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Ranging Around Reno: A Loop Around Lake Tahoe

The mountain ranges to the south of Reno, Nevada, are a playground full of great rides. Today’s will take me up to Virginia City,...

Expanding Your Horizons: Northern Arizona Loop Ride

Miles of hairpins, 4,000 feet of elevation change, historic towns, monolithic red rocks and vast pine forests all in the span of a 180-mile...

Favorite Ride: Minnesota’s Otter Trail Scenic Byway

Thinking of Minnesota roadways, superlatives do not normally come to mind. Riding Minnesota’s Otter Trail Scenic Byway can change that. The route includes many...

Favorite Ride: Nebo Loop Scenic Byway

Some of the best roads I’ve ridden were discovered by accident. The Nebo Loop in Utah is a good example. I found it a...

Favorite Rides & Destinations #5 is Live!

Favorite Rides & Destinations is an online motorcycle touring and adventure magazine from the editors of Rider. It includes touring features with printable maps,...

Favorite Ride: Scenic Southern Colorado

You’d be hard pressed to find two more picturesque towns anywhere in the Southwest than Durango and Pagosa Springs, Colorado. These southern Colorado hamlets...

Best Dam Ride in the South: The TVA Dams of the Upper Tennessee River

Looking down on the raging torrent thundering out of the 34-foot-diameter emergency spillway below Fontana Dam, you can almost feel the ground shake beneath...

Favorite Ride: West Texas Roundup

After one too-brief night in Alpine, Texas, at the amazing Holland Hotel, I hit the road on the way to Terlingua. My tour of...

Favorite Ride: Arizona-New Mexico Loop

Let me tell you about a perspective-changing, paradigm-shifting roll through a spectacular region spanning two great southwestern states. Before you accuse me of hyperbole,...

Favorite Ride: Cajun, Curves and Catfish in Louisiana

I often return to Louisiana (LA) Highway 553 here in the lowlands surrounding the town of Monroe. It’s a road close to home that...

Michigandering: Riding Western Michigan on the Cheap

My friend, Rick, lives near Chicago, and I live in Ohio. When we decided to squeeze in one last motorcycle excursion last fall and meet...

Favorite Rides & Destinations #4 is Live!

Favorite Rides & Destinations is an online motorcycle touring and adventure magazine from the editors of Rider. It includes the best of Rider’s touring...

White Mountain Escape: Riding the Kancamagus Highway

It’s early November in northern New England. The leaves have fallen, the tourists have gone home and the daylight hours have gotten very short....

Riding in the Shadow of Giants: Monument Valley by Motorcycle

There I was—three hours into a wonderful ride that I had made many times over the years. The quickest route from my home near...

Country Roads, Country Bridges: A Ride Through Delaware and Sullivan Counties, New York

Whenever I want to add a favorite ride to my repertoire, it requires two components: great roads and something unique and impressive to see....

Favorite Ride: Rediscovering Gold on the Million Dollar Highway

Years ago my father’s fingers traced the route of a ride on a map of southwestern Colorado, over towns named Cortez, Dolores, Telluride, Montrose...

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...

Favorite Ride: Southeast Arizona’s Wild West

Cowboys and Indians. Miners and ranchers. Army troops and outlaws. Southeast Arizona was overrun with all of these types, and more, in the latter...

Favorite Ride: Classic Roadways of the Smoky Mountains

This morning I’m on my way to the Great Smoky Mountains to revisit three gems of the Southeast’s motorcycle-friendly roadways: the Foothills Parkway, Deals...

Favorite Ride: Riding the State of Jefferson Scenic Byway in Northern California

If you have traveled Interstate 5 between Oregon and California, you’ve probably seen one end of the State of Jefferson Scenic Byway. Eleven miles south...

A Kool Kruise to a Hip Town: New Hope, Pennsylvania

New Hope, Pennsylvania, is a popular destination for riders in the Northeast, not only because of its artistic vibe, galleries, restaurants, hip boutiques and...

Favorite Ride: Unexpected Serenity in Southern California

Is there any scenic countryside left for motorcyclists in the urban sprawl of Southern California? Actually there is, and it’s surprisingly close to the densely...

Favorite Ride: Swamp People and Hot Sauce

I have lived in southern Louisiana my whole life, and for this sport-touring rider, the weather from late October through April is pretty hard...

Lock-to-Lock: Riding the Miami-Erie Canal

It might seem incongruous to use a modern motorcycle, with fuel injection and ABS, to explore a canal built almost 200 years ago to move...

Moto Aloha: Motorcycle Touring on Oahu

In recent years, life has afforded me more opportunities to travel outside of the logistical scope of my motorcycle. While my bike can’t fly with...

Favorite Ride: Eastern Sierra Scenic Byway

Most people ride U.S. Route 395 in California just to get from point A to point B, but wandering off the highway reveals numerous,...

Riding the Lincoln Loop: Mountain Passes, Small Towns and Wildlife in Montana

Living in Montana, known by some as “The Last Best Place,” it is easy to find great roads for a short run or a...

Chasing Shakespeare: An Elizabethan Tour of the American West

The Plan “…then begins a journey in my head…” (Sonnet 27) Bourbon and conversation, biscuits and gravy, movies and popcorn–some things just seem to go...

Riding the Trans-Mass Trail: Off-road Motorcycling in Massachusetts

The Trans-Mass Trail isn’t an “official” route. You won’t find any Scenic Byway signs like you see along the best twisty two-lanes. Instead, this...

Cape Cod Cruising

Most Americans have heard of Cape Cod, and a large number have been there. Much of the Cape is astonishingly beautiful, with great beaches...

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