HomeTouring

Touring

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.

Motorcycle Touring in West Virginia (and a Bit of Virginia)

There’s an old joke about the Mountain State that goes something like this: “If you could flatten out West Virginia, it would be as...

Exploring Historic Southern Arizona on a Honda CB500X

There is something about the Old West that appeals to romantics—myself included. Shoot-outs on Main Street, brothels with beautiful ladies, stagecoaches rushing along and...

Great Motorcycle Riding in Southeastern Ohio

Each day in Jackson, Ohio, I ride State Route 93, which shares its title with Main Street until it pops out on the other...

An Alaskan Motorcycle Adventure How-To

Every adventurous motorcyclist dreams of riding to a far-off destination like Alaska on the spur of the moment; just drop everything and take off...

The Ultimate Alps with Edelweiss Bike Travel

About 50 million years ago, Africa, which was probably glancing down at its iPhone, crashed headfirst into Europe, which was just sitting in plate-tectonic...

Motogiro D’Italia 2013

“My friend Giuseppe was down for the count,” said Burt Richmond of Illinois. “He was laid out on a stone wall with a medic holding...

Down To Downieville: Rural California Motorcycle Ride

My machine had been idle too long during a busy summer, occupied by matters far less important than riding, so I said to Cookie...

The Real South Carolina—Once Around The Palmetto State

Frankly, I don’t understand why a rally was ever held in Myrtle Beach. The resort town is a congested strand with residents and police...

Return to Baja

Having completed a long tour, everyone asks me: “Where ‘ya going next?” After reading a newspaper story one Saturday morning about fish tacos in...

Motorcycle Riding Through Scenic Eastern New York

I glanced down at the clock on my GPS and saw the time change from 6:59 to 7:00 a.m. I looked back up and...

USA Tour Companies 2013/2014

Why go on a guided tour? Because motorcycles are meant to be fun, not hard work. You can enjoy the solitary freedom of the...

The Cascade Loop: The Best of the Northwest

Riding a motorcycle in the Pacific Northwest is chock full of yin and yang. The sometimes long dreary winters feature predominantly gray skies and...

Adriatic Moto Tours' Czech-Hungary Tour

Recently, an ancient wooden wheel and axle were discovered near Ljubljana, Slovenia, which carbon dating revealed to be 5,200 years old. Now on display...

New England: Revisiting Old Haunts, And Some New, In The Six States

The sun was shining, the day was warm, and traffic minimal. It was like old times, traveling along Route 66 (Massachusetts, not U.S.) into...

Climbing the Pikes Peak Highway

The year was 1806. After traversing the flat plains of what is now eastern Colorado, Zebulon Pike saw a smudge on the horizon. The...

Lucky Stars and Fall Colors: Rider Blog

Sometimes good things just happen. It could be the alignment of the stars and the moon, it could be just blind luck or it...

Palouse Wheatland Treasures: Motorcycle Ride Through Washington

Fall…not my favorite verb, but definitely my favorite time of year for riding at the latitude where I live. Those of us who choose...

Pigeon River Country: Sport Touring in Michigan

Michigan riders looking for sporting back roads with minimal traffic and serious curves in the northern portion of the Lower Peninsula need only follow...

CURRENT ISSUE

September 2025

The Staff

SUBSCRIBE NOW

PODCASTS

Touring

FOLLOW US