I knew Monterey was going to be expensive. It's a charming town, jutting out into the Pacific on a scenic peninsula. Too expensive for...

There’s something quite soul-crushing about being overtaken by a pushbike. But I’d neglected my fuel stops and the Kawasaki Z1000SX had...

When Michael overtook the first car, then the next, then the one after that… and then vanished around the hairpin, I knew two things....

I wake up after my first day in Sturgis, feeling time pressing. Really, I’ve been off course since the Grand Canyon: the original plan...

"So y'all ride a Harley?" the nice lady from Maryland asked. She looked disappointed when I said no. "Whitcher ridin?" Dale, Tim and...

Okay, I like the headline because it's a play on the title of a film. In fact, the reality is that what I do in Denver is the same as...

Tonight is my second night in the small town of Moab – which doesn't stand for "Mother of all Bombs" as my RAF-mate Martin insists. I...

If the Grand Canyon blew my mind, there's no way it's going to get unblown in a hurry. I'm in Utah and quite frankly it's the most...

Overtaking a boat in the middle of a desert is a bit surreal… but the riding over the past two days has been so extraordinary that my...

Today was all about one road – the Million Dollar Highway. With a name like that, how could I not want to ride it? It’s one of Colorado’s...

A short clip on Colorado highway 67, or scenic route 67. There's no sound - because the different cameras record different noise levels,...

Mechanical problems, congestion, frustration, saturation - not to mention a brush with the law... It's been a tough few days. But then,...

“How’s your day going, sir?” asked the cashier in the Subway. “Pretty good,” I replied. “I hit a deer and didn’t crash.” He nodded, like...

I made a beginner’s mistake: I committed to going somewhere without working out how far away it was. That’s a lesson I’m going to have to...

My trip to the Tail of the Dragon at Deals Gap I got to the Tail of the Dragon after two full days on the Blue Ridge Parkway - which...

From Pennsylvania, south – into the heat of a Virginia summer. I don’t quite know what I’d expected this part of America to look like,...

Just to get you up to speed, if you’ve only just found this blog: Who am I? Journalist and road tester (former editor of RiDE), writer...

Well, I made it to America. After the bike was freighted into Canada (less red tape than going direct into the US) I had to unbox it...

So I made it to Canada - woohoo. Still, the Big Stupid Trip of a Lifetime hasn't quite got off to the dream start for the dream trip....

The preparation is over. It’s too late to chicken out. I’ve dropped the bike off with Moto Freight at Heathrow, paid the money and it‘s...