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EAGLERIDER Route 66 Motorcycle Tours

Want to ride Route 66 and let someone else handle the planning and logistics? EAGLERIDER offers both guided and self-guided Route 66 motorcycle tours....

Butler Maps: Historic Route 66 Official Touring Maps

If you’re looking for trip planning assistance, the state, regional, and thematic motorcycle maps from Butler Maps are fantastic resources. The founders and creators...

Flagstaff to Barstow on Historic Route 66 | Favorite Ride

Testing the new Can-Am Canyon Redrock in Arizona presented me with an opportunity to ride part of Historic Route 66. I began in Flagstaff,...

Yore Mother Road: Recollections of a Route 66 Motorcycle Ride

Decades after its official demise in 1985, Route 66 remains in fragments, with the rest either paved over and renamed or reclaimed by nature....

America’s Mother Road: Chicago to L.A. on Route 66

Designated as a federal highway in 1926 and running from Chicago to Los Angeles, Route 66 connected – and often ran right through –...

50 Best Motorcycle Roads in America

The December 2024 issue of Rider celebrated the magazine's 50th anniversary. Over the past half century, we have published thousands of travels stories, favorite...

Route 66 Motorcycle Ride in Oklahoma | Favorite Ride

U.S. Route 66 was established in 1926 and was billed as the shortest, fastest, and most scenic all-weather route connecting Chicago, St. Louis, and...

Arizona Route 66 Motorcycle Ride

Route 66, or the Mother Road, is indelibly stitched into the fabric of the American psyche. The iconic road once traced its way for...

Get Your Kickstart on Route 66

Dubbed the “Mother Road” by John Steinbeck in The Grapes of Wrath and known as “Main Street USA,” U.S. Route 66 will celebrate its...

A Flagstaff to Albuquerque Motorcycle Ride on a Less Obvious Route

If you blindly follow your GPS, a Flagstaff to Albuquerque motorcycle ride is a 320‑­mile drone on Interstate 40. That’s fine if Point A...

Incredible American Driving Tour Planned: National Road, Route 66 and Lincoln Highway

Everyone is invited to participate in a special driving tour linking three of America's great roads this June! Join the Lincoln Highway Association for...

Riding Old U.S. 66 from Seligman, Arizona, to Barstow, California

I always like intros where you get to ride the new model home. The new Aprilia Caponord 1200 ABS Travel Pack (Rider, July 2014)...

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