Ten Days Until the Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride!

It’s 10 days until side stands are up for the The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride! So far we have raised over $3,400! If you haven’t signed up, now’s a great time! On Sunday the 21st of May 2023, 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…

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Meet Tyler From Service

At Janus, we not only manufacture motorcycles–we design, market, sell, and maintain them! In this short video we introduce Tyler, our service technician. Tyler talks about his background, training, and role here at Janus maintaining bikes and helping customers around the country with parts and service. One of the many things that makes Janus very…

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Ridecraft

“Ridecraft” is a term we borrow from the long-distance riding community, a seasoned cast of riders who practice some of the most extreme riding possible. The holy grail of the “LD” community is the Iron Butt Rally, a grueling event that takes place every two years, ranging across the continent with participants gathering “points” by…

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Rambling

At Janus Motorcycles, we believe in rambling. Think of a rose or clematis on an old stone wall, or a long walk where the object is simply in walking and encountering things rather than in getting anywhere. Just like the best Sunday afternoon motorcycle rides, ramblings most often end up right where they started. To…

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South Bend/Goshen Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride Itinerary

On Sunday the 21st of May 2023, 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. We will be riding in the South Bend, Indiana, ride, ending…

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Janus Gryffin 250 Places in Biltwell 100 Desert Race!

Janus Motorcycles fielded one of our Gryffin 250s in last weekend’s Biltwell 100 desert race in Ridgecrest California. Even with a broken foot peg, our Racer Kyle Depweg got us a 4th plave finish in the “Misfit” category. Here are his thoughts after the race! “Well, could have done better. But I hope I get another…

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Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride 2023

On Sunday the 21st of May 2023, Janus Motorcycles is teaming up 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. Men die on average 6 years earlier than women and for largely preventable reasons. The number of…

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How Janus Motorcycles Masters a Hyper-Local Supply Chain (Modern Machine Shop Podcast) | Janus Motorcycles

How Janus Motorcycles Masters a Hyper-Local Supply Chain (Modern Machine Shop Podcast Feature) In a special episode of the Modern Machine Shop “Made In America” podcast, Janus Motorcycles’ hyper-local supply chain strategy was showcased — revealing how most components come from businesses located just miles from the company’s Goshen, Indiana headquarters. This local manufacturing network…

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Roadrunner Magazine Reviews the Halcyon 450

As print magazines become rarer and rarer, it’s wonderful to find one that is still going strong, still putting physical, ink and paper objects in our hands that we can leaf through, stick bookmark in, and enjoy in the best way that reading can be done–on a page. Roadrunner Magazine is just that: one of…

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A Motorcycle Is a Thing, Not a Device

A Janus motorcycle is a comprehensible, mechanical object, functioning according to the laws of physics and capable of being felt, understood, repaired, and maintained by its rider. It is not an unrepairable “device” with unintelligible terms of use, operating system updates, or opaque algorithms shepherding the “user” along a bureaucratically sanctioned route of efficiency and…

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