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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...

Clam Chowder in Connecticut Motorcycle Ride | Favorite Ride

In places where the four seasons are distinct, “off-season” is a familiar term. That’s especially true in my native New England. When the off-season...

Pennsylvania Motorcycle Ride: Allegheny Plateau

I’ve ridden Pennsylvania many times, and always in the presence of ghosts. Back in the early 1700s, my father’s family came from England to...

Enchanted Kingdom: Northeast Vermont Motorcycle Ride

It’s all scenic. It’s all charming. And it’s all green ... except when it’s not, and then it’s even better. A few days into a...

Great American Scenic Byways Tour

In 2021, Steven Goode completed the Great American Deli Schlep, a 75‑day, 15,000‑mile motorcycle ride during which he visited the best Jewish deli in...

Exploring Backroads on a New York and Pennsylvania Motorcycle Ride

The Upper Delaware River Watershed encompasses thousands of square miles in New York and Pennsylvania, with hundreds of miles of serpentine roads rolling through...

A New Jersey Backroads Motorcycle Ride in Fall | Favorite Ride

When the leaves tremble with their last days of color and the north winds begin to blow, I want to seize the day and...

Enlightenment in Pennsylvania: An Allegheny National Forest Motorcycle Ride

My father‑in‑law had a thing for the Allegheny National Forest in northwestern Pennsylvania. George would regularly leave his home in Jeannette, an industrial town...

Lessons Learned on a Wandering West Virginia Motorcycle Ride

We all have beliefs about what’s expected of a motorcycle camper, and sometimes it takes a certain situation to bring those expectations to the...

Trans Wisconsin Adventure Trail | Favorite Ride

As I reached for the pump handle to fill up at the start of this trip, I suddenly realized my hydration pack wasn’t on...

An Appalachians Motorcycle Ride Through Scenery and History | Favorite Ride

In late October, an Appalachians motorcycle ride is a gamble. Weather is the house, and over time, the house usually wins. But once in...

The $10 New Jersey and New York Motorcycle Ride | Favorite Ride

A good ride doesn’t have to be a long one. With only $10’s worth of gas, I set out to see how much fun...

Cruising the Pennsylvania Wilds on U.S. Route 6

When I hear the first whispers of the siren’s call to hit the road, my desire to rumble off on a multiday trip slowly...

Northeastern Backroads of New Jersey and Pennsylvania | Favorite Ride

Greenery, blue skies, and sunshine were bursting forth upon the land like an invitation from Mother Nature to fire up my machine and go...

Dead Reckoning | Touring Western Massachusetts

“You’re riding your motorcycle to find graveyards – on purpose?” The conversation with a young police officer on a road construction detail in western...

Riding the Best of the White Mountains in New Hampshire

My obsession with the White Mountains and Kancamagus Highway in New Hampshire began nearly a year before I rode the famous route. I’d been...

Favorite Ride: Vermont Border Run

A few years ago, Rider published my article about riding Vermont Route 100 from south to north, ending at the Haskell Free Library and...

Chasing Gene and Washie: An Indian Tale

At a time when American riders were fighting the Harley and Indian wars, Gene Townsend and Floyd “Washie” Washabaugh were unflinchingly Indian men. It...

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