Other News Archives - Canada Moto Guide https://canadamotoguide.com/category/other-news/ The Canadian Motorcycle Guide Fri, 11 Oct 2024 15:36:32 +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 Other News Archives - Canada Moto Guide https://canadamotoguide.com/category/other-news/ 32 32 174297402 Toronto Motorcycle Film Festival Follow-Up: The Winners, And The Road Show https://canadamotoguide.com/2024/10/11/toronto-motorcycle-film-festival-follow-up-the-winners-and-the-road-show/ https://canadamotoguide.com/2024/10/11/toronto-motorcycle-film-festival-follow-up-the-winners-and-the-road-show/#respond Fri, 11 Oct 2024 15:36:32 +0000 https://canadamotoguide.com/?p=150724 The Toronto Motorcycle Film Festival announces its winners, and then its plans to visit western cities over fall of 2024 and winter of 2025.

]]> The 2024 Toronto Motorcycle Film Festival is done and gone, with the pre-party kicking things off last Thursday, then films on Friday and Saturday. Now, it’s time to list this year’s award winners, and to see where the TMFF road show is going next! Here are the Toronto Motorcycle Film Festival winners for 2024: Best Feature Film Racing Mister Farenheit Directed by Michael Rowley…

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]]> https://canadamotoguide.com/2024/10/11/toronto-motorcycle-film-festival-follow-up-the-winners-and-the-road-show/feed/ 0 150724 Yamaha R9 Sportbike: Three-Cylinder Fun For Street Or Track https://canadamotoguide.com/2024/10/09/yamaha-r9-sportbike-three-cylinder-fun-for-street-or-track/ https://canadamotoguide.com/2024/10/09/yamaha-r9-sportbike-three-cylinder-fun-for-street-or-track/#respond Wed, 09 Oct 2024 15:08:03 +0000 https://canadamotoguide.com/?p=150696 The new Yamaha R9 sportbike recycles the CP3 engine with an all-new chassis to offer a sensible performance package.

]]> After years of wondering why there was no Yamaha R9 sportbike, the wait is over—they just announced the new bike this morning. And, it’s not just an MT-09 naked bike with a fairing slapped on. This bike was designed to be a proper sport machine from the ground up. Let’s start with the motor. The R9 has the same 12-valve three-cylinder CP3 engine as the MT-09, XSR900, etc.; however…

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]]> https://canadamotoguide.com/2024/10/09/yamaha-r9-sportbike-three-cylinder-fun-for-street-or-track/feed/ 0 150696 The Toronto Motorcycle Film Festival Starts Tonight! https://canadamotoguide.com/2024/10/03/the-toronto-motorcycle-film-festival-starts-tonight/ https://canadamotoguide.com/2024/10/03/the-toronto-motorcycle-film-festival-starts-tonight/#respond Thu, 03 Oct 2024 18:37:18 +0000 https://canadamotoguide.com/?p=150647 This year's Toronto Motorcycle Film Festival runs at the Paradise Theatre on Bloor, with two days of film showings.

]]> It’s that time of year again—time for the Toronto Motorcycle Film Festival! And while the festival technically runs October 4-5 (Friday–Saturday), the fun really starts tonight with the pre-party, starting at 7 PM at the Flying Squirrel Motorcycle in Leslieville. Donna’s and Shamrock Bowl and Restobar are providing snacks and drinks at the pre-party, but you do need to pre-register—get tickets…

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]]> https://canadamotoguide.com/2024/10/03/the-toronto-motorcycle-film-festival-starts-tonight/feed/ 0 150647 Kawasaki Confirms 1100 Ninja, Versys For Canada… But No W230 https://canadamotoguide.com/2024/10/03/kawasaki-confirms-1100-ninja-versys-for-canada-but-no-w230/ https://canadamotoguide.com/2024/10/03/kawasaki-confirms-1100-ninja-versys-for-canada-but-no-w230/#comments Thu, 03 Oct 2024 13:21:30 +0000 https://canadamotoguide.com/?p=150637 Just a few days after we saw the Kawasaki Versys 1100 lineup’s existence confirmed for Europe, we now see a version of the bike is also confirmed for Canada, along with its sportbike counterpart. But alas, we will not get the cool retro W230 that American buyers are getting. At least, not for now. Last […]

]]> Just a few days after we saw the Kawasaki Versys 1100 lineup’s existence confirmed for Europe, we now see a version of the bike is also confirmed for Canada, along with its sportbike counterpart. But alas, we will not get the cool retro W230 that American buyers are getting. At least, not for now. Last month, we saw the Versys 1100 would go to Europe in three versions: The standard bike…

