How To... Archives - Canada Moto Guide https://canadamotoguide.com/category/features/how-to/ The Canadian Motorcycle Guide Sat, 30 Mar 2024 17:29:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 https://i0.wp.com/canadamotoguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/cropped-CMG-Icon-512x512.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 How To... Archives - Canada Moto Guide https://canadamotoguide.com/category/features/how-to/ 32 32 174297402 Get Your Bike Ready For Spring! https://canadamotoguide.com/2024/04/11/get-your-bike-ready-for-spring/ https://canadamotoguide.com/2024/04/11/get-your-bike-ready-for-spring/#comments Thu, 11 Apr 2024 13:02:21 +0000 https://canadamotoguide.com/?p=143162 Bike won't start? Here's what to check. Bike started up fine? Here are some other maintenance and safety points to check before heading out.

]]> Spring is here! Not the lame “astronomical spring,” which is basically meaningless in Canada. Not even “meteorological spring,” which can still mean six weeks of snow ahead. We mean REAL spring, where it’s warm just about every day, and you get the kids’ trampoline set up, you fire up the barbecue… and you get your motorcycle out for your first rides of the season. Or at least that’s the plan.

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]]> It’s that time again!—Ed. Just about everywhere in Canada has seen snow at this point. Even if you hope to sneak out for the occasional ride on nice days, it’s time to face grim reality: You need to winterize your motorcycle. Otherwise, when you go to start it next spring, it won’t cooperate. Luckily, CMG is here to once again remind you of the steps you must take to fend off Old Man Winter.

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]]> https://canadamotoguide.com/2023/11/01/the-nine-ss-of-motorcycle-winterization/feed/ 1 128246 Dirt Riding is Perfect for Beginners https://canadamotoguide.com/2022/11/09/dirt-riding-is-perfect-for-beginners/ https://canadamotoguide.com/2022/11/09/dirt-riding-is-perfect-for-beginners/#comments Wed, 09 Nov 2022 15:00:30 +0000 https://canadamotoguide.com/?p=140997 Do you remember your first time? I mean on a motorcycle, of course. Maybe it was a friend’s bike, or you bought one yourself and crossed your fingers with just a beginner’s licence. It can be intimidating to learn how to ride, but for many of us, we knew right away this is what we […]

]]> Do you remember your first time? I mean on a motorcycle, of course. Maybe it was a friend’s bike, or you bought one yourself and crossed your fingers with just a beginner’s licence. It can be intimidating to learn how to ride, but for many of us, we knew right away this is what we wanted to do. But what about other people who are kind of curious about riding, but not sure they’ll like it?

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]]> Given the increasingly stringent speeding laws in this country, taking a motorcycle to the racetrack is becoming a better idea each and every year. In fact, when I purchased a Yamaha R6 last summer, I didn’t even bother looking into insuring it for the street. Not only are rates becoming wildly prohibitive to the point that many riders seem willing to ride without coverage and risk the fines…

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]]> Any motorcycle racer worth their salt will tell you that in order to be fast you’ve got to start slow. Or in this case, small. Accomplished road racer and Canadian Motorcycle Hall of Famer Toni Sharpless recently opened the Super Sonic Road Race School that makes use of a fleet of minibikes. Pupils of all ages learn the fundamentals in a fun, less intimidating environment where the speeds are…

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]]> As usual, I’ve done a stupid thing. I went and bought an extremely large and too-expensive motorcycle which, as a relatively new and inept rider, is a machine which I am uniquely unqualified to pilot. The smarter decision would have been to place that money into an RRSP, or TSA or something right? Well, I’ve never been accused of being smart, so…Triumph Scrambler 1200 it is! The XE. The big one…

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]]> https://canadamotoguide.com/2020/09/15/how-to-beginner-tips-for-riding-off-road/feed/ 1 133586 How To: Ride Two-Up https://canadamotoguide.com/2020/07/17/how-to-ride-two-up/ https://canadamotoguide.com/2020/07/17/how-to-ride-two-up/#comments Fri, 17 Jul 2020 18:35:13 +0000 https://canadamotoguide.com/?p=133031 Helpful tips to double your pleasure

]]> There was a fair bit of healthy chatter following the publication of this week’s Opinion piece about riding two-up, so we felt it worthy to revisit in greater detail. Hopefully the following tips will come in handy for both rider and passenger whether you’re newbies or seasoned veterans. We’ve all picked up the odd bad habit over the years, so it never hurts to have a refresher either way.

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]]> YAMANASHI, JAPAN—If you had told me two years ago that you were leaving for Japan to pick up a motorcycle that you purchased from someone on the other side of the world, I would probably think you were either rich or crazy. But here I am, neither rich nor crazy, making arrangements to have my new-to-me two-stroke Japanese sport bike shipped home to Canada. It began when I started planning to…

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