Routes & Touring
Where to ride and how to plan it: route guides to roads worth the miles, navigation and planning tools compared, and the touring details — fuel stops, weather windows, gear that survives day five — that trip reports usually skip.
Highway 1 Marin to Sonoma Motorcycle Guide
Golden Gate Bridge to Jenner in 72 miles of two-lane — the wooded Marin climb, the Tomales Bay run, the Bodega bluffs,...
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Mount Tamalpais Motorcycle Day Ride from San Francisco
Panoramic Highway to Ridgecrest and the 2,571-foot East Peak, then down to Stinson Beach — a 38-mile loop with fog, cyclists and...
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Best Motorcycle Roads in Greece
The Katara Pass, Zagori, the Taygetus crossing, the Mani coast and Crete's Imbros gorge, plus how ferries, tolls and seasons fit together.
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Riding Crete, a Motorcycle Guide to the Island
What the A90 north coast road really is, the Imbros gorge crossing to Sfakia, the Psiloritis climb, and the ferries and fuel...
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Best Motorcycle Roads in Scandinavia, Region Overview
Scandinavia for riders: Norway, Iceland, Vildmarksvagen, Lapland and the Faroes, plus wildlife risk, midnight sun riding and the ferry links.
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Finnish Lapland Motorcycle Guide, Reindeer and Light
Riding Finnish Lapland: reindeer collision numbers and hotspots, the duty to call 112, midnight sun riding hours, the E75 north, fuel gaps...
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Sweden Motorcycle Guide, Moose Risk and Midnight Light
Riding Sweden: moose collision numbers and seasons, what the law requires after a hit, Vildmarksvagen over Stekenjokk, and using the summer light.
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Faroe Islands Motorcycle Guide, Tunnels and Single Lanes
Riding the Faroes: four tolled subsea tunnels and how billing works, single-lane passing rules and M signs, the undersea roundabout, sheep, ferries...
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Best Motorcycle Roads in Austria, Toll Roads and Passes
Austria for riders: Grossglockner and Timmelsjoch, Nockalm, Gerlos and Silvretta, with opening hours, toll rules and the Tyrolean noise ordinance.
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Best Motorcycle Roads in Switzerland, Pass by Pass
Switzerland for riders: Furka, Grimsel, Susten, Splugen, San Bernardino and Umbrail, the Grand Tour circuit, pass seasons and vignette rules.
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Austria Alpine Toll Roads Guide, Silvretta to Nockalm
Silvretta, Nockalm and Gerlos for riders: bends, opening hours, the Silvretta closure, the Nockalm motorcycle curfew and the Tyrolean noise rule.
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Grand Tour of Switzerland Motorcycle Guide, 1,643 km
The official 1,643 km Grand Tour of Switzerland for riders: eight stages, Furka, Grimsel and Susten, pass seasons, vignette rules and how...
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Sicily and Etna Motorcycle Guide, SP92 and Closures
Riding Mount Etna and Sicily: the SP92 to Rifugio Sapienza, how eruption closures and access ordinances work, ashfall grip, and the island...
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Corsica Motorcycle Guide, Bavella and the D81 Coast
Riding Corsica: why Col de Bavella mileage figures disagree, the D81 and D81B west coast, Col de Vergio, ferries, road renumbering and...
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Riding Sri Lanka, Permits and the Hill Country Roads
Why a home licence and IDP are not enough, how to get the local permit at the airport since August 2025, plus...
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Riding Mongolia, Tracks, Fuel Range and Navigation
What an almost unpaved road network means in practice, how to plan fuel across the steppe, offline navigation, licence rules and the...
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Riding Bali, Current Rental Rules and the Best Roads
What Bali Circular Letter No. 7 of 2025 requires of foreign riders, licence and helmet penalties, plus the Kintamani, Munduk and Sidemen...
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Riding Cambodia, Angkor and the Northeast Highlands
The Siem Reap rental restriction, the Mondulkiri and Ratanakiri highland roads, Cambodia's 125cc licence threshold, insurance gaps and the dry season window.
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Mai Chau and Pu Luong by Motorcycle, Northern Vietnam
The QL6 route from Hanoi over Thung Khe, the Pu Luong valley roads, Vietnam's 1968 Convention IDP rule, the 2025 fine changes...
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Best Motorcycle Roads in Africa
Tizi n’Tichka, the Swartberg, Sani Pass, Spreetshoogte and the Rif crest — the continent’s best riding by region, with carnets, fuel gaps...
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Riding Chefchaouen and the Rif Mountains
Morocco’s Rif on a bike — the 210 km crest road to Al Hoceima, the Talassemtane loops, how to handle the Ketama...
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Riding Kenya and Tanzania on a Motorcycle
The parks are closed to bikes, so here is what you ride instead — Rift escarpments, the Usambaras and the Namanga corridor,...
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Riding Namibia, Gravel Roads and the Spreetshoogte Pass
What Namibia’s B, C and D road classes mean on a bike, the steepest pass in the country, tyre and puncture planning,...
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Best Motorcycle Roads in the Middle East
Jebel Hafeet, Jebel Jais, Jebel Shams, the King’s Highway and the Selim Pass — the region’s best riding, with visas, fuel spacing...
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