2012 BMW R1200RT
By Marissa Baecker I have always preferred touring on a cruiser. A cruiser allows you to sit back, feel the sun, load your bike and have enough metal around you that you maintain some type of false sense of security when you are on the road. For me, there was nothing like that rumble of […]
2012 Kawasaki Versys 1000
By Marissa Baecker The term Versys is the combined word made from ‘versatile’ and ‘system’ and that is what Kawasaki intended the Versys 1000 to be. Perhaps a new category of motorcycle is being birthed with the ‘crossover’ – a combination of enduro, sport, touring, adventure etc. A model in a class of it’s own […]
2012 Honda GoldWing
Commonly referred to as the couch on two wheels, the Honda Gold Wing is probably the motorcycle most commonly made fun of by riders who have never ridden them. They’re big. They’re bulky. There is a lot of fairing and so many buttons. Quite frankly, they are intimidating. I like cruisers but I was one […]
Neil Peart a rider and writer
By Marissa Baecker My dream life would be to get up every day in a different city, get on my bike, ride to the next city, repeat. In fact, it’s fair to say that most passionate riders feel the same way. Reality however, only allows this dream for a couple of weeks at a time […]
Trevor Hurst – Econoline Crush – Kelowna
The off-season is much more tolerable when you can still share your passion for bikes with people you meet. Econoline Crush played over the weekend and I caught up with fellow rider, Trevor Hurst. Hurst is a singer, songwriter and music producer. Currently on tour with the latest album, Surefire, Hurst laughed when I told […]