Events & Rallies
Unlimited Horizons
After an article in RoadRUNNER whets your appetite for traveling have you ever wondered where you could meet like-minded people with the same spirit of adventure? Do you need some encouragement to pursue your dreams? One particular website, www.horizonsunlimited.com, was constructed with just those questions in mind. Founded by a Canadian couple, Grant...
Transalp Rally in Red Rock Country
When Honda introduced its unique "Rally Touring" XL 600V Transalp to the U.S. market in 1989, the reaction was a dispirited ho-hum. American riders didn't know what to make of the bike. Based initially on the rugged, rally-type motorcycles Honda built to enter in long-distance races, such as the Paris-Dakar rally, the Transalp seemed ahead of its time...
The Copper Mountain Cycle Fest 2004
I had looked forward to the Suzuki Cycle Fest at Copper Mountain for over a year, ever since the first reports of the first event in 2003. But the weekend didn't start out sporting much a festival atmosphere. Here I was, at home in Denver, putting on every bit of cold and wet weather gear I had with me. Thursday had been great and I had taken advantage...
STARgazing
Why would the STAR Touring and Riding Association hold its annual rally in Roanoke, Virginia? Well, aside from the fact that the city is scenic, friendly and located alongside the Blue Ridge Parkway, with terrific riding in any direction, Roanoke also happens to be known as the Star City....
The Rise and Fall of the Camp Zama Motorcycle Club
In the beginning was the bike, the bike was with the rider, and the rider formed the club. Not long ago on the Kanto Plain in the Land of the Rising Sun an entity was born. It was in the form of a motorcycle club that does honor to all aficionados of this two-wheeled conveyance. This rendition of the birth, life and death of an organization unique in...
Ride to Read
Last June a new fundraising event was inaugurated in the Gem State – Idaho's Ride to Read Rally, a 300-mile roundtrip ride between Boise and Stanley. Initiated by Jerome Eberharter, founder/CEO of White Cloud Coffee and an avid motorcyclist, the ride incorporated his love of motorcycling and his passion for reading. "Literacy," he states, "is...
HSTA (Honda Sport Touring Association)
Since its early days, the Honda Sport Touring Association has been based on friendship and the fun involved in riding and meeting nice people. No matter what brand you own, sport touring enthusiasts are welcome to join the club. RR visited the STAR event 2003 in Charleston, West Virginia....
Honda Hoot 2002
What do you get when you put almost 200 vendors and 14,000 riders together in a big southern city with lofty, green peaks, a national park, crashing white-water rapids, and twisties more crooked than Richard Nixon? A real big Hoot. That's what.Honda pulled off another great event this year in Knoxville, TN, proving yet again that the southern Appalachians,...
The BMV MOA International Rally
The weather was terrific, remaining clear and not too warm throughout. Over 5,600 people attended from all four corners of the continental US, including participants from Anchorage and Vancouver. And unlike some other rallies, the only trailers in attendance belonged to the vendors and those being pulled by BMW bikes. National rallies of this type are...
