Touring Adventures
This section features motorcycle rallies and clubs, travel features, tour reviews and Favorite Rides. Here, it’s all about the ride and the destination often comes too quick.
Motorcycle Rides, Roads and Self-Guided Travel
Waiting for the Volcano: Motorcycle Travel in Ecuador
I felt stupid. Not a new experience, to be sure. But this time, even more than usual. I’d been invited to ride a motorcycle through Ecuador. Which sounded like a great idea.... read story
A Tale of Two Lakes: Riding the Circle Tour
I’m a careful planner, but the key to this journey was decided by the flip of a coin. Heads, clockwise, tails, counterclockwise.... Read more »
The Olympic Peninsula: Travel in Northwest Washington
Story and photos by Phil Buonpastore When I wake up in the morning, the first thing I do is look out the window. It’s a... Read more »
The Haul Road: A Motorcycle Tour of Alaska’s Dalton Highway
My first ride to Alaska in 2008 was a 15-day, 7,600-mile affair and the fulfillment of a long delayed dream. Yet I still... Read more »
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Motorcycle Rallies + Clubs
5th Annual Paso Robles (California) Vintage Sidecar & Motorcycle Rendezvous
The town of Paso Robles is best known for the vineyards that surround it, the many tasting rooms, and for the numerous wine-related events in summer and fall that bring free-spending... read story
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Ride for Kids Raises Funds for the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation
Dozens of Ride for Kids events are being held throughout the United States this summer and fall to raise funds for the Pediatric... Read more »
Motorcycle Rallies and Clubs: Del Mar Concours 2011
The affluent city of Del Mar in San Diego County has had a motorcycle history for decades. In the past, the one-mile dirt... Read more »
Are you going to Americade this year? I am, and it will be my first time. Americade, billed as the world’s largest touring... Read more »
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Guided Motorcycle Tour Reviews
Alaska and Yukon Ayres Adventures Rider Motorcycle Tour 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... read story
Alaska and Yukon Ayres Adventures Rider Motorcycle Tour 2011
photography by Clement and Sue Salvadori Alaska and Yukon Ayres Adventures Rider Motorcycle Tour 2011 was originally published... Read more »
Edelweiss Discover Our Earth Expedition, Part 5
story and photography by Werner Wachter, founder/owner of Edelweiss Bike Travel [Discover Our Earth Expedition is the first-ever... Read more »
Edelweiss Discover Our Earth Expedition, Part 4
story and photography by Werner Wachter, founder/owner of Edelweiss Bike Travel [Discover Our Earth Expedition is an around-the-world... Read more »
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Favorite Rides: Motorcycle Rides from Rider Readers
A Tale of Two Lakes: Riding the Circle Tour
I’m a careful planner, but the key to this journey was decided by the flip of a coin. Heads, clockwise, tails, counterclockwise. It was tails, so my journey would take me... read story
California’s Angeles Crest Highway and Beyond
Snaking through the San Gabriel Mountains, California’s 66-mile Angeles Crest Highway, part of State Route 2, provides... Read more »
Washington’s Scenic State Route 410 Favorite Ride
[This Washington’s Scenic State Route 410 Favorite Ride was originally published in the October 2011 issue of Rider magazine] The... Read more »
New Mexico’s Little Las Vegas Favorite Ride
[This New Mexico’s Little Las Vegas Favorite Ride was originally published in the January 2012 issue of Rider magazine] The... Read more »
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