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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

Stories From The Road

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

Can-Am & Road Warrior Provide ‘Adventure Therapy’ to Veterans

Can-Am & Road Warrior Provide ‘Adventure Therapy’ to Veterans

Both motorcycle riders and manufacturers are famed for fostering a warm, welcoming community. In this same spirit, Can-Am and the Road Warrior Foundation (RWF) extend a helping hand to military veterans. Each year, the Road Warrior Ride lets veterans and active-duty soldiers experience the joy and rejuvenating freedom of traversing

Rain on an Old Tin Roof

Rain on an Old Tin Roof

Thunder roared in the distance as I ducked under the rusty, corrugated sheet-iron structure. I was a lone 16-year-old boy wearing a faded Levi’s jacket, tight, high-water 501s, and a white T-shirt. Three hundred miles into the day’s journey, my 4 a.m. departure was taking its toll.

Cardo Opens a New Sound Lab to Boost Product Development

Cardo Opens a New Sound Lab to Boost Product Development

Cardo is upping its game when it comes to product development. The motorsports communications system manufacturer has opened its first full-scale R&D facility. Located in Straubing, Germany, Cado Sound Labs gives the company a place of its own where it can hone its audio systems. Cardo says the

The Quail Motorcycle Gathering 2022

The Quail Motorcycle Gathering 2022

After a two-year hiatus brought on by the pandemic, the Quail Motorcycle Gathering once again unfolded its stellar presentation of machinery over the 18th green of the Quail Lodge and Golf Club in beautiful Carmel Valley, CA. This preeminent motorcycle event, renowned for showcasing the rarest and most iconic motorcycles

Sweden’s USWE Sports Buys Soft Luggage Maker Giant Loop

Sweden’s USWE Sports Buys Soft Luggage Maker Giant Loop

Swedish action backpack manufacturer USWE Sports [https://imp.i104546.net/b3oGN6] is looking to expand to the North American markets. To this end, the Scandinavians recently acquired Oregon-based Giant Loop. Headquartered in Bend, OR, Giant Loop is famed for its soft luggage designs for off-road motorcycling. Now, its product range

Triumph Acquires Electric Bike Maker OSET Bikes

Triumph Acquires Electric Bike Maker OSET Bikes

The floodgates have really opened for electric motorcycles. Triumph, who just completed its TE-1 electric project [https://www.roadrunner.travel/articles/triumph-completes-phase-4-of-te-1-electric-bike-project/] , has now acquired electric bike manufacturer OSET Bikes. OSET, launched in 2004, is best known for its children’s electric off-road motorcycles. The company has sold more than

Aprilia Announces Tuareg 660 Baja California Tour

Aprilia Announces Tuareg 660 Baja California Tour

The only way to truly experience a motorcycle is to get out and ride it. Aprilia is now offering riders a chance to get acquainted with the Tuareg 660 on the Aprilia Tuareg 660 Experience—Baja California tour. This six-day tour takes riders from San Diego, CA, to Bahía de

Touring Tip: Coping With Severe Weather, Part 1 - Lightning

Touring Tip: Coping With Severe Weather, Part 1 - Lightning

Riders traveling by motorcycle are much more vulnerable to severe weather conditions than passengers in an automobile. Some riders are under the mistaken impression that a motorcycle’s rubber tires will protect them in the event of a lightning strike. A car, with its steel frame, usually conducts a lightning

Triumph Completes Phase 4 of TE-1 Electric Bike Project

Triumph Completes Phase 4 of TE-1 Electric Bike Project

Electric bikes seem to be cropping up all over the place recently. Not to be outdone, Triumph has just reached a significant milestone on its own electric journey. Triumph has completed the TE-1 electric development project. Carried out in collaboration with electrification experts, academia, and the UK government, the project

Bonus Offer: 2022 Special Collector's Issue Now Available to Pre-Order

Bonus Offer: 2022 Special Collector's Issue Now Available to Pre-Order

Our 2022 Special Collector's Issue is now available to PRE-ORDER. This issue showcases a regionally balanced mix of both previously-featured and new motorcycle tours with trip planning information and spectacular photography. This special issue is printed on the high quality paper that you've come to expect

Do Good: All Kids Bike

Do Good: All Kids Bike

Riding a bike is an incredibly useful skill to have, and we’re not just talking about motorcycles. A bicycle gives children both valuable exercise and greater freedom to travel. Unfortunately, too many kids don’t learn how to ride a bike these days. All Kids Bike helps children get

Eat and Ride in the Southern Appalachian Mountains with RoadRUNNER!

Eat and Ride in the Southern Appalachian Mountains with RoadRUNNER!

The 2022 Giveaway Shamrock Tour will take place in the Southeast. The base location will be announced soon, but for now let's find out what we will be eating on this tour. The people of Appalachia have lived off the land for centuries. They’ve been “eating local&

Arizona Legalizes Lane Filtering

Arizona Legalizes Lane Filtering

Riders in Arizona can soon legally advance through stalled traffic. In late March, the state Senate and House approved a bill legalizing lane filtering. Meanwhile, Utah extended its lane filtering authorization by five years. The Arizona Senate Bill 1273—championed by ABATE of Arizona—allows riders to cruise between lanes

Brave New World - Necessity: The Mother of Invention

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Brave New World

Necessity: The Mother of Invention In the early years of the 20th century, Popular Science Magazine was filled with artists’ renditions promising a future of electric vehicles. They appeared with the same frequency as sketches of airborne men wearing jetpacks and commuters whizzing around modern metropolises in flying cars. We’