Welcome to CanyonChasers.net! We started out by just posting photos of our motorcycle vacations on a webserver, just to share pictures with each other, but savvy web users found us and started asking us questions about our journeys, which gear we liked and routes we'd recommend. We were replying to so many emails that we began posting the answers to questions onto that same website - and hence began CanyonChasers.net in its current form. A lot of that original content is still on here, but we are trying to add more and more content every week so please visit often.

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Skwoosh Gel Seat Pad 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 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 » Power Commander V and Optimizer 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 »

How-To Load and Tie-Down Your Motorcycle 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 » Michelin Pilot Road III Problems 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 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 »

Since Canyon Chasers came online in 2001 we have been recognized for our motorcycle sport touring efforts in Rider Magazine (June 2002) and featured on the Nationally Syndicated Radio Program Out and About (July 2003) and a Google Page Importance rating of 4 (out of 10) which is pretty good for a motorcycle sport touring website! So we welcome you to wander around, enjoy what we have to offer and if you have any question, please feel free to ask.

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