Touring

The classic circuit over Arthur's Pass, the Haast, the Crown Range and out to Milford, with the season window, fuel gaps and...

Five Nilgiri ghat roads with 4 to 47 hairpin bends, the run south to Munnar's tea country, monsoon timing and the night...

Jaipur, Bikaner, Jaisalmer, Jodhpur and Udaipur across the Thar Desert — why the season is October to March, the road speeds nobody...

Ladakh's two great side valleys — the Inner Line Permit rules that decide the trip, the roads into Padum and Diskit, season...

Shimla to Kaza to Manali across a Himalayan cold desert — why to ride it Shimla-first, Kunzum Pass season dates, permits for...

The summit sign says 5,602 m, the surveys say 5,359 m. Where both numbers come from, plus permits, the two-day acclimatisation rule,...

428 km and four Himalayan passes from Manali to Leh, topping out at 5,328 m — the season window, the 330 km...

A week-long Peloponnese circuit — the Langada Pass over the Taygetus, the Mani tower villages to Cape Matapan, Monemvasia, plus tolls, fuel...

Croatia's D8, Montenegro's Sedlo Pass, Albania's newly paved SH21, Bosnia's Neretva valley and the Kotor hairpins — plus the border, insurance and...

Which road actually goes to Theth, what the September 2021 paving changed, the quieter SH20 through Kelmend to Vermosh, and the season,...

The M17 Neretva valley and M18 into Sutjeska, plus the mine safety rules that actually matter — official BHMAC figures, where not...

The 120 km Durmitor ring over Sedlo Pass at 1,907 m, the Tara canyon and its 1940 arch bridge — season, fuel...

The D8 runs 643 km from the Slovenian border to Montenegro along Croatia's coast — the sections worth riding, the Peljesac Bridge...

The best motorcycle roads in Germany, from the 484 km Alpine Road and the B500 Black Forest ridge to the Mosel and...

Ride the Mosel from Koblenz to Trier: the B53 river bends, the Calmont slope at Bremm, Eifel and Hunsruck loops, plus German...

The best motorcycle roads in France, from the 720 km Route des Grandes Alpes and its high cols to Provence, Alsace, the...

Ride the 170 km Route des Vins d'Alsace with the 88 km Route des Cretes above it: the villages worth stopping in,...

Riding Provence: three ways up Mont Ventoux, the D942 through the Gorges de la Nesque, the Luberon villages, mistral wind, Crit'Air rules...

The best motorcycle roads in Italy, from the Stelvio and the Dolomite passes to the Amalfi Coast, Tuscany and Sardinia, plus tolls,...

Ride Sardinia's SS125 Orientale Sarda: the Supramonte crossing from Baunei to Dorgali, the Genna Silana pass, island loop planning, ferries and fuel...

A three to five day Tuscan loop: the 61 km SR222 Chiantigiana, the Crete Senesi, the Val d'Orcia ridge roads, plus ZTL...

Ride the SS163 Amalfitana on two wheels: the 50 km cliff road, the summer plate restrictions motorcycles are exempt from, timing, fuel...

The N222, the 738 km EN2 and the N339 to Torre at 1,993 m, plus tolls, wildfire closures and the season that...

The N268 to Cabo de Sao Vicente, the N266 climb to Foia at 902 m, and what the A22 going toll-free in...