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I’m zipping along serpentine State Route 23 near Otis, Massachusetts, and Ken Condon is in my head. As each corner approaches, I trail brake...

Show-Me the Way: Riding Missouri’s Great River Road

If the title of “Great River Road National Scenic Byway Along the Mississippi River” evokes images of riding next to one of the mightiest...

North of the Border: Edelweiss Canada West Tour

When considering a motorcycle tour in another country, you may want to visit some place exotic, like Peru or Thailand, or ride legendary, bucket-list...

1985-1992 BMW K100RS | Retro Review

A burger and fries is a great meal once in a while, but you wouldn’t want to make a steady diet of it. BMW...

Rider Profile: Around-the-World Rider Rene Cormier

It was when Rene Cormier was pulled over in Tajikistan that a man in fatigues with an assault rifle asking about official documents made a...

Riding the Cascades and the Coast in Oregon

I was headed for the Cascade Range of mountains because of a vague memory of something I had read 30 years ago, about 60...

Small Bikes Rule! Honda CRF250L Rally, Suzuki GSX250R and Yamaha TW200 Reviews

One day we happened to look in a darker corner of the Rider shop and realized that a number of smaller new motorcycles were...

Man on a VanVan Without a Plan

Life begins at 70 mpg... Sitting at the end of my driveway, the VanVan’s headlight jiggling in time to the gentle thumping of the bike’s...

Back Home Again In Indiana: Motorcycle Touring in the Hoosier State

I was born in Indiana, so I am, by definition, a Hoosier. I didn’t learn to ride there, but I spent 10 years in...

Retrospective: 1979-1992 Yamaha QT50 Yamahopper

Looking in Cycle magazine’s “1980 Buyers Guide,” the Motorized Bicycles section has more than 20 bikes listed. Most of them are a hair under...

Indian Scout Bobber vs. Moto Guzzi V9 Bobber vs. Triumph Bonneville Bobber | Comparo Review

Today’s bobbers, as a style, could be described as less than sensible. They prize form over function, emotion and feel over pure logic. If...

Edelweiss Mystery Tour 2017

“Are you crazy? Why would you sign up for a motorcycle tour that gives you zero information about where you’re going? Even worse, why...

A Look Back: 1991-2002 Honda ST1100

When Honda introduced the V45 Sabre in 1982, everyone thought the V-4 revolution was at hand. Everyone at Honda, that is. With a few...

Riding the Pennsylvania Heartland

The heartland of north-central Pennsylvania is a region bereft of large concentrations of people. In fact, studying a map reveals multiple sections that are...

The Royal Enfield Story

In the mid-1960s, as the British manufacturers tried desperately to survive the tsunami wave of Japanese motorcycles entering the market, a British bike called...

2018 Royal Enfield Continental GT and Interceptor | First Look Review

Royal Enfield is in the midst of a revival. It never really died (read the story here), but like most manufacturers it’s had its...

Retrospective: 1964-1965 BSA Beagle/Starlite

Cute name, BSA Beagle. Dog names for motorcycles were not unusual in England, as with the Triumph Terrier of the early 1950s. But when...

Fastest Man on Earth: Glenn Curtiss and His V-8 Motorcycle

January of 1907 found Glenn H. Curtiss of Hammondsport, New York, a humble, quiet motorcycle and engine manufacturer, traveling by train to sunny Ormond...

Honda Gold Wing Milestone Models 1975-2015

The following is a summary of significant models in the history of the Honda Gold Wing during its first 40 years, from 1975-2015, spanning...

Honda Gold Wing Timeline: 1972-2018

For more than 40 years, the Gold Wing has been Honda's flagship motorcycle. From the M1 "King of Kings" prototype to the introduction of...

Washington State Crossing

In getting to points north, east and west here in Washington state, at least a portion of State Route 20 is often included. So I...

Camping Challenge: Roughing It ‘Rider’ Style

There are few things more therapeutic to me than packing some camping gear onto a motorcycle, pointing the front wheel away from civilization and...

Retrospective: 1999-2000 Excelsior-Henderson Super X

Back in the early 1990s the Hanlon brothers, of Belle Plaine, Minnesota, looked at the Harley market and saw that the boom in sales...

Across the USA on a Honda CBR250R

What’s the right motorcycle to ride across America? The one you have. I fell in love with the Honda CBR250R when I tested one...

Ocean to Desert: Riding Oregon West to East

Coastal prairies, mountain forests, high deserts—Oregon has it all, the perfect venue for a three day, three-border road trip. My ride, a brand-new 2017...

Retrospective: 1988-1997 Suzuki RGV250

When one is looking at the specs for a motorcycle, weight, power, wheelbase, etc., it is all somewhat instructive, but not terribly exciting. Until...

Solitude and Scenery: Riding West Kansas

Kansas is sometimes thought of as part of the “fly-over zone,” a place that doesn’t matter much in the bigger scheme of things. I...

Beating the Haul Road: Alaska’s Dalton Highway

If you’re a Harley rider, you have to ride to Sturgis at least once in your life. For road race fans it’s Austin or...

Roads Less Traveled: Exploring Slovenia, Bosnia and Croatia With Adriatic Moto Tours

It’s a place straight out of a fairytale: deep forests, bottomless lakes, rivers that pour out of gaping holes in the mountainside, waterfalls, crystal...

Re-Cycling: 1986-2006 Kawasaki Concours ZG1000

You wouldn’t be alone if you argued that BMW invented sport touring, but it’s hard to deny Kawasaki brought it to the masses. In...

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