CMG Life Archives - Canada Moto Guide https://canadamotoguide.com/category/features/cmg-life/ The Canadian Motorcycle Guide Wed, 30 Oct 2024 19:59:22 +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 CMG Life Archives - Canada Moto Guide https://canadamotoguide.com/category/features/cmg-life/ 32 32 174297402 Halloween Horror: Zac’s Yamaha XS650 https://canadamotoguide.com/2024/10/31/halloween-horror-zacs-yamaha-xs650/ https://canadamotoguide.com/2024/10/31/halloween-horror-zacs-yamaha-xs650/#comments Thu, 31 Oct 2024 10:35:03 +0000 https://canadamotoguide.com/?p=99680 For CMG's Halloween Horror series, shudder in terror at Zac's tale of a possessed Yamaha!

]]> Hey CMGers, it’s been a while since this ghastly tale ran on our site, but since it’s Halloween today, we thought you might enjoy this spine-chilling re-run read! Is … is it a zombie story? -gasp- Enjoy! — Editor. Gather close, boils and ghouls! Let me tell you the tale of the Cursed XS650! The Yamaha, a 1984 Heritage Special, came into my possession via a trade, a few months after I started…

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]]> Photos by Scott Wilson Courtland, Ont. – For most folks, when it comes to planning a new family activity, the typical strategy seems to be taking up something like skating, riding around on bicycles together, or (shudder) golf. Good, wholesome activities, to be sure. Not so for my family, who instead prefers two wheels of the motorized sort. My brother, Scott, and I have been riding regularly…

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]]> https://canadamotoguide.com/2023/07/28/honda-red-rider-program-shows-motorcycling-can-be-a-family-affair/feed/ 0 144388 Flashback Friday: Editor ‘Arris in Mojo https://canadamotoguide.com/2020/12/04/cmg-life-arris-in-mojo/ https://canadamotoguide.com/2020/12/04/cmg-life-arris-in-mojo/#comments Fri, 04 Dec 2020 16:00:24 +0000 https://canadamotoguide.com/?p=86074 What's 'Arris doing on the front cover of Mojo then? There's a good explanation, honest.

]]> Going back through the archives for Flashback Friday, I came across this unique feature from 2015 where the late Editor ‘Arris explains how he not only contributed to a competing publication, but ended up on the cover no less! We sure miss him and his off-the-wall sense of humour. We also miss travelling to warm, exotic locales for media launch events where we get to test brand new…

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]]> https://canadamotoguide.com/2020/12/04/cmg-life-arris-in-mojo/feed/ 2 86074 FOUR YEARS LATER https://canadamotoguide.com/2020/05/07/five-years-later/ https://canadamotoguide.com/2020/05/07/five-years-later/#comments Thu, 07 May 2020 21:39:48 +0000 https://canadamotoguide.com/?p=132580 We continue to remember and reflect on the life of Editor 'Arris.

]]> Much has been written about our late fearless leader, Rob Harris (aka Editor ‘Arris). Mark painfully reflected on the events of that fateful day and its aftermath on the first anniversary of his passing. He’ll once again be returning to the scene of the collision this Saturday May 9th. Every year in May on the Saturday prior (Rob was killed on Friday the 14th), Mark visits the site.

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]]> We love adventure riding at CMG. We’re not very good at it [speak for yourself – Copy Ed.], but we love it all the same. It’s just so adventurous: swing a leg over a tall saddle and set off for Africa and Mongolia, even if you don’t make it much past Tim Hortons. We love when people call out to us at the traffic lights: “Hey! Are you – oh…” There’s only room for one Ewan McGregor in this world…

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]]> https://canadamotoguide.com/2016/07/18/bmws-adventure-training-school-in-ontario/feed/ 4 96539 CMG Life: Rite of Passage https://canadamotoguide.com/2014/08/28/cmg-life-rite-of-passage/ https://canadamotoguide.com/2014/08/28/cmg-life-rite-of-passage/#comments Thu, 28 Aug 2014 13:50:15 +0000 https://canadamotoguide.com/?p=69160 Adam puts his time in on the Konker, just like every other CMGer.

]]> ADVERTISEMENT Photos: Rob Harris Our student worker, Adam-San, had a bit of a history on dirt bikes in his diaper days but came to CMG without a motorcycle licence which we promptly fixed in the spring courtesy of Safety Services Nova Scotia. Since then the lad has been living the life of the moto hack, riding other people’s bikes like you may have taken them without the owner’s…

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]]> https://canadamotoguide.com/2014/08/28/cmg-life-rite-of-passage/feed/ 4 69160 CMG Life: The crash https://canadamotoguide.com/2014/06/16/the-crash-cmg-life/ https://canadamotoguide.com/2014/06/16/the-crash-cmg-life/#comments Mon, 16 Jun 2014 13:59:01 +0000 https://canadamotoguide.com/?p=67014 If you've ridden a motorcycle for any length of time, sooner or later you will have some kind of crash.

]]> ADVERTISEMENT If you’ve ridden motorcycles for any amount of time then you’re likely familiar with the crash experience. Be it a relatively common simple low speed spill on a patch of gravel or a high-speed, motorcycle-destroying, spectacular, the crash is part of the motorcycle experience for most of us (though hopefully a rare one). From my experience, crashes occur due to the…

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]]> https://canadamotoguide.com/2014/06/16/the-crash-cmg-life/feed/ 6 67014 CMG Life: Trips, taken and not https://canadamotoguide.com/2014/05/27/cmg-life-trips-taken/ https://canadamotoguide.com/2014/05/27/cmg-life-trips-taken/#respond Tue, 27 May 2014 11:02:00 +0000 https://canadamotoguide.com/?p=65826 Sick of looking out his office window and wishing for the open road, Zac talks touring.

]]> ADVERTISEMENT Note: Later this week, Editor ‘Arris, myself, and a special guest are headed out to tour Nova Scotia. Those plans got my brain thinking about touring – hence this article. Every winter, Editor ‘Arris and I sit down and plan a few trips for the upcoming riding season. Naturally, these brainstorms are worthless, as family commitments, budget, and everything else adds up to…

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