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 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 »
U.S. Guided Motorcycle Tours for 2011
Andy Saunders
April 12, 2011
by Andy Saunders • photo by Mark Tuttle Interested in a U.S. guided tour? The good news is the guided tour companies with the best service and the best value for the money are still around. When you’re touring independently, the snags and pitfalls of the trip are part of the adventure. With a guided... Read more »
Museums and Castles 2007 with Edelweiss Bike Travel
Mark Tuttle
April 11, 2011
story and photography by Mark Tuttle 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. Since we partnered with Edelweiss Bike Travel to host this... Read more »
Iceland Adventure Motorcycle Tour
Jeremy Bullard
April 11, 2011
story and photography by Jeremy Bullard [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 in Seyisfjrur, Iceland, I turned... Read more »
Women’s Ride: Alaska Rider Tours in Anchorage
Perri Capell
April 11, 2011
story and photography by Perri Capell 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, says Phil Freeman, owner of Alaska Rider Tours in Anchorage. In 2007, he struck the mother lode. Eleven women signed up... Read more »
Catalunya MotoGP Motorcycle Tour
David Mittleman
April 11, 2011
story and photography by David Mittleman [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 and the epicenter of the Formula One equivalent of motorcycle racing, MotoGP. If you’re looking to immerse... Read more »
Edelweiss Baja Motorcycle Tour
Rich Cox
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] Mexico’s Baja California cape is 800 miles long, the fourth longest peninsula in the world. Known as La Frontera (The Frontier), it’s a sparsely populated... Read more »
Exploring Vietnam With Explore Indochina Motorcycle Tours
Perri Capell
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 »
