California Motorcycle Rides

Savoring Summer Along California Route 1

Where exactly do the summers go? As I get older and older the summers seem to get shorter and shorter. When I was a...

Death Valley: Hitting the Hot Spots on a Honda F6B

The valley of death is a fascinating place—at least in my estimation. Having been there more than 40 times since my first visit in...

Mountains, Oceans and Back Roads in California, Oregon and Washington

“Less than half a mile after you go over the old swing bridge, the first road to the right is Lower Smith River Road....

Where Would Jesus Ride?

The question of what Jesus would ride will obviously never be answered to everyone's satisfaction. The faithful of all brands would welcome the common...

Dual-Sporting in Northern California on the Kawasaki KLR650 New Edition

Adventures are good. They don’t have to be big adventures, like crossing the Sahara Desert or Panama’s Darien Gap, but can be quite small and...

Sierra Nevada Three-Pass Motorcycle Ride

Our ride with the Sacramento Road Cruisers today starts in Folsom, California, and heads out of town via Latrobe Road through rural Sacramento County,...

Motorcycle Riding in Rural Santa Barbara and San Luis Obisbo, California

Today I’m riding the rural roads of Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo, California, leaving mid-morning because I want to miss the deer-roaming hours...

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)...

Rocketing Through the Cascades on Triumph’s Rocket III Touring

One day I got a postcard from friends who were up on the North Cascades Scenic Highway (Washington Route 20), showing the hairpin turn...

Caffeinate Your Ride at the Black Lightning Motorcycle Café

Far northern California is an ideal motorcycling destination for many reasons, from the rugged coastal scenery to the majestic redwoods to the hidden backroads...

Sierra Nevadas: Three Days and Three Rides in California's Motorcycle Playground

For most motorcyclists, riding the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California means cruising over passes like Ebbetts, Carson, Monitor, Sonora or Tioga, or visiting the...

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...

Moto Guzzi’s California 1400 Touring in California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains

Back roads make me happy. Two lanes, little traffic, preferably with lots of curves and undulations, rather like the better parts of California Routes...

High Sierra Adventure Weekend

“I want to come back here after the thaw.” Thus I remarked to my brother as we stared at the expanse of snow spreading out...

Crisscrossing the Lower Colorado River–Hoover Dam to the Oxbow Bridge

For more than 35 years, a contingent of aging Yuppies that includes Yours Truly has been convening at Furnace Creek Ranch in Death Valley...

The Long Way to Monterey and Morro Bay, California

It’s 6 a.m. on a Wednesday as I head out of Port Hueneme, California, north to Monterey—the long way! There are so many fantastic...

Two-up on the Redwood Coast: Motorcycle Travel in California and Oregon

(This Favorite Ride was published in the July 2012 issue of Rider magazine.) We were twisting our way up Highway 1, tight curve after tight...

California’s Angeles Crest Highway and Beyond

Snaking through the San Gabriel Mountains, California’s 66-mile Angeles Crest Highway, part of State Route 2, provides exceptional riding and spectacular views. Part of the...

California Motorcycle Rides

Savoring Summer Along California Route 1

Death Valley: Hitting the Hot Spots on a Honda F6B

Mountains, Oceans and Back Roads in California, Oregon and Washington

Where Would Jesus Ride?

Dual-Sporting in Northern California on the Kawasaki KLR650 New Edition

Sierra Nevada Three-Pass Motorcycle Ride

Motorcycle Riding in Rural Santa Barbara and San Luis Obisbo, California

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

Rocketing Through the Cascades on Triumph’s Rocket III Touring

Caffeinate Your Ride at the Black Lightning Motorcycle Café

Sierra Nevadas: Three Days and Three Rides in California's Motorcycle Playground

Down To Downieville: Rural California Motorcycle Ride

Moto Guzzi’s California 1400 Touring in California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains

High Sierra Adventure Weekend

Crisscrossing the Lower Colorado River–Hoover Dam to the Oxbow Bridge

The Long Way to Monterey and Morro Bay, California

Two-up on the Redwood Coast: Motorcycle Travel in California and Oregon

California’s Angeles Crest Highway and Beyond

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