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Favorite Rides & Destinations #4 is Live!

Favorite Rides & Destinations is an online motorcycle touring and adventure magazine from the editors of Rider. It includes the best of Rider’s touring...

Favorite Ride: Rediscovering Gold on the Million Dollar Highway

Years ago my father’s fingers traced the route of a ride on a map of southwestern Colorado, over towns named Cortez, Dolores, Telluride, Montrose...

Favorite Ride: Southeast Arizona’s Wild West

Cowboys and Indians. Miners and ranchers. Army troops and outlaws. Southeast Arizona was overrun with all of these types, and more, in the latter...

Favorite Ride: Classic Roadways of the Smoky Mountains

This morning I’m on my way to the Great Smoky Mountains to revisit three gems of the Southeast’s motorcycle-friendly roadways: the Foothills Parkway, Deals...

Favorite Rides & Destinations #3 is Live!

Favorite Rides & Destinations is an online motorcycle touring and adventure magazine from the editors of Rider. It includes the best of Rider’s touring...

Favorite Ride: Riding the State of Jefferson Scenic Byway in Northern California

If you have traveled Interstate 5 between Oregon and California, you’ve probably seen one end of the State of Jefferson Scenic Byway. Eleven miles south...

Favorite Ride: Unexpected Serenity in Southern California

Is there any scenic countryside left for motorcyclists in the urban sprawl of Southern California? Actually there is, and it’s surprisingly close to the densely...

Favorite Ride: Swamp People and Hot Sauce

I have lived in southern Louisiana my whole life, and for this sport-touring rider, the weather from late October through April is pretty hard...

Favorite Rides & Destinations – Free Digital Magazine

Favorite Rides & Destinations is a new, free digital publication from the editors of Rider magazine. It includes the very best of Rider’s touring...

Favorite Ride: Eastern Sierra Scenic Byway

Most people ride U.S. Route 395 in California just to get from point A to point B, but wandering off the highway reveals numerous,...

Washington’s Scenic State Route 410 Favorite Ride

The sun was shining. In the weeks before moving from Atlanta to Seattle, virtually everyone I talked to managed to get in at least...

New Mexico’s Little Las Vegas Favorite Ride

The name Las Vegas is generally associated with glitzy gambling in Nevada and Sin City, the fastest-growing city in the United States. But there...

Central California’s Morro Bay Loop Favorite Ride

One of my favorite rides includes a road loaded with demanding curves and fantastic Pacific Ocean views, a road through peaceful and solitary farmland,...
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