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Triumph Completes Phase 4 of TE-1 Electric Bike Project

Triumph Completes Phase 4 of TE-1 Electric Bike Project

Electric bikes seem to be cropping up all over the place recently. Not to be outdone, Triumph has just reached a significant milestone on its own electric journey. Triumph has completed the TE-1 electric development project. Carried out in collaboration with electrification experts, academia, and the UK government, the

Bonus Offer: 2022 Special Collector's Issue Now Available to Pre-Order

Bonus Offer: 2022 Special Collector's Issue Now Available to Pre-Order

Our 2022 Special Collector's Issue is now available to PRE-ORDER. This issue showcases a regionally balanced mix of both previously-featured and new motorcycle tours with trip planning information and spectacular photography. This special issue is printed on the high quality paper that you've come

Do Good: All Kids Bike

Do Good: All Kids Bike

Riding a bike is an incredibly useful skill to have, and we’re not just talking about motorcycles. A bicycle gives children both valuable exercise and greater freedom to travel. Unfortunately, too many kids don’t learn how to ride a bike these days. All Kids Bike helps children get

Eat and Ride in the Southern Appalachian Mountains with RoadRUNNER!

Eat and Ride in the Southern Appalachian Mountains with RoadRUNNER!

The 2022 Giveaway Shamrock Tour will take place in the Southeast. The base location will be announced soon, but for now let's find out what we will be eating on this tour. The people of Appalachia have lived off the land for centuries. They’ve been “eating local&

Arizona Legalizes Lane Filtering

Arizona Legalizes Lane Filtering

Riders in Arizona can soon legally advance through stalled traffic. In late March, the state Senate and House approved a bill legalizing lane filtering. Meanwhile, Utah extended its lane filtering authorization by five years. The Arizona Senate Bill 1273—championed by ABATE of Arizona—allows riders to cruise between lanes

Brave New World - Necessity: The Mother of Invention

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Brave New World

Necessity: The Mother of Invention In the early years of the 20th century, Popular Science Magazine was filled with artists’ renditions promising a future of electric vehicles. They appeared with the same frequency as sketches of airborne men wearing jetpacks and commuters whizzing around modern metropolises in flying cars. We’

GWRRA Stops Activities After 45 Years

GWRRA Stops Activities After 45 Years

One chapter of American motorcycling history is coming to an end. The Gold Wing Road Riders Association (GWRRA) has announced it will shut down all of its activities on July 31, 2022. The motorcycle organization’s closure was announced on June 28, during the opening ceremony of the Wing Ding

Zen Motorcyclist: Never Lost

Zen Motorcyclist

Zen Motorcyclist: Never Lost

> "Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves." —John Muir In my last column, I mentioned my former fear of being lost.

Adventure Riding: What's it to You?

Adventure Riding: What's it to You?

Adventure: A bold, unusually risky undertaking or hazardous action of uncertain outcome. "Where’s Kurt?” I ask, as Disco pulls his bike up beside mine. “I passed him a couple miles back. He won’t be riding that KTM anytime soon. His rear wheel spun clean off the hub.

A Motorcyclist’s Guide to the Galaxy: Universal Communication

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A Motorcyclist’s Guide to the Galaxy: Universal Communication

If you’re a touring motorcyclist, like most RoadRUNNER readers, it might be hard to imagine a road trip without a communication system. These little magic devices allow us to wirelessly listen to navigation instructions, speed and traffic warnings, or music. We can connect with a pillion rider or mesh

Americade Announces New Dates for 2023

Americade Announces New Dates for 2023

Riders looking to attend the Americade 2023 rally get to have their fun a bit earlier than usual. Americade has announced the 2023 event dates, and the rally’s 40th-anniversary celebration will take place one week earlier. Americade 2023 will take place from May 30 to June 3, starting

Ride Region Announced: 2022 RoadRUNNER Shamrock Tour® Giveaway

Ride Region Announced: 2022 RoadRUNNER Shamrock Tour® Giveaway

We are giving away an all-expenses paid trip to one lucky winner and two of their friends alongside our Editor-in-Chief Florian Neuhauser. This is your chance to get a behind-the-scenes look at a legendary Shamrock Tour®. Where will we ride? This Shamrock Tour will take

