Thanks for visiting CanyonChasers Motorcycle Sport Touring! But first a smidge of history; Canyon Chasers started out as a group of friends who enjoyed riding together. Riding to the nearest twisty road was coined as “Canyon Chasing”. Soon, when Al Gore invented the internet, we began posting silly photos of our trips online. (Thank you Al Gore!) Those photos prompted hundreds of questions from visitors. So, our humble website has evolved into a little internet magazine of sorts. Hopefully we can still answer many questions on what it takes to chase down some canyons of your own, maintain and modify your bike to be better suited to the task, improve your riding ability, but mostly, we hope this site inspires you to set out on your own adventures.

So, feel free to poke around, see what you see, read some of our travel logs (because they are the root of what this site began as) and if you have any questions, feel free to ask.

Alaska Trip Report - LIVE Friday, April 11. 2008 It's taken us almost six months to compile everything from out two-week adventure to Alaska into our newest trip report. Brace yourself, this one is absolutely epic! Which means the report is rather lengthy. Give the page a moment to load, as we've added dynamic embedded maps that slow down load times, so we think its worth it. We also realize that there are books shorter than this ride report, so stay tuned for an "abridged" version that will be more time friendly. But since so many of you love the detailed reports, we've offered the full version in all of its glory. Hope you enjoy it. 4430 Miles to Alaksa » Posted by Dave at 14:52 | Comments (0) Whats The Best Motorcycle Riding Pants? Thursday, April 3. 2008 Most of us have rode around in blue-jeans feeling guilty for not wearing something more appropriate to cover our lower extremities. If you are like us, you may have even tried some of the riding pant options available on the market, and if you are like us, never really fell in love with them and soon were riding around in blue-jeans once again. The best safety gear in the world does no good if its too uncomfortable for you to want to wear it. Even Peter Egan dedicated a page of Cycle-World to this problem. Enter what we believe to be the greatest riding pants we've ever tired and the subsequent review. We started our product testing in 2006 to give you the best possible opinion on what may possibly be considered a "controversial" pair of protective riding pants. More » Posted by Dave in Site Updates at 13:47 New Interactive Treasure Maps Saturday, March 8. 2008 Its been nothing more than a pipe dream since the very beginning of CanyonChasers, but the additional workload required from making maps was too much for our riding-obsessive-personalities, so for the longest time the Treasure Map section sat mostly dormant. But now, we are thrilled to announce the all new CanyonChasers Treasure Map section with a newly implemented road rating system that rates roads on how technical they are and the condition of the road itself. Visitors to the site, such as you, can then rate the road from one to five stars based on your own experience riding that same route! Is that nifty-cool-neato or what? Right now we have mostly posted roads nearest to us, but expect the section to grow as we continue to rate more roads. See all the Treasure Map glory for yourself » Posted by Dave in Site Updates at 11:16 | Comments (0)

Zen Rail Stock Discovered! Wednesday, April 30. 2008 They are one of the greatest sport touring accessories ever made that you can no longer buy - until now. The guy who built all the zen-rails has a stack of old stock that he wants to get rid of and he's offering it through us. If you are not familiar with these guys, they bolt behind the passenger pegs and create a resting place for soft luggage the prevents anything from coming into contact with your precious paint or delicate plastic bodywork. Continue reading "Zen Rail Stock Discovered!" Posted by Dave in Site Updates at 16:04 | Comments (0) International Female Ride Day Tuesday, April 29. 2008 Since we've been consistently recognized for our support of female moto riding, we felt compelled to pass on information about the International Female Ride Day, coming May second. The event is a synchronized day, worldwide, where women motorcycle riders "JUST RIDE" -- demonstrating their enjoyment and in most cases, passion for motorcycle riding. The campaign was created with the aim of highlighting the number of women who ride and building female rider awareness -- encouraging other women to take up the activity. So if you are one of the fairer sex, mark your calendars now, and prepare to get out and ride on May Second. (Thats a Friday by the way). More Information is available at motoress.com » Posted by Dave in General at 08:48 | Comments (0) William Shatner Motorcycle Crash Tuesday, April 15. 2008 From the Department of There's-No-Way-We-Could-Make-This-Up, a recent interview with the famous actor known best for his role as Captain Kirk, the swashbuckling captain of the Starship Enterpise, William Shatner retold a motorcycle crash story. Directly quoting a StarPulse.com article; "[Shatner] refuses to pad up and rides around the state wearing just beach clothes - even after a crash that could have killed him. He explains, 'I think leather, and helmets and protective gear is foolish, in the hot California weather. I ride with sandals and shorts and a t-shirt.'" The article continues with the story of his crash and subsequent bleeding, near-naked ride. Don't believe us, (we don't blame you) but read the article for yourself » Posted by Dave in General at 15:12 | Comment (1)

Since Canyon Chasers came online in 2001 we have been recognized for our motorcycle sport touring efforts in Rider Magazine (June 2002) and featured on the Nationally Syndicated Radio Program Out and About (July 2003) and a Google Page Importance rating of 4 (out of 10) which is pretty good for a motorcycle sport touring website! So we welcome you to wander around, enjoy what we have to offer and if you have any question, please feel free to ask.

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