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Road Rash: Sweet Dreams!

I’ve always been envious of people who could sleep while lying next to an Atlanta freeway. I’m not one of them. I have enough trouble sleeping well at home, and strange accommodations usually exacerbate the problem when traveling. The pillow is too hard or soft, the air conditioner

Motorcycle Tour Destination: Madison, Wisconsin

Destination: Madison, Wisconsin

Located in Dane County, Wisconsin’s capital city of Madison has a population of 243,000 and is home to five lakes, 10 beaches, 260 parks, and more than 200 miles of scenic bike trails. In fact, Madison boasts more bikes than cars in the city, and is a premier

Product Review: Magura Hymec Hydraulic Clutch Conversion Kit for the KTM 790 Adventure

Product Review: Magura Hymec Hydraulic Clutch Conversion Kit for the KTM 790 Adventure

Clutch modifications don’t generally set hearts aflutter, but eliminating clutch cable maintenance and preventing potential cable failure while lightening clutch pull and increasing smoothness makes a lot of sense. The lucky recipient of this modification was a 2019 KTM 790 Adventure. Installation of the Magura Hymec kit falls mid-range

West Virginia Dual Sport Motorcycle Ride

Jul/Aug '21 Premium Content

West Virginia

If mountains are magnets then I am steel. Be it the Alps or Appalachians, I have always been drawn to the folds of stone and soil, wondering what secrets lay hidden in the distant peaks and valleys. They are tranquil and foreboding at the same time, and largely inaccessible. But

Madison, WI Shamrock Tour®: Mixing it Up

Mar/Apr '16 Premium Content

Madison, WI Shamrock Tour®: Mixing it Up

Green Acres is the place to be. Farm livin’ is the life for me. Land spreadin’ out so far and wide. Keep Manhattan, just give me that countryside. The opening lines to the old “Green Acres” show, starring Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor, come to mind as I begin this

Michigan: A Quest for Pie

Nov/Dec '15 Premium Content

Michigan: A Quest for Pie

Polishing off a pre-tour mahimahi taco and Key lime pie dinner while watching the sun slide behind a row of tethered yachts, I wonder if my preconceived ideas about the tour are about to be blown out of the water. I envision four days of sleuthing small town diners with

Colorado Rockies: Mountains, Mesas, and Monsoon Season?

Nov/Dec '14 Premium Content

Colorado Rockies: Mountains, Mesas, and Monsoon Season?

What a difference a day makes. Riding the ski lift at Crested Butte, my wife, Sharon, and I attempt to watch both the alpine panorama unfolding ahead and the shrinking festival grounds below where Lukas Nelson’s band POTR is performing to a growing crowd under a sapphire blue sky.

Southern Ohio: Lighten Up

May/Jun '14 Premium Content

Southern Ohio: Lighten Up

Judging a tour by miles ridden is like rating a meal according to calories consumed. Camping tours, in particular, pilfer at least a couple of hours each day for set up and tear down and often leave one wondering where the time went. With the goal of lowering daily mileage

City Escape: Columbus, Ohio

City Escape: Columbus, Ohio

> Stretching east out of Ohio’s capital city and into the rising sun, the topography quickly transitions from flat to excellent rural hill country. The first warm days of April open the riding season, which extends well into October. Fall foliage can be spectacular. Length Approximately 190 miles Meet-up Spot

Haunted Ohio: Who Ya Gonna Call?

May/Jun '13 Premium Content

Haunted Ohio: Who Ya Gonna Call?

My eyes snap open. I’m instantly awake as if some internal alarm has been tripped. Against the faint light entering the windows, I see a dark form standing over me. I lay motionless for several long seconds before throwing a roundhouse punch and hit … nothing. Was it real or

Edgar Evins State Park, Tennessee Shamrock Tour®

Jul/Aug '12 Premium Content

Edgar Evins State Park, Tennessee Shamrock Tour®

Life’s a beach, but not after a hurricane. Our Atlantic beach trip quickly turned into a Tennessee camping tour after Irene scrubbed our plans along with most of the East Coast. It’s just as well, I suppose, since my memories of Tennessee involve blue highway “Trading Posts” stocked

Eastern Kentucky

Nov/Dec '11 Premium Content

Eastern Kentucky

Guided by a symphony of commands, the tires of my V-Strom 650 carve graceful arcs along the ribbon of pavement draped at the base of a rock wall. A different type of carving, to be sure, than that of Yellow Creek, whose efforts helped form nearby Cumberland Gap. At the

Reader Ride - Eastern Ohio

Jul/Aug '10 Premium Content

Reader Ride - Eastern Ohio

Ohio boasts one of the highest numbers of registered motorcycles in the nation, and for good reason. The rolling hills that dominate the southeastern corner of my native state are laced with twisting ribbons of asphalt that offer some of the best motorcycling found anywhere. I have ridden Ohio's roads