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Chasing Spring

Spring time came to South Georgia last week. It didn’t follow any calendar, it just decided that enough was enough and it was...

GS Nevada Dual-Sport Tour: Day 8

(Start at the beginning: GS Nevada Dual-Sport Tour: Day 1) Up early, we’re on the road after a quick cup of Java. Growling stomachs urge...

GS Nevada Dual-Sport Tour: Day 7

(Start at the beginning: GS Nevada Dual-Sport Tour: Day 1) Seven days into our nine-day BMW GS Nevada dual-sport tour we start to think about...

GS Nevada Dual-Sport Tour: Day 6

(Start at the beginning: GS Nevada Dual-Sport Tour: Day 1) Mark has been grumbling a bit, not enjoying the evening dashes on bad roads...

GS Nevada Dual-Sport Tour: Day 5

(Start at the beginning: GS Nevada Dual-Sport Tour: Day 1) A waitress too young to call us honey serves an enormous breakfast as we discuss...

GS Nevada Dual-Sport Tour: Day 4

(Start at the beginning: GS Nevada Dual-Sport Tour: Day 1) On Day 4 of our BMW GS Nevada dual-sport tour, rolling out of camp...

GS Nevada Dual-Sport Tour: Day 3

(Start at the beginning: GS Nevada Dual-Sport Tour: Day 1) On Day 3 of our BMW GS Nevada dual-sport tour, we began to find...

GS Nevada Dual-Sport Tour: Day 2

(Start at the beginning: GS Nevada Dual-Sport Tour: Day 1) Day 2 of our Nevada dual-sport tour on BMW GS motorcycles. Up early, we...

GS Nevada Dual-Sport Tour: Day 1

Rattling around the garage with the last of my packing, I hear Jim’s R1150GS coming down the street. Ten minutes later we’re in...

Muskoka by Motorcycle: Riding in Ontario, Canada

I have never owned a boat. That is not to say I don’t enjoy them. I learned to sail aboard catamarans and to water...

Sport Touring’s Most Common Mistakes

As a solo and two-up sport tourer of many moons, in my experience there are two mistakes many canyon strafers make more often than...

Better Shifting for Sport-Touring Riders

One of the more revealing ways to find out how well a rider shifts gears and manages the clutch on a motorcycle is to...

How to Handle the Four Most Common Road Emergencies

You’re on a leisurely Sunday ride or a multi-day journey and suddenly your bike has a problem. You’re dead in the water. What to...

A Short History of Sidecars

Curious conveyances, sidecars. Few of us have ever ridden in one, fewer yet driven a rig. But there is a small, passionate number of...

Moto Guzzi National Owners Club 36th International Rally

photography by the author and Peter Switzer Italians love to congregate—whether it is the evening passegiata through the town’s piazza, with everybody having an ice...

Fifteenth Annual Honda Hoot and 2008 Gold Wing GL1800

by Greg Drevenstedt photography by the author and courtesy American Honda The Honda Hoot celebrated its Crystal Anniversary this year, and Old Man Weather gave the...

Laconia 2007: Snapshots From Lake Winnipesaukee

story and photography by G.P. Garson Two rules of thumb when traveling to new territory: One, the fastest way to learn the lay of the...

The Top Four Oldest U.S. Motorcycle Clubs

story and photography by Paul Garson and courtesy of MC, OMC, SFMC, PMC Setting goals keeps us focused, be they geographical or chronological in dimension....

Rounders: The Goal is to Ride Year-Round

by Cliff Yankovich photography by the author, Mark Haldane, Gail Hatch and Steve Williams Are you the kind of rider who wants to get a little...

2006 Femmoto: A Demo Day for Women

story and photography by Donya Carlson Several leather-clad women are ogling a guy who looks like he should be on the cover of GQ. He’s...

Little Poland Vintage Bike Shop in a Vintage Brooklyn Neighborhood

story and photography by Paul Garson Carl Jung, the pioneering psychoanalyst, once wrote a small book titled Synchronicity: An Acausal Connecting Principle that describes a...

The Fourth Colorado Honda VTX Ride

story and photography by Dr. Gregory W. Frazier Fun. That was the word most often used when VTX Rally Riders were asked to describe their...

Legend of the Motorcycle 2007: Act II

story and photography by Clement Salvadori Ever eat too many desserts? The waiter keeps rolling the dessert trolley by, and you can’t resist? Chocolate truffles....

A Hot Time in Knoxville at the Ol’ Honda Hoot 2006

by Bill Stermer photography by the author and courtesy American Honda How many years does it take before a rally is considered to be established? With...

Hodaka Days 2005

story and photography by Darrell Ohs On approach to Athena City Park in northeast Oregon, Hodaka Days 2005 looked more like a Sunday-school picnic than...

The 26th Annual Hansen Dam British Bike Rally in Southern California

story and photography by Paul Garson Last year rain pelted the event, but this year’s 26th Annual Hansen Dam Ride was drenched only in sunshine…and...

The 34th Annual GP Sidecar Rally in Southern California

story and photography by Paul Garson Don’t start dusting off your roadracing leathers, the GP in the title above refers to Los Angeles’ Griffith Park,...

The 2006 Legend of the Motorcycle: International Concours d'Elegance

story and photography by Clement Salvadori Nothing like wandering along acres of ocean-front lawn, admiring scores of beautifully turned-out motorcycles parked on the well-mowed grass…. A...

Corsa MotoClassica

story and photography by Paul Garson If you’re vintage enough yourself, you’ll remember when Ike was elected President, and after 40 years of rule in...

U.S. Guided Motorcycle Tours for 2011

by Andy Saunders • photo by Mark Tuttle Interested in a U.S. guided tour? The good news is the guided tour companies with the best...

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