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Mississauga NewsBy: Julia Le March 19, 2009 10:42 PM - About 50 motorcyclists from across ...
Once again, I'm participating in the annual Ride for Sight, which is the longest running ...
Long gone are the days of navigating by the stars with the use of a ...
Even though I've been riding nearly all winter (depending if there was snow or ice ...

3200km Camping on my CBR125R-Part 1

Just thought I'd take some time to post a trip report from a recent camping excursion that took me from Thunder Bay, ON to Guelph, ON through August 12th to the 21st. It was an incredible ...
3200km Camping on my CBR125R-Part 1

BAD Ride – Review

What an amazing day! The weather was just about perfect, although it did get a tad too warm mid-afternoon. BAD Ride 13 had in attendance about 1300 riders and huge praises need to go out to the organizers ...
BAD Ride – Review

Dirty Girls Scooter Run 2010

Dirty Girls Scooter Run 2010By: Jacqueline Mortlock In January this year I approached Jonway Scooters with an absurd idea – would a small 150cc scooter handle a distance of 2200km, punished by off-road challenges like being ridden over pebble beaches ...
Dirty Girls Scooter Run 2010

“Dirty Girls” Dirtbike and Adventure Group

"Dirty Girls" Dirtbike and Adventure GroupIntroductionBy: Jacqueline Mortlock   It’s early morning on a dusty offroad track and a lone 4-stroke 250cc motocross bike is powering its way over jumps and railing gracefully around berms – not an unusual sight ...
“Dirty Girls” Dirtbike and Adventure Group

Ride for Sight 2010 is approaching!

Greetings everyone, the time is coming near for the 2010 Ride for Sight to raise funds for the Friends For Blindness, which will be held on June 25th-27th, 2010. The ride will go from Woodbine Raceway to ...
Ride for Sight 2010 is approaching!

3200km Camping on my CBR125R-Part 1

Just thought I'd take some time to post a trip report from a recent camping excursion that took me from Thunder Bay, ON to Guelph, ON through August 12th to the 21st. It was an incredible ...
24 October 2010 I Read the full story

Ride for Sight 2010 is approaching!

Greetings everyone, the time is coming near for the 2010 Ride for Sight to raise funds for the Friends For Blindness, which will be held on June 25th-27th, 2010. The ride will go from Woodbine Raceway to ...
1 April 2010 I Read the full story

3200km Camping on my CBR125R-Part 1

Just thought I'd take some time to post a trip report from a recent camping excursion that took me from Thunder Bay, ON to Guelph, ON through August 12th to the 21st. It was an incredible ...
24 October 2010 I Read the full story

A trip with strangers…

By: Tony Morgan A few weeks ago, right around the time I was going through the CB350 fiasco, a casual acquaintance from a local meeting spot asked me if I am "into" touring by motorcycle.  Him and a ...
9 May 2010 I Read the full story

3200km Camping on my CBR125R-Part 1

October - 24 - 2010 Reporter: Mike Comments Off

Just thought I’d take some time to post a trip report from a recent camping excursion that took me from Thunder Bay, ON to Guelph, ON through August 12th to the 21st. It was an incredible experience – and I hope from this report you’ll be able to gain a real sense of just what [...]

3200km Camping on my CBR125R-Part 2

October - 24 - 2010 Reporter: Mike 1 Response

A nice thing about camping with a motorcycle is that you can’t take everything with you – so you are forced to adopt a more minimalist camping strategy. One advantage of this is that it doesn’t take very long to setup your camping gear because you have very little of it. I found that it [...]

3200km Camping on my CBR125R-Part 3

October - 24 - 2010 Reporter: Mike 1 Response

Waking up well rested made me wonder about sleeping outdoors in general. You know you’ve had a great sleep in a tent if you simply don’t want to get up. In contrast, there have been times when I just couldn’t wait to get up -irrationally checking my watch every 30 minutes between hazy episodes of [...]

3200km Camping on my CBR125R-Part 4

October - 24 - 2010 Reporter: Mike 1 Response

I quickly walked to the main area of the campground and made my way toward where I figured the trailhead would be according to my map. There were few campers in the park this evening. This was a far cry from the camping I remembered here as a kid. There were so many campers. Families [...]