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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...

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....

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...

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...

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,...

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,...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...