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The Mopar CSBK Canadian National Superbike Championship have confirmed 2020 rules revisions for the popular Amateur Lightweight Sport Bike category, as well as announcing a parallel Pro/AM category celebrating the 40th anniversary of the series at Shannonville Motorsport Park, September 19-20...

March 14th will see the 79th running of the Daytona 200. This year, Coelho Racing 16 will enter it for the very first time in his motorcycle career, aboard is DB Moto.ca/ZX6R. “I rode for the very first time of my life, the grueling bankings of the Daytona International Speedway, last October...

Team Turcotte Performance is pleased to announce that their supported rider Guillaume Fortin, winner of the 2019 Express Lane Amateur Superbike championship, will move to Mopar Pro Superbike class for 2020 aboard a pair of BMW S1000RR racebikes, along with new sponsors and team members. The...

Saturday at the Palais des Congres de Montreal was a busy day for the annual downtown Motorcycle Show, and many of the stars of the Mopar CSBK Championship Series were on-hand at the Liqui Moly booth. With National race machines displayed throughout the Salons de la Moto, it was a great...

Turcotte Performance earned the 2019 Mopar CSBK Superbike Series Team of the Year title at the final round of last year’s National tour at Canadian Motorsport Park in August, but didn’t get their Trophy at the track. The Turcotte squad finally got the chance to officially receive the annual “big...

Superbike Stars signing in the Liqui Moly Booth this Saturday, November 29 The annual Montreal Motorcycle Show is underway downtown at the Palais des Congres, and the top guns of the Mopar CSBK National tour will be attending to promote the upcoming National at Circuit ICAR, just north west...

If you’re a new rider, then let me first say congratulations. You’re going to have more fun and enjoy life more fully than loads of people, and I genuinely hope that you savor every moment you’re on the road. There are a lot of things to consider now that you’ve made this decision, but one of...

Has your motorcycle chain seen better days? When it’s time to replace the chain on your streetbike, special tools make the job a whole lot easier. Today on MC Garage, we’re going to show you how to use a chain tool. Here at the Motorcyclist office, we are blessed with a supply of perfectly...

With many top Canadian racers from various disciplines of motorcycling on hand at the Motorcycle Show Toronto, at the Enercare Centre at Exhibition Place on Saturday, February 22, the annual industry event offered a chance to hand out awards to some of the most successful competitors of the 2019...

Yamaha Motor Canada has announced its 2020 bLU cRU Canadian Superbike Championship program, to be spearheaded by former two-time Canadian Liqui Moly Pro Sport Bike champion Tomas Casas and bLU cRU Factory Ride Award winner Jake LeClair. Defending Pro Sport Bike champion Will Hornblower will be...

Several of the top guns on the Mopar Superbike Championship tour are on-hand today at The Motorcycle Show Toronto, at the Enercare Centre at Exhibition Place on Toronto’s lakeshore. Today, the Mopar CSBK booth at the show will feature autograph sessions with front-running competitors from the...

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KTM proves it’s “all-in” in the liter-plus-sized naked bike segment with its new and most certainly improved 2020 1290 Super Duke R ($18,699). For 2020, Austria has updated its premier streetfighter with careful chassis, power, and electronic enhancements to make it more capable for riders...

Four of the top riders from the 2019 Mopar CSBK National Championships were on hand at the Toronto Mini-Indy indoor Go-Kart venue on Sunday morning, January 26. Their purpose was to test the Ohvale range of small-sized road racers, provided by Eurorace and Champion Cycle. Leading the charge...

I’ve been tackling SoCal’s Angeles Crest Highway’s 66 miles of tarmac for as long as I can remember, but a recent ride aboard Honda’s 2020 CRF450L revealed another side of this rugged terrain—specifically, a trail that diverts from the hallowed highway and dives into the massive expanse of the...

2020 Yamaha YZF-R6 (Yamaha /) Some say the 600cc supersport class is dead, that it has left the station never to return. Detractors argue modern-day motorcyclists don’t want racy ergonomics, a top-end-focused powerband, or anything less than 150 hp measured at the rear wheel. Well, perhaps they...

Ricky Brabec celebrates his victory at the 2020 Dakar Rally with the rest of his Monster Honda Factory Racing Team in Saudi Arabia. (Courtesy of Honda/) <strong>Clockwise from top left:</strong> Twenty-eight-year-old Brabec (USA) battling his way during the 2020 Dakar Rally, on board his Monster...

Getting licensed to ride is the first step toward a fulfilling life with motorcycles. (BMW/) So the time has come. Maybe you’ve been dreaming of rides to far off locales, pricing used bikes on Craigslist, reading review after review to find the perfect bike for you. Maybe you have some friends...

Jay Giraud and Dom Kwong of Damon Motorcycles stand proudly behind the Hypersport Electric, a highly sophisticated bike-of-the-future that debuted at CES. (Damon Motorcycles/) Damon Motorcycles made a splash at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas with its new Hypersport Premier Electric...

The Mopar CSBK National motorcycle roadracing series includes six weekends of action in 2020, the 40th anniversary of the Canadian Championship tour. With eight Mopar Pro Superbike feature class races planned, this will be the busiest schedule for the CSBK Nationals since 2005. The series...