California Sport-Touring Loops on the Kawasaki Concours 14
Clement Salvadori
April 7, 2011
story and photography by Clement Salvadori The road unrolls rapidly before me, the endless ribbon of two-lane blacktop smoothing out the hills and curves, disappearing around an oak tree, straightening briefly, then angling left and up. As it crests it slides right and down, and I drop a gear and apply... Read more »
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 »
Arizona Motorcycle Roads: Oatman, Kingman and Prescott
Alan Paulsen
April 5, 2011
story and photography by Alan Paulsen Let’s be honest. The reason many motorcyclists are drawn to the old gold-mining town of Oatman located on historic U.S. Route 66 in Western Arizona, besides the authentic Western atmosphere and wonderful Arizona motorcycle roads, is the saloons and the absence... 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 »
Rider Alaska and Yukon Tour, The Last Frontier
Rider Magazine
August 21, 2010
Final Cell Phone Blog Most photos by Genie Tuttle Penultimate evening, Talkeetna, Alaska. Rider Alaska and Yukon Tour Denali’s ulu-knife top is sheathed in ever-present clouds, then clears suddenly and slices the red-orange skin of sunset, opening a stream of darker shadowy blood across the sky. It’s... Read more »
Rider Alaska & Yukon Tour Part II
Rider Magazine
August 18, 2010
Cell Phone Blog Day 10 Miles: 1900-plus (Dawson City Group, 2600; Roger, lost count) New friends: 10 Border crossings: 4 Rain riding: 8-10 min. Amazing sunrises: 4 (asleep for sunsets so far) Mosquito Bites: 11 Belly laughs: 1298 Wasp stings: 1 Bear sightings: 2 Caribou: 1 Wolf: 1 Porcupine: 1 Tipovers:... Read more »
Rider Alaska and Yukon Tour with Ayres Adventures
Rider Magazine
August 14, 2010
Taking a break on the Glenn Highway. “The last foreign country still friendly to Americans,” read the first, but far from last, hand-scrawled sign we would see expressing the many interesting sentiments Alaskans have for their state and visitors to it. These are independent folk up here, rugged individuals... Read more »
Motorcycle Travel: Alaska’s Denali Park at Twilight
ED MCCLURE
June 9, 2010
(This “Favorite Ride” was first published in the June 2012 issue of Rider Magazine.) It was already noon, yet I still had 10 hours of daylight left to ride 180 miles on one of the most famous roads in the world. An earlier start would have been better, but my wife and I were swamped with... Read more »
Oregon Motorcycle Rides: Hells Canyon and Beyond
Sean Coker
June 2, 2010
story and photography by Sean Coker [Oregon Motorcycle Rides: Hells Canyon and Beyond was originally published in the July 2010 issue of Rider] We begin our Oregon motorcycle ride in the heart of Nez Perce territory, in Union, Oregon. Young Chief Joseph fought for justice only to fall short in his fight... Read more »
