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Book Review: ‘On Grief, Hope and Motorcycles: A Diary’

Nothing is certain, except death and taxes. This oft-quoted truism is still pertinent, but for those of us who are immersed in the world of...

Top 10 Motorcycle Travel and Adventure Books

A motorcycle is like a flying carpet, taking the rider to places all over this planet. And riders are often moved to write about...

Motorcycles and Our 2nd 50 Years: An Owner’s Manual for Riders Over 50: Survive in spite of yourself

by Reg Kittrelle www.motorcyclesand2nd50.com $19.95 There is a long list of things that I’ve matured out of, or, more likely, had the grand luck to survive in...

Michelin Anakee Wild Tires First Impression

General wisdom among adventure riders holds that when it comes to tires, you can have off-road grip or you can have on-road stability and...

Book Review: The Complete Book of Classic and Modern Triumph Motorcycles: 1937-Today

The Complete Book of Classic and Modern Triumph Motorcycles: 1937-Today, by Ian Falloon For anybody wanting to know about post-1936 Triumph motorcycles, this is a...

Arizona Backcountry Discovery Route (AZBDR) DVD and Map Review

A couple of years ago, with two friends, I completed Route 5 of the Oregon Backcountry Discovery Route (ORBDR), a 750-mile, north-south mostly off-road...

Motorcycle Industry Council Releases Tire Guide How-To Video

The Motorcycle Industry Council has released a new Tire Guide video, a four-minute instructional video that highlights the importance of selecting the right tires...

Harley-Davidson Family Memories: Digging up a dynasty’s past

Written by Jean Davidson and Jon Davidson Oeflein $35, includes tax and shipping www.jeandavidson.com If you’re born into a family as famous as the Davidson side of...

‘Phil Cross: Gypsy Joker to a Hells Angel’ Book Review

As a 40-plus-year member of the Hell’s Angels MC, Phil Cross decided now was a good time to put his wild, lifelong motorcycling adventures...

Why We Ride DVD review

On the back cover of the Why We Ride DVD in bold letters is stated, “Everyone has a reason.” In this documentary we hear...

Book Review: Piers of the West Coast Travelled on Two Wheels: Part 1

Author: Gary Koz Mraz $24.95, available at Amazon.com Photos by Ron Sinoy and Gary Mraz Cpyright 2013, Fire and a Prayer Press. When I interviewed my friend and...

Ride Like a Pro DVDs and Book: Review

Since joining the Rider staff in 2008, I’ve attended riding schools on racetracks, on the street and off-road. Every school has taught me valuable...

Book Review: 2012 Motorcycle Cannonball II Endurance Run

The Motorcycle Cannonball is a coast-to-coast run of antique motorcycles of varying vintage that’s staged from a different location every other year. The inaugural...

The Essential Guide to Motorcycle Travel, 2nd Edition – Book Review

Had I had the benefits of Dale Conyer’s book, The Essential Guide to Motorcycle Travel, back when I took my first real motorcycle trip,...

Book Review: 1000 Biker Tattoos

Bikers and tattoos go together like bacon and eggs, so a book about biker tattoos had to be written. Accomplished photojournalist Sara Liberte has...

Book Review: The Essential Guide to Motorcycle Travel (Second Edition)

Had I had the benefits of this book back when I took my first real motorcycle trip, I would have been a good deal...

Book Review: Motorcycle Journeys Through the Alps, 5th Edition

Winter is coming on. Should great-uncle Arthur (R.I.P.) have left you a bit in his will, you can either hop on a plane and...

Book Review: Motorcycle Journeys Through New England, Fourth Edition

I got back from a ten-day trip to New England and found a copy of Ken Aiken’s book in the mail. Dang! I wish...

White Knuckle: The Story of the Motorcycle Cannonball

The documentary film White Knuckle: The Story of the Motorcycle Cannonball takes you on the 2010 Motorcycle Cannonball, which started in Kitty Hawk, North...

‘Bean’re—Motorcycle Nomad’ book review

If you haven’t met him, you will surely recognize him anyhow; the lanky, top hat-wearing “Mayor of Fun” who goes by the handle of...

How to Ride Off-Road Motorcycles (Book Review)

No matter how many times street motorcyclists are told that riding off-road will improve their on-road skills, many of them brush it aside. Street...

Motorcycle: The Definitive Visual History (Book Review)

When the ground-breaking “Art of the Motorcycle” exhibit opened at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City, in 1998, I had the good fortune...

Rolling Through the Isles, by Ted Simon – Book Review

Somebody asks Ted that if he had only one more motorcycle trip to do, where would he go? Many of us might think about...

History of the Reading Motorcycle Club 1911-2011

Not long after the first Harley-Davidsons rolled off the production line in 1903, motorcycle enthusiasts began to form riding clubs. Yet motorcycle clubs still...

Motorcycle Journeys Through North America

If you’re having trouble deciding where to go on your next big road trip, Dale Coyner presents a few options in his newest book,...

Butler Motorcycle Maps | Gear Review

The first music video ever played on MTV, at 12:01 a.m. on August 1, 1981, was for a song by the Buggles called “Video...

Horizon Unlimited Achievable Dream DVD Series Review

Motorcyclists tend to be dreamers, captivated by the desire to explore new places and have new experiences. Perhaps that’s because our two-wheeled machines, extensions...

Shifting Gears at 50: A Motorcycling Guide for New & Returning Riders

  The baby boomer bell curve was behind motojournalist Philip Buonpastore’s motivation to create Shifting Gears at 50. He says, “I wrote Shifting Gears at...

Rider Book Review: Motorcycle Journeys Through North America by Dale Coyner

WEBSITE EXCLUSIVE! Simply the creation of this book is impressive!  Dale Coyner decided to take a look-see at nearly all of the United States, and...

Road Heroes: Motorcycle Adventure Travel Tales, Part 1 DVD Review

A tiny fraction of us will ever summit Everest, rocket into outer space or spend years traveling nonstop around the world. But we’re often...
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