Northeast Motorcycle Rides

New England Loops: A Bucket-List Ride in New England

My cousin Jim Pace, an avid motorcyclist and native of New Hampshire, and I had long discussed touring New England from his home in...

The Pennsylvania Wilds

When I want to escape the daily grind for a few days, any motorcycle excursion I choose must have great roads, beautiful scenery, parks...

Ride Along the Riverside: Sport Touring in Western New England

Roads that curve along a river are among my favorites to explore on two wheels, and western New England has them in abundance. The...

Snake Loops: Sport Touring East of the Hudson

Snakes employ astonishing methods of locomotion. Legs? Who needs ’em! Using muscles and scales, snakes hug the landscape as they wind along their way....

A Ride Through New Jersey’s Northwest Counties

Although some view New Jersey as home to just oil refineries, highways and urban/suburban sprawl devoid of good motorcycling opportunities, nothing could be further...

Riding Vermont’s Route 100 From Massachusetts to Memphremagog

Vermont is a four-season state. It offers great skiing in the winter, sweet maple syrup in the spring and fantastic foliage in the autumn....

Meandering Through the Hinterlands of New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania

When I head out for an overnight adventure, I like to ride back roads in the hinterlands that are devoid of the traffic and...

Riding the ‘Other’ Cape: Cape Ann

When New Englanders talk of "The Cape," typically they mean Cape Cod, the flexing arm of Massachusetts that reaches from the South Shore into...

A Ride on the Wild Side: Carving Curves Through Central Pennsylvania

Williamsport, Pennsylvania, was established by logging, matured under manufacturing and has been revitalized by natural gas, but it’s probably best known for kids playing...

Riding the Pennsylvania Heartland

The heartland of north-central Pennsylvania is a region bereft of large concentrations of people. In fact, studying a map reveals multiple sections that are...

White Mountain Escape: Riding the Kancamagus Highway

It’s early November in northern New England. The leaves have fallen, the tourists have gone home and the daylight hours have gotten very short....

Journey to Where Life Began: Touring Lake Champlain’s Islands

Entombed in this gray rock beneath my motorcycle boots lies the oldest-known coral reef on the planet, yet this island is far from tropical...

Country Roads, Country Bridges: A Ride Through Delaware and Sullivan Counties, New York

Whenever I want to add a favorite ride to my repertoire, it requires two components: great roads and something unique and impressive to see....

Adirondack Amble: Carving Curves in Upstate New York

Fog drapes over the High Peaks surrounding the village of Lake Placid. My sidestand is up before 5:00 a.m., and it’s already past first...

A Kool Kruise to a Hip Town: New Hope, Pennsylvania

New Hope, Pennsylvania, is a popular destination for riders in the Northeast, not only because of its artistic vibe, galleries, restaurants, hip boutiques and...

Town & Country: Riding From The Garden State to The Big Apple on the BMW R nineT Scrambler

If you’ve never been there, New Jersey might not seem like an ideal riding destination. What’s so great about a turnpike, tons of traffic...

Lock-to-Lock: Riding the Miami-Erie Canal

It might seem incongruous to use a modern motorcycle, with fuel injection and ABS, to explore a canal built almost 200 years ago to move...

Riding the Trans-Mass Trail: Off-road Motorcycling in Massachusetts

The Trans-Mass Trail isn’t an “official” route. You won’t find any Scenic Byway signs like you see along the best twisty two-lanes. Instead, this...