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Group Riding: Protect Your Safety & Your Legal Rights

Group Riding: Protect Your Safety & Your Legal Rights

Group riding is part of a biker’s way of life. Whether you’re heading to a bike night, rally, or on a cross-country road trip with friends, you still need to keep safety a top priority. Not only will it help you avoid being injured in an accident, but

8 Best Places to Eat Around Athens, OH

8 Best Places to Eat Around Athens, OH

If you haven’t already pointed your front wheel to Athens, OH, you should. Located near the Hocking Hills Scenic Byway and the famous Windy 9, the roads around the city make for a great motorcycling destination. After a long riding day, though, your stomach will be grumbling. Lucky for

12 Cities to Visit for Amazing Mural Art

12 Cities to Visit for Amazing Mural Art

Not all fine art is confined to museums and galleries. Many American cities are chock-full murals and other works of street art that rival whatever you may find in the local art museums. Your motorcycle is an excellent vehicle for ferrying you from one mural to the next. With so

5 New York State Hotels for a Romantic Moto Weekend

5 New York State Hotels for a Romantic Moto Weekend

Motorcycling through the fantastic environs of New York is a great way to connect with another person. Whether you’re both on your own bikes or one is hugging the other from behind on the pillion seat, a shared riding experience is always something special. But once the night falls,

2024 KTM SX-E 2

2024 KTM SX-E 2

There’s that period in a young rider’s life when a balance bike becomes a toy but they’re not quite ready for a full-on motorcycle. Enter the 2024 KTM SX-E 2. This 64-pound battery-powered minibike slots in to fill that gap. Its electric motor produces 36.9 lb-ft

Helping a Stranded Rider

Helping a Stranded Rider

In the earlier days of motorcycling, when bikes were less reliable, riders frequently became stranded by a mechanical malfunction. Back then, motorcyclists were often as handy with a wrench as they were with the throttle. If they couldn’t fix their own bike, other riders invariably stopped to help out.

SW-Motech Launches All-New DUSC Case System

SW-Motech Launches All-New DUSC Case System

German moto gear manufacturer SW-Motech is well-known for manufacturing highly functional motorcycle luggage solutions. The company has now added a new introduction to its product catalog—the DUSC hard-shell case system. Versatility is the name of the game with the DUSC case. It can be installed as a top or

The Great River Road

The Great River Road

Ah, the mighty Mississippi—the great river of the United States. With the Mississippi’s legendary significance to our nation, it only makes sense that the road that follows its meanders bears a name worthy of its traveling companion. The Great River Road is certainly an appropriate moniker. For 2,

7 Romantic Ideas for a Motorcycle Valentine’s Date

7 Romantic Ideas for a Motorcycle Valentine’s Date

Valentine’s Day is fast approaching, so it’s time to start thinking of ways to spoil your special someone. For us riders, it’s tempting to combine our motorcycle obsession with a romantic date. But how do you do that? The good thing about motorcycles is their versatility, so

Indian Pulls Curtain on 2024 Offerings

Indian Pulls Curtain on 2024 Offerings

Indian Motorcycle has unveiled its 2024 model lineup, featuring a limited-edition FTR R Carbon and Challenger Elite, as well as a redesigned PowerBand Audio system, and a new line of apparel from 100%. In addition to these two new exclusive motorcycles, Indian is offering a total of 32 models for

American Ricky Brabec Wins Dakar Rally for Second Time | RoadRUNNER Motorcycle Touring & Travel

American Ricky Brabec Wins Dakar Rally for Second Time

It’s easy enough to be the best at something once—the hard part is doing it again. American motorcycle racer Ricky Brabec just proved he can do it twice by snatching his second Dakar Rally victory. On January 19, Brabec won the motorcycle class of the 2024 Dakar Rally,

The Story of Elvis and Memphis Mafia’s Triumphs Confirmed

The Story of Elvis and Memphis Mafia’s Triumphs Confirmed

In 1965, Elvis Presley took his friend’s brand-new Triumph T120 650 Bonneville out for a test ride. He was so impressed with the bike that he immediately bought nine similar motorcycles for his entire friend group, known as the Memphis Mafia. That’s how the story goes, at least,

2024 Motorcycle Tour Operators Guide | RoadRUNNER Motorcycle Touring & Travel

2024 Tour Operators Guide

If you've been on the fence about planning that motorcycle trip you've been dreaming of, don't fret. You no longer need to plan the tour, line up the motorcycles, or worry about anything other than showing up on day one. RoadRUNNER has partnered with

How Many Miles Per Day?

