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Blue Rim Tours Ceases Operation—Long Time Guide to Continue Tours Through New Company

Blue Rim Tours Ceases Operation—Long Time Guide to Continue Tours Through New Company

Uwe Krauss, a long-term RoadRUNNER contributor, is opening a new chapter and launching his own guided motorcycle tour company. He has plenty of tour guiding experience from working with RoadRUNNER’s offshoot Blue Rim Tours (BRT), and he’s more or less inheriting the operation as BRT is no longer

Sidetracked: Stealerships and the DIY Guy

Sidetracked: Stealerships and the DIY Guy

Fourteen-year-olds are sensitive creatures. Merle laughs when I ask how to adjust the clutch on my 1969 Yamaha AT1. Instead of offering technical advice he mocks me, saying, "You want to race and you can't even work on your own bike." His words cut me to

Getting Your Bike Ready to Tour

Getting Your Bike Ready to Tour

With summer fast approaching, now is the time to make sure your mount is ready to hit the road. If you’re like many of us at RoadRUNNER, during the colder months you scope out touring destinations, research scenic routes, create packing lists, decide on touring dates, and have made

Close Encounters of the Four-Legged Kind

Close Encounters of the Four-Legged Kind

Among the most difficult hazards for motorcyclists to avoid are four-legged animals, which can appear suddenly, without warning and cause a rider to part company with his or her motorcycle. I learned this lesson the hard way early in my motorcycling career. Nowadays, I find myself continually scanning the road

Sidetracked: Pack Mentality—Group Riding

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Sidetracked: Pack Mentality—Group Riding

Pack mentality (n.) The tendency for a group of individuals to act together without planned direction. Humans, like many of our four-legged fellow inhabitants of planet Earth, are social animals. We tend to mimic the behavior of those around us. Alone, your pet malamute may be mild-mannered and cuddly. But

How to Find the Aliens Among Us on Two Wheels

How to Find the Aliens Among Us on Two Wheels

Sometimes you want a grander objective for a motorcycle tour than simply enjoying the open road and curves. If you’re after a truly otherworldly experience, why not hit the asphalt to look for proof of alien life? After all, the Congress recently got the most compelling testimony to date

Burt Munro Inducted into Sturgis Motorcycle Museum Hall of Fame | RoadRUNNER Motorcycle Touring & Travel

Burt Munro Inducted into Sturgis Motorcycle Museum Hall of Fame

New Zealand’s motorcycling legend Burt Munro doesn’t exactly lack accolades, but the late rider has just received fresh recognition for his unparalleled need for speed. On August 9, Munro was inducted into the Sturgis Motorcycle Museum Hall of Fame. The induction recognizes Munro’s speedway racing career and

Alternative Ways to Design Tracks for Motorcycle Routes | RoadRUNNER Motorcycle Touring & Travel

The Motorcyclist's Guide to the Galaxy

Alternative Ways to Design Tracks for Motorcycle Routes

Over the last few years, we touring riders have become accustomed to using satellite navigation tracks (for brevity, the term “tracks” will be used to include “routes”). RoadRUNNER, for example, provides these useful digital assets for all travel and tour articles. Garmin has cemented the GPS Exchange Format, better known

Transcending the Narrow Mind

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Transcending the Narrow Mind

Mark Twain is credited with saying: “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness … Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime.” He was correct then and he’s correct today—only, today

Visit Billings: Where All Roads Lead to Pure Montana Experiences

Visit Billings: Where All Roads Lead to Pure Montana Experiences

The mountain passes and wide-open highways of eastern Montana offer some of the purest, most breathtaking views you can find on two wheels. The only sounds you’ll hear for miles are the rumbling of motorcycles echoing from within the deep canyons, the calls of migratory birds, and the shutter

Can-Am Kicks

What on earth could Can-Am and the high-end sneaker manufacturer The Shoe Surgeon have in common for them to organize a collaboration event at SRGN Studios in Los Angeles? As it turns out, The Shoe Surgeon, aka Dominic Ciambrone, is the custom designer of athletic footwear for the rich and

A Motorcyclists Life Riding with Young Passengers

A Motorcyclists Life Riding with Young Passengers

A lot of motorcyclists like to share the thrill of riding with family members and friends. Some even enjoy introducing their kids to riding at a very young age. However, when it comes to young passengers and motorcycles, a lot of riders don’t know if there are age restrictions

