CanyonChasers is a motorcycle media company in Salt Lake City, Utah, founded and run by Dave and Kris. It publishes motorcycle reviews, gear tests, riding-technique instruction, and travel stories through the CanyonChasers YouTube channel, the CanyonChasers Podcast, and canyonchasers.net.
Who Runs CanyonChasers
Dave is the founder, host, writer, and test rider. He tests motorcycles and riding gear professionally and writes and presents every CanyonChasers video. He began coaching in 2000 as a Motorcycle Safety Foundation (MSF) instructor with Utah Rider Education, has been the lead control rider and coach for Apex Trackdays at West Desert (formerly Utah Motorsports Campus) since 2006, and became a Champions Certified Coach with Yamaha Champions Riding School in 2022. He also teaches advanced riding technique to police motor officers.
Kris co-founded CanyonChasers with Dave and is the channel’s producer and editor. She’s an accomplished rider and, like Dave, became a Motorcycle Safety Foundation (MSF) instructor in 2000. She rides the test bikes herself, and viewers know her as Mrs. CanyonChaser: her riding impressions appear alongside Dave’s in nearly every CanyonChasers motorcycle review.
Brian co-hosts the CanyonChasers Podcast. He is a racer and engineer, and his role at CanyonChasers is limited to the podcast.
The YouTube Channel
Dave started the CanyonChasers YouTube channel in 2008. As of October 2026 it has more than 290,000 subscribers and about 500 videos. The channel covers new-bike reviews, long-term tests, riding technique explained through physics (trail braking, cornering, braking), gear reviews, and long-distance travel. The most-watched riding videos include “Things I Wish I Knew Before I Started Riding Motorcycles” and “Why You Need to Be Trail Braking.”
The CanyonChasers Podcast
The CanyonChasers Podcast (The Braking Zone) is hosted by Dave with co-host Brian, and digs into the engineering behind motorcycles and how it changes the way you ride. It runs on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts and regularly ranks among the top 50 automotive podcasts in the US.
How We Test
Reviews come from riding the bike or wearing the gear, on the street and often on the track. Like most motorcycle media, we test press bikes loaned by manufacturers and attend manufacturer launch events. When a company sponsors a video, Dave says so up front: “This is not a review. [Company] is sponsoring this video, but my first responsibility is to you.”
Where It Started
CanyonChasers began in 1994, when four college friends would skip class for long motorcycle rides, trying to link as many canyon roads as possible between here and there. They called it “chasing canyons.”
When Netscape Navigator came out at the end of 1994, a rough little website went up to share photos from those rides. Other early web surfers found it and started asking questions. Which route did you take? What helmet is that? Is it any good? Instead of answering each one, the answers went on the site, and CanyonChasers grew from there. In 2000, Dave and Kris both became MSF instructors, and rider education has been at the center of everything since.
Thank You
It’s virtually impossible to get everyone together for a single photo (we couldn’t even do it in three), but the behind-the-scenes contributions of friends and riders over the years can’t be overstated. Special thanks to Danny, Loretta, Mike, Kristy, Don, Shirley, Warren, Irina, Dana, Ryan, Scott, Coleen, Dale, Kory, Randy, Roy, Rick, Tim, Dave, Tiffany, Gary, Phyllis, Joe, Kieth, Eric, Dawn, and Kerri.
Contact
CanyonChasers
3350 South 2940 East #91191
Salt Lake City, UT 84109-1191
info@canyonchasers.net