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Wild Texas: A Winter Ride to Big Bend

When winter drifts into North Texas, those of us who ride year-round seek more agreeable climates, yet never have to leave the state. Big...

Great Roads: South Dakota

The following is an excerpt from the article Connecting the Dakotas: The Long Way Around North and South, originally printed in the August 2009...

High Sierra Adventure Weekend

“I want to come back here after the thaw.” Thus I remarked to my brother as we stared at the expanse of snow spreading out...

Rising From the Ashes

Motorcycling is everything to Jim Key. He got his first motorcycle at age 10 and makes a living doing what he loves, running a...

2013 Trailblazers Banquet

The Trailblazers are a social organization of pioneer motorcycling enthusiasts who have met annually since 1940. They preserve the memory of those who came...

Onboard Caffeine Injection

Around two or three o’clock every day, my eye lids get heavy and my brain turns to sludge. There’s no mistaking the symptoms—it’s coffee...

26th Annual All-British Motorcycle Weekend, San Jose, California

You have to give those Brit-bike lovers a big hand; they are an incredibly enthusiastic bunch of enthusiasts, putting up with aged machines that...

Day 9: Patagonia Adventure Tour

(Read the dispatch from Day 8, or start at the beginning with Day 1) We get an early start (for us) from our little island...

Great Roads: North Carolina

The following is an excerpt from the article Of Ribs and Roads: Barbecue and Byways in the Carolina Mountains printed in the June 2004...

BMW in the Americas, Interview: Hans Blesse

In conjunction with the introduction of the new liquid-cooled BMW R 1200 GS, Rider Editor-in-Chief Mark Tuttle sat down for an interview with Hans...

El Tanque: A Russian Conquest of Latin America

I looked at the steep slope in front of me, littered with large boulders, deep ruts and debris, and wondered how I’d gotten myself...

Day 8: Patagonia Adventure Tour

(Read the dispatch from Day 7) This is the day I’ve been waiting for since we began this trip. The consummate Patagonian experience awaits: today...

Riding to Daytona: A Woman’s Solo Journey from Ohio to Florida

Deep in South Carolina’s Lowcountry, I pulled my 2011 Harley-Davidson SuperLow 883 Sportster over to the edge of a back road. I took off...

Muriel’s Gentlemen Friends on Motorcycles

North Carolina state road 28, also known as Moonshiner 28, is one of the best twisty mountain roads anywhere. (Shhhh…don’t tell anyone.) My Aunt...

North American FJR Owners Rally

If the opportunity ever arises to go on a ride through British Columbia, don’t hesitate for one moment, GO. That’s what I did as...

Riding The Santa Fe Trail: A Journey Back in Time From Missouri to New Mexico

In 1821, everything south of the Arkansas River was Mexico. Newly free from Spain, the Mexican government took new resources north to the provincial...

Day 7: Patagonia Adventure Tour

(Read the dispatch from Day 6) The weather is perfect as we depart our rustic but comfortable accommodations at Estancia Cueva De Las Manos near...

Day 6: Patagonia Adventure Tour

(Read the dispatch from Day 5) It’s hard to leave the Tres Lagos paradise, but the road beckons and the heart of Patagonia lies ahead....

Day 5: Patagonia Adventure Tour

(Read the dispatch from Day 4) In Patagonia there is rest for the weary, and we were glad for it. The first real work of...

Day 4: Patagonia Adventure Tour

(Read the dispatch from Day 3) The day begins early with breakfast eaten, bags packed and the group on the dock at Puyuhuapi Lodge by...

Day 3: Patagonia Adventure Tour

(Read dispatch from Day 2) Our third day in Patagonia begins with frost and fog in the little town of Futaleufú. It’s a short but...

Day 2: Patagonia Adventure Tour

(Read dispatch from Day 1) South we go! When I last reported on this Patagonia adventure, we were in Bariloche, Argentina, after riding west across...

Day 1: Patagonia Adventure Tour

Today we ride! After mucho paperwork at MotoAventura in Osorno, Chile, the company that arranges the motorcycles for RIDE Adventures, we hit the road....

The Joys of Not Roughing It

As much as I like camping, as much as I enjoy the back-to-basics delight of cooking over an open fire and the novelty of...

Patagonia Beckons!

With help from Ride Adventures (rideadv.com), I'm about to put a big check mark on my bucket list next to "Touring Patagonia by Motorcycle."...

Riding Sardinia and Corsica with IMTBike

It was our second morning in Sardinia. After a bountiful breakfast we were riding along 30 miles of coast road that could cause California’s...

The Vintage Rally 2012

Where can a motorcyclist go to experience our sport’s rich and storied past? Anamosa, Iowa, for starters. The National Motorcycle Museum is located in...

Motor Maids Matriarch: Gloria Struck

Lots of female motorcyclists rode in from around the country to attend this year’s Vintage Rally, and at one point I discovered more than...

Motorcycle Travel in the Appalachians

“I think I’m lost.” Twenty miles had passed since departing the only hotel in Cumberland, Kentucky, that had a sign hanging in a broken window...

One World, One R 1200 GS Tour USA

Since returning from South Africa in January, where I was among the first wave of journalists at the world launch of BMW’s all-new, air/liquid-cooled...

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