Archive for RoadTales

RoadTales: 5 Great Rocky Mountain Rides near Denver, CO

// September 27th, 2012 // 3 Comments » // RoadTales Switchbacks on Lookout Mountain

by Jason Steele, guest blogger [Editor's Note]: Jason Steele loves to ride the Rockies on two wheels. But as Jason says, “My twin engines are attached to my torso and extend to my feet.” Although he may travel at a more leisurely pace on his bicycle than we do on motorcycles, he’s ridden “all the great …read more…

RoadTales: My Chéri and the “HOG 405″ — Colorado Springs, CO

// August 16th, 2012 // No Comments » // Places, RoadTales Martin Allred, high in the Rockies

by Martin Allred, guest blogger As a professional photographer, one of my greatest desires had always been to take my camera and cruise the Rockies on a Harley-Davidson.  And after Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast in 2005, I knew it would take years for the infrastructure in Louisiana to be repaired. So I packed …read more…

RoadTales: I’ve Seen Fire and I’ve Seen Rain – riding 3,000 miles on a Harley Sportster from Colorado to Ohio and back

// July 30th, 2012 // 2 Comments » // Places, RoadTales The middle of Kansas

by Jack Stevison, guest blogger Never tell an endurance rider that his bike is too small, the road too long or too dangerous, or that he should be careful.  In fact, if you’re going to offer words of advice or concern at all, something along the lines of “keep your head on a swivel out …read more…

Call me “The Mild One:” adventures of a motorcycling television extra

// March 5th, 2012 // 2 Comments » // People, Places, RoadTales Glen Abbott

[New Orleans, LA] — Wanted: “Extras with motorcycles – available tomorrow,” read the Craigslist ad. The job was for a television series shooting in the Crescent City. Hmm, I thought. As a freelance writer (read: no real job), and a motorcyclist, this could be something for which I might be qualified. All I had to …read more…

North by Downeast on the Maine Seacoast

// November 2nd, 2011 // 13 Comments » // Places, RoadTales Downeast Maine

[Downeast Maine] — It’s a curious fact that as you travel north along Maine’s seacoast, you’re said to be heading downeast. For that we can thank the seafarers of yore (not mine, yore), who sailed northeast from Boston to Maine with the wind at their backs, and referred to the trip as heading Downeast.  The …read more…

Tales from the Extraterrestrial Highway

// July 17th, 2011 // 32 Comments » // Food, Places, RoadTales Near Area 51

[Rachel, NV] — Signs advising “Low Flying Aircraft” are your first indication. The next is a sign warning “Next Gas 150 Miles.” Then an illuminated, flashing advisory: “Cattle in Roadway: Open Range.” Hmm, I think; the government really doesn’t want you here, even going so far as to send in specially-trained cows to annoy motorists. …read more…

Nevada’s Loneliest Highways — RoadPic

// June 23rd, 2011 // 31 Comments » // Places, RoadTales Nevada's Lonely Roads

[Somewhere in the middle of Nevada] — Nothing beats riding in Nevada’s high desert country, mountains in the distance, miles and miles of open road unwinding before you, with almost no traffic. On roads like these, you appreciate being on a big touring bike with a 6-gallon gas tank. There is a downside, however, and here …read more…

A Taste of the Tropics–Riding to Key West

// January 18th, 2011 // 13 Comments » // Places, RoadTales FL Keys

Key West, FL — Thanks, Henry Flagler. Maybe I’m 100 years too late, give or take a few, but if not for the foresight of this early 20th-century oil tycoon, the Overseas Railroad would not have been built. Flagler financed and built the railway linking mainland Florida to the islands of the Keys; the project …read more…

Reach for the Sky–Riding Virginia’s Skyline Drive

// January 7th, 2011 // 9 Comments » // Places, RoadTales McCormick Gap, 6:45 am, Skyline Drive

Shenandoah National Park, Virginia — The ranger station at Rockfish Gap near Waynesboro, Virginia, is unattended as I glide past on my Harley Road King. “Pay at Exit,” reads the sign; I’ll be happy to, 105 miles up the road at Skyline Drive’s Front Royal terminus. 6:45 am, and it seems I have the national …read more…

Motoring in Mexico: A Voyage to the Volcanoes of Puebla

// April 1st, 2010 // 3 Comments » // Places, RoadTales I rode this KLR650 to the volcano

  It’s hard to find a Harley to rent in Mexico, if you’re not in one of the major tourist areas. For me, that turned out to be a good thing. When my wife Ana and I planned a recent trip to Puebla (March 2010), I searched in vain for a rental, so I could …read more…