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
Motorcycle Riding Along the Natchez Trace Parkway
Rod Serling’s words ran through my mind as I turned off Highway 61 to enter the southern portal of the Natchez Trace Parkway: Next stop, the Twilight Zone. Well, the Trace... read story
Great Roads: Motorcycle Riding in Montana
Yellowstone National Park, on the south end of Montana, is a veritable three-ring safari and special-effects razzle-dazzle... Read more »
What landform is found only in a small part of Iowa and in China? If you answered, “Huh?” you need to ride the Loess... Read more »
4 Corners 4 Kids: Traveling to the Four Corners of the U.S. For Charity
I have made some road trips in my nine years of riding, but I’ve never managed to stay gone long enough to want the trip... Read more »
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Motorcycle Rallies + Clubs
Western Massachusetts BONE Ride
I’m a western Massachusetts native who’s been called Bones since childhood, so when I learned about an upcoming “Western Mass BONE Ride,” naturally, I investigated.... read story
The Del Mar Thoroughbred Club track in San Diego, California, has serious history with the motorcycle community. It was long... Read more »
RIDE Motorcycle: A Club For One and All
Last Fall, I earned my doctorate from Two-Lane University after a seven-day solo ride through six states. I’m now known... Read more »
The Trailblazers are a social organization of pioneer motorcycling enthusiasts who have met annually since 1940. They preserve... Read more »
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Guided Motorcycle Tour Reviews
Day 9: Patagonia Adventure Tour
(Read the dispatch from Day 8, or start at the beginning with Day 1) We get an early start (for us) from our little island on Lake Pehoe, snapping more photos of the Cuernos... read story
Day 8: Patagonia Adventure Tour
(Read the dispatch from Day 7) This is the day I’ve been waiting for since we began this trip. The consummate Patagonian... Read more »
Day 7: Patagonia Adventure Tour
(Read the dispatch from Day 6) The weather is perfect as we depart our rustic but comfortable accommodations at Estancia... Read more »
Day 6: Patagonia Adventure Tour
(Read the dispatch from Day 5) It’s hard to leave the Tres Lagos paradise, but the road beckons and the heart of Patagonia... Read more »
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Favorite Rides: Motorcycle Rides from Rider Readers
Iowa’s Unique Scenic Byway
What landform is found only in a small part of Iowa and in China? If you answered, “Huh?” you need to ride the Loess Hills National Scenic Byway on Iowa’s western border.... read story
Riding to Daytona: A Woman’s Solo Journey from Ohio to Florida
Deep in South Carolina’s Lowcountry, I pulled my 2011 Harley-Davidson SuperLow 883 Sportster over to the edge of a back... Read more »
The following is an excerpt from the article North Georgia Colors printed in the April 2007 issue. Tear it out and take it... Read more »
As a young boy, my stamp collection included a green 1952 three-cent commemorative of Mt. Rushmore. The four presidential... Read more »
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