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 the Transfagarasan DN7C, a Motorcycle Guide
Romania's DN7C over the Fagaras mountains at 2042 m, with the CNAIR closure km markers, the June reopening, daylight-only hours, bears and...
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Black Forest High Road B500 on a Motorcycle
60 km of ridge road from Baden-Baden to Freudenstadt, the Mummelsee and Hornisgrinde stops, roadworks closures, noise limits and the real riding...
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Riding the Gorges du Verdon, a Motorcycle Loop Guide
Both rims of France's deepest canyon, the one-way Route des Cretes rule, the Corniche Sublime, season dates, fuel anchors and when to...
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Col d'Izoard and the Casse Deserte on a Motorcycle
The lunar rock field on the south side, both climbs from Briancon and Guillestre, the season window and the Queyras loop that...
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Col de la Bonette on a Motorcycle, France's Highest Road
What the 2802 m figure really means, both climbs from Jausiers and the Tinee, the season window, fuel gaps and why the...
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Col du Galibier and Col du Lautaret on a Motorcycle
One summer-only high col at 2642 m and one that never closes, ten minutes apart. Both sides of the Galibier, the tunnel,...
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Riding the Route des Grandes Alpes, a Motorcycle Guide
720 km from Lake Geneva to Menton over the highest passes in France, with the season windows, the sections worth planning around,...
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Timmelsjoch High Alpine Road Motorcycle Guide
The Passo del Rombo toll road at 2,474 m: opening season, daily hours, toll covering both sides, Italian side vehicle limits and...
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Splugen and San Bernardino Pass Motorcycle Guide
Two quiet Graubunden crossings into Italy: the Splugen gorge descent to Chiavenna, San Bernardino above its tunnel, seasons, borders and vignette rules.
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Grimsel and Susten Pass Motorcycle Guide
Two Swiss passes that close the three pass loop: Grimsel reservoirs and hairpins, Susten sweeping curves and glacier views, seasons and route...
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Furka Pass Motorcycle Guide for Swiss Riders
Furka Pass at 2,429 m: the Realp and Gletsch ramps, Hotel Belvedere, the James Bond curve, seasonal opening dates and the classic...
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Grossglockner High Alpine Road Motorcycle Guide
Austria highest pass road for riders: 48 km and 36 bends, Hochtor at 2,504 m, Edelweissspitze, biker points, opening season and the...
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Passo Giau and Falzarego Motorcycle Guide
The two Cortina passes for riders: Giau at 2,236 m with 29 hairpins, Falzarego on the SS48, the Valparola spur and the...
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Sella Ronda Motorcycle Guide, Four Dolomite Passes
Ride the 53 km Sella Ronda loop: Campolongo, Pordoi, Sella and Gardena passes, elevations, direction advice, bike day closures and traffic timing.
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Gavia Pass Motorcycle Guide for the SS 300
Passo di Gavia on two wheels: 2,621 m summit, single-track southern descent, unlit tunnel, official June to October season and vehicle restrictions.
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Stelvio Pass Motorcycle Guide, 48 Hairpins Explained
Passo dello Stelvio for riders: 2,757 m summit, 48 numbered hairpins north, 34 bends and six tunnels south, season, Umbrail detour and...
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Best Motorcycle Roads in New Mexico, High Country Guide
NM 152 over Emory Pass, the 84-mile Enchanted Circle, the High Road to Taos and NM 4 across the Jemez, with altitude,...
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Best Motorcycle Roads in Montana, Season and Route Guide
Going-to-the-Sun Road and 2026 park rules, the Beartooth on US 212, MT 1 Pintler Scenic Loop and the Kings Hill byway, with...
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Best Motorcycle Roads in Oregon, Coast to Cascades
McKenzie Pass on OR 242 and its short season, 363 miles of US 101, the Hells Canyon All-American Road and Crater Lake...
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Best Motorcycle Roads in Missouri, an Ozarks Guide
Route 19 below Cuba, Route 106 through Eminence, Route 125 to Arkansas and the gravel Glade Top Trail, plus fuel, float traffic...
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Best Motorcycle Roads in South Carolina, Upstate Guide
SC 11 Cherokee Foothills, the US 276 climb to Caesars Head, SC 107 through Sumter National Forest and SC 130 above Lake...
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Best Motorcycle Roads in Maryland, Mountains to Shore
MD 77 over Catoctin, MD 135 across Backbone Mountain, the old National Road on US 40 Scenic and MD 213 on the...
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Best Motorcycle Roads in Tennessee Beyond the Dragon
The Snake on US 421, the Devils Triangle loop and the Foothills Parkway, plus where the Dragon, Cherohala and Natchez Trace fit...
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Best Motorcycle Roads in New Jersey, Highlands to Pines
Old Mine Road, Route 23 to High Point, CR 515 on the Western Highlands byway and CR 539 through the Pine Barrens,...
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