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story and photography by Clement Salvadori The curse of the touring motorcyclist is to be in a hurry. Too often we rush along, just to...

Cabot Trail: Nova Scotia Island Getaway

See if you can name this place. The children in the grocery store speak French to their parents and to one another. The previous...

Woodland to Prairie: North Dakota

story and photography by Clement Salvadori Which way to the Pembina Gorge?” I asked the only person I saw on the sidewalk. “Go back to the...

Northern California Fantasy

by Steve Larsen photography by “Seattle Bob” Meador The stunning quality and diversity of Northern California roads are legendary. But is it possible to stitch the...

Santa Fe Trail: History and Drama from New Mexico to Kansas

story and photography by Kathleen Kemsley We planned to attend a regional sidecar club rally in September. There was just one drawback, we thought: The...

Yellowstone to Glacier on Montana Highway 89

by Sherry Jones and Todd Mowbray photography by Sherry Jones Rubbernecking with the rest of the crowd at a pair of bald eagles glaring imperiously down...

California’s Salinas River

photography by the author, Larry Kahn and Bob Reichenberg Rivers are good; if there is one commodity more important than oil, it is water. The...

Arizona Motorcycle Roads: Oatman, Kingman and Prescott

story and photography by Alan Paulsen Let’s be honest. The reason many motorcyclists are drawn to the old gold-mining town of Oatman located on historic...

California Motorcycle Rides: 250 Miles Through Kern County

story and photography by Clement Salvadori A new motorcycle sits in the garage, and I want to take a short motorcycle ride through Kern County...

Canada to Argentina Motorcycle Tour

story and photography by John Wellburn Dear Rider magazine, On November 22, 2003, I left my hometown of Williams Lake, British Columbia, with no more than...

From Young Urban Professionals to Middle-Aged Urban Pros: Thirty-Some Years of Death Valleying

A long, long time ago, roughly in the pre-Pleistocene age, three Young Urban Professionals (two MDs, one JD) happened to meet at the Rock...

Motorcycle Camping 101

For some the idea of a night in the wilderness, or even at an established campground, is simply unthinkable. How do you survive without...

A Collector’s Collection

Scattered around these United States are probably upwards of a dozen official motorcycle museums – official in that they have regular hours, tax status,...

Some Days are Like That

When I was a kid, one of my favorite books was Judith Viorst’s Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, which is...

Bonneville To Bonneville: Running the Time Traps at the 2010 BUB Motorcycle Speed Trials

The eerie thing about the Bonneville Salt Flats is exactly what makes them so good for high-speed runs—-their flatness. I’m sitting on my 2006...

Dream Garage

Still full of Christmas spirit (and with monthly deadlines behind me), I’ve been thinking about my dream motorcycles. Here are my faves from the...

The Reward

The front rotor zizzes as fresh brake pads haul me down. I flick the kill switch and the slowing chain rattle and skrunch of gravel under...

Out of Gas

It’s been many years since I’ve run out of gas on a motorcycle, but I did just that coming home from work the other...

Stayin’ Safe Advanced Rider Training

Last week Rider’s Riding Well columnist and motorcycle instructor Eric Trow was here doing his first training session in California. Instructor Pete Tamblyn came along,...

Motorcycle Windshields, Er, Windscreens

Here at Rider magazine, we get mail. Boy, do we get mail–email, snail mail, even hand-delivered letters and notes on occasion (though no one ever...

Keystone State Byways: Exploring Pennsylvania's Northern Tier

The topography appears to have been created for the benefit of motorcyclists. Mountains and rivers carve winding routes for sport riding. Rolling hills set...

Good Guys and Gals

This morning’s freeway commute was interesting. First, someone waved me ahead when I signaled that the Yamaha FJR1300 and I wanted to change lanes. This...

Ducati Multistrada Caption Contest Winners

Win a hardback copy of Rider Contributor Clement Salvadori’s book, 101 Road Tales! Submit a ficticious, humorous, imaginative and non-offensive caption in the comments section below for the...

Michigan Motorcycle Rides: Mackinac & Lake Michigan

story and photography by Cliff Yankovich My wife and I needed a short break from our day-to-day life operating a retail store. Julie had the...

Rider Response: Greatest Hits

Here at Rider magazine we feel very fortunate to have such a large and loyal family of subscribers, many of whom have been with us...

Great Motorcycle Roads: Iowa Byways

story and photography by Susan Benton A perfect day trip or weekend destination for riders from Chicago, Minneapolis, Madison and Des Moines is Dubuque, Iowa....

Rider Alaska and Yukon Tour, The Last Frontier

Final Cell Phone Blog Most photos by Genie Tuttle Penultimate evening, Talkeetna, Alaska. Denali’s ulu-knife top is sheathed in ever-present clouds, then clears suddenly and slices the...

Rider Alaska & Yukon Tour Part II

Cell Phone Blog Day 10 Miles: 1900-plus (Dawson City Group, 2600; Roger, lost count) New friends: 10 Border crossings: 4 Rain riding: 8-10 min. Amazing sunrises: 4 (asleep for sunsets...

Vintage Motorcycles at the Reagan Library

I recently visited the Reagan Library in Simi Valley, California, to see its “Born to be Wild” collection of 40 vintage and celebrity motorcycles....

Motorcycle Safety and Skills: Handling Low-Speed Maneuvers

Attend any bike week event or rally and you’ll see riders doing things that make you nervous: paddling their feet at stops, duck-walking their...

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