Born to rent and to ride Columbia Daily Tribune
If you love touring by motorcycle but your destination is too far from home to take your bike, a rental might be the perfect alternative.
Motorcycle rentals are available almost anywhere worth seeing, whether it’s riding from Chicago to Los Angeles on Route 66, through northwest Canada to Alaska, or even in the Himalayas or the Alps.
My trip started in Las Vegas, where no fewer than three dealerships offer motorcycle rentals. The trip was a family affair, with my wife riding with me; two of her brothers, each driving, and her sister-in-law. My 77-year-old mother-in-law went along, too, riding on the back of her son’s bike.
Leaving the glitz, gambling and neon behind us, we stopped at a cantina that specialized in three items: beer, fireworks and slot machines. For us, it was a water break. With the temperature already over 100 degrees and headed as high as 115, we needed all of the bottled water we’d socked away in our saddlebags and drank at every possible opportunity.
