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Continental TKC-80s for 17″ Wheels!

Dave — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 15:25:06 +0000

We just heard from our friends at Continental Tires. They have just released the TKC-80′s in a 120/70-17 and a 180/55-17. Full off-road knobblies for your sportbike. (making this S1000R about the coolest S1000R we’ve ever seen) What do you think of that? Would you run a set?

Pirelli Diablo Superbike Pro “Red Stripe” Slicks

Dave — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 19:10:31 +0000

We recognize that not everyone spends a great deal of time on the race-track, either racing or doing track days. But Pirelli came out with a track day specific tire designed just for track day junkies (like ourselves). Since we already know that we are slow, and don’t feel like we need to go racing to prove our slowness to the world, track time is our closed course cup of tea, so we were quite excited to hear about this track-day specific tire. Find out what we learned about the Pirelli Diablo Superbike Pro “Red Stripe” Slick »

Continental Road Attack 2

Dave — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 22:10:21 +0000

When the original Road Attack hit the streets it put the sport touring motorcycle world on its ear. Now with the new Road Attack 2 can Conti do it again? We accepted the challenge and set out to burn through a couple of sets to see how these new tires did. We ran over Bear Tooth Pass in Montana then headed south through the most technical roads in Southern Utah. See what we learned in our review of the Continental Road Attack 2 »

The Grease Ninja

Dave — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 22:12:20 +0000

Do you hate having to maintain your chain? Do walk away from seemingly amazing motorcycles because they a have high-maintenance chain instead of a shaft-drive? Well, thanks to this crazy little product with a goofy name, chain maintenance is a whole lot easier, and if the product promises are to be believed, use of this product will actually extend the life of your chain. We didn’t have 30,000 miles to validate that last claim, but you can see what we discovered when we used the Grease Ninja on our chains when you read our review of The Grease Ninja »

How-To Load and Tie-Down Your Motorcycle

Dave — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 13:56:00 +0000

Over the years, we’ve seen people load, transport and tie-down their motorcycles in the most preposterous ways imaginable using a myriad of different kinds of straps. Resulting in us being witness to all kinds of motorcycle mishaps ranging from failed loading practices to straps failing and causing the bike to topple off the top of the trailer. In the meantime, we’d successfully transported hundreds of different motorcycles thousands of miles without a single mishap (knock-on-wood). So we decided to take a little bit of time and share the techniques we’ve used for years that have given us such good results. Watch our newest video; How to Load and Tie-Down your Motorcycle »

Skwoosh Gel Seat Pad

Dave — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 18:52:23 +0000

With a name like Skwoosh, it must be good, right? Well, that’s what we set out to find out. With the cost of custom or replacements seats hovering around five bills, the idea of a much more affordable alternative is very appealing, particularly in these tough times where our motorcycle dollar must go farther than it had to a few years ago. Our biggest fear about these seat covers is that they wouldn’t stay put or would add unnecessary bulk to the seat. Find out what we learned about the Skwoosh »

Caribbean Travel Log

Dave — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 17:39:34 +0000

We know it has been a while since our last trip report (The Black Hills, 2009), but the soft economy even hit us. However, in January we were able to spend two weeks in the Dominican Republic. MotoCaribe put together a custom itinerary, combining the best of their North and South Coast tour’s. The CanyonChasers packed their bags and braved the harsh winter weather finding our way to the Caribbean Island of Hispanola once again. To make up for taking so long to give you another trip report, we went armed with GoPro cameras so that we were able to capture and provide some fantastic video of some of our favorite Caribbean roads. We think this trip report is so good that you’re gonna’ feel like you were there with us for the fun and adventure. Check out the 2011 Caribbean Adventure »

Michelin Pilot Road III Problems

Dave — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 15:52:05 +0000

We recognize that Michelin produces the most popular line of sport touring tires – the Pilot Road. But despite the popularity and rave reviews from other sources we’ve never been able to fall in love with the tire. Now, potential problems with Michelin’s newest version of the venerable sport touring bun have started creeping up. Forum claims and photos say that the Pilot Road III will literally melt if ridden on hot days! Now we can’t confirm or validate these claims, nor verify the air pressure was correct, but we’ll let you check it out and come to your own conclusion. Read one of the first forum threads to pop up »

Ducati 848 Trackday

Dave — Tue, 24 May 2011 13:32:26 +0000

Check out our newest video where we take our Ducati 848 out for a romp with Apex Trackdays and Salt Lake Motorsports. We’ve taken footage from the day, using some unique camera mounts, to create a fun video of riding the east track at Miller Motorports Park. Watch the video on Vimeo.com »

Power Commander V and Optimizer

Dave — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 14:22:57 +0000

Dynjot has been providing tuners with the means to modify their air/fuel mixtures since the era of Malcolm Smith, but does their plug-and-play fuel injection module still cut the mustard nowadays when there are scads of fancy new systems all promising to make your bike as powerful as the WSBK spec machines, but coming in at more than double the retail price? We grabbed hold of a Power Commander V and a crazy new thing they call “The Optimizer” and installed them onto our Ducati 848. Our results are not what anybody expected and if we didn’t have the dyno-chart to prove it, you probably wouldn’t believe us either. PCV and Optimizer full review »