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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...

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...

First Hope Then Merritt: A Ride Through the British Columbia Interior

When life in the big city on the coast becomes too hectic and I need some time away, a romp through British Columbia’s interior...

Adventures in Paradise: Touring in the Dominican Republic

Life in the USA has become so sanitized, homogenized, standardized and over-regulated that I often feel I was born too late. Especially so if...

2017 International Tour Companies Directory

Every two years, the Rider staff compiles an up-to-date listing of tour companies that operate internationally. We only include reputable companies that offer multi-day, fully...

Sicilian Splendor: Around Mount Etna Tour with Edelweiss Bike Travel

Sure, I could find Sicily on a map, I’d seen “The Godfather” and I’ve eaten my fair share of thick, rectangular Sicilian-style pizza. But...

Six Weeks in Europe on a Bonneville T120, Two-Up

I have been my husband Bill’s pillion rider for 30-plus years, riding a variety of bikes on trips as short as just around the...

Riding a Royal Enfield Through Wild West Africa

How a little touring in England turned into the ride of a lifetime. Buy the bike you want. Never mind what anyone else says. If you love it,...

Tierra del Fuego Motorcycle Tour with MotoDiscovery

High-siding 6 feet in the air, Joaquin and his BMW R1200GS did a graceful 60-mph pirouette in front of me. Flying in front of...

Ecuador Freedom Bike Rental Launches Self-Guided “Dirt Deluxe” Tour

Building on over seven years of experience in organizing premium motorcycle tours, Ecuador Freedom Bike Rental announced its latest self-guided, off-road excursion called Dirt...

Riding the “Other Vermont”: Quebec by Motorcycle

The popularity of Vermont as a motorcycle touring destination is well deserved: it offers great roads, world-class food and interesting things to see. Yet...

MotoQuest’s Japan Three Island Tour

We knew we weren’t in Kansas anymore when the white-gloved driver briefly stepped off the airport bus after we boarded to pick up a cigarette...

IMTBike’s Portugal & Southern Spain Tour

Not all motorcycle tour companies are alike. Moreover, the tours offered by a single company typically differ dramatically in many ways. So, sitting in...

Riding The Shuswap Area of British Columbia, Canada

I am waiting at the border between the U.S. and Canada, mentally patting myself on the back. For one thing, despite the fact that...

Baja Enlightenment: Riding Mexico’s Lower California Peninsula

Our experience begins at the Tecate border crossing, a 45-minute ride east of San Diego. One by one we pull our motorcycles up to...

A Lap Around Middle Earth: Ecuador Freedom’s Andes, Amazon and Pacific Coast Tour

From the hot, humid Amazon rainforest, where we floated down the muddy Rio Arajuno in a motorized canoe and fed sugarcane to monkeys in...

The Best of the Canadian Rockies on the Icefields Parkway

You’ve heard of the legendary pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Well, the Icefields Parkway, aka Highway 93 north in Alberta,...

Québec Adventure: Striking Gold in Abitibi-Témiscamingue

Unpainted asphalt with the texture of a Parmesan cheese grater twists and undulates through the mist-shrouded spruce forest. This is prime moose country, and...

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