Ohio Motorcycle Rides

Athens, Ohio Motorcycle Ride: Ohio’s Windy 9

Athens, Ohio, has always been special to me. My great aunt, Jean Drevenstedt, has lived there since the early ’70s. She was a psychology...

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...

A Zanesville Homecoming: Ohio Motorcycle Ride

Zanesville, Ohio, is where I hail from. It was there I first learned to ride a motorbike, back in my early teen years, racing...

Roller Coaster Hills: A Southeast Ohio Motorcycle Tour

This Southeast Ohio motorcycle tour story, which highlights some of the best Ohio motorcycle roads and a stay in the historic town of Marietta...

Riding Ohio’s Triple Nickel

No more than 10 miles from where I learned to ride a motorcycle is one of our country’s finest set of twists and turns....

Double Take | A Midwest Motorcycle Ride

Quick! List your top 10 places to ride in North America. Did Kansas make the cut? How about Nebraska? Iowa? My thoughts exactly. So whenever...

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...

Great Motorcycle Riding in Southeastern Ohio

Each day in Jackson, Ohio, I ride State Route 93, which shares its title with Main Street until it pops out on the other...

Ohio River Valley: On the Trail of Simon Kenton

Simon Kenton is one of America’s least-known heroes. Kenton and Daniel Boone were contemporaries in the beautiful but deadly wilderness of the Ohio River...

The Long Road to Indy: A Motorcycle Ride Thru Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana

Imagine a multi-state Main Street for Motorcycling, a cross-country route made just for riding. Miles of sinuous asphalt draped over rolling hills, winding past...

Carving up Southeastern Ohio

A classic American riddle asks, “Why is the state of Ohio different?” The traditional answer is, “Because it’s HI in the middle and round...

Midwest Motorcycle Rides: Ohio to West Virginia

story and photography by Lance Oliver Even when gasoline cost a fraction of today’s going rate, I always felt better about a ride to a...

Ohio Motorcycle Touring: The Ride to Prospect

story and photography by Eric Pincus As I put on my helmet my two-year-old daughter, Vanya, admonishes me “Ride safe, Daddy!” A short time later...

Best of Ohio Motorcycle Rides

Most people don’t realize that Ohio motorcycle rides offer some of the most scenic and exciting motorcycle routes in the country. I made this...

Athens, Ohio Motorcycle Ride: Ohio’s Windy 9

50 Best Motorcycle Roads in America

A Zanesville Homecoming: Ohio Motorcycle Ride

Roller Coaster Hills: A Southeast Ohio Motorcycle Tour

Riding Ohio’s Triple Nickel

Double Take | A Midwest Motorcycle Ride

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

Great Motorcycle Riding in Southeastern Ohio

Ohio River Valley: On the Trail of Simon Kenton

The Long Road to Indy: A Motorcycle Ride Thru Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana

Carving up Southeastern Ohio

Midwest Motorcycle Rides: Ohio to West Virginia

Ohio Motorcycle Touring: The Ride to Prospect

Best of Ohio Motorcycle Rides

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