Real motorcycle travel stories from the Travel Riders community — routes, rides, and the road less travelled.
The worries that keep you up the night before riding solo — breakdowns, getting lost, loneliness, safety — and the practical tips that turn them into the best days you'll spend on a bike.
There's a particular kind of reward that only a motorcycle can deliver in the Alps. You spend an hour wrestling a mountain pass — knee out, eyes scanning the apex of the next hairpin, engine barking off the rock walls — and then the road tips over a saddle and the whole world opens onto a sheet of impossible blue water far below. The lake is the payoff. The pass is the price. Put them together and you have the finest riding on the continent.
Beyond the miles and the machine lies a journey that changes how you see the world. My ride to Dakar and back was more than a tour—it was a life-altering experience. Travel-riders.com exists to share that transformation and the spirit of the open road.
Every route in these stories can be rebuilt, tuned and exported as GPX in the free motorcycle route planner.