RoadRUNNER Summer 2002
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Shamrock Tour
Shamrock Tour®: Farmington, Maine
There is no better time or place to tour in northern New England than when those fleeting days of Indian summer coincide with the crowning glories of fall foliage....
National Tours
Kentucky Bluegrass Joyrides
”Kentucky rain keeps pouring down…With the rain in my shoes, searching for you… In the cold Kentucky rain…”...
Texas Hill Country
All the people who told us that Texas is long, straight, and boring probably either think the world is flat, or they've never seen Hill Country....
International Destinations
North Africa: Trans Sahara Part One
Using the worldwide web to make my travel preparations, I sit for hours in front of my monitor, scanning maps and calculating GPS-data. Immersed in the process, I almost feel like I'm already motoring north of Tschad in the Tibesti Mountains. In reality I am still at home in Salzburg, Austria. It is the middle of October and the mountains surrounding...
Great Britain: A Special Trip to Wales
First I lived here and then I even spent my honeymoon here and now, a dozen years later, my wife and I return to enjoy once more the wonders of Wales on motorcycle!...
Riding Impressions
Aprilia ETV 1000 Caponord - Suzuki DL 1000 V-Strom
One concept, two characters. Both are players in the still growing, successful segment of big dual-purpose bikes, each equipped with a powerful engine on a lighter frame. But two different interpretations went into production....
The Harley Davidson VRSCA V-Rod
Without a doubt, the exciting new Harley-Davidson V-Rod was the attraction at last year's European Harley Bike Week in Faak, Austria. The wait in the long line of "test riders" seemed interminable, but eventually I saw what the buzz was all about and took a V-Rod ride for RoadRUNNER. The friendly and very professional working press team made it all...
Ducati's 620 i.e.
"We think this bike is great for beginners – women, men, [bank presidents] and street sweepers. A Ducati is sexy." Nicola Greco, Vice President of Ducati Sales and Marketing...
Chronicles
Texas Riverside R&R
Enjoying an iced coffee and cappuccino under a budding magnolia on the banks of the Riverwalk, Christian and I chat about what to expect on our ride through Hill Country, only a half-hour away. But in the meantime, we've got a couple of relaxing days to explore the Alamo and the Riverwalk before tackling the Texas desert....
Cruising Central California's Missions
There’s a small window of time for comfortably riding between California’s central coast missions. It begins with the blooming of the blue wisteria and ends when they lose their blossoms. You’ll even catch yourself looking for these flowers along your favorite roads in the future. Carol and I were only waiting for the perfect weather....
Staying Smooth And Relaxed
Like the lessons we’ve talked about in previous Riding Skills Series stories, remaining relaxed and smooth on a motorcycle is something that sounds easy in theory but proves difficult in practice. Being relaxed is the body’s natural state but when we’re riding a motorcycle there are any number of distractions and concerns that cause...
Cool Runnings
Many of us in the generation of twenty-somethings, arbitrarily assigned the letter "X" for a generational nickname, sought out other cultural identities to fill the void that letter symbolizes. One of the most popular of these subcultures has been the Jamaican folk religion of Rastafarianism. The counterculture of the sixties seemed to be manifested...
An Interview with Burt Richmond - Tourmeister, Lotus Tours
You can’t publish a magazine on motorcycle touring without knowing Burt Richmond, the founder of Lotus Tours and one of the creators of the motorcycle touring industry. We were curious and intrigued by his company’s motto “You supply the helmet – we supply the adventure.” A quick review of the Lotus Tours website revealed...
