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April / May 2007

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Jan / Feb 2007

Another visit to Texas’ Treasure Island – Galveston. Home to one of the largest motorycle rallies in the country, Galveston is quickly becoming a “must do” destination for motorcyclists.

Moab, Utah has more to see and do and more places to ride than can be covered in just one article we we take you back for more from Moab.

Follow Tom Matthews on a winter ride from Florida to Colorado and his review of Gerbing’s new all weather heated clothing.

The music group Tribal Tongue is featured in Music Notes. Slime and Zooke are some silly-sounding but excellent products that we have tried and recommend.

If you are hungry, check out “Shrimply Delicious.>

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Sep / Oct 2006

Ft. Worth, Texas is known as “where the West begins” and we believe that is a very apt moniker.

East of Ft. Worth lies Dallas, East Texas and Shreveport, Louisiana, these are all fun places to visit and they have some wonderful areas to ride. But they are not “western” by any means.

Ft. Worth has long been a cow town. From the earliest days when the ranchers started gathering their cattle in pens on the open range to show them and trade them, Ft. Worth has been about cattle and ranching – and oil. The open range cattle shows eventually evolved into the Ft. Worth Stockyards – one of the most important cattle trading centers in the country.

Head west from Ft. Worth and you will increasingly find the West. The rides and trips featured in this issue will take you on a tour of the heart of the Old West. Not only Ft. Worth and vicinity, but travel across New Mexico and discover roads and sights that you didn’t know existed. Old mining towns, challenging mountain roads, and

Follow our riders as they venture across Arizona and get their first view of the Grand Canyon.

Cut across Arizona and on into Utah. The Bryce Canyon is everything they hoped it would be and more. Then, when they thought they had seen the best that Utah had to offer – Zion National Park and Boulder Mountain.

No trip in this area would be complete without visiting Four Corners, the only spot in the country where a person can stand and be in four states at once. If the scenery in this area looks familiar – it is where Forrest Gump decided to stop his cross-country runs and go home.

Texas, New Mexico and Arizona all offer their own segments of the Historic Route 66. No trip in this area would be complete without getting your kicks on Route 66.

Enjoy the articles and the photos of the featured areas, but more importantly plan your own trip. Reading about someone else’s trip will never come close to what you will experience when you pack up your bike and “get on the road again”.

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Jul / Aug 2006

To many of us, Mexico is about food, fun and a fiesta-like atmosphere and it was no exception for the recent trip that contributors Lynn and Tom Matthews made to Banamichi, Mexico where they spent a warm, sunny week at the Posada del Rio Sonora.

West Virginia – “The Mountain State” – is a well-earned nickname. In West Virginia there are only three types of roads on the map; squiggly, squigglier and squiggliest!

Back in Colorado we follow the last days of Doc Holliday and review a ride that includes Denver, Aspen, Indenpence Pass, Leadville and Glenwood Springs.

Caddo Lake straddles the border between Texas and Louisiana and is a photographic wonderland. Photographer/biker Jim King of Longview, Texas has captured the lake in all its natural beauty.

Pauline Reese is featured in Music Notes. A young performer with limitless potential, you will hear a lot more about her in years to come.

When Navy Seal Derek Lothringer ordered a custom bike from a Rucker Performance dealer in Atlanta, he had no idea that the President of Rucker would get personally involved and have the bike really “tricked out” just as a way of saying “Thank You” to our military.

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May / Jun 2006

It is hard to imagine anyplace more beautiful than Lake Louise, Canada.

But after reading Wild West Canada you will realize that British Columbia and the Canadian Rockies are scenic in every direction. Every curve brings a new vista of majestic mountains, crashing rivers, wandering wildlife or peace alpine meadows.

Meet Tom and Lynn Matthews, operators of Turkey Creek Tours. They are travel experts on what to see and where to ride in Colorado. They have joined the staff of Motorcycles: On The Road Again as regular contributors. We look forward and they help us to “Expererience Colorado’ in each issue.

Mudbugs (crawfish or crawdads) are mighty fine eating as you will learn in the Fork In The Road article.

You will find all of this and much more in this issue covering the Rockies from Colorado to Canada.

