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Riding the Pennsylvania Heartland

The heartland of north-central Pennsylvania is a region bereft of large concentrations of people. In fact, studying a map reveals multiple sections that are...

White Mountain Escape: Riding the Kancamagus Highway

It’s early November in northern New England. The leaves have fallen, the tourists have gone home and the daylight hours have gotten very short....

Journey to Where Life Began: Touring Lake Champlain’s Islands

Entombed in this gray rock beneath my motorcycle boots lies the oldest-known coral reef on the planet, yet this island is far from tropical...

Country Roads, Country Bridges: A Ride Through Delaware and Sullivan Counties, New York

Whenever I want to add a favorite ride to my repertoire, it requires two components: great roads and something unique and impressive to see....

Adirondack Amble: Carving Curves in Upstate New York

Fog drapes over the High Peaks surrounding the village of Lake Placid. My sidestand is up before 5:00 a.m., and it’s already past first...

A Kool Kruise to a Hip Town: New Hope, Pennsylvania

New Hope, Pennsylvania, is a popular destination for riders in the Northeast, not only because of its artistic vibe, galleries, restaurants, hip boutiques and...

Town & Country: Riding From The Garden State to The Big Apple on the BMW R nineT Scrambler

If you’ve never been there, New Jersey might not seem like an ideal riding destination. What’s so great about a turnpike, tons of traffic...

Lock-to-Lock: Riding the Miami-Erie Canal

It might seem incongruous to use a modern motorcycle, with fuel injection and ABS, to explore a canal built almost 200 years ago to move...

Riding the Trans-Mass Trail: Off-road Motorcycling in Massachusetts

The Trans-Mass Trail isn’t an “official” route. You won’t find any Scenic Byway signs like you see along the best twisty two-lanes. Instead, this...

Cape Cod Cruising

Most Americans have heard of Cape Cod, and a large number have been there. Much of the Cape is astonishingly beautiful, with great beaches...

Sea to Shining Sea: Coast-to-Coast for the Heck of it

I love these long hauls, love looking at the beauty, and occasional ugliness, of this great nation, love stopping at all the historical markers...

New Jersey Escape: Riding Into The Gap

When I want to put the congestion and stress of the 21st century behind me, I fire up my Kawasaki Nomad and tour western...

Camping in the New York Catskills

Nothing is more exciting than taking off on a motorcycle trip for several days, and nothing adds to the adventure and challenge more than...

The Long Way Home in Western New York

As motorcyclists, we need the freedom riding gives us from phone calls and everyday family and work pressures. If you are like me, it’s...

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...

Old Roads and Aged Cheese: A Moto-Foodie on the Vermont Cheese Trail

It’s  a dicey road for a motorcycle, filled with dips and turns that haven’t changed since the days of horse-drawn wagons. I haven’t ridden...

Broadleaf Tobacco Road

It’s late summer in the Connecticut River Valley. As I ride narrow back roads past small farms that dot the region, the early morning...

The Borderlands: A Colorful Cruise Through the Northeast

Like many riders, my favorite motorcycle-touring season is the fall. Mother Nature explodes with bountiful colors, scented breezes, vibrant blue skies and dramatic clouds...
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