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<!--Generated by Squarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/) on Fri, 24 Feb 2012 10:49:42 GMT--><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Off-Road Motorcycles.ca</title><subtitle>Off-Road Motorcycles.ca</subtitle><id>http://www.offroadmotorcycles.ca/journal/</id><link rel="alternate" type="application/xhtml+xml" href="http://www.offroadmotorcycles.ca/journal/"/><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.offroadmotorcycles.ca/journal/atom.xml"/><updated>2012-01-21T23:56:09Z</updated><generator uri="http://www.squarespace.com/" version="Squarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/)">Squarespace</generator><entry><title>Gone but not forgotten</title><category term="Breaking News"/><category term="Offroadmotorcycles.ca"/><category term="offroadmotorcycles.ca canada"/><category term="offroadmotorcycles.ca ends publication"/><id>http://www.offroadmotorcycles.ca/journal/2012/1/3/gone-but-not-forgotten.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.offroadmotorcycles.ca/journal/2012/1/3/gone-but-not-forgotten.html"/><author><name>Dan Paris</name></author><published>2012-01-04T00:57:58Z</published><updated>2012-01-04T00:57:58Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p><em><span class="full-image-float-left ssNonEditable"><span><img style="width: 125px;" src="http://offroadmotorcycles.squarespace.com/storage/ormlogo100000a.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1325638753684" alt="" /></span></span></em></p>
<p><em>We&rsquo;d like to thank our readers for their kind words about Offroadmotorcycles.ca. You guys rule! Here are excerpts from a few of the hundreds of letters we&rsquo;ve received since we announced our decision to discontinue publication.</em></p>
]]></summary></entry><entry><title>“It’s all said and done, it’s real, and it’s been fun”</title><category term="Breaking News"/><category term="Offroadmotorcycles.ca"/><category term="dan paris"/><category term="niagara destinations"/><category term="niagara destinations magazine"/><category term="off-road canada"/><category term="offroadmotorcycles.ca canada"/><category term="orm"/><category term="orm canada"/><category term="ormca"/><id>http://www.offroadmotorcycles.ca/journal/2011/12/31/its-all-said-and-done-its-real-and-its-been-fun.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.offroadmotorcycles.ca/journal/2011/12/31/its-all-said-and-done-its-real-and-its-been-fun.html"/><author><name>Dan Paris</name></author><published>2011-12-31T22:53:43Z</published><updated>2011-12-31T22:53:43Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<span class="full-image-float-left ssNonEditable"><span><img style="width: 125px;" src="http://offroadmotorcycles.squarespace.com/storage/038vmxlastcall.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1325425767806" alt="" /></span></span>Offroadmotorcycles.ca burst onto the scene nearly two-years ago after just ten days of last minute decisions, frantic phone calls, and sleepless nights. &nbsp;Steady readership growth, resulting in one million page views, confirms our instincts were right. Thanks to you we quickly became the leading source of off-road motorcycle news in Canada!&nbsp;
]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Happy New Year VMX racers and enthusiasts! From Sasquatch Vintage Racing</title><category term="Sasquatch VMX"/><category term="VMX"/><category term="Vintage"/><category term="canada vmx racing"/><category term="canadian vintage motorcycle racing"/><category term="sasquatch vintage motocross"/><category term="sasquatch vintage racing"/><category term="vintage mx racing in canada"/><id>http://www.offroadmotorcycles.ca/journal/2011/12/31/happy-new-year-vmx-racers-and-enthusiasts-from-sasquatch-vin.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.offroadmotorcycles.ca/journal/2011/12/31/happy-new-year-vmx-racers-and-enthusiasts-from-sasquatch-vin.html"/><author><name>Dan Paris</name></author><published>2011-12-31T15:04:43Z</published><updated>2011-12-31T15:04:43Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p><span class="full-image-float-left ssNonEditable"><span><img style="width: 125px;" src="http://offroadmotorcycles.squarespace.com/storage/header%20sasquatch%20pic%201231.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1325343988980" alt="" /></span></span></p>
<p>We hope you have enjoyed the holidays, spending time wrenching on your vintage machinery!</p>