How Many Miles Per Day?

Too Long, Too Short...Where is Just Right? When on tour I often get this question from my pillion partner at the beginning of each day’s ride: How many miles are we riding today? Sometimes, if we’re just letting the road be our guide, I don’t really

2024 Husqvarna Vitpilen 401 & Svartpilen 401 | RoadRUNNER Motorcycle Touring & Travel

2024 Husqvarna Vitpilen 401 & Svartpilen 401

The New Arrows Husqvarna’s Vitpilen 401 and Svartpilen 401 were already fun naked bikes for an urban jaunt as they were, drenched in the brand’s Nordic heritage. For 2024, though, Husky decided the white and black arrows needed something new. The company sure delivered. The two bikes have

Motorcycle Riding Tips: Riding in the Rain | RoadRUNNER Motorcycle Touring

Touring Tips: Riding in the Rain

Many, if not most, of us consider riding in the rain a necessary inconvenience when we’re caught out in it while going from point A to point B. The experience is frequently made more burdensome because of: inadequate riding gear, reduced vision of scenery and road hazards, loss of

Benelli Motorcycles Are Heading to America

Benelli Motorcycles Are Heading to America

For more than 100 years, Benelli has been producing motorcycles from its headquarters in the seaside town of Pesaro, Italy. Despite being one of the oldest operating motorcycle manufacturers in the world, Benelli has never represented itself in the North American markets. Until now, that is. Benelli motorcycles are now

Comparison: Suzuki 800 DE and 1050 DE

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Comparison: Suzuki 800 DE and 1050 DE

For many in the motorcycling community there tends to be an arbitrary leaning toward more when given a choice of displacement. That would pertain to me before I rode Suzuki’s new V-Strom 800 DE. So impressed with the performance of the parallel twin, I was curious as how its

Metzeler Releases Roadtec 02 Sport-Touring Tire

Metzeler Releases Roadtec 02 Sport-Touring Tire

German motorcycle tire manufacturer Metzeler’s Roadtec 01 was already a nice, grippy tire on both dry and wet pavement. Now, the company is looking to up its game with the release of the Roadtec 02 “super sport-touring” tires. The Roadtec 02 has gone through final development and testing and

KTM Resurrects the SMT with New 2024 KTM 890 SMT

KTM Resurrects the SMT with New 2024 KTM 890 SMT

The KTM 990 SMT was a highly popular “supermoto tourer”—and then it disappeared in 2013. The developing ADV bike market, together with the Duke model line, ate up the SMT’s relevance and KTM eventually put the motorcycle to rest. For years, KTM enthusiasts have been scrambling to find

Cardo Packtalk Edgephones

Cardo Packtalk Edgephones

Constant, effective communication is vital when teaching a new rider. Cardo’s new Packtalk Edgephones make it easy for riding coaches, motorcycle video producers, and parents to talk to their students even off the saddle. This plushly padded and water-resistant wireless headset is compatible with the same Packtalk Edge unit

BMW to Launch New 2024 BMW M 1000 XR

BMW to Launch New 2024 BMW M 1000 XR

The two bikes in the BMW M Series—the M 1000 R/RR—have upheld the company’s automotive M brand’s dedication to supreme design and performance. Soon, the M motorcycles will receive a new sibling: the 2024 BMW M 1000 XR. Touted by the manufacturer as the most

New MachineArtMoto Accessories for Your BMW Bike

New MachineArtMoto Accessories for Your BMW Bike

BMW motorcycles are great straight out of the factory and they will take you far—but perhaps not far enough. MachineArtMoto has recently rolled out some new aftermarket accessories to enhance your BMW riding experience. The collection of parts includes AdvanceGuard handguards to keep wind and debris off your mitts,

AGV Tourmodular Helmet

AGV Tourmodular Helmet

Being the world’s first at something is an “easy” way to stand out. The AGV Tourmodular’s claim to fame is being the world’s first modular motorcycle helmet to feature an integrated dynamic mesh communication (DMC) system. The AGV Insyde comm system, developed by Cardo, allows 15 riders

8 Quirky Places to Stay on a Missouri Moto Tour | RoadRUNNER Motorcycle Touring & Travel

8 Quirky Places to Stay on a Missouri Moto Tour

Missouri has gorgeous landscapes laced with history linked to our country’s early days. As a riding destination, it is ripe with farmland, country backroads, small family farms, and plenty of small lakes, rivers and forests. If your two wheels take you to Missouri, here are eight suggestions to help