If you’re an experienced rider, and you’ve travelled to more places in Europe than you can count on both hands,...
The challenge is to ride more than 650 miles (1046km) around Lake Erie, the 10th biggest lake in the world, on...
We knew we were heading into some rain today, yet we took the hard option rather than the easy one and it seems fortune truly does favour the brave. Today was day 10 of our 3200km ride from LA to the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally on a Victory Cross Country Tour...
(Contributed post for our North American readers) Few feelings come close to that of the wind blowing across your face...
The 320km journey today from Big Bear Lake to Las Vegas displays the vast diversity of American culture, climate and...
The “Raindrops” song from the movie Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is playing in our minds as we head for Butch and Sundance territory today with more wet weather on the radar. This is day 11 of our ride to the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota aboard a...
Route 66 doesn’t exist in its entirety anymore having been decommissioned in 1985 and replaced by a series of massive...
There’s a fine line between pleasure and pain and I’ve discovered that line here in the high country of north-west...
Nobody agrees on the best motorcycle road in America, which is half the fun of arguing about it. The country has 3.9 million miles of pavement and the overwhelming majority of it exists to move grain trucks and commuters. What’s left over, the roads that feel like they were built...
The USA is the ultimate playground for bikers, filled with long winding roads and flat sections that test the limits...
Virginia woman Bonnie French, 57, has just completed a solo cross-country trip through 22 US states on a 1947 Flathead...
Three men and a woman will ride from the tip of Alaska to the bottom of South America on custom-built electric motorcycles to film a reality TV series. It’s called Expedition Unplugged and will be produced and directed by Robert Colbourne of Diamond Head Films in Vancouver. Despite a BMW...
Contributed post There are so many great reasons to consider taking a trip through Canada. There is the wilderness, mountains,...
We pulled into the Kum and Go gas station in Smalltown USA, tittering Iike schoolboys inside our helmets. Rusty old...
Milwaukee is the home of the Harley-Davidson museum which opened on their 105th anniversary in 2008. It is one of the best brand-name automotive museums I have visited in the world – and I’ve seen a lot. One of the greatest things about the Harley-Davidson museum is the fact that it...
Motorcycle nirvana has a name: Rocky Mountains. We are currently cruising around the many great motorcycling roads in the Rocky...
The scenery in Nevada will forever be associated with some of the greatest road trips man has ever undertaken. Long,...
The 75th anniversary next year of the world’s biggest motorcycle rally in the Black Hills of South Dakota is expecting to attract one million riders. And that means that a lot of riders have not attended this year, holding off to attend the special anniversary in 2015. While officials are...
(Sponsored post) Each year, tens of millions of tourists visit New York City to take in the sights, experience the...
Ranking dirt is harder than ranking pavement. A great paved road is a great paved road for everyone, but off-road...
Desert and mountain landscapes, gorgeous weather, and more than 300 days of sunshine a year make Arizona one of the best places to ride a motorcycle. Unfortunately, like the rest of the country, driving dangers abound. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reports motorcyclists are 27 times as likely...
After almost 4000km of some of the most beautiful scenery and enjoyable riding we have ever done, Mrs MotorbikeWriter and...
Show me a squiggly line on a map and I’m all over it like a seagull on a chip. I’ve...
As North America takes over Australian distribution of Ural sidecars, the former boss heads north to Alaska, Canada and the Pacific Northwest to test the rugged vehicle. Ural Australia GM Clare Mailler assures customers that it’s business as usual as the North America distributor, Irbit MotorWorks of America (IMWA), takes over...
Riding through America constantly feels like you are passing through a Hollywood movie set. Today’s movie moment was Easy Rider....
Aussie rider Linda Norman has published a US road trips guide for other Australian riders after spending several years touring...
How would you like to ride a motorcycle flat out on the Bonneville salt flats, competing for class honours? Mojo Motorcycles New Zealand general manager Dale Schmidtchen is organising a very special tour of the famed Utah salt flats in August where riders can actually participate in the Bonneville Motorcycle...
America is thawing its relations with Cuba and that will open the country up for motorcycle riders. The long-standing trade...
From desert heat to mountain storms, from sand to snow, from Indian to cowboy, from John Wayne to John Denver,...
Just about every biker appreciates a good long biking road trip. Even more important for the biker is the great stopover they will encounter on these trips. Consider the dusty canyon trails of Arizona to the beautiful springs of Texas. Or, the undulating mountains in Washington State … Truly, there...
To me, the Wild Wild West is typified by rusty-red canyons and monumental mesas. Today’s ride has had plenty of...
The famous London Ace Cafe has many copies around the world, but the first North American franchise, set to open...
Australian motorcycle travel gurus Mike and Denise Ferris plan to add Mexico to their popular Ferris Wheels Motorcycle Safaris itinerary in 2015, possibly in December. “We are looking at introducing Mexico,” says Mike. “In fact this email is coming to you from Cancun on the Yucatan Peninsular in the land of...
You will never be alone on a motorcycle in the USA. It’s day one on our 3200km ride on a...
The driver of a truck that ploughed head-on into a group of riders, killing seven and injuring several others, is...
Contributed post According to statista.com, as of 2016, California had the largest amount registered motorcycles in the nation, with more than 842,000. Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York rounded out the top five. While those states are great places to ride, where can you find some of the top motorcycle...
If you are planning a ride on the West Coast of North America this northern 2017 spring, MotoQuest has some...
There is no doubt the Grand Canyon is stunning. But you can’t ride a motorcycle through it. However, today we...
Have you ever wanted to ride an adventure motorcycle through the beautiful Canadian Rockies and not take the tourist highways? Rocky Mountain Adventure Bike Touring Company not only specialises in guiding riders along the interesting and adventurous paths less travelled, but they do it on something more suitable than tired old rental...
If you’re riding through Las Vegas and want to do what the local riders do, then drop in and see...