechanicals, improved braking, and revised suspension may be… switch gear.

Konker KSM200 – Konkered Expectations

I’m skimming over a thoroughly potholed logging road in the shadow of the Chief just outside Squamish, BC. Below me is the Konker KSM200, a diminutive supermoto and one of the first wave of the storm of Chinese motorcycles to reach our shores.

Ducati: Many Roads of Canada – A Parting of Ways

 Clear, the morning starts at freezing and is slow to warm, as I ride into the jagged boundary between Alberta and British Columbia.  The ying to Newfoundland’s aged, rounded and spare yang, the Rockies complete Canada’s parenthesis of spectacle. Climbing the 93 into gray skies we reach Continental divide, the split of North America’s lopsided…

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Ducati Monster 1100S

There it is, the scrape of hard knee puck plastic against pavement – proof positive of the Ducati Monster 1100S’s prowess. At coffee shops the world over Monster owners will high-five over lattés celebrating what great riders they are, the truth is in the bike though.

Review: Dainese Neck Goretex with Odessa Pants.

Earlier on this week my package from Bimoto, which contained a Dainese New Neck Goretex, and Odessa pants arrived and just begged to be reviewed. The Dainese New Neck Goretex, is quite a mouthful but its fitting (if you pardon the pun) as it’s quite a jacket!