Athena Ride for Women

Athena Ride for Women

All women riders can hear Ohio calling this summer. The first-ever Athena Ride for Women invites all bike-loving ladies to hop in the saddle for a good cause. The Athena Ride is a women-only motorcycle rally taking place in Athens, OH, on August 10-13. Over the

Touratech USA Open New Store in Brookfield, CT

Touratech USA Open New Store in Brookfield, CT

Motorcyclists now have a new place to shop for quality gear and bike accessories. Touratech USA recently opened a new retail store and distribution center. Located in Brookfield, CT—just a few miles from the New York border—the store expands the gear manufacturer’s reach on the East Coast.

Moto Love: How We Survived Each Other

Moto Love: How We Survived Each Other

Motorcycling Around the World The grueling satisfaction of long days, side by side on motorcycles, can make or break a relationship. Life together on bikes is an extraordinary adventure, packed with more highs than lows. Every time I ride with my partner, Jason, I love him more—even on the

Racing The 2022 Biltwell 100: One Of The Best Days Of Our Lives

Racing The 2022 Biltwell 100

One Of The Best Days Of Our Lives The Biltwell 100. It’s a (you guessed it) 100-mile desert race, smack-dab in the middle of the California desert—just outside of Ridgecrest, CA—on a sliver of dusty, sandy BLM land. This is an event where novice and

Keep Your Belt On!

Keep Your Belt On!

I’ll apologize before your eyes glaze over—this piece is about a technical subject. Specifically, why would manufacturers design engines that use timing belts as opposed to chains or gears? You likely already know that four-stroke engines have valves that are opened by camshafts. The cams turn at

The Hill

Many of us began our love affair with motorcycles by riding in the dirt. Little did I realize what life lessons could be found in that. In 1973, at the age of 15, I was riding a Honda Elsinore 250. It’s hard to believe, but back then, there were

Zen Motorcyclist: What Do You Ride?

Zen Motorcyclist

Zen Motorcyclist: What Do You Ride?

> “Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has many—not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.” — Charles Dickens What do you ride? It’s such a personal choice. We ride what we choose, just as we love who we love, for reasons all

Harley-Davidson Serial 1 E-bicycle Line

Harley-Davidson Serial 1 E-bicycle Line

We’ve seen lots of new things from Harley-Davidson recently. One of them is not actually a motorcycle. The electric bicycle market has been gaining traction and H-D wants a piece of that pie. Enter the Serial 1 e-bike line. One of the newest contributions from the

Cardo Packtalk Edge

Cardo Packtalk Edge

The Cardo Packtalk Edge, which debuted in April, takes helmet communications from being fiddly gadgets to genuine group ride assets. The little device is more streamlined than its predecessor. Cardo eliminated the flip-up antenna typical of its units, made the Edge waterproof with a magnetic attachment system, and improved

The Perfect Riding Buddy

The Perfect Riding Buddy

After several weeks of email exchanges on a dating app, she agreed to meet me for coffee. The traffic in New Jersey was non-compliant as usual and I was an hour late for our first date. I called her to apologize, thinking she would cancel, but she said she

Do Good: The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride

Do Good: The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride

Gentlemen, start your engines! Tally-ho! The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride (DGR) is a classy and classic motorcycling event. It calls on all proper gentlemen—and ladies, too—to don their most dapper suits and ride to spread awareness of men’s health issues. This self-described niche motorcycle charity

Energica Experia — The World's First All-Electric Touring Bike

Energica Experia — The World's First All-Electric Touring Bike

Electric motorcycles are becoming increasingly common, but they often struggle with getting long-distance mileage out of their batteries. With its new bike, Energica is looking to change that. Energica [https://www.energicamotor.com/us/] is an Italian high-performance motorcycle manufacturer from Modena. The company has just introduced the

Take A Joy Ride in Breckenridge, Colorado This Summer

Take A Joy Ride in Breckenridge, Colorado This Summer

A motorcycle adventure in the Rocky Mountains is an indescribable experience. Revel in the unparalleled views of the Ten Mile Range while you ride high-altitude passes, hairpin switchbacks and winding mountain roads.