BMW F800GS Review & Video: A Small Adventure Thu, 19 Feb 2009 19:33:59 +0100 Bike Index - BMW x8d5gl Brapppppp! In the far lane a rider on a R1200GS Adventure (GSA) has just sailed through an opening in rush hour’s waning traffic. Well played sir, but BMW’s F800GS isn’t so easily tossed aside. The GSA may have more guts, but it also has more mass, and the F800GS is proving epee precise and saber effective at slicing its way through the automotive throng.
	Review: BMW Atlantis 4 Suit Tue, 09 Dec 2008 12:51:40 +0100 Product Index - Product Reviews In this Pas d'Armes, we begin our Invocation with the mythical Atlantis 4 suit. While we can't promise bloody encounters between our competitors, you will see a mighty challenge between the BMW Atlantis 4, BMW Comfort shell, Dainese New neck and the Rev'itCayenne Pro.Let the Joust a plaisance begin!
	Irrational Adoration: Best Western/Harley-Davidson Press Tour Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:33:07 +0100 Features - Featured Articles I throw the Harley-Davidson Sportster Nightster into the corner, hard and fast enough that it wobbles on Quebec’s pavement chop. I shift my weight, press the inner peg, hang off a bit, and ease on the throttle. This will pass, stay relaxed, but sometimes a little active intervention helps - we throttle on out of the apex to a scrape of pegs. A long straight and the little Sportster’s needle brushes 160kph, this Harley-Davidson/Best Western press tour hasn’t been going to plan, but thundering down the straight and setting up for the next corner I can’t help but crack a smile.
	New Zealand: Central Plateau - Te Kuiti to Ohakune Sun, 01 Feb 2009 00:02:38 +0100 Rubber Side Down Under - Ride Reports New Zealand is simply stunning in the summer, every year it peaks the list of popular tourist destinations, and rightly so. We still marvel at the scenery as we ride on a daily basis, and welcome any opportunity to share it. As warm days approach, our Canadian relatives flock south to the warm climate, eager to escape the bitter cold and take full advantage of the free accommodation.
	Ducati 848: As Prada to Vuitton Mon, 12 Jan 2009 13:27:39 +0100 Bike Index - Ducati The parking lot encircling the hotel was packed, despite it being a weekday. Among a sea of rental fleet specials, a leviathan tractor trailer was parked, taking up four parking slots and the adjacent lane. The Ducati Corse livery, bright rosso paint and the anticipation of what lay within, triggered salivation like a Kobe steakhouse. The Ducati reps greeted us and promptly started offloading the bikes – the new Monster 696, a Hypermotard S and a beautiful, red 848. Wait…no, it’s a 1098, followed by an 848, in yellow. No, that one’s a 1098 also. Which one is the 848? More importantly, which one is mine? My uncertainty is easily apparent, as the Ducati rep catches me peering around the bikes for the side decals; the only way I can discern my ‘middleweight superbike’ from the 1098.
	Review: Buell \X\ Waterproof Gauntlet Gloves Mon, 02 Feb 2009 21:42:57 +0100 Product Index - Product Reviews Buell motorcycle gear (index.php?option=com_content task=view id=898 Itemid=1) comes as a massively pleasant surprise.
	Multistrada Replacement Spotted by Motor.nl Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:09:41 +0100 News - Bikes The Dutch magazine Motor.NL has run photos what appears to be a little person (is that politically correct?) riding a test mule of the proposed Ducati Multistrada replacement. Some details are abundantly clear, the engine for example will be derived from the 1098's stomping strong liquid cooled v-twin.
	Harley-Davidson Announces the 883 Iron Tue, 27 Jan 2009 09:45:14 +0100 News - Bikes Matching your stock broker’s mood, Harley-Davidson introduces the 883 Iron, featuring black... a ton of black. There’s a black powder-coated 883 cc Evolution powertrain with black covers. Black front forks and fender supports, fuel tank, oil tank cover, belt guard, drag style handlebar, and mid-mount foot controls… you get the idea.
	Ducati: Many Roads of Canada - Finding the North Star Sat, 24 Jan 2009 00:57:34 +0100 Features - Many Roads of Canada My original plan was to push through Winnipeg, but my blind servitude to the Garmin Zumo GPS carries me into the downtown core. Then architecture grabbed me, the Bank of Montreal, the Royal Bank, the Via Rail station. A rail hub and the former central point of the fur trade Winnipeg has maintained a sense of grandeur even as the modern world moved on and red river carts became trains, trains and trains gave way to automobiles and plane.
	Michael Cole's Ride for Diabetes Reaches Vancouver Tue, 20 Jan 2009 18:21:29 +0100 News - Events Wednesday, January 21st Michael Cole will arrive in Vancouver to continue his Winter Harley Ride across Canada to Raise Awareness for Diabetes Worldwide.