In a stroke of what may be cross marketing genius, Kawasaki has teamed up with the forthcoming big budget remake of The Lone Ranger (staring Johnny Depp as Tonto) to create their “Live the Legend” ad campaign. The video, which you can see below, likens the modern Kawasaki rider, whether it’s a KX, Ninja, or [...]

Look out Triumph, Suzuki, Honda, Kawasaki … okay, let’s just say any OEM with a naked bike in their stable has now been put on notice. Yamaha has recently carved out a new rung on the ladder with the FZ-09. The bike, which will replace the FZ-8, is powered by an all-new 847cc triple. The [...]

Being creatures of habit, humans usually fall into a routine anytime they repeat the same task or series of tasks day after day. The same is usually true for motorcycle touring. We may have adopted a habitual touring routine without realizing that the enjoyment factor of our trips is not being maximized. For this reason, [...]

The other day I got a call from my mother telling me she had taken a bad fall, torn ligaments in her wrist, and had hurt her back. She had seen a doctor and was as comfortable as could be and there was not much I could do. I took a ride over to spend [...]

The combination of protection and convenience offered by modular helmets is hard to beat, but for all their versatility, modular helmets also tend to be noisier, heavier, and more expensive than full-face helmets as well as not providing quite the same level of protection. The Bell Revolver Evo addresses two of these concerns quite well; [...]

Really? Yes, really. The first time I heard this comment I thought it was just a fluke, an odd thought. But then it kept coming … more “riders” thinking of trading their two wheels for four. In fairness, these were mostly older riders; those for whom two-wheeling was no longer comfortable or even safe. In [...]

Well the good guys and the bad guys Well they never work past noon around here They sit side by side in the cantinas Talk to senoritas And drink warm beer – Mexico by Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers Convincing my wife that driving to Mexico with our kids was no big deal wasn’t easy, [...]

The “Kanc” (aka New Hampshire SR-112) proves that longer is not always better. This famous scenic byway takes riders along a serpentine path cut through New Hampshire’s White Mountains. You’ll find several campgrounds and hiking trails, but, other than that, this slice of New England has been kept in its natural state. So fill your [...]

Anyone following my blogs knows by now that I’ll take a good dirt road over tarmac any time, and I feel that we’ve got some of the best right here in southern Ohio. A lesser known fact is that a fair number of the “roads” still shown on county maps exist in a completely unmaintained [...]

Today is my last day riding for most of the summer. Tomorrow I start a 24-hour journey from Lansing, MI to King Salmon, AK to be a part of the 2013 Sockeye Salmon run in Bristol Bay. For the next 2 months, I will only be thinking, “fish, fish, fish,” aboard my 32’ aluminum boat, [...]

Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit - Khalil Gibran. Cori and I recently returned from a four day tour which will be featured in a future article in RoadRUNNER magazine. During our trip we encountered three different groups of riders that we spent a few minutes getting to know. [...]

Overview A scenic jaunt through the southern Appalachians and rural northern Georgia, this route contains an abundance of natural beauty. The best times to go are April to June and September to November.

My first impression of these budget-priced touring boots was that they were too stiff and would be difficult to walk in. Though this is expected of boots more dedicated to protection (like MX), a good pair of touring boots should be a compromise between walking comfort and riding protection. Fortunately, I was wrong. It only [...]

A mere 60 years after Carl Stearns Clancy completed his motorcycle trip around the world, a young 42-year old man named Ted hopped aboard a Triumph Tiger and for the next four years, followed some of those same routes. Me? I was three years old. I believe there are two types of motorcycle riders in [...]

Electricity. You don’t think about it until you don’t have any, and when you’re riding far away from civilization, there just aren’t many sources to be found. Luckily, there’s a big one—the sun. That big burning ball of hydrogen 93 million miles away is radiating all the energy we could ever need, and Adventure Power’s [...]