Terror struck Brenda Hansen in the middle of the black African night. She’d stepped outside her tent to answer the call of nature and heard a large growl that sounded just like the lions she’d seen earlier. Frozen to the spot, she couldn’t finish what [...]

Stacey Levitt began motorcycle life as a passenger on her husband Steven’s bike. After their children were born, she realized it wasn’t something he was going to give up. With weekends and vacations increasingly spent touring, they needed more luggage space. Ten years ago, at [...]

Mike Martell and Michelle Letourneau love exploring raw and remote destinations—the places that still feel like frontiers, inhabited by only a few people. That’s what they loved about trips to Alaska, the Arctic Ocean, Grand Canyon, and New Mexico. It’s also what attracted them to [...]

Gord Harris and Elizabeth's relationship, with each other and motorcycles, has stood the test of time. Now ages sixty-eight and sixty-six, they began riding together more than fifty years ago. Both grew up in and around Owen Sound, Ontario, which is where Elizabeth began riding [...]

A motorcycle safari in Africa would be the highlight of the year for most people. It was for Shannon and Chad Benning too, but it shared the spotlight in a monumental year. As the year began, they were still dating, living apart, and a trip [...]