May 2023

Motorcycle Mojo Magazine

Motorcycle Mojo Magazine has a primary focus on bringing our readership compelling and informative, family oriented articles on interesting people, great places to travel, history and new products on the market

Motorcycle Mojo Magazine2 min read
Harley-Davidson 135 cu. in. Crate Engine
If you own a 2021 or later Harley-Davidson touring model and you have about 10-large in loose change, The Motor Company has a little (pretty big, actually) something that will boost its performance. The Screamin’ Eagle 135 Stage IV crate engine was d
Motorcycle Mojo Magazine3 min read
The Show Must Go On?
Another motorcycle show season has come to an end. I write this the day after the Spring Motorcycle Show in Toronto — the last motorcycle show of the winter season on our schedule. The Spring Show runs pretty late in the winter season and is the thir
Motorcycle Mojo Magazine1 min read
By the Numbers
The percentage by which helmets reduce the risk of head trauma in an accident. According to the latest data, there are 708,700 motorcyclists in Canada. This research, however, was done before the boom of new riders from 2020 onward. The Ontario Feder
Motorcycle Mojo Magazine1 min read
Save The Dates
It’s racing season again, so if you want to catch the latest road racing action in person, make sure to note these dates in your calendar. CSBK (csbk.ca) May 19-21 – Shannonville Motorsport Park, Ontario June 8-11 – Grand Bend Motorplex, Ontario July
Motorcycle Mojo Magazine3 min read
Say What?
Wow! What a great and wonderful surprise to see the “Long Ride, One Mission” feature story in the March 2023 issue! I know some Motorcycle Mojo readers will visit us as a result of this wonderful story. We will not disappoint them. I cannot thank you
Motorcycle Mojo Magazine1 min read
Motorcycle Mojo Magazine
Editor Glenn Roberts Art Director Amy Olimer Illustrator Dean Foster Cartographer Mike Fell Associate Editor Costa Mouzouris Copy Editor Rebecca Tucker Business Manager Gwen Roberts David Booth, Pat Boyd, Ronn Calderon, Jeff Davison, Anna Frazer, Mis
Motorcycle Mojo Magazine3 min read
Motorcycles As Art
I’ve always seen motorcycles as beautiful. I love the angular lines, and the moody ways that pieces fit together, and the way that colours are matched. Moto design imitates the characteristics of how the bike functions. A sporty race bike looks super
Motorcycle Mojo Magazine3 min read
Just Stop And Think About It
In readiness for a tour of Yukon and Alaska, Clint MacBride and I had arrived a day early to unload all of the adventure bikes from the truck that had transported them from Ontario. While unloading a KTM 1090, I noticed that the rear tire was flat. T
Motorcycle Mojo Magazine3 min read
Motorcycle Sharing
In February of this year I spent a couple weeks in Florida and decided to rent a motorcycle for a few days to tour along the east coast. A Harley-Davidson just seemed fitting. I hopped online and started looking for rentals. At first, I looked at sho
Motorcycle Mojo Magazine7 min read
Race Bred Streetfighter
When Triumph signed a deal with Dorna in 2019 to be the exclusive engine supplier to Moto2, it wasn’t only so the British bike maker could get international exposure. It was also to speed up further development of the 765-cc inline triple, which was
Motorcycle Mojo Magazine7 min read
The LAST FRONTIER
As they trekked through the Alaskan wilderness of the late 1800s, John Burroughs, a companion of naturalist John Muir wrote, “Things are on a new scale.” It was a moment of supreme understatement. Alaska could fit 19 of the lower states within its bo
Motorcycle Mojo Magazine1 min read
Fast Facts
After the Japanese bombed Dutch Harbor in the Aleutian Islands during the Second World War, the U.S. Army began looking for a spot to build a secret military site. The proposed base needed to be an ice-free port and as inaccessible as possible. Whitt
Motorcycle Mojo Magazine1 min read
BMW Motorrad
