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2021 Zero FXE | First Look Review

Zero Motorcycles has been around for well over a decade now, and it's no surprise that the evolving EV space has seen a great...

2021 Aprilia Tuono V4 / Factory | First Ride Review

It was a glorious morning in Pasadena, California, and the huge windows overlooking historic Colorado Boulevard bathed Aprilia’s Advanced Design Center office in natural light. Miguel...

Keith Code: Ep. 18 Rider Magazine Insider Podcast

Our guest on Episode 18 of the Rider Magazine Insider Podcast is Keith Code, founder and director of California Superbike School, which has trained...

Alone: Onward Through the Fog

Sometimes you don’t know where you are, the name of the town or even the state. The place is located by days and miles....

Workhorse Speed Shop to Reveal Two New Custom Indian FTR Builds

Brice Hennebert, owner of Workhorse Speed Shop, in Belgium, has been busy during lockdown. After creating Appaloosa V1.0 in 2019 for the Sultans of Sprint then re-working the Indian Scout...

Valerie Thompson: Ep. 17 Rider Magazine Insider Podcast

Our guest for Episode 17 of the Rider Magazine Insider podcast is Valerie Thompson, a professional drag racer and land-speed racer who holds the...

Striking Vikings: How Husqvarna Captured America’s Heart

For a while there, 50 years ago, Husqvarna was perhaps the best-known and most desirable dirtbike in the world. They were good enough bikes — I...

Wayne Rainey: Ep. 16 Rider Magazine Insider Podcast

Our guest for Episode 16 of the Rider Magazine Insider Podcast is Wayne Rainey, president of MotoAmerica and a motorcycle racing legend. Rainey is...

Back to California Superbike School

A couple of friends – sportbike riders and track-day regulars – recently invited me on their Sunday morning canyon ride. I showed up on our Triumph...

Farewell to a Two-Wheeled Friend

On April 8, 2021, at 8:47 p.m. near Sarasota, Florida, my 2001 Honda Aero 1100, a trusted traveling companion for the last 14 years,...

Two Buddies Tour the Rocky Mountains

“You’ve got to enter this!” said my touring mate, Marco, when he called me about Moto Guzzi’s Spirit of the Eagle Rideaway competition. Describe your...

Romania to Istanbul Adventure

Trying to summarize a 14-day motorcycle tour through Romania, Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey, with all of the roads and meals and people and historic...

A Short Trip Back in Time: Early American Motorcycles at SFO Museum

When you make your way to an airport, most times you’re traveling to another place. But right now through the close of summer, San...

New England Loops: A Bucket-List Ride in New England

My cousin Jim Pace, an avid motorcyclist and native of New Hampshire, and I had long discussed touring New England from his home in...

Rider Magazine’s 2020 Motorcycle of the Year

No doubt the year 2020 is primarily going to be remembered for a nasty pandemic, civil unrest and a tumultuous election (and to think...

A Safe Place to Rest Your Head: Lodging in the Time of Covid-19

In these strange times, close human contact is a risky proposition. Covid-19 restrictions have rendered many hobbies and activities off-limits. However, motorcycling is an...

The Pennsylvania Wilds

When I want to escape the daily grind for a few days, any motorcycle excursion I choose must have great roads, beautiful scenery, parks...

Retrospective: 1977 Honda CT125 Trail

We Americans don't often think of motorcycles as being purely utilitarian, since we use them mostly for traveling to interesting places, sporting along back...

Ride Along the Riverside: Sport Touring in Western New England

Roads that curve along a river are among my favorites to explore on two wheels, and western New England has them in abundance. The...

List of U.S. Motorcycle Tour Operators 2020

With international travel in 2020 looking less certain by the week (and possibly risky, not just health-wise but also with the possibility of becoming...

Retrospective: 1999-2002 Buell X1 Lightning

In addition to the weather phenomenon, the word lightning means fast, as in the speed of light or 186,000 miles per second. This motorcycle is...

Mystical Morocco: Edelweiss Bike Travel’s Morocco Tour

Morocco is one of those places that seems both familiar and unfamiliar. We’ve heard of cities like Fez and Marrakesh, and most of us...

Arkansas Odyssey: Circling the Northwest Quarter of The Natural State

I love the Ozarks. I really should have been born in them. Instead, after riding in the Ozarks 15 years ago, I fell so...

Behind the Scenes at Gore, the Maker of Gore-Tex

. A behind-the-scenes look at how Gore-Tex apparel is made and tested. W.L. Gore & Associates is one of those success stories of American ingenuity and...

Adventurous Streak: Adriatic Moto Tours’ Intriguing Southeast Europe Tour

The Balkan region has had a hand in world history more often than you might think. Thanks to its geographical position, it’s always been...

Retrospective: 1968 Suzuki TC305 Laredo

Nobody seems to remember the company hired by Suzuki to advertise the Laredo model, but it certainly pulled out all the stops. The town...

Dirt Roads: An Appreciation

Andy follows me across the border from Massachusetts into Vermont. We’re riding along a dirt road that cuts through dark, deep woods overlooking the...

Zen Motorcycle Joins the Smithsonian

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History will be the new home of American author Robert M. Pirsig’s 1966 Honda Super Hawk featured in...

Inside Arai Helmets

After spending a few years behind bars and a desk at Rider magazine, I like to think I have some important things figured out....

Retrospective: 1967-1969 Kawasaki C2TR 120 Road Runner

This was a little cutie, and inexpensive, too. Just $430 ($3,200 today) would get you this minimalist high-piped single in 1967. Not that the...

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