]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Howard Lawrence’s end of season wrap-up</title><category term="2011 canadian enduro championship"/><category term="CEC"/><category term="CEC"/><category term="Canadian Enduro Championship"/><category term="Kermaxx"/><category term="Labelle CEC"/><category term="WEC"/><category term="World Enduro Canada"/><category term="howard lawrence"/><category term="howard lawrence cec"/><category term="kermaxx off-road provincial series"/><category term="quebec cec"/><category term="world enduro canada"/><id>http://www.offroadmotorcycles.ca/journal/2011/12/31/howard-lawrences-end-of-season-wrap-up.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.offroadmotorcycles.ca/journal/2011/12/31/howard-lawrences-end-of-season-wrap-up.html"/><author><name>Dan Paris</name></author><published>2011-12-31T14:42:05Z</published><updated>2011-12-31T14:42:05Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<span class="full-image-float-left ssNonEditable"><span><img style="width: 125px;" src="http://offroadmotorcycles.squarespace.com/storage/HL20CROSNEST20CLIPa.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1325342615183" alt="" /></span></span>Well guys and gals, 2011 is just about gone&#8230; Late in 2010 my family and I set out some goals
]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Philippe Chaine on the mend!</title><category term="Guy Giroux"/><category term="Quebec"/><category term="chaine"/><category term="chaine hurt"/><category term="chaine recovering"/><category term="philipe chaine"/><category term="philipe chaine back injury"/><id>http://www.offroadmotorcycles.ca/journal/2011/12/30/philippe-chaine-on-the-mend.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.offroadmotorcycles.ca/journal/2011/12/30/philippe-chaine-on-the-mend.html"/><author><name>Dan Paris</name></author><published>2011-12-30T14:10:33Z</published><updated>2011-12-30T14:10:33Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p><span class="full-image-float-left ssNonEditable"><span><img style="width: 125px;" src="http://offroadmotorcycles.squarespace.com/storage/396209_10150541554680190_696740189_10886716_1374083343_n.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1325254606209" alt="" /></span></span></p>
<p>Philippe Chaine, as you know, spent this past season recovering from a terrible back injury.</p>
]]></summary></entry><entry><title>2012 AHRMA Vintage MX National Schedule</title><category term="2012 ahrma vmx nationals"/><category term="AHRMA"/><category term="AHRMA VMX Nationals"/><category term="AHRMA Vintage MX"/><category term="AHRMA vintage motocross racing"/><category term="AMA"/><category term="VMX Nationals"/><category term="Vintage"/><id>http://www.offroadmotorcycles.ca/journal/2011/12/28/2012-ahrma-vintage-mx-national-schedule.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.offroadmotorcycles.ca/journal/2011/12/28/2012-ahrma-vintage-mx-national-schedule.html"/><author><name>Dan Paris</name></author><published>2011-12-28T22:41:30Z</published><updated>2011-12-28T22:41:30Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p><span class="full-image-float-left ssNonEditable"><span><a href="http://dev.ahrma.org/?page_id=45"><img style="width: 125px;" src="http://offroadmotorcycles.squarespace.com/storage/legends_of_mx_logo.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1325112130936" alt="" /></a></span></span></p>
<p>Vintage Motocross has become huge in the U.S, and AHRMA has developed it&nbsp;into one of the biggest racing series around&#8230;of any type! Considering heading South to race your old bike in 2012? Here&#8217;s the AHRMA National dates. You can click on the AHRMA logo for more info.</p>
]]></summary></entry><entry><title>2012 dates for U.S Enduro and XC series</title><category term="2012 AMA Hare and Hound"/><category term="2012 Best in the Desert"/><category term="2012 GNCC"/><category term="2012 Geico AMA Endurocross"/><category term="2012 NETRA enduro"/><category term="2012 OMA Nationals"/><category term="2012 SETRA enduro"/><category term="2012 WORCS"/><category term="AMA"/><category term="AMA National Enduro"/><category term="XC racing"/><category term="enduro"/><id>http://www.offroadmotorcycles.ca/journal/2011/12/28/2012-dates-for-us-enduro-and-xc-series.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.offroadmotorcycles.ca/journal/2011/12/28/2012-dates-for-us-enduro-and-xc-series.html"/><author><name>Dan Paris</name></author><published>2011-12-28T16:21:48Z</published><updated>2011-12-28T16:21:48Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p><span class="full-image-float-left ssNonEditable"><span><img style="width: 125px;" src="http://offroadmotorcycles.squarespace.com/storage/map_usa_canada_color.gif?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1325089354165" alt="" /></span></span></p>
