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.
Best Motorcycle Roads in South America
The Carretera Austral, Ruta 40, the altiplano and Patagonia — how the continent's riding regions fit together, with seasons, fuel gaps and...
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Best Motorcycle Roads in Mexico, a Rider Guide
Baja Highway 1, the Devil's Backbone, Oaxaca Highway 175 and Copper Canyon, with the insurance, import permit and night riding rules that...
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Riding the Oaxaca Mountains, a Motorcycle Guide
Mexican Highway 175 across two sierras either side of Oaxaca City, the new 2024 toll road alternative, plus topes, permits and the...
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Riding Copper Canyon, a Motorcycle Guide
Barrancas del Cobre in Chihuahua, from the rim at Creel down 1,750 m to Batopilas, with the season windows, bike choice, permits...
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Riding Baja California, a Motorcycle Guide
1,711 km of Mexican Highway 1 from Tijuana to Cabo San Lucas, with insurance and permit rules, fuel legs, topes and why...
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Best Motorcycle Roads in Canada, a Rider Guide
The Icefields Parkway, Cabot Trail, Sea-to-Sky, Highwood Pass and the Dempster, with distances, season windows, park pass rules and wildlife hazards.
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Riding Vancouver Island, a Motorcycle Guide
162 km of Highway 4 from Qualicum Beach to Tofino, over the Port Alberni Summit and down the Kennedy River canyon, with...
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Riding the Dempster Highway, a Motorcycle Guide
736 km of Arctic gravel to Inuvik, with the 369 km gap to the first fuel, ferry and ice bridge seasons, and...
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Riding the Sea-to-Sky Highway, a Motorcycle Guide
134 km of BC Highway 99 from Horseshoe Bay to Pemberton, plus the Duffey Lake Road, with the rebuild history, season, fuel...
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Riding the Cabot Trail, a Motorcycle Guide
A 298 km loop around Cape Breton Island, with the highland section, the moose problem, fuel anchors and the short Atlantic riding...
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Riding the Icefields Parkway, a Motorcycle Guide
227 km of Highway 93 from Lake Louise to Jasper, with the park pass rule, the season window, fuel gaps, wildlife hours...
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Cameron Highlands Motorcycle Guide, Malaysia's Hill Roads
Route 59 from Tapah against Route 185 from Simpang Pulai, the highest paved road in Malaysia, and the rainfall pattern that picks...
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Riding Around Taiwan, Suhua Highway and Wuling
Which motorcycles may use the Suhua Improvement tunnels, the 3275 m climb to Wuling, typhoon season closures and the 30 day permit...
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Thakhek Loop Laos, a 450 km Karst and Cave Circuit
Route, daily distances, road conditions, scooter rental and deposits, the Kong Lor cave passage, and why the dry season decides the whole...
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Best Motorcycle Roads in Japan, Plus the Licence Rules
Venus Line, Route 292, Izu Skyline, Irohazaka, Yamanami and Hokkaido, plus why only 1949 Geneva Convention permits let you legally ride any...
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Izu Peninsula on a Motorcycle, Skyline to Loop Bridge
The 40.6 km Izu Skyline after its 2025 toll rebuild, the free and quieter Nishi-Izu ridge, and the 720 degree Kawazu loop...
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Japan Alps Motorcycle Guide, Venus Line and Norikura
Norikura bans motorcycles year-round. Here is what you can ride instead, from the 76 km Venus Line to Shibu Pass, plus every...
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Riding Hokkaido, Japan's Big Empty North on Two Wheels
The real season window, Shiretoko and Mikuni passes, the deer problem by the numbers, and the 1949 Geneva permit rule that decides...
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Best Motorcycle Roads in Australia
Nine of Australia's best motorcycle roads compared, from the Great Ocean Road to the Nullarbor and Tasmania, plus wildlife, fuel gaps and...
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Grand Pacific Drive Guide, the Sea Cliff Bridge
The Grand Pacific Drive for riders: 140 km from the Royal National Park to Nowra, the 455 m Sea Cliff Bridge, Bald...
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Nullarbor Crossing Motorcycle Guide, Eyre Highway
Crossing the Nullarbor by motorcycle: 1,664 km of Eyre Highway, the 146.6 km 90 Mile Straight, roadhouse spacing, extreme heat and road...
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Tasmania Motorcycle Guide, Riding the Island Loop
A lap of Tasmania for riders: the 410 km Tasman Highway, the 248 km Lyell Highway, the Bass Strait ferry, black ice,...
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Snowy Mountains Motorcycle Guide, the Alpine Way
Riding Australia's high country: the 121 km Alpine Way over Dead Horse Gap, Kosciuszko Road to Charlotte Pass, park fees, chain rules...
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Great Alpine Road Motorcycle Guide, Mount Hotham
Australia's highest year-round sealed road for riders: 304 km of B500, the 1,840 m Hotham crossing, snow chain rules, fuel gaps and...
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