January/February 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

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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, Jeff Davison, Peter Harteveld, Misti Hurst, John Lewis,
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Cruising For A Cause
Well, it’s been a long time coming, but I’m hoping the worst of the pandemic is behind us, and we have some motorcycle shows on the schedule. So far we still have the International Motorcycle Supershow, the Toronto Motorcycle Show and the Montreal Mo
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Eicma 2022
We feel Suzuki should get the spotlight, since it has been ages since the company released any all-new motorcycles, and not just revamped models based on ageing designs — even if those dated designs were still quite sound. The smaller of Suzuki’s V-S
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Smashing Stereotypes
Motorcyclists often have bad reputations among the non-riding public; they are perceived as loud, reckless, selfish, dangerous, and sometimes scary-looking. Big groups of leather-clad or armoured riders zooming down the streets and trails can be inti
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Say What?
It is always interesting to read reviews of new motorcycles. I subscribe to Motorcycle Mojo and to an American publication (RoadRUNNER) which, in the same month, reviewed the Indian Pursuit (Sept/Oct 2022). In comparing the two reviews I have to say
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Looking Back
On my sixteenth birthday, in June of 1975, I passed my motorcycle license. I had already bought my first street-legal bike — my brother’s very tired 1970 Honda 350. My high-school buddy, Al, who’d gotten on the road before me, had a brand-new 1975 Ya
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A Wolf In Lamb’s clothings
The first thing that comes to mind when motorcyclists start jabbering about Kawasaki’s Ninja H2 is, without a doubt, the supercharger. Never once, for instance, has a discussion about the SX SE — the supposedly sport touring version of the supercharg
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Riding an ATLANTIC ARCHIPELAGO
Red sandstone cliffs trimmed with green falling into the blue waters of the Atlantic Ocean was my first peek at the archipelago, as the ferry nosed its bow into Cap-aux-Meules harbour. Les Îles de la Madeleine (Magdalen Islands) consists of 12 island
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21 Years of MOTORCYCLE MOJO
• You are holding the 168th issue• Emily was 10 when the first issue rolled off the press• Glenn did not have grey hair (but not the painful kind) • BACK ISSUES IN PRINT FROM 2002 can be purchased through our website however, some are completely sold
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When You Can’t Throttle Out
As riders, it’s inevitable that we think of the things that could go wrong with our bikes, and prepare by packing tools, learning about our bike, and bringing supplies — such as a GPS or map — to help get us out of situations. However, there are some
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THE PRAIRIES ARE not BORING!
“Are you going to fly your bike to Alaska?” I had encountered the question more than once in the days leading up to my 2022 summer adventure, and it betrayed what many Canadians believe to be true: The prairies are so boring! The sentiment is often a
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Thanks To Everyone Who Submitted Their Photos For The 2023 Calendar
Here are some additional submissions and as you can see they also showcase a diverse landscape, content and overall love of motorcycling! ■
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The VIKING EXPERIENCE
Norway is one of those places that, I think, judging from those I’ve spoken with, is a destination on most people’s bucket list. The appeal is the rugged Nordic landscape and out-of-control scenery, the fjords, and its ancient history. For me, a trip
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HOW I UNWITTINGLY BOUGHT MY MOTORCYCLE Last
I was surrounded by eight police motor officers with the red and blues on their motorcycles flashing. I wasn’t the reason they were there. But I was the reason their lights were flashing. On a street ride during the 10-day Police Motor Officer Certif
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Old FRIENDS new PLANS
Forty years ago, my friend Bart and I roamed the high-ways and by-ways of Europe from the Netherlands on our Norton Commandos. We rode to London for bike parts and to France and Spain for the sunny beaches. Those days were some of the best times of o
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Sparkplugs
Sparkplugs spark away millions of times throughout their life cycle, yet get little attention. Their spark ignites the mixture in the combustion chamber, and the quality of that spark determines just how effectively that mixture combusts. While spark
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Motion Pro Cable Luber V3
Seldom do time-saving tools actually, well, save time. Legion, in fact, are the bobbles I have laying around the Booth garage gathering dust in their uselessness: at least three chain alignment tools, two more gizmos that supposedly take the guesswor
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Ducati Superbike 1988-2001
Alan Cathcart is at it again with the release of his latest book, Ducati Superbike 1988-2001. As the name suggests, this book covers the history of the factory Ducati Superbike racers during the desmoquattro era from 1988 to 2001, when the new genera
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Shipping Your Bike?
‘Tis the season when the adventurous start dreaming of horizons distant. Tierra del Feugo. The Gobi Desert. Or, if you’re one sixty-something Motorcycle Mojo writer, the Stelvio Pass. Having farkled my DL1000 XT exactly as I wanted, I needed to ship
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Remember When?
This is my dad, Len Drolet, in Oberammergau, Germany, in 1957. On the back of the photo he had written “you can tell it was mighty cold.” My dad often talks about this motorcycle and the time he spent touring around Europe on it, how he sometimes end

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