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Touring Tip: Riding Year-Round

Touring Tip: Riding Year-Round

As fall turns to winter and temperatures spiral downward, seasonal motorcyclists all but disappear from the roadways. Except for possibly venturing out on the rare warm day, their backroad riding passion is put into cold storage along with their bike. This needn’t be the case, but gear and strategies

Arai Replica Helmets: The Colors of Racing Legends

Arai Replica Helmets: The Colors of Racing Legends

Today, the name Arai is synonymous with racing. The Japanese helmet brand has a presence in virtually every form of motorcycle racing, from motocross to the vaunted MotoGP Championship (and within the ranks of auto racing as well). Regarded as an innovative company that revolutionized safety helmet technology through its

Yamaha Testing New Electric Power Steering Prototype for Bikes | RoadRUNNER Magazine

Yamaha Testing New Electric Power Steering Prototype for Bikes

Motorcycle engineers continue to evolve two-wheeled technology with an ever-increasing smorgasbord of electronic rider aids to bolster safety and performance (cornering-ABS, traction control, adaptive cruise control, etc.). One of the latest electronic explorations comes from Yamaha. The Japanese company is experimenting with an innovative electronic power steering system, currently in

Biker Down: Motorcycle Accident Help

Biker Down: Motorcycle Accident Help

When you’re out on a ride and you have a fall, who you gonna call? BikerDown! Well, you should actually probably start with the emergency number. But BikerDown is there to help riders recover after being in an accident. For more than a decade, the non-profit organization has harnessed

AHRMA MotoFest Monterey: Remembrances of Things Past

AHRMA MotoFest Monterey: Remembrances of Things Past

It was a beautiful fog-free weekend at Laguna Seca in Monterey. The American Historic Racing Motorcycle Association (AHRMA) had staked out a motocross track on the rolling hills above the famous circuit, cut a small flat track oval out of the grass infield, and built a trials section, creating the

Emergency SOS: How to Call for Help - Motorcycle Edition

Emergency SOS: How to Call for Help

If there’s something strange while you’re out on a ride, who you gonna call? That’s the big question. In the worst-case scenario, you may be so far away from civilization that you may not be able to call anyone. Mobile device manufacturers are waking up to this

Honda's Bringing Electric FUN to America

Honda's Bringing Electric FUN to America

Honda recently announced that it will introduce 10 new electric two-wheel models to the global market by 2025 as part of its focus on electrification. Of the new models (which are primarily scooters) three are full-sized electric motorcycles designed specifically for the Japanese, European, and U.S. markets. These electric

Harley-Davidson is Electrifying with the LiveWire ONE

Harley-Davidson is Electrifying with the LiveWire ONE

You can’t really picture a Harley-Davidson without the signature sound of its internal combustion engine, which they even tried to patent at one point. Maybe that’s why The Motor Company decided to spin LiveWire off into its own brand. The electric LiveWire concept bike was introduced in 2014,

LiveWire Del Mar Orders Electrify New York Stock Exchange

LiveWire Del Mar Orders Electrify New York Stock Exchange

September 27 was a double-whammy kind of day for Harley-Davidson’s electrified counterpart, LiveWire. On the day, LiveWire began taking reservations for its forthcoming S2 Del Mar model, while also going live on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol LVWR. With its listing, LiveWire became the

Time to Re-Tire?

Time to Re-Tire?

Life's too short to only own one motorcycle, right? But we can only ride one at a time. If you own a bike that only does a couple of thousand miles a year, should you wait until the tires [https://imp.i104546.net/9W9yBW] are worn out before

The American Motorcycle Jacket

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The American Motorcycle Jacket

Before we talk about the traditional American motorcycle jacket, we should agree on its design features. Unfortunately, that is a tough topic. While Schott NYC started the motif in 1928 by swapping buttons for zippers, prior to 1953, there just wasn’t one predominant style that most American motorcyclists wore.

