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A Year in Review: Top Stories of 2022 | RoadRUNNER Motorcycle Touring & Travel

A Year in Review

Top RoadRUNNER Stories of 2022

Below you will find a collection of our top stories of 2022. These are the articles that have been read, shared, liked, and tweeted the most, combined with some that flew under the radar that you don't want to miss. From opinion to fact, the following posts will

Thirdendary Roads

Thirdendary Roads

> “Daddy, where is that car going?” My son spoke those words to me three decades ago as he stood tiptoe, looking out the window of our home on the edge of town. The curiosity of a child has inspired many an adventure. They are an elusive lot, adventure riders.

Be a Safer Night Rider | RoadRUNNER Motorcycle Touring & Travel

Be a Safer Night Rider

A rider’s risk factors increase once the sun goes down. To avoid an accident, it’s important to see and be seen. Here are some tips for avoiding road hazards at night: Keep a Clear View In low light conditions, wearing sunglasses or having a tinted shield on your

Shopping For A Used Motorcycle | RoadRUNNER Motorcycle Touring & Travel

Shopping For A Used Motorcycle

Buying a used motorcycle intelligently requires considerably greater effort than just walking into a showroom and selecting a new one. There are both risks and rewards with a previously owned machine. You can get far more bang for your buck, while letting the original buyer take the big depreciation loss.

Road Rash: Sweet Dreams! | RoadRUNNER Motorcycle Touring & Travel Magazine

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Road Rash: Sweet Dreams!

I’ve always been envious of people who could sleep while lying next to an Atlanta freeway. I’m not one of them. I have enough trouble sleeping well at home, and strange accommodations usually exacerbate the problem when traveling. The pillow is too hard or soft, the air conditioner

3D Printing and Motorcycles: Your Parts and Tools Factory at Home

3D Printing and Motorcycles: Your Parts and Tools Factory at Home

The world marveled when the crew of the USS Enterprise used a replicator machine to create solid objects seemingly out of thin air in Star Trek: The Next Generation. The year was 1988 and the device seemed like something that could only exist in science fiction. But at that point,

2022 BMW GS Trophy Recap | RoadRUNNER Motorcycle Touring & Travel Magazine

2022 BMW GS Trophy Recap

The International BMW GS Trophy enduro event was held in early September for the eighth time, this time in Albania with 21 teams from 11 countries. It was a double win for South Africa, with podiums taken by England, Germany, and Mexico. The BMW GS Trophy is a mega event

Suzuki Launches All-New Compact Parallel-Twin Engine | RoadRUNNER Motorcycle Touring & Travel

Suzuki Launches All-New Compact Parallel-Twin Engine

A new power is rising. Suzuki has introduced an all-new, compact parallel-twin 776cc DOHC engine to power the new 2023 GSX-8S and the V-Strom 800DE. This new engine configuration is lightweight and provides a narrow width and short length. The engine’s bulk is positioned in

Backcountry Discovery Routes and Zero Team Up for Electric ADV Riding

Backcountry Discovery Routes and Zero Team Up for Electric ADV Riding

A new partnership is taking adventure riding to an electrified future. Famous adventure motorcycling route planner Backcountry Discovery Routes (BDR) has teamed up with electric bike maker Zero to advance electric ADV riding. As part of the partnership, Zero will act as an official OEM sponsor of upcoming BDR and

Kawasaki Aims for Environment-Friendly Motorcycling | RoadRUNNER Motorcycle Touring & Travel Magazine

Kawasaki Aims for Environment-Friendly Motorcycling

Faced against the irrefutable science of climate change, carbon neutrality has entered human’s vernacular with a vengeance. It is front and center at Kawasaki, with the Japanese powerhouse recently unveiling several pre-production and prototype models that cater to a new focus on the environment. Earlier this year, Kawasaki

Moto Guzzi: Italian Centenarian

Moto Guzzi: Italian Centenarian

In a world obsessed with corporate takeovers, the fast buck, and the exit strategy—more often than not resulting in dubious derailment of “sure things”—it’s endearing to see Moto Guzzi celebrate 100 years of producing iconic motorcycles. The company’s roots are still firmly planted in their original

Touring Tip: Get Suspended!

Touring Tip: Get Suspended!

