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.
Riding Armenia and the Selim Pass on the M10
The Vardenyats or Selim Pass at 2,410 m with its 1332 caravanserai, Lake Sevan, the Syunik roads, and the winter closures and...
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Riding Jordan's King's Highway to Petra
Highway 35 from Madaba to Petra — 220 km of slow, curving road across the Wadi Mujib gorge, past Kerak and Dana,...
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Riding Oman, Jebel Shams and the Wadi Routes
Oman on a bike — the sealed climb to the 3,009 m Jebel Shams rim, which wadi crossings really need a 4x4,...
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Phuket to Krabi by Motorcycle, the Andaman Coast Loop
Highway 4 and the Phang Nga karst, Khao Lak, Krabi's coastal lanes and Khao Sok, plus monsoon timing, licence rules and how...
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Golden Triangle Motorcycle Loop from Chiang Rai
The 250 km Chiang Rai circuit over Doi Mae Salong and Doi Tung to Mae Sai and the Mekong, with road detail,...
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Best Motorcycle Roads in Nepal, a Rider's Overview
Nepal's six roads worth riding, from the Prithvi Highway and Upper Mustang to old Daman and the Palpa hills, with seasons, permits,...
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Upper Mustang by Motorcycle, Permits and the Road to Lo
The restricted area permit and guide rules, the Kali Gandaki road north from Jomsom, the daily valley wind, and why the rain...
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Kathmandu to Pokhara by Motorcycle, the Prithvi Highway
The 206 km Prithvi Highway corridor, its current construction and landslide status, Bandipur and Gorkha detours, rental and licence rules, and season...
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Best Motorcycle Roads in Eastern Europe
The Carpathian arc from the Czech Sudetes and Polish Tatras to the Romanian high passes, plus the Baltic coast — seasons, tolls...
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Czech Sudetes Motorcycle Guide, Krkonose and Jeseniky
Cervenohorske sedlo at 1,013 m, Praded and the Krkonose ridge — the one real pass road up there, national park rules and...
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Riding the Polish Tatras Around Zakopane
The Zakopianka, the Podhale loops and why Morskie Oko stays closed to motor vehicles — what the Polish Tatras actually offer a...
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Best Motorcycle Roads in England and Wales
Snake Pass, Buttertubs, Hardknott, the Llanberis Pass, Gospel Pass and Porlock Hill — heights, gradients and the left-hand-traffic rules that catch visitors.
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Buttertubs Pass and the Yorkshire Dales by Motorcycle
Buttertubs at 526 m, Swaledale, Fleet Moss and the Tan Hill Inn — road figures, single-track passing place rules and when the...
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Peak District Motorcycle Roads and Snake Pass
Snake Pass, Winnats and the Cat and Fiddle — summit heights, gradients, the ongoing A57 landslip closures and how to ride the...
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Eryri and the Llanberis Pass by Motorcycle
The A4086 over Pen-y-Pass, Nant Gwynant and Bwlch y Groes — the Eryri name change, Welsh 20 mph limits and single-track etiquette...
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Riding the Brittany Coast in North-West France
The Crozon peninsula, the Pointe du Raz and the Pink Granite Coast — distances, tides, untolled roads and why Brittany takes longer...
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Col du Tourmalet and the French Pyrenees by Motorcycle
The Tourmalet at 2,115 m, the Aubisque and the Soulor corniche — climb figures, the season window and the practical rules that...
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Riding to Ushuaia at the End of Ruta 3, a Guide
The last 3,045 km of Ruta 3 to Bahia Lapataia — the Magellan ferry, four border posts, Paso Garibaldi and a summer...
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Serra do Rio do Rastro in Brazil, a Riding Guide
The SC-390 climb of 284 bends to 1,460 m in Santa Catarina — the fog that closes the upper hairpins, winter frost,...
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Ecuador's Avenue of the Volcanoes, a Riding Guide
Quito south past Cotopaxi and Chimborazo on the E35 — the Quilotoa loop, riding to 4,900 m, volcanic alert status and equatorial...
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Riding Colombia's Coffee Triangle, a Guide
Manizales to Salento through the Central Cordillera — endless mountain lanes, the Cocora Valley, two wet seasons a year and easy altitude...
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Riding the Peruvian Andes from Cusco, a Guide
The Sacred Valley loop and Abra Malaga at 4,316 m — the April to September dry season, acclimatising at 3,400 m and...
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Riding the Salar de Uyuni, a Motorcycle Guide
The world's largest salt flat at 3,656 m — when the crust is dry enough to ride, why the wet season closes...
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Bolivia's Death Road Today, a Motorcycle Guide
The old North Yungas Road was bypassed in 2006 and is now a cycling route. What that means for riders, what the...
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