OMG! Was That A Vincent?
Vintage Vincents hit the Yukon! Read about rallies, rebuilds, and international adventures in Carl Maguire’s motorcycle story.
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A Modern Klondike Kate: Red Ridge Rodeo
Rita Smith recounts her adventure through the Wheaton River Valley. She navigates the Red Ridge Trail in pursuit of a prized shifter lever.
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Ride to Live, Live to Ride
Whitehorse’s ninth annual Ride for Dad is happening … and you can help out.
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Get Your Motor Running (For a Good Cause)
It’s impossible to ignore 200 motorcycles ripping down the road. That’s kind of the point, says Sean Secord, board member of the Yukon chapter of
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Riding Motorcycles for a Good Cause
Along with Cause Canada’s founder Paul Carrick and a local guide, the men will visit the projects and activities they are helping to fund. In
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Yukon’s Best Friend: DOG CULTURE, Carl Maguire
DOG CULTURE: Submitted by Carl Maguire “I’m not bump starting your damn motorcycle. Its winter you idiot!” Or Seemed Like A Good Idea… Maybe Not.
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Easy Riders
Next Thursday up to 300 motorcyclists will descend on Dawson City for the 29th gathering of Dust 2 Dawson Motorcycle Ride. Dick Van Nostrand, a
Motorcyclists Gear Up to Make a Difference
The annual Ride for Dad (RFD) will fill up the streets of downtown Whitehorse on Saturday, June 7. Hundreds of motorcyclists will gather for this
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Sleeping Babies
The babies sat in the driveway, tarped over, covered in snow half-melted in the April sun. I brushed them off, to let the sun begin
Social Riding; Klondike Style
Motorcycle riders are often solitary sorts. We like the time we spend with ourselves on the road. It is a sort of meditation: no radio,
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Riding for Pleasure / Riding for Survival
Do you ride for pleasure? … or survival? For most of us, it’s not one or the other. It depends on the day. I have
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Keeping it Simple on Long Trips
I think I have seven versions of “Motorcycle Trip Gear List” on my computer. Every time we go on a trip there are three more
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Winterizing Babies and Stirring up Dreams
The season is over. As you may have guessed from my first column, I am not really an early or late-season rider. I will endure
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Hypothermia in Mexico
Picture desert backcountry … There are cacti and scrub brush and even a couple of cowboys herding reluctant stray cattle along a sandy road. Each
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Rituals of the Ride
My best rides are framed by the rituals I have adopted. When we jump in our cars or trucks to drive somewhere, unless it is
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The ‘Twisties’
Most of me loves the twisties. There is a small part of me that is disappointed with the fact that I don’t always do them
All Time is Not Equal
How much time do you have, I mean to think, right now? If you are like me, the answer is probably, “Not much.” Keeping track
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The low of coming home
I don’t like to admit it, but I hate the feeling I get coming back home after a long motorcycle trip. There is so much
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Superbike School
I am so jealous. I just picked my guy up from the airport, back from a two-day Superbike school in California. And he was just
Doing It for Dad
When we talk about dying of embarrassment, it is meant to be a figure of speech. Dying of embarrassment is sheer hyperbole. Except when it
A Moment in Time
A wise person in my life recently told me, “In order to get to that place or circumstance where you want to be in your