No, I’m not encouraging inappropriate behavior that might get your license suspended. I want to talk to you about your motorcycle’s suspension. This is an area that OEMs often shortchange in order to keep the MSRP of their products in a lower price range. They know that a

Piaggio Opens MotoPlex Atlanta

Piaggio Opens MotoPlex Atlanta

A new wonderland has opened for American fans of Italian motorcycles. Piaggio, the parent group of Aprilia, Moto Guzzi, and Vespa, held the grand opening of MotoPlex Atlanta on October 31. The new MotoPlex will serve as Piaggio’s strategic hub for the southeastern U.S. Built upon the same

Speed the Wheel: Insects and Taxes | RoadRUNNER Magazine

Speed the Wheel: Insects and Taxes

Benjamin Franklin is often credited as saying: “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” For a motorcyclist there is an additional certainty. Whenever you take the time to thoroughly clean your face shield, a big old bug is going to splatter itself across

Automatic Motorcycle Transmissions

Automatic Motorcycle Transmissions

Although some view the notion of an automatic transmission on a motorcycle as an outright sin, the reality is the growth of electric motorcycles and scooters has significantly altered perceptions of an automatic motorcycle. With the number of scooters in service globally, it’s fair to assume that a good

Tarform Motorcycles: Back to the Future | RoadRUNNER Magazine

Tarform Motorcycles: Back to the Future

Walk into Tarform Motorcycles in the Brooklyn Navy Yard and the vibe is that of a custom bike shop. Employees are getting stuff done at their stations, parts wait patiently on metal shelves, and music bounces off the industrially-high ceiling and hard concrete floor. Founder Taras Kravtchouk fires up

BRP Breaks Ground on New Can-Am Electric Motorcycles Plant in Queretaro

BRP Breaks Ground on New Can-Am Electric Motorcycles Plant in Queretaro

As part of its re-entry into the motorcycle arena, BRP (the mother company of Can-Am) has broken ground on a new plant in Mexico. The factory will produce two new models of electric motorcycles—Can-Am Origin and Can-Am Plus. The Querétaro, Mexico, facility will be erected

Touring Tip: Riding Year-Round

Touring Tip: Riding Year-Round

As fall turns to winter and temperatures spiral downward, seasonal motorcyclists all but disappear from the roadways. Except for possibly venturing out on the rare warm day, their backroad riding passion is put into cold storage along with their bike. This needn’t be the case, but gear and strategies

Arai Replica Helmets: The Colors of Racing Legends

Arai Replica Helmets: The Colors of Racing Legends

Today, the name Arai is synonymous with racing. The Japanese helmet brand has a presence in virtually every form of motorcycle racing, from motocross to the vaunted MotoGP Championship (and within the ranks of auto racing as well). Regarded as an innovative company that revolutionized safety helmet technology through its

Yamaha Testing New Electric Power Steering Prototype for Bikes | RoadRUNNER Magazine

Yamaha Testing New Electric Power Steering Prototype for Bikes

Motorcycle engineers continue to evolve two-wheeled technology with an ever-increasing smorgasbord of electronic rider aids to bolster safety and performance (cornering-ABS, traction control, adaptive cruise control, etc.). One of the latest electronic explorations comes from Yamaha. The Japanese company is experimenting with an innovative electronic power steering

Biker Down: Motorcycle Accident Help

Biker Down: Motorcycle Accident Help

When you’re out on a ride and you have a fall, who you gonna call? BikerDown! Well, you should actually probably start with the emergency number. But BikerDown is there to help riders recover after being in an accident. For more than a decade, the non-profit organization has

AHRMA MotoFest Monterey: Remembrances of Things Past

AHRMA MotoFest Monterey: Remembrances of Things Past

It was a beautiful fog-free weekend at Laguna Seca in Monterey. The American Historic Racing Motorcycle Association (AHRMA) had staked out a motocross track on the rolling hills above the famous circuit, cut a small flat track oval out of the grass infield, and built a trials section, creating

Emergency SOS: How to Call for Help - Motorcycle Edition

Emergency SOS: How to Call for Help

If there’s something strange while you’re out on a ride, who you gonna call? That’s the big question. In the worst-case scenario, you may be so far away from civilization that you may not be able to call anyone. Mobile device manufacturers are waking up to

Honda's Bringing Electric FUN to America

Honda's Bringing Electric FUN to America

Honda recently announced that it will introduce 10 new electric two-wheel models to the global market by 2025 as part of its focus on electrification. Of the new models (which are primarily scooters) three are full-sized electric motorcycles designed specifically for the Japanese, European, and U.S. markets.