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Mar / Apr 2006

In this issue we cross into the international travel scene with a major feature on motorcycle touring in the Canadian Rockies.

Closer to home, but still in the Rockies, we visit Colorado for more great riding opportunities.

Food on your mind. Try a few mudbugs for some really good eating.

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Sep / Oct 2005

Welcome to On The Road Again with The Lone Star Biker as we introduce a new name, a new look, a larger format and several new feature articles.

The larger size gives us space to for some additional features. Our “On The Horizon” section is our view of future activities of interest. In “The Goods” you can get information on products that you might be interested in.

This is a travel magazine for motorcycle enthusiasts and, as such, we will always try to tempt you to get On The Road Again. Don’t just read about touring, don’t just dream about tour but actually get On The Road Again. Go out, take a trip and learn how much fun travel by motorcycle really is.

We frequently issue open invitations for our readers to join our staff on a trip. In this issue you will read a lot about just such a trip – The Great Ride Around Texas where more than 20 total strangers got together and rode with us. It was a lot of fun for everyone and we all made some new friends as a result.

We hope that you will consider joining us for all, or part, or one of our future trips. All we ask is that our guests pay their own way, allow us to write about them in future articles and to use of any photos they take during the trip.

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Mar / Apr 2005

In Texas our riding season is virtually all year long. However, the everything-is-green-let’s-take-great-photos season is somewhat shorter.

Well, spring has finally fully sprung, the wildflowers have bloomed, and continue to bloom, and the photo opps are just about everywhere.

A recent trip to the Highland Lakes area West and Northwest of Austin turned out to be a great weekend trip. The bluebonnets and other wildflowers were at the peak of their season and it seemed that everyone who had a bike that would run was out enjoying some incredible spring weather.

The Highland Lakes region, part of the Lower Colorado River Authority, is the “cap” for the northernmost portion of the Texas Hill Country.

In this issue we pick up with Hamilton Pool just west of Austin and cover Paces Bend, Marble Falls, Inks Lake, Barton Springs, Austin, Cedar Park, Llano and Lampasas and then down to Wimberley. There are two versions this ride, the short version is about 196 miles and the longer version is about 280 miles. Detailed maps for both routes are available at the www.LoneStarBiker.com website.

Either way you will have a grand ride, meet some friendly people and, if you stop at Docks in Marble Falls, have some delicious food.

Enjoy the bikers guide to The Highland Lakes area and remember to Ride Safe.

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Jan / Feb 2005

The Texas Independence Trail falls roughly within a triangle made up of San Antonio, Austin and Houston. The recommended route is almost 500-miles of backroads riding. You will enjoy idyllic countryside and the homey atmosphere of small towns along the way.

If you want to take shorter trips simply pick a portion of the trail and do the rest on later rides. If this sounds like a slower, simpler time, it is. In many of these places you will feel like you are 50-miles and 50-years from the Big City.

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Sep / Oct 2004

People who visit Big Bend fall in love with the place and want to return again and again. In the midst of the harshness there is beauty – Bluebonnets, Indian Paintbrushes, flowering cacti and other plants too numerous to mention.

Big Bend is the classic combination of The Beauty and The Beast. The strong and the weak, the hunter and the hunted all living together, a society where today’s songbird becomes tomorrow’s lunch for the buzzard. But that is the way God planned it. In the end everything is in perfect balance and life goes on.

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Jul / Aug 2004

Galveston – just 50 miles south of Houston is one of Texas’ newly discovered gems. With a history rich in tradition and legend, Galveston is a fun place to visit.

Riding is good in the area, especially along the Blue Water Highway.

Also, in this issue, we take you on a visit to Tombstone, Arizona. Enjoy these trips whether you are on your fatboy or sitting in your LazyBoy.

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May / June 2004

The area known as the “Texas Hill Country” stretches roughly from San Antonio to Austin and then westward for about 100 miles. The roads range from the mild – gentle hils and sweeping curves – to the wild – don’t let your concentration lapse for a second. Planning a visit to the area can seem overwhelming.

There is so much to do, so many things to see and so many roads to ride. In this issue we help you sort through the information and narrow it down to a manageable level.

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