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Moto Guzzi Griso 1100 – Soaring Wine Country’s Roads

It’s on the descent from Apex Ski Resort that I find my pace with the Moto Guzzi Griso 1100; the corners are taken elegantly in an exuberant dance through the hairpins as seductive and powerful as any tarantella. Until now the Griso has been an enigma to me, a strange blend of cruiser, sportbike, and…

R-Type of Tour: Mapping the RT, ST and GS Provinces – Part II

“It’s going to be the, ‘I rode one of these in the war’ story”, I joke as we watch two elderly gentlemen appraise the three bikes. BMWs it seems are some of the most approachable bikes, in part I think due to the sense of history they imbue. The door opens and the white haired…

Laguna Seca MotoGP – Behind the Paddock’s Curtain

After 40 minutes of ruthless 40C sun I’m moto-journalist jerky as I play tabloid photographer waiting to grab shots of MotoGP riding royalty. Without media accreditation I’m as close as the paddock pass begged from Calgary’s Revoluzione would take me. Danny Pedrosa has come out, as has Nicky Haden and perhaps the camera is foreshadowing…

Ducati Desmosedici RR Preview

There is power here; I felt it first riding along the serpentine asphalt that serves as the entryway to Laguna Seca. Now, stepping out onto the pit lane the energy intensifies, the new-age types might have Sedona but there is no doubt that a confluence of motorsport Ley-lines meet here. I feel a tingle in…

R-Type of Tour: Mapping the RT, ST and GS Provinces – Part I

We ascend into Manning Park to the aeronautic thrum of the three horizontally opposed twin engines as the BMW R1200RT, R1200ST and R1200GS Adventure sweep though in single file. April’s rugged meteorological terrain has been washed over with summer’s sheen, with the sun beating the snow back into the trees along British Columbia’s Highway 3. …

TPro Forcefield Back Protector: Getting Comfy with Protection – Trick!

Some things are very difficult to transfer from the abstract to functional reality; protection is one of those concepts. All too often the thought “I should wear more protection against falling down and going boom” translates to, “I’m encapsulated in hot uncomfortable unwieldy amour and the only people who want to hang around with me have a misunderstood transformers fetish.” …

Oliver’s Mixed Notes

Tendrils of golden “Dirty Laundry” Gwurtzraminer trail down the glass’s interior. The taste, even to my limited palette, is fruity, clean, and lingering. Looking up at the wine board in the Toasted Oak Wine Bar and Grill it advertises Wine Flight Wednesday. I deliberate over the cost of staying at the Cactus Tree Inn, a…

Killing the Laguna Seca MotoGP Slowly?

After a morning of franticly trying to source a hotel room, floor space or tree to sleep under for MotoGP, I can’t help but wonder if the greed of local hoteliers is going to kill the Laguna Seca MotoGP slowly. At the low end I’m looking at about a grand Canadian for a dodgy two-star…

Sometimes the Spirit Moves You

I’ve been out testing the Burgman 650 Executive since Friday and the weekend saw us out “scoot-touring” for an upcoming article, but last night I went out on the local bcsportbikes.com ride for giggles. The turn out was awesome and better yet the roads for the ride back co-operated, with traffic being stopped in two places for construction. …

2006 Ducati Multistrada 1000: Riding with Righteous Indignation

Dear Ducati, What would possess you to create a bike like the Multistrada 1000? This is not a motorcycle so much a dopamine pump directly to the fun-centre of the brain; a two-wheeled narcotic of Hunter S. Thompson proportions with a preponderance of addictive qualities to match the most potent of designer chemicals. I am…

Icon Super Duty Gloves: Shortie in Style, Long on Protection – Meh

Summer is a twisted hell for protection-minded riders. Dry roads and warm nights make you wish you could ride 24 hours out of the day, but the daytime heat will cook the fully-wrapped in a single red stoplight. Thankfully, for those willing to trade a modicum of safety, comfort is available. The Icon Super Duty gloves are designed…

Pirelli Diablo Strada Reveiw – The Devil as My Copilot – Trick!

As the stream of sport bikes disappear in my mirrors, I shift my weight, look through the corner, and tip in. As the VFR and I rail through the corner–respectively offering peg feeler and knee slider to the pavement gods. I have only the manic grin on my face and euphoric surge of endorphins to confirm that I have…