Motorcycle itineraries Archives

Photo of the day: Stelvio Pass under snow

23 April, 2020

So while we’re enjoying the last throws of summer in Europe and hopefully we’ll get another few months of riding in yet, this photo is a reminder of what can happen when you leave your summer alpine motorcycle excursion to…

Adventuriders on a scooter: Elefantentreffen 2009 videos

23 April, 2020

We have already introduced you to our intrepid Italian elefantentreffen team and their adventure in the cold and ice is now seriously underway. For daily details of their excursion, check out the day-by-day elefantentreffen log on motoblog.it (in Italian).Below we…

BMW Unscripted: around the world with Tiffany Coates

22 April, 2020

BMW’s original “Unscripted” videos showed mostly BMW cars and their owners doing weird and wonderful stuff in various parts of the world, but this time the company has decided to feature a female rider, Tiffany Coates, and her trusty BMW…

Travelling the world by motorcycle

21 April, 2020

We saw Gionata Nencini’s video of his world motorcycle travels a week ago, but here it is with English subtitles, so you can follow the story of this crazy Italian on his world motorcycle tour, with a 22-year-old Honda Transalp…

Vespa GTS 300 Super US food and photography tour by Clay Enos

16 April, 2020

In a kind of slow food-style Vespa tour of the US, photographer Clay Enos is travelling from New York to Vancouver on a Vespa GTS 300 Super this summer. The purpose of the motorcycle tour is to take in the…

Winery tours on a motorcycle

16 April, 2020

Have you always wanted to do a motorcycle wine tour? It’s not easy to plan, considering you’ll either have to limit your wine tasting or be a passenger while someone else gets to do the riding. It’s not previously an…

Milan on a Vespa: your favourite riding moments

14 April, 2020

If you’re interested in trying a classic motorcycle itinerary in Italy, you can go just about anywhere as long as it’s on a Vespa. I had a little ride in Milan on a Vespa the other day (full story on…

Motorcycle tours in Italy: Tuscan itineraries with Garfagnana Bikers

14 April, 2020

In a rare move of welcoming motorcyclists and their touring activities, Garfagnana Bikers is an interesting initiative from the Italian mountain community of Garfagnana, which is seeking to promote tourism in the area and increase the presence of motorcycle touring.The…

From Sydney to London on a postal bike

13 April, 2020

There are plenty of legendary world motorcycle trips being completed by people to make multiple books and films over the next few years, but this one we just had to share. One intrepid traveller is making his way from Sydney…

Your pics: touring Italy on a motorcycle, the Val d'Adige

13 April, 2020

These photos come from reader Federico and his motorcycle tour of Italy’s Val d’Adige. He often takes his trusty hypermotard for a ride, saying “when passion calls, the motorcyclist responds”. This tour through the Dolomites looks a little cold, with…

Motorcycle tours: itinerary of the Parco del Matese and Molise in Italy

11 April, 2020

We’re starting up a series of posts on some of the wonderful motorcycle tours around the world, and we want to hear from you about your favourite places to go with your two wheels. Today, we kick off with an…

One man Transaharian motorcycle trip: travelling with Roberto Prodi

11 April, 2020

If you love legendary motorcycle tours, check out Roberto Parodi’s tour of Africa on his own, with his inseparable Harley Davidson. Parodi’s Transaharian itinerary took in the Sahara desert on a motorcycle, after crossing Tunisia and Algeria, before arriving in…

Your pics: touring the Val d'Aosta on a motorcycle at Colle San Carlo and Valsavaranche

8 April, 2020

Rider Gattostanco has sent us these pics of a motorcycle tour through the Val d’Aosta in Italy. The photos are of a detour through Valsavaranche on return from the 10° Memorial Spadino, and they show a splendid landscape of snow…

No motorcycling in the Dolomites: Italy closes Dolomite mountain passes to traffic

7 April, 2020

If you were planning on a beautiful Dolomites mountain motorcycling tour for summer you can forget it because the regional Trentino government in Italy is banning traffic on its high mountain pass routes, including motorcycles in the ban. According to…

Your pics: Amalfi Coast by motorcycle

5 April, 2020

If you want a little Dolce Vita by motorcycle, check out these pics of a ride around the Amalfi Coast. The pics come from Luca and show the Amalfi Coast and the Campotosto Lake in Italy. One of the best…

Top motorcycle trips worldwide

3 April, 2020

Most of us probably have in mind an ideal motorcycle tour we’d like to do: from how adventurous to how luxurious, on which continent, whether desert or mountainous and the myriad other landscapes available.But given that we’re all spoilt for…

High altitude motorcycling in Austria

1 April, 2020

These wonderful pics come from Grossglockner park in Austria, after a high altitude motorcycle tour. Nicola sent through the pics after three days covering more than 1300 km, in which he did the Nockalpestrasse as well.Send your funny, bizarre or…

A firebalde over Tunisian sand dunes: travel videos

31 March, 2020

After seeing some of the beautiful pics of the Fireblade tour through the Sahara in Tunisia, here are some videos that again come from smontic, showing the amazing itinerary.Divided into three parts, the films are a real travel diary and,…

Touring Romania by motorcycle: two weeks in Dracula's land