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City Escape: Greenville, South Carolina

City Escape: Greenville, South Carolina

Ride from the rolling hills of South Carolina into the motorcycling wonderland of the Southern Appalachian Mountains. The roads are generally in good to very good condition. If you’re a connoisseur of curvy tarmac, the route through Caesars Head State Park will be especially pleasing. Next up is the

Germany: Bavaria at Its Best

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Germany: Bavaria at Its Best

What pops to your mind when you think of Bavaria? Munich and Oktoberfest? Maybe you would add the Alps and some beautiful lakes in their vicinity. There’s also BMW, of course. But the largest and probably most diverse state of Germany is much more than any of that. Some

Santa Maria Valley, California Shamrock Tour® | RoadRUNNER Motorcycle Touring & Travel Magazine

Santa Maria Valley, California Shamrock Tour®

You think you know a place, but a simple detour can miraculously reveal some genuine charms you had no idea existed. Since 2000, I’ve been riding past Santa Maria and its neighboring Orcutt on my regular jaunts to northern California, never venturing beyond the gas stations along US 101

Classic Roads: Talimena National Scenic Byway

Classic Roads: Talimena National Scenic Byway

The Talimena National Scenic Byway is a 50-odd-mile route connecting Mena, AR, and Talihina, OK. It twists and turns along Rich Mountain in Arkansas, climbing from 1,100 feet in Mena to almost 2,700 feet at the summit before plunging into Oklahoma through the Winding Stair Mountains. There is

City Escape: Chicago, Illinois

City Escape: Chicago, Illinois

This City Escape route begins in northeastern Illinois and tracks northwest to rural southeastern Wisconsin, heading for Madison. Advancing and receding glaciers during the ice ages have left the topography mostly flat, but the soil is noticeably rich. Large red barns, with their grain silos, dot the verdant landscape in

Pennsylvania: Dusty Adventure Trails

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Pennsylvania: Dusty Adventure Trails

Three years ago, I crossed Pennsylvania from north to south following the Mid-Atlantic Backcountry Discovery Route (MABDR), published in the RoadRUNNER 2020 Special Collector’s Edition. The journey revealed the wild beauty of eastern Pennsylvania and I developed a taste for more of such adventures. After a two-year lockdown, I

ZenMoto Part 2: Montana to Idaho

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ZenMoto Part 2: Montana to Idaho

Motorcycle travel is, conceptually speaking, very simple—wake up at Point A, aim for a bed or campsite at Point B, and refuel the bike and the body along the way. It’s not always easy but, compared to the complexities of adulthood, this rhythmic simplicity may be part of