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Rider has been bringing you the best in motorcycle touring, travel, and adventure since 1974. Click the map below to access motorcycle rides by state or click the globe for international tours. Use the drop-down menu above to access shorter Favorite Ride tours and rides by region (Northeast, Midwest, South, and West). All rides include a route map, and rides since 2021 include a link to online REVER routes with downloadable GPX files.

Favorite Ride: Vermont Border Run

A few years ago, Rider published my article about riding Vermont Route 100 from south to north, ending at the Haskell Free Library and...

Great Lakes Getaway: Touring Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan

I arrive in Duluth, Minnesota, in the middle of the night, welcomed by a cleansing wind blowing off Lake Superior, the largest of the...

Anything But A Straight Line: Exploring America’s Backroads

Whoever said a straight line was the best way to get from Point A to Point B didn't ride a motorcycle. Is there anyone...

Favorite Ride: Seneca Rocks, West Virginia

It’s not until we exit Interstate 81, run through some gears on U.S. Route 48, and catch a whiff of dew-covered fields that I...

Favorite Ride: Bridges of Charleston County

Charleston, South Carolina, is a true Southern belle. She turns 352 years old this year and has quite a past. In America’s early days,...

Chasing Gene and Washie: An Indian Tale

At a time when American riders were fighting the Harley and Indian wars, Gene Townsend and Floyd “Washie” Washabaugh were unflinchingly Indian men. It...

Perfect Pyrenees Tour with IMTBike

My husband, Steve, was facing a landmark birthday last August. He decided to celebrate on a motorcycle, and IMTBike had a Pyrenees tour that...

The Long Ride

The room is dirt cheap and smells it. I've been on the road for five weeks now, mostly camping to save money, and as...

Edelweiss Southern France Tour Review

Sunshine, wine, good food, and savoir vivre (knowing how to live) – these are just a few reasons why the Côte d’Azur and the...

Favorite Ride: Des Moines River Loop

There are some great roads in central Iowa around the town of Boone, which is about 45 miles north of Des Moines. This ride...

Muriel’s First Ride

She's taking her first ride on a motorcycle. Posthumously, as it turns out, but my Aunt Muriel is along for the ride, her ashes...

Favorite Ride: Colorado Front Range Figure-8

As we sat in the crimson hue of the Colorado Front Range sunset, the stone walls of the iconic Red Rocks Amphitheatre echoed with...

Spring Trifecta: A Return to Riding, Concerts, and Baseball

I am not one to repeat most motorcycle rides, and I am certainly not one to revisit my old articles. However, there is a...

Backcountry Discovery Routes Releases Wyoming BDR

Since 2010, the adventure motorcycling non-profit Backcountry Discovery Routes (BDR) has created 10 trans-state routes for dual-sport and adventure motorcycle travel. Now, BDR announces its eleventh...

Hear the Road Motorcycle Tours Italy Announces 2022 Calendar

Ready to ride a motorcycle in Italy? Hear the Road Motorcycle Tours Italy has announced its 2022 Italian motorcycle tour calendar. Tours for 2022 have...

On the Road: Newfoundland

Newfoundland and Labrador, the easternmost province in Canada, fights a losing battle patching its roadways. Realizing it's a lost cause, the province simply erects...

Tracing the Cascades on a Yamaha Tracer 900 GT

Winding through a dark canopy of evergreens, the road played hide-and-seek with the Clackamas River, offering a glimpse here and there of clear water...

Rider Magazine Best of Greece Tour with Edelweiss Bike Travel

Greece has always been on our motorcycle bucket list. According to Rainer Buck, Managing Director of Edelweiss Bike Travel, Greece is one of his...

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