The Vallee Report – The Pursuit of Racing Action
So tickets have just been purchased for the AFT race in Port Royal Pennsylvania that is coming up this weekend. For those keeping track this will be our third race in three weekends and fourth race in...
View ArticleThe Vallee Report – Roller Coaster Memories
With the CSBK series recently visiting Atlantic Motorsport Park for the first time in a few years, it got me thinking about that time a few decades ago when I made a trip there myself. After hearing...
View ArticleNo, Thank You.
For many years my family and friends would ask if I needed new maps, and I would always tell them I have the latest. My GPS units get map updates three times per year and I get paper maps from the...
View ArticleThe Vallee Report – Bike Nights
Years ago, motorcycle gatherings were a little less informal. A few friends would meet in a parking lot and shoot the breeze as well as take some time to admire each other’s bikes. They would then set...
View ArticleColin Fraser: Catching up with Jordan Szoke
Canada’s best-ever Superbike competitor, Jordan Szoke, attended a number of races this year. Fourteen-time Canadian Superbike ‘number one’ Szoke made it to all but one of the 2022 National CSBK races,...
View ArticleColin Fraser: Connor Campbell plans comeback after AMP crash
Connor Campbell was optimistic heading into the 2022 CSBK National season, comfortable he had put in the necessary preparation work, during the winter of 2021-2022, for the upcoming campaign. “I had...
View ArticleThe Vallee Report – Flat Track Canada Showdown
With one round remaining in the 2022 Flat Track Canada season, this year has been one of the most tightly contested in the Open Expert ranks. While the battle at the top of the points standings has...
View ArticleColin Fraser: Gagne Finishes Strong at Barber
In late September, the final event of the 2022 MotoAmerica National Championships took place at Barber Motorsports Park in Alabama, the popular venue just outside of Birmingham with multiple layouts...
View ArticleSurron® Announces Canadian Release of 2023 Storm Bee Electric Off-Road...
DIAN Inc., the exclusive Canadian distributor for Surron electric motorcycles, is excited to announce the official release of the long-anticipated 2023 Storm Bee F electric off-road motorcycle to the...
View ArticleRisks and Rewards
Thirty-two years after I bought my first motorcycle I got t-boned and, once I was mobile enough to visit my parents and tell them of the collision, my mother said “I suppose that is it for you and...
View ArticleThe Vallee Report – Fall Ride
The weather is starting to change and soon it will be that dreaded time where my bike must go into hibernation. Just a couple of weeks ago we had a pretty good stretch of days where getting out for a...
View ArticleColin Fraser: MotoGP – Rins Wins while Bagnaia Takes Control
One of the most popular motorcycle racetracks in the world is Australia’s Phillip Island, and the MotoGP world championship series returned to the oceanside venue for the first time since 2019, in...
View ArticleThe Vallee Report – Paris Fairgrounds
So apparently a Mac and Cheese Fest is a thing. Throw in thousands of butter tarts, some food trucks, as well as some random vendors, and suddenly you have a destination for a motorcycle ride. Paris...
View ArticleA Man’s Home is…..
The death of Queen Elizabeth II on Sept 8, 2022 resulted in a quandary of sorts. My mom was from Britain, so the Royal Family held a special place for her. Leaning more to the Scottish side of my...
View ArticleColin Fraser: Musings from Valencia
The much-hyped final MotoGP event of 2022, the Gran Premio Motul De La Comunitat Valenciana, took place on Sunday (Nov. 6) at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Spain. With the title decided between reigning...
View ArticleColin Fraser: Superbike Wraps Up at Phillip Island
The final event of the 12 round 2022 FIM Motul World Superbike Championship, the Grand Ridge Brewery Australian round at Phillip Island, took place last weekend. This venue has a reputation for...
View ArticleColin Fraser: Danilo Petrucci Heads to World Superbike
Last week, famed Italian motorcycle racer Danilo Petrucci confirmed that he would race on the Motul World Superbike tour for the first-time next season, aboard a satellite Barni Ducati. Many fans were...
View ArticleThe Vallee Report – Dave Pouliot
If perseverance and hours spent on the road were the only secrets to winning a championship, then Dave Pouliot would most definitely have a few number one plates on his mantle by now. Based in Quebec...
View ArticleColin Fraser: Ben Young Heads to Spain
“It was my first time on a stock, street bike,” confessed Ben Young of his recent trip to Almeria in Spain to join BMW’s world media event for the launch of latest S 1000 RR. “With everything stock,...
View ArticleSophia Vassiliadis: How You Know You’ve Found The One
Anyone who knows me well â actually, anyone who knows me at all â is aware that there are two avoidable hardships that I do not tolerate willingly: early mornings, and cold temperatures. Subjected...
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