Montana Motorcycle Rides

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...

Beartooth and Beyond | Favorite Ride

Hell yes! That is the only plausible answer when friends invite you to join them on an eight-day motorcycle ride through the mountains of...

No Promises of Tomorrow: Three Buddies Chase Sunsets and Dreams

At a rest stop, a lovely young lady walked slowly, allowing her old dog to keep pace. The dog stopped in front of me,...

Beartooth Forever: a Father-Daughter Ride to Yellowstone

Every now and then, you have a day that stands head and shoulders above others. A day when everything goes right, things look and...

Favorite Ride: Melodic Montana

It's with a nod to the late, great music show host Lawrence Welk that I start this ride spanning a couple of Montana's scenic...

Riding the Lincoln Loop: Mountain Passes, Small Towns and Wildlife in Montana

Living in Montana, known by some as “The Last Best Place,” it is easy to find great roads for a short run or a...

35 Bucket List Motorcycle Rides

We all have a bucket list of motorcycle roads we’d like to ride before we highside off this mortal coil. Here are 35 recommended...

Great Roads: Motorcycle Riding in Montana

Yellowstone National Park, on the south end of Montana, is a veritable three-ring safari and special-effects razzle-dazzle where, no matter what you’re taking in,...

A Western Montana Motorcycle Ride to Wisdom, Opportunity and Treasure

story and photography by Kathleen Kemsley Three wishes I made, three places I sought on a warm and breezy summer day in western Montana. Riding...

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...

National Parks Motorcycle Touring: Grand Tetons and Yellowstone

Story and photography by Donya Carlson As a native Southern Californian, I’m used to mountains. But riding over a crest along Teton Scenic Byway 33...

Motorcycle Tour of Glacier, Yellowstone and Teton National Parks

There’s a reason our national parks are preserved: they are special, magic, even extraordinary. Yet in the most popular, swarms of tourists can be...

Essay Contest Winner Enjoys Edelweiss’ Montana Touring Center

story and photography by Greg Hohn As an inveterate lone wolf when it comes to motorcycling, I wasn’t sure a group tour was going to...

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...

Yellowstone to Glacier on Montana Highway 89

Rubbernecking with the rest of the crowd at a pair of bald eagles glaring imperiously down from their nest, we were taken aback by...