The Vallee Report – Jordan Szoke Goes Flat Tracking
With a little time to spare between Superbike events, 14-time Canadian Superbike Champion Jordan Szoke seems to have found a new hobby. After taking part in a practice day the week before, Szoke showed...
View ArticleCSBK Spoiler Alert!
This weekend, Alex Dumas (Suzuki), Ben Young (BMW) and Jordan Szoke (Kawasaki) will fight it out during the final two CSBK Pro Superbike Feature Race Nationals of this season, deciding the 2022 number...
View ArticleThe Vallee Report – The Value of Loyalty
Can you put a price on loyalty? Do motorcycle shops have an actual price tag attached to potential customers for the next 10, 20 or even 30 years? I guess what I am trying to say is when you are in a...
View ArticleOf Chopsticks and Unicorns
I lost my best riding partner during the last winter, and that made me sad. By mid-March it was time to get ready to tackle the Iron Butt Association’s March 20 Spring Equinox Ride, however, our 2010...
View ArticleColin Fraser: Brown and Bauer Best at Shannonville
The first-ever Shannonville Flat Track Canada National took place at the multi-purpose facility owned by the long-running Bayside Trail Blazers Motorcycle Club out of Belleville. A clay and crushed...
View ArticleThe Vallee Report – On the Road
I have to admit after so many years of not riding on the road, I am really enjoying the feeling of freedom that heading out for a cruise on two wheels gives you. There is a totally different feeling...
View ArticleColin Fraser: Six to go in SBK 2021 … Can Razgatlioglu Hang On?
The Motul World Superbike Championship stages their penultimate round in Argentina this weekend at the Circuito Juan Villicum, two weeks out from a wild weekend in Portugal. There are six races left to...
View ArticleRiding After Surgery
Ugghhh. I’m drained. This morning was a gym day and I’ve only been at it for four weeks so I haven’t built up much strength and stamina again. I’m happy to be able to get back to the gym but days like...
View ArticleThe Vallee Report – AFT 2021 Finale
The Charlotte half mile played host to the final event of the 2021 AFT season and pre-race excitement was high as the championship was on the line in the Mission SuperTwins class. After a year which...
View ArticleColin Fraser remembers Wes Cooley
Former American works Suzuki, Kawasaki and Honda racer Wes Cooley passed away October 16 at his home in Twin Falls, Idaho, from complications associated with life-long diabetes. He was 65 and was...
View ArticleThe Vallee Report – Rules
They say that rules are made to be broken and of course that applies in the racing world as well. As long as there have been two or more machines willing to do battle in a contest of speed, there has...
View ArticleColin Fraser: Looking for MotoGP’s Future
The penultimate round of the 2021 MotoGP World Championship took place at Portimao in Portugal yesterday, and the race served as a solid demonstration of power for Ducati and rising start Francesco...
View ArticleNothing ventured…
“I’m not sure what I’m doing here. I should have left for home 45 minutes ago.” In 2016 my long-distance riding partner, Norm, and I were in the thick of things on a big ride which included tackling...
View ArticleThe Vallee Report – Meeting the Warhawk
Many times in this space I have spoken about the freedom that two wheels and the open road provide. Nothing compares to a beautiful summer evening, a twisty road just ahead, and the roar from your bike...
View ArticleColin Fraser: Rossi’s Departure, Stoner’s Return?
At the season-ending MotoGP round at Valencia, on November 14, Yamaha’s living legend Valentino Rossi made his much-discussed final start at the top echelon of two-wheeled competition. The 42-year-old...
View ArticleThe Vallee Report – Shayna Texter Bauman makes a move
After spending the past decade or so as possibly the fan favourite in the AFT series, Shayna Texter Bauman has now caused quite a stir in the off-season. On November 12th Texter Bauman got tongues...
View ArticleColin Fraser: Razgatlioglu Ends Rea’s Reign
On November 22, Pata-Yamaha’s Toprak Razgatlioglu earned his World Superbike Championship in style at the final 2021 event at a just-opened circuit in Mandalika, Indonesia. Prior to the event, there...
View ArticleThe Vallee Report – All I want for Christmas
We’ve all heard that song declaring that this is the most wonderful time of the year. Trees, lights, presents, visions of sugar plums (whatever they are) and so on as we prepare for that magical day on...
View ArticleColin Fraser: Michael Leon’s Royal Road
In early December, CSBK Pro Superbike front-runner Michael Leon was busy doing his autograph duty, when long-term backers Royal Distributing opened a store in the Kanata, in the greater Ottawa area....
View ArticleThe finer Point(s) of touring
Not too long ago I got a message that pointed out that some of the travel stories I write for Inside Motorcycles may not be within reach of many riders due to the length of the trips or the perceived...
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