Yamaha Hands Out $145,000 in Aid for Outdoor Recreation

Yamaha Hands Out $145,000 in Aid for Outdoor Recreation

Yamaha does more than just build motorcycles. The brand also supports locations and initiatives that provide riders with places to ride. To this end, Yamaha Outdoor Access Initiatives (OAI) has granted awards totaling $145,175 to improve access to public land for motorcycling. Yamaha said these second quarter grants went

Touring Tips: Riding Loaded

Touring Tips: Riding Loaded

One of my favorite television shows as a child (and I realize this hints at my age) was The Beverly Hillbillies. The opening shot was of the Clampett clan driving down a palm-lined boulevard in Beverly Hills; an ancient flatbed truck piled high with possessions dangling from every spare inch

Time of the Motordromes: When America Fell in Love with Speed

Time of the Motordromes: When America Fell in Love with Speed

Motordrome. The name conjures visions of a futuristic arena for motorized death games in a Road Warrior sequel. In fact, it’s a relic from a bygone era. Motordromes sprang up across America at the dawn of the 20th century to accommodate the public’s insatiable fascination with a byproduct

How to Make Your Motorcycle Last Forever

How to Make Your Motorcycle Last Forever

Motorcycles are made better than ever. Their design, materials and machining are more accurate and precise – and reliability is greater than it’s been before. To that end, here are some tips on how to keep your motorcycle going as long as you want and save money too. The three

Revitalizing Route 66: One Motel at a Time

Revitalizing Route 66: One Motel at a Time

Originally running from Chicago, IL to Los Angeles, CA, Route 66 is perhaps the most famous road in America. However, since its removal from the national highway system in 1985 in favor of the new interstates, Route 66 has struggled to recapture its former glory. Today, though it’s impossible

Crystalline Moments

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Crystalline Moments

Early childhood notwithstanding, the majority of euphoria I’ve experienced in my life has derived from motorcycles. When you’re a kid, the days are usually filled with nothing but happiness—unmitigated joy found in almost every activity. However, as we age, there is a dulling of the senses and

Barbecue, Brews, and Music in Cleveland, Mississippi

Barbecue, Brews, and Music in Cleveland, Mississippi

On the first Saturday of October, more than 50 barbecue teams from across the nation meet on the greenway in the historic Mississippi Delta town of Cleveland, MS, to compete for over $25,000 in cash and prizes, and bragging rights, as kings and queens of the Delta BBQ Battle,

Explore Ecuador on New Self-Guided Tours

Explore Ecuador on New Self-Guided Tours

Have you ever wanted to explore the less trodden regions of South America in the saddle of your bike? Ecuador Freedom Bike Rental [https://freedombikerental.com/en/] has launched a new tour that lets you do just that. The six-day, self-guided Northwest Ecuador Explorer tour, launched in mid-August, takes riders

Traveling Solo: The Benefits and Risks of Riding by Yourself

Traveling Solo: The Benefits and Risks of Riding by Yourself

I like sharing long-distance motorcycle travel with one or two other riders, but no more than three; more than that and group management becomes burdensome and potentially contentious. Two of the benefits of traveling with fellow riders are the conversations at mealtimes and the help when there is a mechanical

T.E. Lawrence: A Love Affair with Speed

T.E. Lawrence: A Love Affair with Speed

I have long mused that perhaps the most challenging task for a motorsport journalist is how to adequately describe to a non-rider what it feels like to ride a motorcycle. To those of you reading this, you are probably already indoctrinated to the soul-seducing capabilities of motorcycles. So, in essence,

Suzuki and SkyDrive Partner to Create a Flying Car

Suzuki and SkyDrive Partner to Create a Flying Car

Suzuki is an ambitious company. Motorcycles and automobiles aren’t enough for it anymore—now Suzuki wants to fly. To this end, Suzuki and SkyDrive recently announced a new partnership. Their goal is nothing less than to create a flying car. Also known as eVTOLs (an incredibly clumsy acronym for

Giveaway Location Revealed: Maggie Valley, North Carolina

Giveaway Location Revealed: Maggie Valley, North Carolina

The RoadRUNNER Shamrock Tour® giveaway will conclude at the end of September. The winner and two friends get to ride with our Editor-in-Chief Florian Neuhauser and the RoadRUNNER team to create a Shamrock Tour in one of the best motorcycling destinations in the U.S. Drum roll please.... Maggie Valley,

Head for the Hills Festival Gears Up for Its Second Year

Head for the Hills Festival Gears Up for Its Second Year

Motorcyclists can again head for the hills of Pennsboro, WV, this fall to support our veterans. The second year of the Head for the Hills Festival is set to take place on September 15-17 at the Legendary Pennsboro Speedway. Hosted in collaboration between the West Virginia Chapter 37-1 of the