The 2011- 2012  winter in Southern California was exciting, odd, unusual, and definitely not motorcycle riding weather. I took this downtime opportunity to write about a ride my husband and I took last summer. 

Have you ever considered doing a long ride? I've always wondered what it would be like to ride day after day after day. I guess in my mind the most difficult part is setting aside the time. All the stars came into alignment in June of this year and the ride actually became a reality.

... It wasn't until I returned home and did a web search that I learned Pennsylvania has more covered bridges than any state in the country and there are 12 in Bucks County where I live.

Music journalist Greg Parmley has set a new Guinness World Record for visiting 26 live music festivals across Europe in 30 days - which he completed riding a BMW R1200R.

The plan for the first day was to ride west as far and as quickly as possible. We wanted to reach Nebraska after nightfall. (From July 2011 BMW Owners News)

Few adventurers, no matter how bold, would willingly travel solo through Iraq. But Miquel Silvestre's reason for going there was simple - he did not trust the TV news to tell him what the country was like, so he wanted to explore it for himself.

 

A Canadian husband and wife adventure team have conquered some of the toughest roads in the world on their BMW F800GS motorcycles and turned the journey into a TV series.

Two Canadian brothers have set a world record for their 18,000km journey around China on BMW motorcycles. Originally from Toronto, Colin and Ryan Pyle completed their epic motorcycle journey when they returned back to their starting point of Shangha.

The thought crossed my mind that a trip up and down the Blue Ridge Parkway would be a nice way to start the summer. This wouldn't be new territory, as I have been fortunate to spend many hours riding on that wonderful stretch of tarmac running 469 miles up and down the spine of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Chile possesses a geological and geographic footprint that is unique in the world. Despite being one of the smallest countries in South America, covering only about 800,000 square kilometers, it extends more than 4,300 kilometers from north to south.

During last year's celebration of the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth, freelance photographer and motorcycle journalist Henry von Wartenberg was searching for his next book idea.

"I travelled on what I think are some of the best roads in the world, including the Malibu canyons, Death Valley, Pacific Coast Highway, Nevada's truly awesome and flawless backroads, central California's desolate farm roads and Yosemite's scenic and twisty mountainous roads."

A team of exhausted but elated BMW GS riders has successfully completed a 13,000-mile journey, having ridden from London to Beijing in China, defying revolutionaries, raging rivers, collapsed roads and corrupt officials.

"I dropped off the crest of a dune on my 2002 R1150GS to start my 2009 riding season..."

I dropped off the crest of a dune on my 2002 R1150GS to start my 2009 riding season.  The sky above was a deep blue with no interruptions of whiteness anywhere to be found. 

Three American riders were selected to defend the U.S. title in the upcoming 2010 BMW Motorrad International GS Trophy following arduous and exhaustive qualifying rounds in  California

When BMW riders Max Richard, Robert Czerucki and Aaron Sprague sit down to breakfast in North London on April 17, it will mark the end of months of preparation for a unique motorcycling adventure across Europe, Central Asia and Western China.

The afternoon promised thunderstorms in Indiana and Illinois, so it was quite a surprise when the heavens opened up on us just an hour and a half from home... 

Self-confessed 'petrol head' Jack Bromall (#65086) has completed a 60-day motorcycle ride to Alaska from his home in Philadelphia. His aims were to raise funds and awareness for a charity close to his heart.

BMW Motorrad South Africa recently hosted its inaugural BMW GS Eco 1000 event, which replaced its traditional September GS Challenge. The new format was designed to appeal to a much wider range of GS rider.