Tag: Motorcycle Touring
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CFMoto Ibex 800T
Impressive Features, Excellent Warranty Today I got the opportunity to look over the CFMoto Ibex 800T, and I must say, I was pleasantly surprised. It’s obvious that CFMoto’s partnership with KTM has paid big dividends, and its competitors, such as the Kawasaki Versys 650 ($14,000 without a number of accessories found on the CFMoto and…
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Your Ultimate Triptik
A Compilation of All Your Favorite Places in the Western States and Provinces In this post, I want to ask you to interact if you will. If you provide me with the one place you loved more than any other, why, and (if possible) a photograph of the location, I will produce a Triptik that…
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Why We Ride
I’ve written about this subject before, because for many of us the reasoning doesn’t really capture the experience. Riding long distances across country allowed me to ask myself some important questions. Not the least of which was why do I ride? I couldn’t give myself the transcendent answers, I’ve heard them all and tried to…
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Motorcycle Camping Made Easy
Start With Your Motorcycle First, a caveat. This article isn’t about the checklist and every single thing that you want or need to take with you. It has more to do with the philosphy of making your trip fun and safe. There are endless locations for you to go where complete lists are available for…
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Tornado!
Five years ago, in late June I decided to return from Vancouver to Winnipeg by taking a route through the United States. I had checked the weather, which unsurprisingly forecast rain, before my leaving. There was to be an atmospheric river coming to Southern British Columbia within a few hours, and I decided that it…
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I Want a Swiss Army Knife of a Bike!
These days, motorcycles seem to fall into distinctive categories. So much so, that when a person buys a bike, they seem to buy it for a ‘specific’ purpose. Interestingly, I’ve actually wondered if a smaller bike offers advantages that outweigh many of the obvious disadvantages, particularly if you want to travel off-road. First, most adventure…
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Do You Hear Something?
About 52 years ago I took an extensive road trip on a Triumph T100R that I had arranged a loan on, and for which I had provided that individual with my car in lieu of payment. A buddy of mine, Dick, was a novice motorcyclist, and the two newbies that we were decided to take…
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The Long Way Home
I’ve put together my TripTik for my first trip this summer. Two weeks should be about right as I plan to photograph, vlog, and blog along the way. It’s a good day’s ride each day of about 500 miles or 8 hours on the road. At about 9,000 km for the entire trip, it will…
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Road TripTik 2024?
I’d like to wish all of you a Happy New Year, but this year I’d like to ask you for something. Put together, or describe your TripTik for 2024. It’s probably simple, but I would really like to know the W5 and How of your plans for 2024’s big trip. I have one, that I’m…