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Favorite Ride: Peak to Peak Scenic Byway

Peak to Peak Scenic Byway: Fifty-five miles of Colorado Bliss. The Front Range of Colorado’s Rocky Mountains was definitely created for the benefit of motorcyclists,...

Favorite Ride: Horse Country in Dutchess County

Horse Country in Dutchess County Excellent riding not far from the Big Apple. The good news about riding out from New York City is that...

Favorite Ride: Hawkeye Backroads – Secrets of Eastern Iowa

Iowa is not known as a motorcycling destination but a through state. Motorcyclists travel primarily on the four-lane roads thinking that’s all there is...

Favorite Ride: Prince Edward County

Snik. That’s the sound of my 2016 Yamaha FJR1300 moving up a gear, more specifically into the model’s new 6th gear, calming my ride...

An Old Bike and the Sea: A first ride on Highway One

Northern California’s Pacific Coast Highway might be the best use of asphalt anywhere. From expansive ocean views to the west, to often fog-shrouded hilltops...

Gold Country Highs: Pass Bagging in Nevada and California

Late spring is a great time to do some pass bagging in the Nevada and California gold country. The passes are usually open by...

Land of Swamp and Sand: The ‘Other’ South Carolina Destination

Each year millions of tourists visit Myrtle Beach or Charleston, South Carolina, searching for beaches, nightlife, shopping and endless feasts of seafood. However, far...

Riding ‘Shine Country: The Tail of the Dragon and North Carolina’s Moonshiner 28

As I leaned into the corner, a stopped garbage truck appeared just ahead, hugging the stone wall on the right closely enough that I could...

Favorite Rides and Destinations Issue 8 is Here!

The Spring 2019 issue of Favorite Rides & Destinations is FREE and ready to view! Favorite Rides & Destinations is the online motorcycle touring and adventure magazine...

Favorite Ride: Washington’s Glacier-Fed Jewel

When the need arises for a quick, fun jaunt that includes great food, I point my front wheel north through a landscape that at...

Favorite Ride: Melodic Montana

It's with a nod to the late, great music show host Lawrence Welk that I start this ride spanning a couple of Montana's scenic...

Favorite Ride: Bay Area Peaks Trifecta

My Grandpa rode an Indian and I decided to follow suit by purchasing a 2016 Roadmaster. I bought it one rainy January day--a prime time...

Riding West Virginia’s Country Roads

With the weather calling for highs in the mid-70s in West Virginia in mid-November, I knew I had to take one last ride up...

Favorite Rides & Destinations #6 is Live!

Favorite Rides & Destinations is an online motorcycle touring and adventure magazine from the editors of Rider. It includes touring features with printable maps, inspiring photography,...

Riding Across the Great Divide

Motorcycling along the Continental Divide through Colorado and New Mexico. For years I longed to ride the Continental Divide but had put it off because...

Ranging Around Reno: A Loop Around Lake Tahoe

The mountain ranges to the south of Reno, Nevada, are a playground full of great rides. Today’s will take me up to Virginia City,...

Expanding Your Horizons: Northern Arizona Loop Ride

Miles of hairpins, 4,000 feet of elevation change, historic towns, monolithic red rocks and vast pine forests all in the span of a 180-mile...

Favorite Ride: Minnesota’s Otter Trail Scenic Byway

Thinking of Minnesota roadways, superlatives do not normally come to mind. Riding Minnesota’s Otter Trail Scenic Byway can change that. The route includes many...

Favorite Ride: Nebo Loop Scenic Byway

Some of the best roads I’ve ridden were discovered by accident. The Nebo Loop in Utah is a good example. I found it a...

Favorite Rides & Destinations #5 is Live!

Favorite Rides & Destinations is an online motorcycle touring and adventure magazine from the editors of Rider. It includes touring features with printable maps,...

Favorite Ride: Scenic Southern Colorado

You’d be hard pressed to find two more picturesque towns anywhere in the Southwest than Durango and Pagosa Springs, Colorado. These southern Colorado hamlets...

Best Dam Ride in the South: The TVA Dams of the Upper Tennessee River

Looking down on the raging torrent thundering out of the 34-foot-diameter emergency spillway below Fontana Dam, you can almost feel the ground shake beneath...

Favorite Ride: West Texas Roundup

After one too-brief night in Alpine, Texas, at the amazing Holland Hotel, I hit the road on the way to Terlingua. My tour of...

Favorite Ride: Arizona-New Mexico Loop

Let me tell you about a perspective-changing, paradigm-shifting roll through a spectacular region spanning two great southwestern states. Before you accuse me of hyperbole,...

Favorite Ride: Cajun, Curves and Catfish in Louisiana

I often return to Louisiana (LA) Highway 553 here in the lowlands surrounding the town of Monroe. It’s a road close to home that...

Michigandering: Riding Western Michigan on the Cheap

My friend, Rick, lives near Chicago, and I live in Ohio. When we decided to squeeze in one last motorcycle excursion last fall and meet...

Favorite Rides & Destinations #4 is Live!

Favorite Rides & Destinations is an online motorcycle touring and adventure magazine from the editors of Rider. It includes the best of Rider’s touring...

White Mountain Escape: Riding the Kancamagus Highway

It’s early November in northern New England. The leaves have fallen, the tourists have gone home and the daylight hours have gotten very short....

Riding in the Shadow of Giants: Monument Valley by Motorcycle

There I was—three hours into a wonderful ride that I had made many times over the years. The quickest route from my home near...

Country Roads, Country Bridges: A Ride Through Delaware and Sullivan Counties, New York

Whenever I want to add a favorite ride to my repertoire, it requires two components: great roads and something unique and impressive to see....

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