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Canadian Biker - August 2010 |
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Written by John Molony
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Wednesday, 18 August 2010 |
The August 2010 issue of Canada’s favourite motorcycle magazine is now on newsstands and mailed to our subscribers.
Some of you may love it, some of you may hate it but on the cover is the new 2010 Can-Am Spyder RT. It is a machine unlike just about anything on the road and while some motorcyclist have been telling us it isn’t something they would ever ride, others are saying it is just they ride they need and want to get them back out on the road or to keep them on the road. It is a complicated machine and a complicated issue and we look at both aspects of the Spyder in this issue.
What else is on tap? The orange bikes make an appearance as we feature the KTM 990 Supermoto T and the RC8R. The RC8 may be a long way from the bikes that compete in the Paris-Dakar but it still has the urge to outrun the competition. The Supermoto may have a very limited number of uses but what it does, it does it well.
Looking for a small but stylish cruiser. The Suzuki Boulevard M50 might fit the bill. It has all the style of the awesome M109R but half the displacement. John Campbell rides it and discovers that while less may not me more it sure can be more than you expect. (My fingers almost got tangled typing that.)
The back of the magazine is a bit of a BMW GS festival. First we have a couple from BC who travel to California to take part in a offroad riding school. There are enough pictures of GS bikes dropped, about to drop and in the process of being dropped to make any owner cringe a little at the broken bits. It is a “this is going to hurt me more than it is going to hurt you” experience.
Keeping with the GS theme we review the new 2010 R1200GS which receives a number of significant upgrades this year. I don’t know that tipping it over and smashing it into the ground repeatedly is what most owners would want to do with their nice new bike but at least the opportunity to do so exists at the riding academy.
This month’s Vintage Hall feature: the Moto Guzzi Falcone Sport.
Pick the issue up and enjoy it today.
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