Interview with Head of BMW Motorrad, Dr. Markus Schramm

The Future of Motorcycling: Interview with Head of BMW Motorrad, Dr. Markus Schramm

RoadRUNNER recently had a rare opportunity to sit down for a chat with Dr. Markus Schramm, the head of BMW Motorrad. During the interview, he shared his views on the current motorcycle market and what the future might hold, both for BMW and motorcycling in general. Grab a nice cup

Rise of the Retros: What’s Old is New

Rise of the Retros: What’s Old is New

It’s no secret that the influx of vintage-styled motorcycles making their way to U.S. shores has increased over the past few years. Undoubtedly, Triumph paved the way for this invasion back in 2001, when the manufacturer re-introduced the legendary Bonneville. Interestingly, Kawasaki brought the W650 to North America

Old-School and Fit to Ride

Old-School and Fit to Ride

There are many organizations out there dedicated to tracking motorcycle accident data. However, when we dig into many of the report details, we find a big black hole on some key information. In general, when we try to pull up data on motorcycle crashes, we slam into a kind of

Do a Pop-a-Wheelie!

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Do a Pop-a-Wheelie!

We are able to instantly reach more people than at any other time in history. I think it’s a miracle of the modern age. However, it often leads to the spread of misinformation and bad ideas. While this spread of toxic content isn’t usually intentional or malicious, it

Motorcycle Travel Network Launches New Website—with Special RR Offer

Motorcycle Travel Network Launches New Website—with Special RR Offer

Are you scrambling to find affordable lodgings for your fall motorcycle tour? The Motorcycle Travel Network (MTN) can help you with its brand-new revamped website. The MTN recently gave its online service a facelift and opened its new, sleek, user-friendly website to riders. The service connects riders in the saddle

Yamaha Reveals the 2024 Model Range | RoadRUNNER Motorcycle Touring & Travel

Yamaha Reveals the 2024 Model Range

Yamaha recently announced its plans for its 2024 lineup. Fans of Japanese bikes will get to enjoy a whole new flagship sport tourer and an updated Ténéré 700. The highlight of the announcement is the 2024 Yamaha Tracer 9 GT+. This brand-spanking-new sport touring machine features an impressive suite of

Moto Mojo: Lithium Ion Batteries for Motorcycles

Moto Mojo: Lithium Ion Batteries for Motorcycles

Rechargeable lithium-ion batteries are used in all sorts of common portable devices, including cordless power tools, cell phones, laptops, and tablets. Lithium-ion cells have made nickel-cadmium and nickel-metal hydride batteries outmoded, and lithium-ion batteries are making inroads into the motorcycle market. The safest lithium-ion battery chemistry used for starting engines

Glaciers to Geysers: Ride the Best of Montana

Glaciers to Geysers: Ride the Best of Montana

Some of the most stunning scenery in the world lies in the landscapes between Glacier and Yellowstone national parks. Montana's open highways, scenic byways and backroads of discovery offer the two-wheeled trip of a lifetime. The best riding in Big Sky Country can be found on a “Glaciers

Thirdendary Roads | RoadRUNNER Motorcycle Touring & Travel Magazine

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Thirdendary Roads

"Daddy, where is that car going?" My son spoke those words to me three decades ago as he stood tiptoe, looking out the window of our home on the edge of town. The curiosity of a child has inspired many an adventure. They are an elusive lot, adventure

Returning to the Thrill: Re-embracing Two Wheels After Years in 4WD

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Returning to the Thrill: Re-embracing Two Wheels After Years in 4WD

By 2014, my partner in life and crime Jason and I had sold our 200-year-old cottage, pared down the belongings, and packed our new world on two dual sports bikes. We've embarked on a few adventures, but this one stood out—a transformative journey that lasted four and

Heat Management: How to Keep Your Cool

Heat Management: How to Keep Your Cool

It’s a gorgeous summer’s day. The sun shines, not a single cloud breaks the vast blue dome above you, and the temperature is perfect—at least for a day at the beach. But inside your riding leathers, you’re quickly starting to cook sous vide. As a resident