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Arkansas Motorcycle Rides: Ozarks Dual-Sport

photography by Bill and Susan Dragoo I glance in my rear-view mirror, watching headlights emerge from the gloom…one, two, three. I look at the road...

Florida Motorcycle Touring: Indian River Lagoon Scenic Highway

story and photography by Ed Garland Mild winters may make Florida motorcycle touring ideal, but the Sunshine State isn’t exactly rife with mountains, vistas and...

Virginia Motorcycle Rides: A Civil War Ride

story and photography by Bob Jacobs Medications always come with risks as well as benefits. The Doc says, “Take one of these every day. Let...

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...

Colorado Motorcycle Rides: Cañon City, Monarch Pass and Beyond

story and photography by Warren Renshaw In the April 2005 issue of Rider magazine I vowed to return to Colorado as long as I was...

New York Motorcycle Rides: The Hudson River Valley

story and photography by Kenneth W. Dahse One of the most fascinating and scenic areas in the eastern United States is New York’s Hudson River...

Louisiana Motorcycle Rides: Nothing Like Natchitoches

Natchitoches, Louisiana. It’s not Natchez, as in the Natchez Trace; it’s not Nacogdoches, the town in east Texas. It’s pronounced “Nackatish.” It’s the oldest...

Firstgear Motorcycle Ride in Utah and Colorado

(This "Favorite Ride" was originally published in the April 2009 issue of Rider Magazine." As a 15-year-old mountain biker living in Georgia, I dreamed of...

Southern Washington Motorcycle Touring: The Cascade Mountain Range

story and photography by Sean Coker Klickitat Indian folklore has it that the Cascade Mountain Range was punishment for two brothers who could not share....

Firstgear Colorado Motorcycle Ride: 2,252 miles from CA to CO

photography by Greg Drevenstedt and Mark Kincart As a 15-year-old mountain biker living in Georgia, I dreamed of riding in two places: The slickrock trails...

Moose Ride: Motorcycle Touring from Vermont to New Hampshire to Canada

story and photography by Dan Bisbee The moose is North America’s largest mammal, and an estimated 7,000 of them call New Hampshire home. They are...

Utah Motorcycle Rides: Touring Torrey

story and photography by Janet Borg The late September timing means peak fall foliage, low tourist traffic, and cool daytime temperatures. I grinned, picturing three...

Michigan Motorcycle Touring: “Tunnel of Trees” Road

story and photography by Dan Soults Our favorite Michigan ride is even more fun during Indian summer because of the gorgeous fall colors. We stop...

Oregon Motorcycle Roads: The Elkhorn and Blue Mountain Scenic Byways

story and photography by Bruce and Sharon Hansen Why go? The story of a virgin landscape, raped by a hotel-sized dredge, a vast fire-ravaged forest,...

Indiana Motorcycle Touring: Hoosier National Forest

story and photography by Mitchell Steckler I awoke to a beautiful summer morning, a motorcyclist’s dream: blue sky, 82 degrees and a weekend of freedom....

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...

Southern California Motorcycle Touring: The Tehachapi Loop

story and photography by Olaf Wolff During the past four decades I’ve learned plenty from riding motorcycles. I’ve come to value the power of patience,...

New Mexico Motorcycle Rides: Lincoln National Forest

story and photography by Kathleen Kemsley Question: What’s black and white and red all over? Answer: A motorcycle route through the region surrounding Lincoln National...

Motorcycle Touring Northern New Jersey’s Skylands

story and photography by Kenneth W. Dahse Unfortunately, many riders have an image of New Jersey inspired by Joe Piscopo’s famous lines from a Saturday...

Texas Motorcycle Rides: The Texas Forest Trail

story and photography by Don Mills It’s spring along the Texas Forest Trail, a 1,000-mile ribbon of two-lane asphalt that winds through East Texas. Mystical...

Missouri Motorcycle Rides: From St. Louis to Frankenstein

The crack of the bat and the smell of yeast are never far away in St. Louis, a vibrant city-kingdom of baseball and beer....

Pacific Northwest Motorcycle Rides: Wasco County and Beyond

story and photography by Sean Coker Don’t call it a ghost town. Shaniko, Oregon, has maintained a population of 30 people, but it’s a far...

Arizona Motorcycle Rides: Florence, Phoenix, Tucson

story and photography by Mike Henry Most motorcyclists dream of that once-in-a-lifetime trek to the Arctic Circle, or even participating in an Iron Butt Rally,...

California Motorcycle Touring: Reno to Laughlin

story and photography by Mark Travis Westbound Interstate 80 carried us along the Truckee River from Reno to the Donner Summit, where we looked down...

Motorcycle Ride Along the Delaware River

story and photography by Moshe Levy We’re about to take a contemplative Delaware motorcycle ride through time, from the Colonial fight for independence to avant-garde...

Florida Motorcycle Rides: A Cross Creek Adventure

story and photos by Dorothy K. Fletcher “We need above all, I think, a certain remoteness from urban confusion. And while this can be found...

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...

Iowa Motorcycle Rides: Discovering America’s Heartland

story and photography by Susan Benton Although Iowa probably isn’t on your short list of places to ride, it has a prairie beauty all its...

Wolfe Island and Other Island Pleasures: Motorcycle Travel in New York and Canada

Sunday is my favorite day of the week because Sunday is the day my wife and I get the Harley out, polish it up,...

Michigan Motorcycle Rides: The Upper Peninsula

by Teresa Lasher, photography by Steve Lasher For those of you who always pilot a motorcycle, you may think you know all there is to...

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