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A new MAgAzine For people who love to ride Free SubScription Vol. 1 No. 3 Sept/Oct 2010 2ride.ca Just Landed – The NewNORTON COMMANDO Aprilia RSV4 Italian Stallion Huh? A Convertible Harley® ? 961 Yamaha’s 1900cc Stratoliner Deluxe Sport 1950 Vincent Series C Rapide M 41979551 P SEPT/OCT 2010 [1] Contents Features 6 2010 Yamaha Stratoliner Deluxe Going Off the Rails On the Crazy Train… 14 Roman Emperor for a Day Riding the 2010 Aprilia RSV4 R 20 From Bagger to the Boardwalk in Seconds Flat 2010 Harley-Davidson® FLSTSE CVO® Softail® Convertible 30 “SHADOWIZED” One man’s life astride a 1950 Vincent Series C Rapide… 34 Devil in a Blue Dress 2010 Suzuki GSX1250AE Sports-Tourer 42 Royal Thunder at the Gate 2010 Norton Commando 961 SEPT/OCT 2010 [2] SEPT/OCT 2010 [3] SUBSCRIPTION IS FREE! Contents Email us at [email protected] Follow us on Facebook too. 26 Adios, Red Rock www.2ride.ca Bryce Canyon National Park 38 Weekend in the Life of a Motorcycle Instructor About the Cover: 26 2010 Norton Commando 961 Sport. 50 2009 KTM 250 XCF-W Photographed exclusively for 2Ride Magazine by Martin Besko, 54 We Have Azure Blue Photography & Design. the Dirt on Alex 56 2010 Hyosung M3-250 General Inquires Contact [email protected] 58 Not an Accident Chief Editor 59 What are you thinking? 50 Marc Agozzino 61 Track Days & Editors Race Schedules Marc Antony Paul Balsamo 62 Simon Baker Alex Collins Up Close and Personal Veronica Ramos Carrasco Damien Eaton 64 SOAR- Shaun de Jager Extreme, Endurance, Gene Lee and an Umbrella Boy? Mr Lee 66 Upcoming Events 56 Mizz Lucy Sid Rochwerg 67 I Am Not Just a Wife of Paul Rosemond a Rider, I am a Rider Stella-The Riding Princess Rory Tse Pre-Carribana 68 Art Direction Motorcycle Block Party Martin Besko OW, the 2Ride team managed to accomplish a lot within this issue! 2Ride was able to cover the new VRRA- Azure Blue Design Norton Commando 961, the only one here in Canada. Peter, the President of Norton Canada, invited 2Ride 70 to the uncrating of this amazing new Norton. We were also able to be part of a few anniversary events such Vintage Road Racing Association Event 62 Photography Was VRRa’s 30thanniversasry, Mosport’s 50th, and Port dover’s Friday the 13th’s 50th event celebrations. We are very CFK Ride- Wobblycat Photography excited to be also covering vintage/classic bikes and racing events. 72 Marco Fernandes Cruise for Kids Thank you to all of our subscribers, supporters and sponsors. Our subscribership has been growing faster than Eric McBride ever - so much so, that we’ve had to increase our numbers of print. even our Canadian troops overseas in afghanistan 74 Fri 13th-Port Dover Don Roy/Royal Images are enjoying reading 2Ride. Azure Blue Photography As 2Ride grows we are set on improving from issue to issue. We have redesigned our 2Ride.ca website which will be 77 project “s” online very soon. We have now added a Submit Your Readers Photos section for those special moments you would Printing like to share. Also, submit your articles and photos for the possibility of being published in the magazine and/or on 78 Tech Corner 2Ride.ca to [email protected] . As always we really appreciate your comments so please send them to [email protected]. On a fi nal note we will be having a Vintage bike event on Sunday Sept 19th, check our facebook and website for Customer # 7303876 82 Lori and Michael more details. www.2ride.ca 74 PM 41979551 2Ride’s Girl and Guy of the Month Marc Agozzino SEPT/OCT 2010 [4] SEPT/OCT 2010 [5] Okay, just so we understand one another, from the get go, I cannot praise this gorgeous machine enough! Stand by for temper- tantrum, in three, two, one… “I want one, I want one, I want one!” y initial response when getting my first look at the 2010 Yamaha Stratoliner Deluxe? “Holy shitbuckets Batman, that’s a great Mlookin’ scooter!” I believe Danny at Yamaha Canada might have still been talking to me as I roared away with a grin as long as the 401 stretched across my lips. Oh! And how I contemplated keeping her, running away to Mexico with my little Consuela, high speed chases with the Federales and the like. But no, it wasn’t to be, I soon realized that Danny would most certainly notice if I didn’t bring the big Strato back! Damn, foiled again. Yamaha’s 2010 Stratoliner Deluxe is just art, plain and simple. I mean, let’s face it, its name alone suggests it’s above the competition, somewhere in the stratosphere, no? To me it seems like the bike that everyone has been trying to build, but