Temperatures climbed into the low forties last weekend, not ideal but sufficient for a ride with the assistance of some heated gloves. I headed straight for one of my favorite destinations, Roscoe Village in Coshocton, OH, for a stop at the local coffee house. The trip isn’t much of a ride on pavement, but I [...]

OEM seats are often cheaply made and can become uncomfortable during a long day in the saddle. This shortcoming in meeting touring riders’ needs has created a robust aftermarket for motorcycle seat makers. I’ve owned some of them and they usually are better-designed, made from higher-quality materials, and provide more long-distance comfort than an OEM [...]

Except for a few plush touring models, it seems like little effort goes into designing motorcycle saddles for all-day comfort. Although they look great in the showroom and allow inseam-challenged riders to feel the security of touching the ground, most standard equipment leaves the distance rider to discover “the agony of ‘da seat!” Pressure points, [...]

The newest offering from the Noale, Italy based company is blessed with enough acronyms to make any bureaucrat jealous. It comes standard with Ride by Wire (RbW), ABS, and Aprilia Traction Control (ATC), and can be equipped with Aprilia Dynamic Damping (ADD) and CC. Other acronyms that may be associated with the new bike include, [...]

Honda is at it again. The Japanese brand has a long history of shaking up the motorcycle establishment with innovative, and at times, game changing motorcycles. (Anyone remember the CB750?) It looks like this will be another milestone year for the company as they announce the release of no fewer than six new models for [...]

Yamaha’s liquid-cooled, 16-valve, inline-four, 779cc FZ8, which was brought to the U.S. market for 2011, filled the gap between the 600cc and 1,000cc range. It looks very much like its 998cc big brother, the FZ1, sans fairing, and is praised for its upright seating position, lots of torque in low- to midrange-rpm, and top-notch cornering [...]

I enjoy a good handful of horsepower as much as the next guy, and don’t see any great harm in partaking of it occasionally, so long as it’s done in a responsible manner. My list of “quick ones” is fairly short, but it includes some heavy hitters: a 1981 Honda CB900F Super Sport, a 1986 [...]

There’s a song by the band Needtobreathe, actually it’s my riding playlist tune of the week, called Something Beautiful. The video is quite remarkable. It’s 3 minutes and 47 seconds of smiles, inspiration, and joy. I’ll take that. There are so few places those things are encouraged these days, which is one reason I love [...]

My friend Romain and I are two New Yorkers who grew up in France. In June of 2011, after seeing the “Long Way Round”, we thought it would be amazing to have an adventure like that and it looked like riding bikes would be great fun. Patagonia came up as a place we both wanted to explore [...]

This museum has one of the largest vintage and antique motorcycle collections on display in America: 89,000 sq. feet of museum space Over 450 motorcycles Rare antique motorcycles such as a circa 1897 DeDion Bikes date from 1897 to present Military, police, and Harley-Davidson galleries One of the most extensive collections of Indian Motorcycles in [...]

Yeah, that’s what I am doing here, but considering how the seasons have been going this year, just maybe I am not so far ahead of the curve? What I am talking about is packing away old Betsy for the season. I don’t pretend to be an “expert” even though I have read a lot [...]

I work from home a few days a week. When I do I usually have either Pandora or Spotify playing in the background. Cori is as eclectic musically as I am (maybe even more so) and she has some spectacular mixes setup that I like to listen to. Anyway, one day I heard a song [...]

If you can’t read the headline, the answer is yes. Really, how old is too old to ride a motorcycle, 60, 70, 80, or more? We, as a community and sport should probably address this before some government agency is “directing” us to, and you know they have been thinking about it. I know and [...]

It occurred to me today that, at 47 and with a back condition that flares up on occasion, there are a lot of things I’ll most likely not be able to do that I’d always imagined doing one day. I was always a competitive athlete, and as I got older my focus went from competitive [...]

The newest addition of tools available to motorcyclists on our website includes the Cycle Trader classifieds via www.roadrunner.travel/classifieds. Now visitors to RoadRUNNER Motorcycle Touring & Travel’s website can search for over 100,000 new and used motorcycles without having to leave the site. “We have been asked by our readers as soon as we started the [...]