AMA Ride Guide to America: Favorite Motorcycle Tours in the USA (American Motorcyclist Association Ride Guide) (Paperback)

~ Greg Harrison (Author)
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Product Description

From the corkscrews of California to the scenic mountain notches of New England, the AMA Ride Guide to America reveals the enticing backroads that motorcyclists dream about. With maps and point-to-point trip outlines for 36 different trips nationwide, riders can explore rocky shorelines, through sweeping valleys, up to mountain peaks, and across everything in between. A must-have travel book for those who long to take two wheels to the best of the open road Featuring trips from Whitehorse Press authors Clement Salvadori, Marty Berke, Dale Coyner and others, this full-color travel guide includes 40 detailed, topographic road maps to help riders follow the recommended routes and know what kind of terrain they'll encounter along the way. Include are trips in the Pacific Northwest, California, the Rocky Mountains and the Southwest, Texas, the Appalachians and the mid-Atlantic, and New England.

About the Author

Gerg Harrison, Editor

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Whitehorse Press; First edition (March 20, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1884313515
• ISBN-13: 978-1884313516
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #60,616 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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32 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars No tours in the Midwest and central plains, May 19, 2006

By	D. Abbotson (OK) - See all my reviews

The only tours in the book close to the central US are in Colorado and Texas. There could have been less concentration of tours along the east and west coasts. Buy this book if you ride on the east or west coasts. There are other resources free on the Internet for Texas and Colorado. Arkansas State's web site promotes motorcycle tours with routes and attractions for free. Also this book's tours seem to be from the publisher's collection of the Motorcycle Journeys thought the same regions.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very good guide, but limited, February 27, 2008

By	S. Brown "Mac User" (Las Vegas, NV USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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This is a high-quality guide with color pictures and/or color maps on every page and a good balance of great road descriptions with turn-by-turn instructions, commingled with information on the places you may wish to look or stay at along the way. Nearly all of the rides that are described look great. As useful a work as this book is, though, it is severely limited by it's size. A ride book covering France could be this short, but one covering a country the size of the USA should describe much more than 31 rides; possibly coming in several volumes. However, you could still be a bug-toothed rider for several years just riding the great roads they have listed so I still recommend it.

4.0 out of 5 stars Good, Basic, Informative, April 12, 2009

By	Troy (Vancouver, WA) - See all my reviews

No matter where you live in the U.S., this book has a couple of rides for you. It is nicely illustrated with rough-maps (not a lot of detail), some pics, and detailed instructions on rides. It even lists the miles between waypoints, and points of interest. Most rides are between 150-200 miles, so they're easily knocked out in a day or weekend if you're planning on stopping to smell the roses. All-in-all, a nice addition to anyone's motorcycle riding library.