WHY I RIDE

WHEN LIFE THROWS YOU A CURVE (BALL), GET OUT THERE AND RIDE IT

LOUIS BÉLAND

I recently came across an old photograph of my grandmother when she was about 14 or 15 years old. In the picture, she was sitting on a 1918 Excelsior motorcycle with a custom sidecar. It turns out this motorcycle was used to deliver old black and white films to movie theatres back in the day. Funny enough, I used to be terrified of motorcycles as a kid. Even going too fast downhill on my bicycle made me nervous. But as I grew into my teenage years and got into mountain biking, I began to warm up to the idea of speed, though motorcycles still felt a bit out of reach. Fast forward to my adult life, where I had been planning a two-year trip to New Zealand for my master’s…

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Motorcycle Mojo (Digital) - 1 Issue, April 2025

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