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The high mountain passes of the Rocky Mountains are an incomparable motorcycle touring experience, ringing with the legacy of tens of thousands of gold...

Just a Short Ride

I was in Ohio last weekend. My parents are getting older and my wife can’t rest until she does her own assessment of their...

Dirt Bikes and Nearly Forgotten Friends

I received an email from a guy I hadn’t seen or heard from in many years the other day. He found me on Facebook,...

Prostate Cancer Pony Express: Cancer Sucks–and Motorcyclists are Spreading the Word

Motorcycle riders are some of the friendliest and most generous people I know, so it’s little surprise that practically every weekend there’s a charity...

Biketoberfest Cruises Into Its 20th Year

Mark your calendars for the 20th annual Biketoberfest in Daytona Beach, Florida, on October 18-21, 2012. “We are excited to celebrate the 20th year of...

Ace Café Returns to Barber Vintage Festival

The legendary Ace Cafe will make its return to the eighth annual Barber Vintage Festival presented by Triumph dealers of North America at Barber...

Kawasaki's Ninja Times Square Takeover Goes Big

Kawasaki likes to do things big. This time, they went all out. Enormous video billboards in the middle of New York City’s Times Square helped...

Cloverleaf Around Yakima, Washington

When I last visited my friends Brian and Pam Rafferty in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, to develop an article (Connecting the Dakotas, Rider, August...

Touring the Forgotten Iron Range in Wisconsin and Michigan

Late in the 19th century, in Wisconsin’s far north and on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, above ground thousands of men hacked out a living logging...

Blog: Iron Ponies

Some things are just meant to be. I really believe that. I’m not saying people don’t have some say in how they act or...

Killington Classic Motorcycle Rally Coming to Vermont on Labor Day Weekend

The Killington Classic Motorcycle Rally will be held over Labor Day weekend in Killington, Vermont. The four-day event, held August 30 to September 3,...

2012 Quail Ride and Gathering

If I could use only one word to describe the Quail event, it would be “friendly.” This is not one of those high-zoot, highly...

Motorcycle Travel in Hope, Whistler and the Sea to Sky Highway

It was noon when my wife, Judy, and I left the rental shop in Vancouver where we had picked up the 2011 Harley-Davidson we...

A Scootour of Puerto Rico

Sometimes you just need to take a ride. Even if circumstances aren’t optimal. Even if there are obstacles to overcome. Even if those around...

Motorcycle Travel in Iowa: Taking The Old Lincoln Highway Across The Hawkeye State

Story and Photos By Clement Salvadori I was a little concerned about riding through Iowa in June of 2011. Nothing to do with bandits, earthquakes...

Letters to the Editor: Dark Side

We received a tremendous amount of response to the article Tales from the Dark Side: Putting Car Tires on Motorcycles in the July 2012 issue....

Insights of an Unlikely Motorcyclist

I ride motorcycles. No one else in my family does. They never have. Kind of makes me a rebel—just not the kind that non-riders...

Alaska Roadhouse Run: The Valdez to Fairbanks Trail

(This story was published in the July 2012 issue of Rider magazine.) Story and photos by Dennis Bible When gold was discovered in the 1890s in...

2012 Rider Staff Motorcycle Camping Challenge

Ride to Live, Live to Camp——THE 2012 RIDER STAFF MOTORCYCLE CAMPING CHALLENGE In spite of our best efforts to provide for Murphy’s Law around...

Riding U.S. 20 from Albany to Buffalo, N.Y.

(This story was published in the July 2012 issue of Rider magazine.) Story and photos by Clement Salvadori My duties at Americade, up in Lake George,...

Two-up on the Redwood Coast: Motorcycle Travel in California and Oregon

(This Favorite Ride was published in the July 2012 issue of Rider magazine.) We were twisting our way up Highway 1, tight curve after tight...

Border Run: Montorcycle Travel in Washington and Canada

(The article Border Run was printed in the August 2012 issue of Rider.) Story and photos by Ben Getz Good things come in threes, they say…or...

Down the Dirt Road

". . .travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of...

Spring Ride

Standing in the parking lot of the hotel just west of Knoxville, Tennessee, I looked west as the morning mist blanketed the mountains to...

Erasing Doubt: Car Tires on Motorcycles

The forces placed on a car and its tires during cornering are primarily lateral forces that try to push the car and the tires...

Avoiding Tire Failure: Getting the Most From the Tires That Were Meant For Your Bike

Motorcycles subject tires to an enormous range of forces, stresses and heat. Fortunately, motorcycle tires are overdesigned to be able to meet those needs...

The Long Road to Indy: A Motorcycle Ride Thru Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana

Imagine a multi-state Main Street for Motorcycling, a cross-country route made just for riding. Miles of sinuous asphalt draped over rolling hills, winding past...

Colorado Chasms: Riding the other Canyonlands

(This Favorite Ride was published in the June 2012 issue of Rider Magazine.) Story and photos by Kathleen Kemsley Colorado is best known for its lofty...

Great Motorcycle Riding and Camaraderie in Québec, Canada

(This article was published in the June 2012 issue of Rider Magazine.) Story and photos by Scott A. Williams Heading north from the U.S. into the...

Norton Moto-Electra: Rewiring a Classic

(This article was originally published in the July 2012 issue of Rider Magazine.) Brian Richardson got his first motorcycle in 1969 at the age of...

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