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Evader EV1000 – Move over WMD, meet WMT

Realization hits me with a sopping wet thud of a bug (you know the juicy kind) splattering, driven by hurricane force into my visor; this may be the most socially relevant two-wheeler I’ve had the honor of twisting the throttle of. The Evader EV1000, or ERA, silently whisks me up to a respectable city traffic…

The Maddest Compo – Ducati Multistrada 620 vs Suzuki GSX-R 1000

The engine is thrumming, the throttle is pegged, and I’m in the best areo-tuck 6’2” 200lbs of editorial content can manage. The windscreen begins to vibe a bit. I bump the rev limiter in the neighborhood of eleven—five. Upshift, the throttle is light and oil-smooth, I barely blip and keep it pegged. In the distance…

World First: Biperformance Shift-FX

My foot scrambles instinctively, looking to downshift… and the shift lever? Well it simply isn’t there, and believe it or not that is on purpose. Instead I thumb a red button sitting just below the horn button. The clutch actuates, the gear changes, and clutch releases… all in about 100 milliseconds! Yes, “tiptronic” shifting is…

Forbidden Fruit – KTM Super Duke 990

It seems that when it comes to motorcycles, the Euros always get the special stuff. Lots of exotica that we never see. Makes sense I guess since they seem to be more interested in styles and models of motorcycles other than soundalike cruisers. You know, sound effects masquerading as a motorcycle! (oops…did I say that?…

Harley Davidson VRSCR Street Rod – Sport Cruiser Resurrected

This is not how it should be, no, not at all. This is a Harley Davidson and frankly I’m shocked.There is no hint of an engine carved from cast iron and suspension made of tree trunks, this is not the “resist-all-change” response to development that HD has become known for. This is good, really good. Not…

2005 Suzuki DR-Z400SM – The Whole Dirt Thing Remixed

It’s 6AM and I’m foot down through pre-rush hour traffic in Victoria, B.C., which is to say that I’m alone save for the occasional police cruiser and public transit. It’s the kind of day that I normally dread at the “day job”, a code drop for a major product, and as I do my best…

Mini Foot Pump – Put Your Foot in It!

It’s brilliant, the Mini Foot Pump features a nicely accurate pressure gauge, and better yet a check valve for “zero air loss”. Two major points in its favor which are a boon to those with air charged forks that require low pressures hard to achieve with a regular pump and gauge combination.

2005 K1200S – A Solution That Just Obliterated the Problem

Looking down at the gauges I realize I’m hardly even moving the tach. The sci-fi whine that would not be out of place on the bridge of some of the galaxy’s better appointed battle cruisers accompanies my 5,000RPM amble. The twisties are fast approaching, and the devil takes me… And then the K1200S takes the…

West Coast Superbike School Reviewed

Track aficionados might turn their noses up at doing an Advanced Rider Training course in a convention centre parking lot… and that would be their loss.

2005 Suzuki SV-650N – Naked Adulation

“Be a little careful on it, it’s fresh out of the crate.” Indeed looking at the odometer the SV650N was showing a mere 0.3km on the “dial”. That mileage made the SV650 as it was delivered to us, a newborn naked bike. Now, despite us carrying the reputation of being Moto-Journalists, we’re giving the engine…

Dust to Glory Movie Review – Move Over Ebert

March 17, 2005. It’s St. Paddys’ day in San Francisco but most of the Bay Area desert racers and fans are not out drinking green beer. We’re watching a special screening of Dana Brown’s new movie about the Baja 1000, “Dust to Glory.”

2004 KTM 950 Adventure – Exploration in a Class of One

Late 2003, the KTM 950 Adventure arrived here in North America with much fanfare. Almost a year later, the big KTM is still very much that intriguing new kid in town as ever. KTM is predominantly a builder of off-road motorcycles, that’s given the company a higher profile among the hardcore dirt types than most,…