Canadian motorcycling has lost one of it most prominent voices. Rob Harris, founder and publisher of Canada Moto Guide, passed away yesterday while adventure riding in Ontario.

A displace Brit — a proud Yorkshire man as I recall — “Editor ‘arris” started CMG as a small newsletter, a project born, as so many in motorcycling, of passion and not a lot of money. One of the first in the industry to recognize the power of the blogosphere, CMG morphed into an English daily news site in 2007, all the while maintaining the irreverence that had made the original printed format so popular.

A combination of old-school journalism and modern social media nous, Harris had, in recent years, discovered a passion for adventure riding, helping set up the Fundy Adventure Rally in 2014, a thriving event that showcased the back roads of New Brunswick.

They were highlights he knew well, as Harris had moved lock, stock and barrel to Sackville to live with, in his own immortal words, “an unemployed lobster and a junkie moose.”

Our condolences go to his wife Courtney and daughters Cate and Chloe and, of course the staff at CMG. The Canadian motorcycling community is lesser for his passing.