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

Sidehacking into History

Many motorcyclists consider freeway speed limits to be a barrier. On a Ural, they’re more like an accomplishment. But the thrill one feels at...

Ohio River Valley: On the Trail of Simon Kenton

Simon Kenton is one of America’s least-known heroes. Kenton and Daniel Boone were contemporaries in the beautiful but deadly wilderness of the Ohio River...

Cruising Yankee Country: A Northeastern Four-State Getaway

If your goal is to ride Yankee Country with its rural roads, quaint colonial villages and charming churches, there’s no place better than western...

Western Massachusetts BONE Ride

I’m a western Massachusetts native who’s been called Bones since childhood, so when I learned about an upcoming “Western Mass BONE Ride,” naturally, I...

4 Corners 4 Kids: Traveling to the Four Corners of the U.S. For Charity

I have made some road trips in my nine years of riding, but I’ve never managed to stay gone long enough to want the...

Motorcycle Tour of Connecticut: A Taste of Nutmeg

Connecticut is a compact state, some 60 miles wide by 100 miles across. When I studied a map of this coastal New England state,...

Short Motorcycle Ride through West Virginia and Maryland

Done. Finally! The lawn is mowed, trimming completed, garage swept, and I even got the car washed. The Honey-Do List completed, I venture inside...

Motorcycle Travel in the Appalachians

“I think I’m lost.” Twenty miles had passed since departing the only hotel in Cumberland, Kentucky, that had a sign hanging in a broken window...

The Blue Ridge Parkway from the Backseat

Plenty of riders have sung the praises of the Blue Ridge Parkway. But I’m here to give you the straight story from the passenger’s...

Reservoir Roads: Exploring the New York Southern Highlands

When I go on an extended motorcycle tour, I like to ride back roads with plenty of twisties to challenge me, in an area...

Catskills Escape: Curves and Coolness in New York's Reservoir Valleys

Say “New York” and people think of Manhattan with its skyscrapers. But most of New York State is rural, with excellent motorcycle roads throughout....

Great Motorcycle Roads: West Virginia is for Riders

Click on the link below to download a PDF file of the Great Roads feature West Virginia is for Riders from the October 2012...

Riding U.S. 20 from Albany to Buffalo, N.Y.

(This story was published in the July 2012 issue of Rider magazine.) Story and photos by Clement Salvadori My duties at Americade, up in Lake George,...

Pennsylvania Motorcycle Tour on a Kawasaki Versys

There is a perfectly serviceable bridge on Interstate 84 that carries me across the Delaware River from New York into Pennsylvania in seconds. I...

Virginia on a Tangent

Some states just don’t lend themselves to the type of perimeter runs I accomplished on previous tours of Kansas (Rider, November 2007) and the...

Americade Day Trip to Lake George, New York

I’m 25 miles north of Lake George, New York, taking a break alongside the shore of the lake of the same name, when four...

Carving up Southeastern Ohio

A classic American riddle asks, “Why is the state of Ohio different?” The traditional answer is, “Because it’s HI in the middle and round...

Riding the Backroads of New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New York

story and photography by Kenneth W. Dahse There’s nothing more adventurous and satisfying than hitting the road for a few days, especially if the route...

Little Poland Vintage Bike Shop in a Vintage Brooklyn Neighborhood

story and photography by Paul Garson Carl Jung, the pioneering psychoanalyst, once wrote a small book titled Synchronicity: An Acausal Connecting Principle that describes a...

Tri-state Motorcycle Tour: North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia

story and photography by Clement Salvadori “Today we’re going to ride The Snake,” said Dave, over a cup of coffee. “We’re going to what?” I asked. “Ride...

Northeast Grand Slam: New York, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine

by Scott A. Williams photography by the author and Gregory R. North Lots of riders (your humble scribe included) have added GPS to their motorcycles. While...

Onward to Madawaska, Maine: Motorcycling in Search of the Elusive Moose

The premise took hold in my mind after recently moving from San Diego to New York. Why not complete the journey from the extreme...

Connecticut is a River

story and photography by Bill Heald Find me a state and you’ll find a river named after it. This I believe with every fiber of...

Some of the Best of New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania

story and photography by Kenneth W. Dahse When I think of a magnificent motorcycle trip it includes fantastic scenery, twisting roads, good restaurants, historic sights...

A New Jersey Homecoming

by Perri Capell photography by Perri Capell and Lynn Brown Many motorcyclists don’t have New Jersey on their hit parade of tours because of its reputation...

U.S. 20 New York—400 Years of History in 300 Miles

story and photography by Clement Salvadori The curse of the touring motorcyclist is to be in a hurry. Too often we rush along, just to...

Keystone State Byways: Exploring Pennsylvania's Northern Tier

The topography appears to have been created for the benefit of motorcyclists. Mountains and rivers carve winding routes for sport riding. Rolling hills set...

Maine Motorcycle Rides: The Rangeley Lakes Region

story and photography by Mike Benham Within five miles of each other are two scenic overlook areas on Maine’s spectacular Route 17, a State and...

Pennsylvania Motorcycle Touring from New Jersey to New Hope

Story and photography by Kenneth W. Dahse Riders who want to combine a great destination with fantastic roads need search no further than this ride...

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