Ohio 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...

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...

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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