island BMW - Victoria, BC Tel: (250) 474-2088 High road Vancouver - Vancouver, BC Tel: (604) 731-5505 High road langley - Langley, BC Tel: (778) 366-1999 Kelowna Motorrad - Kelowna, BC Tel: (250) 860-1111 Argyll Motorrad - Edmonton, AB Tel: (780)
Motorcycle Mojo Magazine6 min read
MARRAKECH EXPRESS Part II
In our March issue, Emily Roberts embarked on a journey via Aventura Motorcycle Tours from Malaga, Spain, across the Strait of Gibraltar to Tangier, Morocco. The ride took her down the Atlantic Coast to Essaouira where she turned inland to Marrakech
Motorcycle Mojo Magazine1 min read
Fast Facts
The Pasha is a high ranking political or military figure, quite often a King or governor, who often lives in or visits the kasbahs (an ancient, fortified quarter of a town or city) throughout the land they rule or govern over. Inside the kasbah is th
Motorcycle Mojo Magazine5 min read
A Worthy Retro
I am not, with rare exceptions, a fan of retro-styled bikes. Too many — I’m thinking of Honda’s CB1100 here — tend to remind me just how bad the “good old times” really were. Others are simply poor stylistic impressions of beautiful motorcycles past
Motorcycle Mojo Magazine9 min read
In Search Of A lost Spirit
“Oregon seems like a long way away, I think that I lost my motorcycle spirit, I am sorry to be a grump,” my husband, Robert, said unenthusiastically a few days before our two-week motorcycle trip to the United States in the summer of 2022. After the
Motorcycle Mojo Magazine1 min read
Fast Facts
Oregon’s Mount Hood, which is actually a dormant stratovolcano that last erupted in 1865, stands at 3,425 metres, making it the highest point in Oregon and the fourth highest peak in the Cascade Range. It’s also the second-most climbed mountain in th
Motorcycle Mojo Magazine4 min read
What New Riders Need To Know
Motorcycles can be a practical form of transportation but overall, they are fun toys for big boys and girls. For most new riders, getting a motorcycle is more of an emotional and impulse decision than, say, buying a first car. “It’s shiny, sexy, I wa
Motorcycle Mojo Magazine1 min read
Fast Facts
Women account for almost 20 per cent of all riders in Canada. Compare that to eight per cent in 1998. The Covid pandemic years (2020 – 2021) saw 41 per cent increase in Canadian motorcycle sales compared to 2019. Over 66,000 new motorcycles were sold
Motorcycle Mojo Magazine1 min read
Fast Facts
Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, formally known as Mosport, opened for its first race in May 1961. In 1967, Mike Hailwood won the only Canadian World Championship 500 cc Motorcycle Grand Prix. In 2017, history repeated with a star-studded 50th annivers
Motorcycle Mojo Magazine9 min read
Vintage ENDURANCE RACING
Three nights before the VRRA endurance race at Calabogie, Alan Burns texted me a photo of a bike with no wheels and no tank or bodywork. I thought he bought another race bike but, no, it was the actual Yamaha R3 we were racing later in the week. He j
Motorcycle Mojo Magazine4 min read
Otto Cycles
I freely admit to my obsession with the internal combustion engine, particularly with the four-stroke variation. Fortunately, I have chosen the motorcycle as the device with which to enjoy the sounds, smells and feel of the internal combustion engine
Motorcycle Mojo Magazine4 min read
How Far We’ve Come
A little more than a month ago, an example of the world’s first gasoline fuelled production motorcycle sold at a Bonhams auction. This particular 1894 Hildebrand and Wolfmüller, engine number 69, is thought to be the earliest example of a motorcycle
Motorcycle Mojo Magazine1 min read
Remember When?
This is a photo of my dad, Jack Clift. Although he never owned his own motorcycle, that didn’t stop him from riding his brother’s 1937 Harley-Davidson. One day, he and a friend decided to visit the Milwaukee Harley-Davidson factory. Because of road c

Motorcycle Mojo Magazine

More Issues From Motorcycle Mojo Magazine