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.

7 sept. 2026Day Rides

Texas Motorcycle Day Rides from Houston, Austin and Dallas

What each big Texas metro gets within an hour, from Hill Country ranch roads to the Pineywoods and the Palo Pinto hills,...

7 sept. 2026Houston Day Rides

An East Texas Piney Woods Motorcycle Loop from Houston

A day loop through the Sam Houston National Forest on FM 1375, FM 149 and SH 150, with TxDOT mileages, forest stops...

7 sept. 2026Devils Backbone

Riding the Devil's Backbone on Ranch Road 32 in Texas

Ranch Road 32 runs 23 miles along a limestone ridge between Blanco and Wimberley. The route, the ninety-mile loop version, traffic, deer...

7 sept. 2026Routes

Riding the Willow City Loop, Rules and Wildflower Timing

The 13-mile Willow City Loop northeast of Fredericksburg, what the state says about stopping on private land, bluebonnet timing and how to...

6 sept. 2026Day Rides

A Texas Hill Country Motorcycle Day Ride from Austin

A one-day Hill Country loop from Austin on RM 1323, SH 16, RM 965 and RM 32, with TxDOT mileages, heat planning...

6 sept. 2026Day Rides

Motorcycle Day Rides Between Chicago and Minneapolis

Five day rides in the Chicago to Minneapolis corridor, with distances, what each one is like, and the season windows that decide...

6 sept. 2026Lake Superior

North Shore Scenic Drive Motorcycle Guide on MN 61

Highway 61 from Duluth to the Canadian border, 150 miles of Lake Superior shore, the state park stops, fuel gaps and the...

6 sept. 2026Great River Road

Great River Road Motorcycle Day Ride at Lake Pepin

A 162-mile Mississippi loop from the Twin Cities on US 61 and WIS 35, with bridge crossings, village fuel gaps and the...

6 sept. 2026Driftless Area

Galena and the Driftless Motorcycle Loop in Illinois

A 78-mile loop on Stagecoach Trail and US 20 through the corner of Illinois the glaciers missed, with Charles Mound access rules...

6 sept. 2026Chicago

Lake Michigan Shore Motorcycle Ride from Chicago

Sheridan Road from Lincoln Park north to Racine, about 68 miles one way, with the Illinois Beach stop, traffic realities and the...

6 sept. 2026Atlanta

Atlanta and Nashville Motorcycle Day Rides

The day rides worth planning from Atlanta and Nashville — north Georgia gaps, GA 348, the northern Natchez Trace and the Cumberland...

6 sept. 2026Day Loop

Middle Tennessee Motorcycle Loop From Nashville

A 197-mile day loop east of Nashville through Murfreesboro, McMinnville, Rock Island and Center Hill Lake, with fuel, park closures and timing...

5 sept. 2026Natchez Trace

Natchez Trace Parkway Day Ride From Nashville

The top 58 miles of the Trace make a 116-mile day from Nashville — 50 mph limit, no trucks, the stops worth...

5 sept. 2026Georgia 348

Richard B. Russell Scenic Highway Motorcycle Guide

GA 348 climbs twelve miles to Hogpen Gap inside a 40.6-mile byway loop — the switchbacks, Dukes Creek fees, Brasstown Bald hours...

5 sept. 2026Day Rides

North Georgia Mountains Motorcycle Ride From Atlanta

The Three Gap Loop around Suches is 61 miles of GA 60, GA 180 and US 129 — what each gap rides...

5 sept. 2026Boston

Motorcycle Day Rides From Boston, Southern New England

Which way to point the bike out of Boston, with six southern New England routes, mileages, seasonal road dates and the timing...

5 sept. 2026Newport

Rhode Island Coastal Ride, Newport to Watch Hill

Ocean Drive, the Pell Bridge, Beavertail and the south shore on RI 1A, with tolling, fuel and traffic notes for a Rhode...

5 sept. 2026Berkshires

Berkshires Motorcycle Loop, Mount Greylock and Route 8

A full-day Berkshires loop from Pittsfield over Mount Greylock on Rockwell and Notch roads, back on Route 8 and US 20, with...

5 sept. 2026Massachusetts

Mohawk Trail Motorcycle Guide, Massachusetts Route 2

Greenfield to Williamstown on Route 2, the French King Bridge, Whitcomb Summit at 2,272 feet, the hairpin turn, and where to fuel,...

5 sept. 2026Cape Cod

Cape Cod Motorcycle Day Ride, Route 6A to Provincetown

Route 6A end to end, the National Seashore motorcycle entrance pass, Province Lands Road, and how to time the canal bridges on...

5 sept. 2026Colorado

Denver and Salt Lake City Day Rides on a Motorcycle

Eleven day rides from two mountain-west bases, with lengths, seasons and which ones now need a timed reservation before you can ride...

5 sept. 2026Big Cottonwood Canyon

Big Cottonwood Canyon and Guardsman Pass by Bike

Fifteen miles of SR-190 from Salt Lake City to Brighton, then over Guardsman Pass to Park City. Season dates, canyon rules and...

5 sept. 2026Colorado

Peak to Peak Highway, a Motorcycle Riding Guide

Colorado's oldest scenic byway runs 55 miles at 9,000 ft with no ticket needed. The three highways, fuel gaps, park reservations and...

5 sept. 2026Colorado

Guanella Pass on a Motorcycle, Georgetown to Grant

A 22-mile paved crossing to 11,669 ft an hour from Denver, with no reservation needed. Season dates, closure gates, both approaches and...