Northern California Fantasy
Steve Larsen
April 6, 2011
by Steve Larsen photography by “Seattle Bob” Meador The stunning quality and diversity of Northern California roads are legendary. But is it possible to stitch the very best of them together into a cohesive week-long itinerary and deliver the ultimate motorcycling experience? Weeks of planning complete,... Read more »
California’s Salinas River
Clement Salvadori
April 6, 2011
photography by the author, Larry Kahn and Bob Reichenberg Rivers are good; if there is one commodity more important than oil, it is water. The Salinas River provides a goodly deal of H2O as it moves from its source in Garcia Mountain flowing north 150-odd miles to the Monterey Bay; that is quite unusual,... Read more »
California Motorcycle Rides: 250 Miles Through Kern County
Clement Salvadori
March 25, 2011
story and photography by Clement Salvadori A new motorcycle sits in the garage, and I want to take a short motorcycle ride through Kern County before the owner calls for its return. The owner is Victory Motorcycles, the bike is a Kingpin Deluxe that has been loaned to Rider for an evaluation. The road... Read more »
Southern California Motorcycle Touring: The Tehachapi Loop
Olaf Wolff
September 14, 2008
story and photography by Olaf Wolff [Southern California Motorcycle Touring: The Tehachapi Loop was originally published as a Favorite Ride in the September 2008 issue of Rider magazine] During the past four decades I’ve learned plenty from riding motorcycles. I’ve come to value the power of patience,... Read more »
California Motorcycle Touring: Reno to Laughlin
Mark Travis
July 11, 2008
story and photography by Mark Travis [California Motorcycle Touring: Reno to Laughlin was originally published as a Favorite Ride in the March 2008 issue of Rider magazine] Westbound Interstate 80 carried us along the Truckee River from Reno to the Donner Summit, where we looked down on the lake and... Read more »
California Motorcycle Rides: The Ash Creek Wildlife Area
Dennis Rouse
October 26, 2007
story and photography by Denis Rouse [California Motorcycle Rides: The Ash Creek Wildlife Area was originally published as a Favorite Ride in the September 2007 issue of Rider magazine] It’s the third week of January here at home on the high plains of northeast California, and I’m actually going... Read more »
Two Harleys and a Victory: American Rider Editor’s Tour Around CA
Clement Salvadori
October 3, 2007
[This Two Harleys and a Victory tour was originally published in American Rider magazine] The phone rang; I picked it up. “Time for an editorial ride,” I heard Buzzelli say, “mid-May. You figure it out.” Click. Because long ago our Uncle Samuel saw fit to send me to odd spots around the globe,... Read more »
Motorcycle Touring Lake Tahoe: All About the Lake on the Border
Olaf wolff
April 6, 2007
Story and photography by Olaf Wolff [Motorcycle Touring Lake Tahoe: All About the Lake on the Border was originally published as a Favorite Ride in the April 2007 issue of Rider magazine] During the record-breaking heat spell of 2006, when the days were too fiercely humid and miserable for anything other... Read more »
California Motorcycle Rides: The Medicine Lake Loop
Denis Rouse
January 25, 2007
[California Motorcycle Rides: The Medicine Lake Loop was originally published in the January 2007 issue of Rider magazine] From my living room here in Big Valley I can see splayed across the northwestern horizon the seemingly recumbent silhouette of a broad mountain range the National Park Service refers... Read more »
Remembering 1947 Hollister
Reg Kittrelle
July 28, 2006
(This article was published in the August 2006 issue of American Rider.) Fifty-three years after Brando’s wild ride, we went looking for Johnny. You know, Johnny Strabler, the Triumph-riding sneer of a man with a too-cool swagger who, along with his black-jacketed Rebel Motorcycle Club, terrorized... Read more »
