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Chigee AIO-5 Lite

A wireless Apple CarPlay/Android Auto infotainment system for motorcycles is my favourite accessory of 2024. “Made in China” too often gets a bad rap here...

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Cardo Packtalk Pro, Edgeand Neo Communicators

Easily keep in touch with your riding buddies. Several years ago, on a tour north of Lake Superior, I met a couple — perhaps the handsomest I’d ever seen — riding equally gorgeous Harleys....

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Go Your Own Way

Beach’s Motorcycle Adventures allows a rider to pick a route and ride at their leisure, either solo or in a group, to the day’s destination. Today’s ride will be on a road race course, and...

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Only the Back Roads

Taking the long way through Appalachia. By most people’s reckoning, any day that begins at a brewery and ends in intercourse is a good day. In our case, that...

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Unscientific Ethanol Test

Last year, I wrote a couple of columns about gasoline, one explaining that octane prevents engine knock; the other that ethanol is used primarily to replace lead as an octane booster. However,...

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Motorcycling Becoming More Niche

While at the Vancouver Motorcycle Show this year, I found myself conversing about how to entice younger generations to get into motorcycling. Of course, there are a few hurdles, such as money,...

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Energy Density Fail

I’ve made much of late of the fact that electric motorcycles don’t work very well for serious motorcyclists. Oh, electric scooters are most assuredly a good idea, especially if they’re built...

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The Evolution of Motorcycle Design

Fifty years later, Can-Am re-enters the motorcycle market. There’s been much anticipation for the new Can-Am Pulse and Origin electric motorcycles, but in an...

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A Step in the Right Direction

Kawasaki brings Prius-like hybridization to motorcycles. Electrification, if you haven’t noticed, hasn’t been nearly as successful in motorcycling as it has been for the automotive industry. Oh,...

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The Legend Lives On

On road or off, this high-tech GSA is still the king of adventure bikes If you wanted to buy a big-bore BMW GS Adventure in 2024, you had to settle for the R1250GSA. I say “settle” because it was...

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MV Agusta is Back On Its Own, Announcing its Separation from KTM

MV Agusta has announced its departure from the KTM family, with Art of Mobility S.A., a company controlled by the Sardarov family regaining full control of the company. The move was made amid the...

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Adventure, Italian-Style

Big on power, design and long-distance comfort. Ducati recently launched the latest Multistrada in the town of Gubbio, Italy. The mountains surrounding this ancient city provided the ideal backdrop...

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