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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.

On the Road: Riding The Four Corners

story and photos by J. Joshua Placa In the Great Basin of the ancient Southwest, nothing is as it seems. Infinite expanses of petrified sand...

Indiana Motorcycle Touring: Hoosier National Forest

story and photography by Mitchell Steckler I awoke to a beautiful summer morning, a motorcyclist’s dream: blue sky, 82 degrees and a weekend of freedom....

Southern California Motorcycle Touring: The Tehachapi Loop

story and photography by Olaf Wolff During the past four decades I’ve learned plenty from riding motorcycles. I’ve come to value the power of patience,...

Ohio Motorcycle Touring: The Ride to Prospect

story and photography by Eric Pincus As I put on my helmet my two-year-old daughter, Vanya, admonishes me “Ride safe, Daddy!” A short time later...

Crossing the Ozark Mountains on an Ultra Classic Electra Glide

I could feel the disgruntlement of the Harley-Davidson Ultra Classic Electra Glide, the one with all the options, as we swung on to I-155....

New Mexico Motorcycle Rides: Lincoln National Forest

story and photography by Kathleen Kemsley Question: What’s black and white and red all over? Answer: A motorcycle route through the region surrounding Lincoln National...

Motorcycle Touring Northern New Jersey’s Skylands

story and photography by Kenneth W. Dahse Unfortunately, many riders have an image of New Jersey inspired by Joe Piscopo’s famous lines from a Saturday...

Texas Motorcycle Rides: The Texas Forest Trail

story and photography by Don Mills It’s spring along the Texas Forest Trail, a 1,000-mile ribbon of two-lane asphalt that winds through East Texas. Mystical...

Missouri Motorcycle Rides: From St. Louis to Frankenstein

The crack of the bat and the smell of yeast are never far away in St. Louis, a vibrant city-kingdom of baseball and beer....

Pacific Northwest Motorcycle Rides: Wasco County and Beyond

story and photography by Sean Coker Don’t call it a ghost town. Shaniko, Oregon, has maintained a population of 30 people, but it’s a far...

Arizona Motorcycle Rides: Florence, Phoenix, Tucson

story and photography by Mike Henry Most motorcyclists dream of that once-in-a-lifetime trek to the Arctic Circle, or even participating in an Iron Butt Rally,...

California Motorcycle Touring: Reno to Laughlin

story and photography by Mark Travis Westbound Interstate 80 carried us along the Truckee River from Reno to the Donner Summit, where we looked down...

Florida Motorcycle Rides: A Cross Creek Adventure

story and photos by Dorothy K. Fletcher “We need above all, I think, a certain remoteness from urban confusion. And while this can be found...

Best of Ohio Motorcycle Rides

Most people don’t realize that Ohio motorcycle rides offer some of the most scenic and exciting motorcycle routes in the country. I made this...

Motorcycle Ride Along the Delaware River

story and photography by Moshe Levy We’re about to take a contemplative Delaware motorcycle ride through time, from the Colonial fight for independence to avant-garde...

Road to Wisdom: A U.S. and Canadian Rockies Motorcycle Tour

  Riding and Life Lessons on a Big Scenic Loop When Don Scott, my neighbor and riding buddy, mentioned he wanted to go on a long...

Iowa Motorcycle Rides: Discovering America’s Heartland

story and photography by Susan Benton Although Iowa probably isn’t on your short list of places to ride, it has a prairie beauty all its...

Wolfe Island and Other Island Pleasures: Motorcycle Travel in New York and Canada

Sunday is my favorite day of the week because Sunday is the day my wife and I get the Harley out, polish it up,...
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