<p>Thinking of trying a few races in the &#8216;States this season? It&#8217;s still early&nbsp;and a&nbsp;few series are still working on scheduling, but for now here are the dates for&nbsp;some of the biggest off-road&nbsp;racing series in the U.S.</p>
]]></summary></entry><entry><title>More video hype for Dakar 2012, Jan 1-15</title><category term="Dakar"/><category term="dakar 2012"/><category term="dakar 2012 preview"/><category term="dakar 2012 video"/><category term="dakar peru chile argentina"/><category term="dakar south america 2012"/><id>http://www.offroadmotorcycles.ca/journal/2011/12/28/more-video-hype-for-dakar-2012-jan-1-15.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.offroadmotorcycles.ca/journal/2011/12/28/more-video-hype-for-dakar-2012-jan-1-15.html"/><author><name>Dan Paris</name></author><published>2011-12-28T13:30:44Z</published><updated>2011-12-28T13:30:44Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p><span class="full-image-float-left ssNonEditable"><span><a href="http://www.dakar.com/index_DAKus.html"><img style="width: 90px;" src="http://offroadmotorcycles.squarespace.com/storage/logo_dakar1228.png?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1325079178208" alt="" /></a></span></span></p>
]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Countdown to Dakar</title><category term="Dakar"/><category term="Dakar South America"/><category term="dakar"/><category term="dakar 2012"/><category term="dakar argentina"/><category term="dakar chile peru"/><id>http://www.offroadmotorcycles.ca/journal/2011/12/27/countdown-to-dakar.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.offroadmotorcycles.ca/journal/2011/12/27/countdown-to-dakar.html"/><author><name>Dan Paris</name></author><published>2011-12-27T13:50:54Z</published><updated>2011-12-27T13:50:54Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<strong><span class="full-image-float-left ssNonEditable"><span><img style="width: 125px;" src="http://offroadmotorcycles.squarespace.com/storage/plaque2012.png?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1324993991535" alt="" /></span></span></strong>
]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Playing on the Alberta Ice</title><category term="Alberta"/><category term="Dean Wilson"/><category term="Lexi Pechout"/><category term="Prairies"/><category term="alberta ice racing"/><category term="andrew kramer"/><category term="ice racing"/><category term="jason Clark"/><id>http://www.offroadmotorcycles.ca/journal/2011/12/24/playing-on-the-alberta-ice.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.offroadmotorcycles.ca/journal/2011/12/24/playing-on-the-alberta-ice.html"/><author><name>Dan Paris</name></author><published>2011-12-24T14:28:57Z</published><updated>2011-12-24T14:28:57Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p>Jason Clark shot this clip of an ice playriding session with Lexi Pechout and Andrew Kramer. Clark is riding one of Dean Thompson&#8217;s&nbsp;Blackfoot Yamaha team&nbsp;motocross bikes, and according to Kramer, &#8220;That thing is a weapon! When Lexi rode it she started beating all of us!&#8221;</p>
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]]></content></entry><entry><title>Will we see more VMX racing in Eastern Canada in 2012?</title><category term="Greg Collis"/><category term="Motocross"/><category term="Motopark Vintage racing"/><category term="Vintage"/><category term="burkes mx park vintage mx"/><category term="burnt river vintage mx"/><category term="chesterman's indoor vintage mx"/><category term="gopher dunes vintage mx"/><category term="lee davidson"/><category term="ormstown vintage racing"/><category term="sasquatch vintage racing"/><category term="vintage moto-x canada"/><id>http://www.offroadmotorcycles.ca/journal/2011/12/23/will-we-see-more-vmx-racing-in-eastern-canada-in-2012.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.offroadmotorcycles.ca/journal/2011/12/23/will-we-see-more-vmx-racing-in-eastern-canada-in-2012.html"/><author><name>Dan Paris</name></author><published>2011-12-23T13:35:24Z</published><updated>2011-12-23T13:35:24Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p><span class="full-image-float-left ssNonEditable"><span><img style="width: 125px;" src="http://offroadmotorcycles.squarespace.com/storage/rokon%20tom%20and%20dan%20gd%202011a.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1324647433514" alt="" /></span></span></p>
<p>There has been talk on the internet lately about expanding a vintage motocross series in Eastern Canada.</p>