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]]> https://canadamotoguide.com/2024/10/03/kawasaki-confirms-1100-ninja-versys-for-canada-but-no-w230/feed/ 1 150637 Husqvarna Vitpilen 801 Will Come To Canada Soon https://canadamotoguide.com/2024/10/02/husqvarna-vitpilen-801-will-come-to-canada-soon/ https://canadamotoguide.com/2024/10/02/husqvarna-vitpilen-801-will-come-to-canada-soon/#respond Thu, 03 Oct 2024 00:16:16 +0000 https://canadamotoguide.com/?p=150619 The Husqvarna lineup is growing again, with a new roadster scheduled to appear here in Canada by early winter. Today, we got confirmation the Husqvarna Vitpilen 801 is coming soon, just as the data leaks we saw last summer indicated. So it’s no shocker, then, especially since we already saw the Svartpilen 801 revealed. And […]

]]> The Husqvarna lineup is growing again, with a new roadster scheduled to appear here in Canada by early winter. Today, we got confirmation the Husqvarna Vitpilen 801 is coming soon, just as the data leaks we saw last summer indicated. So it’s no shocker, then, especially since we already saw the Svartpilen 801 revealed. And like that bike is an enlargened Svartpilen 401, the Vitpilen 801 appears…

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]]> https://canadamotoguide.com/2024/10/02/husqvarna-vitpilen-801-will-come-to-canada-soon/feed/ 0 150619 New Triumph Speed Twins For 2025 https://canadamotoguide.com/2024/09/23/new-triumph-speed-twins-for-2025/ https://canadamotoguide.com/2024/09/23/new-triumph-speed-twins-for-2025/#respond Mon, 23 Sep 2024 18:33:38 +0000 https://canadamotoguide.com/?p=150229 There are two new Speed Twin models for 2025, including an RS model with a Sport riding mode.

]]> Triumph continues its consistent updating program for its Modern Classic lineup with a pair of new Speed Twins for 2025—specifically, the new Speed Twin 1200 and Speed Twin 1200 RS. The 1200cc Speed Twin came back into the lineup in 2019 (see Costa’s review here), so it was getting to be time to update the platform with new electronics, better handling and a bit more power…

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]]> https://canadamotoguide.com/2024/09/23/new-triumph-speed-twins-for-2025/feed/ 0 150229 Coming Soon: A High-Revving Honda Four-Cylinder 400? https://canadamotoguide.com/2024/09/11/coming-soon-a-high-revving-honda-four-cylinder-400/ https://canadamotoguide.com/2024/09/11/coming-soon-a-high-revving-honda-four-cylinder-400/#comments Wed, 11 Sep 2024 14:52:17 +0000 https://canadamotoguide.com/?p=149427 Want more choice in the four-cylinder 400 category? It looks like Honda is about to go toe-to-toe with Kawasaki here.

]]> It appears we are ready to relive the 1980s all over again—Husqvarna just announced its new Heritage lineup of retro-flaired dirt bikes, and we also see that Honda is apparently looking to heat up the pocket rocket sportbike class with a new four-cylinder 400. For months, maybe even years, there has been gossip that Honda was working on a new 400—and it’s about time. Honda currently lags behind…

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]]> https://canadamotoguide.com/2024/09/11/coming-soon-a-high-revving-honda-four-cylinder-400/feed/ 1 149427 RIP Racer Grant Nesbitt https://canadamotoguide.com/2024/09/10/rip-racer-grant-nesbitt/ https://canadamotoguide.com/2024/09/10/rip-racer-grant-nesbitt/#comments Tue, 10 Sep 2024 15:51:05 +0000 https://canadamotoguide.com/?p=149378 Grant Nesbitt, father to Canadian roadracing champ Stacey Nesbitt and a fine competitor in his own right, has died after a crash on the weekend. Nesbitt was probably first across most Canadian racing fans’ radar around the early 2010s, when daughter Stacey’s on-track heroics took her to the championship in Honda’s CBR125 and CBR250 spec […]

]]> Grant Nesbitt, father to Canadian roadracing champ Stacey Nesbitt and a fine competitor in his own right, has died after a crash on the weekend. Nesbitt was probably first across most Canadian racing fans’ radar around the early 2010s, when daughter Stacey’s on-track heroics took her to the championship in Honda’s CBR125 and CBR250 spec series in the Canadian Superbike schedule before she…

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