Richard Worsham

Dream it. Build it. Enter to Win. We’re closing out 2025 with something special: the Big Dream Build Event. Before there’s a finished motorcycle, there’s imagination: paint, pinstripe, leather, fit, and finish. Janus Motorcycles is hosting this event to celebrate the very first ride that a Janus goes on – in your imagination. One lucky…

GOSHEN, IN — Paragon Motorcycles, Inc. dba Janus Motorcycles is gaining strong momentum on the Wefunder platform, having already secured more than $370,000 in commitments from the Janus Motorcycles rider and subscriber community before opening the campaign to the broader investing public. Reaching this milestone moves the campaign into its next phase of investment promotion,…

It’s 12 days until side stands are up for the The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride! So far we have raised over $4,600 towards our goal of $10,000! If you haven’t signed up, now’s a great time! On Sunday May 19th, the Janus Motorcycles team will be dressing in our finest to ride in the Distinguished Gentleman’s…

On Sunday the 19th of May, the Janus Motorcycles team will be dressing in our finest to ride in The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride with fellow men and women across the globe to raise funds and awareness for prostate cancer and men’s mental health on behalf of Movember. DGR is a fantastic event and a great…

What Is a Scrambler Motorcycle? And Why the Reisenduro Renaissance Matters This is the second of a two-part discussion of the history of the off-road motorcycles, the scrambler, and Janus’ latest model, the Gryffin 450. To catch up on part one, click here! A Motorcycle Legacy of Adventure Starting in the late 60’s Belgian engineering…

In 2017 Janus Motorcycles launched the Gryffin 250, a knobby-tired “scrambler” addition to our 250 line which at that time included the more street-oriented Halcyon and Phoenix models. This first iteration of the Gryffin was essentially identical to the since discontinued soft-tail Phoenix model except that it featured the above-mentioned knobby tires and high-routed exhaust…

Richard has been working on a book about the very different kind of lightweight, leisurely motorcycling we champion at Janus Motorcycles. Well, that book is now available on Amazon! Part treatise, part manifesto, part handbook, the Rambler’s Companion will fit on your shelf, bedside table, or motorcycle book rack! As our technological advances provide greater…

At Janus Motorcycles we catch a lot of flack. A lot of modern consumers believe that engine size is directly proportional to value. In this view the biggest engine should be the most expensive and the smallest the cheapest (we’ve been hearing this argument since we launched our handmade 50cc two stroke over a decade…

by Mark Zweig Of all the bikes I’ve owned over the last 53 years—that’s 300 plus—three of my top 10 motorcycles are 250s. The truth is that for 90-95 percent of the riding I do (or will ever do) at this point, a good-running 250 does everything I want it to do. The first of…

We’ve just released our latest episode of “Why We Ride: The Janus Motorcycles Podcast”! In this episode, we speak with Rob Brooks of Road Dirt Magazine. Rob has been a writer and educator for decades, and a lifelong motorcycle rider. In 2019, after contributing for years to a variety of motorcycle magazines, Rob, with several writers & photographers…