only Yamaha could pull off. Going off the Rails The stylish lines of the Strato’s sculpted and elongated version of the “Bat-Wing” with a short windshield, Flangeless teardrop tank, adorned with stylish On the Crazy Train… chrome 3D speed lines, massive, fitted hard bags and flowing front and rear Into the Stratosphere on Yamaha’s 1900cc Stratoliner Deluxe light assembly gives it a “New-Classic” appeal, that I believe many are after, but STORY BY DAMIEN EATON few have achieved. PhoTograPhy by MarTin BESKO - AZURE BLUE SEPT/OCT 2010 [6] SEPT/OCT 2010 [7] Look over her lines and you will at way, it’s a pleasure to look at while off of my face. Not to get too down- New for 2010 once notice the fearsome 113-cubic riding the crazy train. In-town or from hearted though, as this can be quickly • New model based on the XV1900 Stratoliner platform inch pushrod V-Twin engine. Floating town to town, the Strato begs to be rid- rectified by changing out the windshield • Classic design hard fairing with mini windshield. floorboards lie beneath weighty forward den. It handles like a dream, at no time for a taller one, based on your height. • Fairing amenities includes integrated speakers and pre-wired heel-toe controls that scream open road feeling overpowering to the rider, yet The second and slightly more con- for easy connection of an iPod® player. comfort. The Strato offers you a long not leaving you wanting more. cerning, is the rather small gas tank, • Convenient handlebar mounted audio controller. and low hung aluminum frame for hours and large displacement arrangement. • Beautifully styled, colour matched hard saddlebags. of riding enjoyment, and a plush form Most of us that ride, especially on the Yamaha suggests 16.5kpl/45mpg (Imp), fitting seat to further ensure you do so. cruiser or bagger side of things, are all but as a rider, I found myself at the Engine There is more than enough chrome to about personalizing our rides. Yamaha’s pump more frequently that those specs • 1854cc, air-cooled, long-stroke, OHV, 4 valves per cylinder, 48°, curb even the greediest among us and Star catalog provides an endless array may suggest. V-twin powerplant produces massive torque and class leading just enough flat black components in of ads for your new Stratoliner Deluxe. All said and done, Yamaha’s 2010 Strato- acceleration. amongst the high gloss finish to be ap- Now to be honest there is not too much liner Deluxe, is one breathtaking motor- • Traditional pushrod valve actuation keeps engine height down preciated subtly. Take her for a ride and I would do to this artful dodger, less for cycle, that I could see myself riding for a lower centre of gravity and ensures more uniform heat the 1.25” thick pullback bar gives you maybe a pair of fishtail pipes, rather that quite happily for years to come. They dissipation due to absence of a cam chain case. A lower centre of the impression you are at the reins of a the stock two-into-one exhaust, firstly have managed to design a jaw dropping, gravity helps to insure light, easy handling. chariot, while your left thumb navigates to accentuate that throaty exhaust note gorgeous, love at first sight machine, • Four-valve cylinder heads provide optimal breathing efficiency the iPod controls. Oh! Didn’t I mention and to keep its symmetry flowing. with gut wrenching; I think I just left my for great power delivery at all rpms. The two spark plugs per that? The Strato Deluxe comes standard Although it kills me to say it and I hate intestines on the last block, torque and cylinder means faster, more complete combustion for maximum with integrated speakers and an iPod to give any naysayers a leg up here, but high gloss style and value to spare. power output. jack hidden in the wing, plus a conven- there are two things that I dislike about So if the big-wigs in Hollywood ever • Cylinder head design utilizes a pent roof combustion chamber ient, handlebar-mounted audio control this incredible bike. decide to remake “The Wild One”, it may design and features an oil passage near the exhaust valve seat system. Also, the instrumentation is First – the tiny windshield atop the fair- take them some looking to re-cast Mar- to improve cooling and durability. The new heads also feature done in a, what Yamaha calls “Classic- ing? I mean really, the head buffeting on lon Brando’s part, but I’m pretty sure, engine mounting points on each side of the head for increased Clock” theme, to me it looks more like an the highway can be atrocious, I ended up they’ve found their bike.