Desert and mountain landscapes, gorgeous weather, and more than 300 days of sunshine a year make Arizona one of the...
Australian motorcycle travel gurus Mike and Denise Ferris plan to add Mexico to their popular Ferris Wheels Motorcycle Safaris itinerary in...
We pulled into the Kum and Go gas station in Smalltown USA, tittering Iike schoolboys inside our helmets. Rusty old Dodge and Chevy pick-up trucks littered the forecourt and a dishevelled old man with a silver beard and wild hair under a trucker’s cap shuffled out to his truck. I...
If you are planning a ride on the West Coast of North America this northern 2017 spring, MotoQuest has some...
This is heaven. Hundreds of miles without a single pothole, billboard, truck, caravan, house, stop sign, light pole, roadside litter...
To me, the Wild Wild West is typified by rusty-red canyons and monumental mesas. Today’s ride has had plenty of both and I’ve been recalling cowboy movies with John Wayne, Glenn Ford and Kirk Douglas as we experience two of America’s greatest natural icons. The sixth morning of our 3200km...
(Sponsored post about JFK Airport parking) JFK international airport on Van Wyck Expressway in Southern Queens is massive with four runways...
There’s a fine line between pleasure and pain and I’ve discovered that line here in the high country of north-west...
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...
(Sponsored post) Each year, tens of millions of tourists visit New York City to take in the sights, experience the...
Milwaukee is the home of the Harley-Davidson museum which opened on their 105th anniversary in 2008. It is one of...
There is no doubt the Grand Canyon is stunning. But you can’t ride a motorcycle through it. However, today we did the next best thing and rode our Victory tourer into Zion National Park, a similarly stunning valley of skyscraper rock formations like the Grand Canyon. We’re on day five...
The 75th anniversary next year of the world’s biggest motorcycle rally in the Black Hills of South Dakota is expecting...
We went huntin’ today for moose, bear, mountain lion, buffalo and cowboy boots. And all we came back with was the...
Route 66 doesn’t exist in its entirety anymore having been decommissioned in 1985 and replaced by a series of massive interstate highways. However, Australian company Route 66 Tours has pieced together the highlights of the famous highway for their tours. Lead guide Dan Azzopardi says they have spent several years researching...
Riding through America constantly feels like you are passing through a Hollywood movie set. Today’s movie moment was Easy Rider....
Canada is the world’s second-largest country with a landmass of 9.1 million square kilometers. This country is located in North...
Show me a squiggly line on a map and I’m all over it like a seagull on a chip. I’ve been fortunate in my work as a motoring journalist to have driven and ridden on some of the squiggliest roads in the world. There are many I could suggest as...
(Contributed post for our North American readers) Few feelings come close to that of the wind blowing across your face...
The USA is the ultimate playground for bikers, filled with long winding roads and flat sections that test the limits...
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...
Motorcycle nirvana has a name: Rocky Mountains. We are currently cruising around the many great motorcycling roads in the Rocky...
From desert heat to mountain storms, from sand to snow, from Indian to cowboy, from John Wayne to John Denver,...
After almost 4000km of some of the most beautiful scenery and enjoyable riding we have ever done, Mrs MotorbikeWriter and I have arrived in Sturgis, South Dakota, aboard our trusty 2015 Victory Cross Country Tour. It’s not the end of the road for this happy trio. We still have a...
As North America takes over Australian distribution of Ural sidecars, the former boss heads north to Alaska, Canada and the...
How would you like to ride a motorcycle flat out on the Bonneville salt flats, competing for class honours? Mojo...
Aussie rider Linda Norman has published a US road trips guide for other Australian riders after spending several years touring the country with her husband, Barry. Aussies Guide to Roadtripping America isn’t a recap of their trips but a valuable guide to help other Aussie riders plan their journey, Linda...
Virginia woman Bonnie French, 57, has just completed a solo cross-country trip through 22 US states on a 1947 Flathead...
Contributed post According to statista.com, as of 2016, California had the largest amount registered motorcycles in the nation, with more...
You will never be alone on a motorcycle in the USA. It’s day one on our 3200km ride on a Victory Cross Roads Tour from LA to the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally and already I can declare that riders will never be alone here. Americans simply make all riders feel very welcome....
We knew we were heading into some rain today, yet we took the hard option rather than the easy one...
The famous London Ace Cafe has many copies around the world, but the first North American franchise, set to open...
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...
Just about every biker appreciates a good long biking road trip. Even more important for the biker is the great...
The 320km journey today from Big Bear Lake to Las Vegas displays the vast diversity of American culture, climate and...
America is thawing its relations with Cuba and that will open the country up for motorcycle riders. The long-standing trade embargo is being lifted and Americans will be allowed to fly to Cuba for special reasons. Harley-Davidson is believed to be one of the first companies to consider importing their...
Contributed post There are so many great reasons to consider taking a trip through Canada. There is the wilderness, mountains,...
The scenery in Nevada will forever be associated with some of the greatest road trips man has ever undertaken. Long,...
The driver of a truck that ploughed head-on into a group of riders, killing seven and injuring several others, is seeking release from jail pending his trial date which has been delayed by the coronavirus pandemic. The biker massacre occurred in New Hampshire on Father’s Day 2019 when the Marine...
The challenge is to ride more than 650 miles (1046km) around Lake Erie, the 10th biggest lake in the world, on...