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Enhancing the Honda Africa Twin | Stage 1: Minimal Weight Gain, More Protection

It started innocently enough. At 507 pounds ready to ride, Honda’s CRF1000L Africa Twin is the lightweight among the liter-class ADV machines, and given my...

The Importance of Hydration on Your Motorcycle

The first step to addressing a problem is to first acknowledge that you have a problem. With that, I openly admit to all of...

Retrospective: 1971-1977 Healey 1000/4

This has to be one of the least-known motorcycles built since the end of World War II, with an Ariel 4G Mark II Square...

Retrospective: 1983 Suzuki XN85 Turbo

It would be entertaining to find out how much this little turbo cost Suzuki, as in development and manufacturing expenses versus sales. Probably it was...

Retrospective: 1960-1964 Tohatsu CA2 Runpet Sport 50cc

This little charmer was in the first wave of Japanese bikes to enter the U.S. market, thanks to Hap Jones, a motorcycle racer and...

Re-Cycling: 1992-1998 Yamaha XJ600 Seca II

You probably wouldn’t think that new riders looking for a cheap and unintimidating starter bike would have much in common with budget-minded veterans who...

2019 International Tour Company Guide

Have you ever read one of our international tour stories and thought, "Wow, I’d love to do that…but I don’t know where to start!"...

A Taste of the Best on Edelweiss Bike Travel’s Best of Europe Tour

Booking your first overseas motorcycle trip can be stressful enough, but that first day in the saddle in an unfamiliar place, on an unfamiliar...

Laing’s Journey: A Six-Weeks Perambulation on Two Wheels

Hamilton Mack Laing's way was rutted. Clay mud lined with the tracks made by car and wagon wheels had dried, hindering the passage of his...

The Final Frontier: How Alaska Stole This British Rider’s Heart

Skirting northeasterly around Denali National Park, I was hit with countless chevrons of snowcapped, glacier-studded mountains in Alaska's Interior. My hunger for wild lands...

Motorcycle Touring in Curvy Colorado

Winter Park may not be a name you associate with summer entertainment, but the Colorado town of that name provides it. While skiers and...

Storming Castles on Edelweiss Bike Tours’ Best of Europe Tour

Booking your first overseas motorcycle trip can be stressful enough, but that first day in the saddle in an unfamiliar place, on an unfamiliar...

Rider Magazine’s 2018 Motorcycle of the Year

The 2018 motorcycle model year started out strong with the launch of the Yamaha Star Venture in June 2017 at the big Americade rally...

Visiting Ghostly Towns in Nevada’s Esmeralda County

I like a bit of barely populated desolation—as long as there are roads going through. And Esmeralda is apparently the second-most people-less county in...

Moto Self-Help at Cerberus Moto

It was news to me that the do-it-yourself service shop phenomenon has roots going back at least to World War II. I had never...

Sagebrush and Apple Blossoms: Exploring Washington State’s Desert Country

Nighthawk is one of America’s least frequented border crossings. The postage stamp of officialdom is all but lost within the rolling grasslands, vineyards and...

Experiencing the Texas Tornado Boot Camp

The term “boot camp” conjures up images of drill sergeants badgering recruits into submission, but that’s not what the Texas Tornado Boot Camp is...

Chasing Black Hills Gold: Great Roads in South Dakota

"I hear the voice of the mystic mountains/Callin' me back home/So take me back to the Black Hills" -Doris Day   Doris Day is one of...

Himalayan Adventure: Touring the Upper Mustang on Royal Enfields

Our journey into the remote Upper Mustang area of Nepal began in the paradox that is Kathmandu, with the rattle of traffic, constant blare...

Monkey Butt 500

Rider rides a mile for every issue: 500 in one day...on li'l singles. Because we can. A ride is an experience, a long sequence of...

Blasts From Rider’s Past

A look back at the (sometimes silly) ads & editorial from Rider's first 500 issues. On a long shelf in the Rider editorial den of two-wheeled...

Riding the Backbone of America: U.S. 50

Vice President Joe Biden would not be happy. He might also be surprised to learn that after two decades it turns out I’m something...

Brim’s Imports – An Eclectic, Out-of-This-World Bike Collection In The Middle of Nowhere

Brim’s Imports in Kenton, Ohio, is a gearhead’s dream. From the outside, it looks like any other unassuming used car dealership, but walking through...

A Ride on the Wild Side: Carving Curves Through Central Pennsylvania

Williamsport, Pennsylvania, was established by logging, matured under manufacturing and has been revitalized by natural gas, but it’s probably best known for kids playing...

Sources of Power: Touring Some of California’s Powerplants on an Indian

I always enjoy riding over to Morro Bay...and not just for the pleasure of calamari and chips at Giovanni’s. Coming down the west slope...

Riding the Iron Butt Rally on a Suzuki GT750 ‘Water Buffalo’

Jerry Anderson likes Suzukis—a lot. “I’ve always had Suzukis,” he says. “Never owned anything else.” So when his application for the 2017 Iron Butt...

Moto-Services.net Vintage Brake Service

One of the least glamorous tasks involved in getting an old bike back on the road is rebuilding its brakes. Even when a 1970s...

2018 Royal Enfield Himalayan | First Ride Review

To understand the Royal Enfield Himalayan motorcycle, you need a little appreciation for the motorcycle market in India, where RE is based in Chennai....

Riding In The Zone Training Tours | Review

I’m zipping along serpentine State Route 23 near Otis, Massachusetts, and Ken Condon is in my head. As each corner approaches, I trail brake...

Show-Me the Way: Riding Missouri’s Great River Road

If the title of “Great River Road National Scenic Byway Along the Mississippi River” evokes images of riding next to one of the mightiest...

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