Tag: motorsports

  1. GS Training With Académie Ridaventure

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    I did a one day off-road skills training event with Claude Gagné of Académie Ridaventure (not to be confused, I think, with the ridaventure.ca forums) organized through Ottawa Motorrad / Ottawa Goodtime Centre. This event was significantly more "hardcore" vs. the event from the previous weekend. All "level 1 GS …

     By:Mark Drummond
    On:Sun 06 October 2019
    In:Motorrad
  2. GS Training with BMW MC Ottawa

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    The BMW Motorrad Club of Ottawa is developing an off-road skills program, and I was invited to participate in an initial trial run. Very basic off-road GS skills including leaning the bike on off-road surfaces, emergency stopping with reduced traction, hill climbs, etc. Nothing too challenging, except at the very …

     By:Mark Drummond
    On:Sun 29 September 2019
    In:Motorrad
  3. An Unscheduled Vehicular Dismount

    I had a little wipe out on my moto today. Nothing serious, no injuries, an alarmingly slow speed low side slide out. Some details here.

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     By:Mark Drummond
    On:Sun 28 July 2019
    In:Motorrad
  4. Anlas Capra X

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    With plans to do some off-road stuff on my moto, I bought some appropriate rubber. I posted a bit of a running review over on the R1200GS forums. The Coles Notes version is: I don't have much off-road experience to compare these tires to, but they seemed to work quite …

     By:Mark Drummond
    On:Mon 22 July 2019
    In:Motorrad
  5. The Arai XD-4

    I have a Shoei RF-1200 head. The RF-1200 in an XL is the best fitting and most comfortable helmet I have owned, yet when my lovely all white RF-1200 with its extremely cool Mass Effect and Destiny the Game stickers was due for replacement, my eyes started to wander. In …

     By:Mark Drummond
    On:Mon 22 July 2019
    In:Motorrad

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