Mar 29, 2017 | Food to Go
We met up with some southern California friends of ours not long ago and started talking about routes down there, and Mother’s came up. So we felt obliged to re-run this piece we did on them almost a year ago. Mother’s Kitchen near San Diego may not have...
Mar 29, 2017 | Favorite Bikes
Who doesn’t love anything Italian? Bikes, cars, movies…women. And did we say bikes? Of course, when most people say “Italian bikes,” Ducati immediately comes to mind. But MV Augusta makes a bike that is just as beautiful, maybe more finicky,...
Mar 26, 2017 | Routes and Trails
By James C. Moore The Road “Remember thy creator in the days of thy youth. Rise free from care before dawn and seek adventures. Let the noon find thee by other lakes, and the night overtake thee everywhere at home. There are no larger fields than these, no worthier...
Mar 22, 2017 | Routes and Trails
by James C. Moore I spend a bit too much time in the Hill Country of Central Texas thinking about Australia. I’ve only been there once, but I’ve been interested in the continent and its culture since I was a boy. There is little wrong with an island that is the size...
Mar 20, 2017 | Favorite Bikes
Long before there were big two and three cylinder dual sport bikes, there were scramblers. They gained a sort of mythical status at the hands of people like Steve McQueen who rode them in a way that seemed to make them indestructible. (They weren’t.) Various...
Mar 16, 2017 | Routes and Trails
Sometimes the best routes aren’t the longest or the ones that take you furthest from home. They can be the ones you go to when you just need to get away for an hour or two. The Bay Area is home to a bunch of those so figuring out which one is worth sharing is a...
Mar 16, 2017 | Favorite Bikes
For those of you who haven’t been to Sturgis, there’s more there than drinking, body paint, and bikini girls washing bikes. Last year at the Buffalo Chip they had a display of custom bikes that proved the point. Here are some of the incredible builds that...
Mar 16, 2017 | Food to Go
If you find yourself riding the Big Bend Road featured in a previous Routes & Trails, you’ll either start or end in Ft. Davis. Consequently, you’ll be looking for something to fill your piehole to get the day going or to end the day after taking in the...
Mar 12, 2017 | Favorite Bikes
Thank God for dealers that let you demo bikes! That’s the first thing we’re going to say about our friends at A&S Motorcycles/Powersports. They’ve dedicated every Saturday to demo rides. You sign up, pick the bike(s) you want to ride, you join...
Mar 7, 2017 | Routes and Trails
Time for some dirt — Okie dirt that is. Yeah, it’s probably wet and cold out there, but never too early to start planning ahead. We rummaged through Rider Planet and found this killer looking place called Cross Bar Ranch — 6500 acres of ATV and dirt...
Mar 7, 2017 | Favorite Bikes
Orange Country Choppers was a great show — the first couple of years. But their bikes were over-designed and the family interactions got to be way over the top, so we (and evidently tens of thousands of others) stopped watching. Having bought two bikes from...
Mar 1, 2017 | Gear & Such, We Ride
It took over two years to collect 50 stories about different riders from around the US, Canada, Great Britain and, yes, even New Zealand. All of them are now available in one great collection — Asphalt & Dirt — Life on Two Wheels. For those who may be...
