Riding the Cowboy State Wyoming—Fort Laramie is the oldest town in Wyoming, having first been settled as Fort Williams in the 1830s and “bought” by the U.S. government in 1849. As such, it was the perfect place to start my riding tour of the Cowboy State. Just three miles away is the Fort Laramie National Historic Site, which in the ...

Ashtabula County, Ohio—On a sunny Sunday in mid-October, the fall colors were abundant and the weather was perfect for a ride. My friend Chuck Wiley and I decided to meet for breakfast and spend the day riding. Chuck suggested we ride some of the covered bridges in our area and I was on board with that idea. I was thinking ...

Over the years, Harley-Davidson Twin Cam motor temperatures have gotten higher and higher due to more restrictive EPA standards. Harley has had to run their motors with leaner and leaner fuel mixtures to meet these standards. When I had my 2001 Heritage the oil temperature rarely got above 200 degrees. Fast-forward to today and it is not uncommon to see ...

This particular expedition began on a good note since the day before when a group of friends and I had ridden 300 miles in constant rain while crossing North Carolina. But today the sun was shining as we left our motel in Princeton, West Virginia, and the weather forecast was identical for the next two days. (The way this ride ...

As a child growing up in northwest Ohio, I thought all roads were straight, flat and had a cornfield on both sides. In my adult years I have been fortunate enough to have been able to ride in 49 states and most of Canada, traversing some of the greatest motorcycle roads on the map. One of the most heralded roads ...

You have finally decided you are going on the ride of a lifetime. If that ride will take you to Alaska you need to start planning at least a year in advance. A ride to the land known as “The Last Frontier” is a ride like no other, and one that requires a lot of planning and preparation. I started ...

I do a lot of riding. Last year I did a 7,000-mile tour of the Rocky Mountains. The year before I spent 31 days and 11,000 miles riding in just about every kind of weather you can imagine on a tour of Alaska and the Canadian West. When I traded in my 2009 Ultra Classic it had 38,000 miles on ...

Last year I decided to trade in my 2009 Ultra classic for a 2013 Road Glide Ultra. Before taking delivery of the new bike there were several mods I wanted. First on my list was to get rid of the stock exhaust and replace it with true duals for more power and less heat. Let’s face it: The stock Harley ...

I have ridden the Utah Canyonlands many times and will never get tired of the scenic landscapes around every curve in the road. Any rider who has ridden this part of the country will tell you places like Zion and Bryce Canyon National Parks are tops. They will also tell you Arches and Canyon Lands National Parks are magnificent to ...

Fires are raging near Ft. Collins and Colorado Springs and the temperatures are in the 90s. I’m riding Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park at over 11,000 feet in jeans and a T-shirt. This is how my Colorado ride started. My plan was to ride as much of the Colorado High Country as possible, while visiting as many ...