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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Idyll Speed Adjustment

(This advertisement originally appeared on the back cover of Motorcycle Classics Magazine) Are you experiencing any of the following symptoms of modern life? DIZZINESS from the accelerating passage of time. NAUSEA from the speed of technological change. RESTLESSNESS from oft-deferred adventure plans. You may be suffering from a maladjusted idyll speed. Unfortunately, many popular remedies…

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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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Modern Machine Shop Podcast Features Janus Motorcycles Hyper-local Supply Chain

We are pleased to announce the release of a new episode of Modern Machine Shop Magazine’s “Made In America Podcast” featuring Janus Motorcycles and our network of hyper-local suppliers. Brent Donaldson, Editor-in-Chief at Modern Machine Shop Magazine, spent the morning with Janus founder, Richard Worsham, on the daily “Milk Run”, dropping off and picking up…

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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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Don’t Finish First

(This ad originally appeared on the back cover of Motorcycle Classics Magazine in 2021.) Don’t Finish First. WISE MEN AND WOMEN the world over agree: finishing first may win a man praise on the racetrack, but it rarely does elsewhere. IN ROMANCE, friendship, self-education, or any of life’s many enjoyable pastimes, those who take their…

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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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The Experience of Riding

  At Janus, we are often told that our motorcycles are “too expensive”. This statement reveals a prevailing belief, perpetuated by the motorcycle industry, that the primary value of a motorcycle should be reduced to its engine displacement, followed closely by its level of technological rider aids, NOT necessarily of its ability to enrich and…

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