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Blog: Moto Espana Show, Santa Cruz, California

Having left my bike in the big field for motorcycle parking at the Laguna Seca MotoGP, when I come back I find tucked into...

Blog: Rollin' Down Route 23 and Beyond

Spring brings April showers, May flowers and, like clockwork, a call from my buddy Bob, suggesting we take a “little” motorcycle trip, something in...

Adriatic Moto Tours: Part 4

Our Adriatic Moto Tours Eastern Europe adventure has now lasted two weeks, and I’m sad that it will end with our ride today. When I...

Adriatic Moto Tours: Part 3

Our Czech/Hungary tour has now taken our group of 14 from Budapest to the High Tatras in the north of Slovakia, then for a...

Adriatic Moto Tours: Part 2

I have been traveling in Austria and Eastern Europe with Adriatic Mototours now for five days, and have been impressed with how well organized...

Blog: Throw Away Mentality? Give it the Boot.

Too often, things that just need a repair get thrown away. Perhaps the right parts aren’t available, or no one around has the skills...

Adriatic Moto Tours: Part 1—Loose in the East

I am currently starting Day 5 of a 14-day Czech-Hungary tour with Adriatic Moto Tours. This company, based in Ljubljana, Slovenia, offers several tours...

'Bones, y’all need tars' – Rider Blog

In just a few days I was leaving on a 3,500 mile trek that would include some of the best mountain twisties in the...

High Sierra Adventure Weekend

“I want to come back here after the thaw.” Thus I remarked to my brother as we stared at the expanse of snow spreading out...

2013 Trailblazers Banquet

The Trailblazers are a social organization of pioneer motorcycling enthusiasts who have met annually since 1940. They preserve the memory of those who came...

Onboard Caffeine Injection

Around two or three o’clock every day, my eye lids get heavy and my brain turns to sludge. There’s no mistaking the symptoms—it’s coffee...

Day 9: Patagonia Adventure Tour

(Read the dispatch from Day 8, or start at the beginning with Day 1) We get an early start (for us) from our little island...

Day 8: Patagonia Adventure Tour

(Read the dispatch from Day 7) This is the day I’ve been waiting for since we began this trip. The consummate Patagonian experience awaits: today...

Muriel’s Gentlemen Friends on Motorcycles

North Carolina state road 28, also known as Moonshiner 28, is one of the best twisty mountain roads anywhere. (Shhhh…don’t tell anyone.) My Aunt...

Day 7: Patagonia Adventure Tour

(Read the dispatch from Day 6) The weather is perfect as we depart our rustic but comfortable accommodations at Estancia Cueva De Las Manos near...

Day 6: Patagonia Adventure Tour

(Read the dispatch from Day 5) It’s hard to leave the Tres Lagos paradise, but the road beckons and the heart of Patagonia lies ahead....

Day 5: Patagonia Adventure Tour

(Read the dispatch from Day 4) In Patagonia there is rest for the weary, and we were glad for it. The first real work of...

Day 4: Patagonia Adventure Tour

(Read the dispatch from Day 3) The day begins early with breakfast eaten, bags packed and the group on the dock at Puyuhuapi Lodge by...

Day 3: Patagonia Adventure Tour

(Read dispatch from Day 2) Our third day in Patagonia begins with frost and fog in the little town of Futaleufú. It’s a short but...

Day 2: Patagonia Adventure Tour

(Read dispatch from Day 1) South we go! When I last reported on this Patagonia adventure, we were in Bariloche, Argentina, after riding west across...

Day 1: Patagonia Adventure Tour

Today we ride! After mucho paperwork at MotoAventura in Osorno, Chile, the company that arranges the motorcycles for RIDE Adventures, we hit the road....

The Joys of Not Roughing It

As much as I like camping, as much as I enjoy the back-to-basics delight of cooking over an open fire and the novelty of...

Patagonia Beckons!

With help from Ride Adventures (rideadv.com), I'm about to put a big check mark on my bucket list next to "Touring Patagonia by Motorcycle."...

One World, One R 1200 GS Tour USA

Since returning from South Africa in January, where I was among the first wave of journalists at the world launch of BMW’s all-new, air/liquid-cooled...

Confronting PMS with the Lonesome Weirdoes

New Englanders know the thrill of taking that first ride of the season—and the melancholy that settles in after putting your bike away for...

Pay It Forward: Rider Blog

Even well-designed and well-maintained machines break down. Problems as minor as a broken chain, flat tire or dead battery can immobilize a motorcycle and...

Riding a Husky to the Husky Memorial

During our first attempt, last January, we came oh-so close to achieving our goal, but it slipped between our fingers as the sun sank...

Blog: Signs Along the Way

I love word play as much as I love motorcycles, and entertaining ways to combine these two passions are conveniently posted along roads where...

The Streak: 42 Years of Riding

This is not a story so much about bikes, a favorite ride, or even about the number of bikes owned; it is a story...

33rd Annual Los Angeles All-British Hansen Dam Ride

One day Bill “Bib” Bibbiani promises to record his famous quips. After more than 30 years in the SoCal Norton Club (founded 1979) and...

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