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Oregon Coast Motorcycle Ride from Eugene to the Sea

Story and photography by Steve Mustoe Oregon is well known for its dramatic coastline, and the views of the Pacific from Highway 101 can be...

Panguitch Valley Balloon Rally and The Sky’s the Limit Rally Ride

  What do bikes and balloons have in common? Both represent freedom; freedom of the road and freedom of the air. Every June, Panguitch, Utah,...

Great Motorcycle Roads through Athena, Oregon

Story and photography by Ben Getz “Athena, hand me my kilt and go saddle the wombat!” Now there’s a visual for you; straight from a...

Southern California Motorcycle Rides: Escape to Arizona

photography by Chris Wykoff Living in the lower left corner of California has good points for motorcyclists. Our moderate weather allows a year-long riding season....

A Three-State Motorcycle Ride Through Montana, Idaho and Washington

by Steve Larsen, photography by Bob Meador The ride begins with members of the American Flyers Motorcycle Club trickling into Missoula, Montana, on planes, bikes and...

Women’s Ride: Alaska Rider Tours in Anchorage

story and photography by Perri Capell Alaska lures male motorcyclists like flies to honey, but getting more women from the Lower 48 to tackle it...

Motorcycle Touring North Idaho and Montana

by Perri Capell; photography by the author and Lynn Brown We probably shouldn’t have lingered so long over lunch on the terrace of the little...

Great Basin Motorcycle Ride: Nevada, Oregon and California

Story by Denis Rouse; Photography by Dominic Arizona Bonuccelli Quick, you old experienced touring rider out there, arise and identify the largest physical feature of...

Western States Adventure: Rugged Southwest

story and photography by Jonathan C. Beck If there’s one constant in adventure touring on a motorcycle, it would be to expect the unexpected. For...

Salmon Run: Motorcycle Travel in Washington in September

by Steve Larsen photography by “Seattle Bob” Meador This most recent “no bad roads” tour challenge fell to “Seattle Bob” Meador, our photographer on the Northern...

Northwest Passage

story and photography by Dale Coyner Somehow my buddy Dave got the idea he’d like to return to riding after a 20-year hiatus. I may...

Washington’s Top 5

story and photography by Bruce Hansen Let’s say you had to list the best songs you’ve ever heard, the prettiest leading ladies, your favorite child....

California Sport-Touring Loops on the Kawasaki Concours 14

story and photography by Clement Salvadori The road unrolls rapidly before me, the endless ribbon of two-lane blacktop smoothing out the hills and curves, disappearing...

Northern California Fantasy

by Steve Larsen photography by “Seattle Bob” Meador The stunning quality and diversity of Northern California roads are legendary. But is it possible to stitch the...

California’s Salinas River

photography by the author, Larry Kahn and Bob Reichenberg Rivers are good; if there is one commodity more important than oil, it is water. The...

Arizona Motorcycle Roads: Oatman, Kingman and Prescott

story and photography by Alan Paulsen Let’s be honest. The reason many motorcyclists are drawn to the old gold-mining town of Oatman located on historic...

California Motorcycle Rides: 250 Miles Through Kern County

story and photography by Clement Salvadori A new motorcycle sits in the garage, and I want to take a short motorcycle ride through Kern County...

Rider Alaska and Yukon Tour, The Last Frontier

Final Cell Phone Blog Most photos by Genie Tuttle Penultimate evening, Talkeetna, Alaska. Denali’s ulu-knife top is sheathed in ever-present clouds, then clears suddenly and slices the...

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