Guided Motorcycle Tour Reviews
This section focuses on adventures with motorcycle touring companies. Whether it’s exploring Museums and Castles or taking a Baja Adventure, sometimes it’s better to travel with an expert! Click on any of the images to see the sites in a larger format. Planning a trip of your own? Check out RiderDiaries.com to see over 100 tour articles from the editors of Rider complete with large-scale ride maps, and dealership, accommodation and biker-friendly locators.
Alaska and Yukon Ayres Adventures Rider Motorcycle Tour 2011
Clement Salvadori
December 28, 2011
Ah, the last frontier! Well, sort of. That’s an Alaskan slogan, which has been around a long time. However, for citizens of the lower 48, and Hawaii, a trip to Alaska is an eye-opener. Compared to Maryland, or even Montana, there is a whole lot of Alaska filled with mountains, lakes, rivers and trees…and... Read more »
Alaska and Yukon Ayres Adventures Rider Motorcycle Tour 2011
Clement Salvadori
December 12, 2011
photography by Clement and Sue Salvadori Alaska and Yukon Ayres Adventures Rider Motorcycle Tour 2011 was originally published in the October 2011 issue of Rider magazine] On our final return to Alaska, after a night in the Yukon’s Beaver Creek, we took the mandatory group shot. Ah, the last frontier!... Read more »
Edelweiss Discover Our Earth Expedition, Part 5
Rider Contributor
August 9, 2011
story and photography by Werner Wachter, founder/owner of Edelweiss Bike Travel [Discover Our Earth Expedition is the first-ever around-the-world organized motorcycle tour. It began at Edelweiss Bike Travel's headquarters in Austria in November 2010, and concluded there in July 2011.] After completing... Read more »
Edelweiss Discover Our Earth Expedition, Part 4
Rider Contributor
June 20, 2011
story and photography by Werner Wachter, founder/owner of Edelweiss Bike Travel [Discover Our Earth Expedition is an around-the-world organized motorcycle tour, the first ever of its kind. It began at Edelweiss Bike Travel's headquarters in Austria in November 2010, and will conclude there later this... Read more »
Museums and Castles 2007 with Edelweiss Bike Travel
Rider Magazine
April 11, 2011
story and photography by Mark Tuttle Majestic Castle Hohenzollern in the Black Forest, completed in 1860. Fear not, dear reader—I’ll spare you a blow-by-blow account of how my wife Genie and I spent our glorious summer 2007 vacation with 21 Rider readers in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein.... Read more »
Iceland Adventure Motorcycle Tour
Rider Contributor
April 11, 2011
story and photography by Jeremy Bullard Amazing views popped out of nowhere. [this review of KTM Adventure Tours' Iceland adventure motorcycle tour was originally published under the title "Fire and Ice" in the April 2008 issue of Rider] Riding a wave of euphoria off the ferry from Scotland, upon arriving... Read more »
Women’s Ride: Alaska Rider Tours in Anchorage
Rider Contributor
April 11, 2011
story and photography by Perri Capell Worthington Glacier reminds me of “The Blob” in this photo. That’s three of the ladies escaping from it in the foreground. Alaska lures male motorcyclists like flies to honey, but getting more women from the Lower 48 to tackle it on two wheels has been a challenge,... Read more »
Catalunya MotoGP Motorcycle Tour
Rider Contributor
April 11, 2011
story and photography by David Mittleman MotoGP 800s at full chat—the lean angles never cease to amaze. Can you say elbow pucks? (photo by Scott Moreno) [this review of IMTBike's Catalunya MotoGP motorcycle tour was originally published in the November 2007 issue of Rider] Spain is the mecca of motorcycling... Read more »
Edelweiss Baja Motorcycle Tour
Rider Contributor
April 11, 2011
story and photography by Rich Cox [This Edelweiss Bike Travel Baja motorcycle tour was originally published in the April 2007 issue of Rider magazine] On the pacific side, just south of Lazaro Cardenas, are some breathtaking ocean views accessible only by way of some pretty challenging sand washes. Mexico’s... Read more »
Exploring Vietnam With Explore Indochina Motorcycle Tours
Rider Contributor
April 11, 2011
by Perri Capell; photography by the author and Lynn Brown It was twilight when we pulled into Cao Bang, and traffic was picking up. Digby, our guide, motioned to us to park the Minsks at a nondescript building on a street corner about halfway into town. There a grinning man approached carrying a small... Read more »