]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Need a zillion acres to host an off-road race? Think again!</title><category term="Red Bull"/><category term="XC racing"/><category term="city dirt bike racing"/><category term="city scramble"/><category term="red bull city scramble"/><category term="urban dirt biking"/><category term="urban hare scramble"/><category term="urban xc racing"/><id>http://www.offroadmotorcycles.ca/journal/2011/12/23/need-a-zillion-acres-to-host-an-off-road-race-think-again.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.offroadmotorcycles.ca/journal/2011/12/23/need-a-zillion-acres-to-host-an-off-road-race-think-again.html"/><author><name>Dan Paris</name></author><published>2011-12-23T13:01:18Z</published><updated>2011-12-23T13:01:18Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p>This video clip is a couple years old now but it remains food for thought&#8230;</p>
<p><iframe width="500" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/_fxtn-fXaug" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
]]></content></entry><entry><title>The FIM 125cc Youth Cup gains momentum…</title><category term="125 youth cup"/><category term="EWC"/><category term="EWC 125 cc youth cup"/><category term="EWC 125 youth cup"/><category term="FIM"/><category term="FIM World Enduro"/><category term="federation internationale motocyclisme"/><category term="fim enduro world championship"/><category term="jonathan manazi"/><category term="mario roman"/><id>http://www.offroadmotorcycles.ca/journal/2011/12/21/the-fim-125cc-youth-cup-gains-momentum.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.offroadmotorcycles.ca/journal/2011/12/21/the-fim-125cc-youth-cup-gains-momentum.html"/><author><name>Dan Paris</name></author><published>2011-12-21T13:15:37Z</published><updated>2011-12-21T13:15:37Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p><em><span class="full-image-float-left ssNonEditable"><span><a href="http://www.enduro-abc.com/index.php?model=news&amp;action=view_object&amp;object_id=328"><img style="width: 125px;" src="http://offroadmotorcycles.squarespace.com/storage/logo_enduro_FIM1220.gif?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1324473400902" alt="" /></a></span></span>FIM Press Release</em>&nbsp;</p>
<p>The FIM MAXXIS Youth Cup 125cc 2 strokes</p>
<p>This &ldquo;new&rdquo; cup will be reserved to young riders from 16 to 20 year&rsquo;s old (1 year less) using 125cc 2 strokes motorbikes. All the Grand Prix of the 2012 Championship will be opened to those prospects</p>
]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Graham Jarvis: A training day in Winter</title><category term="extreme enduro"/><category term="graham jarvis"/><category term="graham jarvis extreme enduro"/><category term="graham jarvis husaberg"/><category term="graham jarvis training"/><id>http://www.offroadmotorcycles.ca/journal/2011/12/20/graham-jarvis-a-training-day-in-winter.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.offroadmotorcycles.ca/journal/2011/12/20/graham-jarvis-a-training-day-in-winter.html"/><author><name>Dan Paris</name></author><published>2011-12-20T12:51:45Z</published><updated>2011-12-20T12:51:45Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p><span class="full-image-float-left ssNonEditable"><span><img style="width: 125px;" src="http://offroadmotorcycles.squarespace.com/storage/pro20photo20shoot20100jar.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1324385649513" alt="" /></span></span></p>
]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Season's Greetings from World Enduro Canada</title><category term="CEC"/><category term="CEC"/><category term="Canadian Enduro Championship"/><category term="Lawrence Hacking"/><category term="Sean Wiesner"/><category term="WEC"/><category term="WEC XC"/><category term="World Enduro Canada"/><category term="trevor wideman"/><category term="world enduro canada"/><id>http://www.offroadmotorcycles.ca/journal/2011/12/20/seasons-greetings-from-world-enduro-canada.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.offroadmotorcycles.ca/journal/2011/12/20/seasons-greetings-from-world-enduro-canada.html"/><author><name>Dan Paris</name></author><published>2011-12-20T12:42:59Z</published><updated>2011-12-20T12:42:59Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<div><em><span class="full-image-float-left ssNonEditable"><span><a href="http://www.worldendurocanada.com/"><img style="width: 125px;" src="http://offroadmotorcycles.squarespace.com/storage/weclogo20ceckids2011528erc.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1324385087418" alt="" /></a></span></span>World Enduro Canada press release, 12/20/11</em></div>
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<div>Sean Wiesner, Lawrence Hacking and Trevor Wideman would like to wish all of our racers, sponsors, supporters and off-road racing fans</div>
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