Hard as it may be to believe, riding 1000 miles a day for 10 days straight can actually be fun. When friends ask me about my experience competing in MERA’s inaugural 10-n-10 Rally, I’ll admit that I tend to lead with the dramatic stuff:  hail, gale-force winds,and triple-digit temperatures.  Riding 18 hours a day while surviving [...]

The one thing that matters more to competitors in MERA’s 10-n-10 Rally than a strong finish. When the 35 men and women entered in the Motorcycle Endurance Riders Association‘s inaugural 10-n-10 Rally roll out of our Salt Lake City hotel‘s parking lot next Thursday morning, each of us will be attempting to ride a minimum [...]

Making a good long-distance bike better. While the field for the Motorcycle Endurance Riders Association’s 10-day/10,000-mile 10-n-10 Rally includes bikes from nearly every major motorcycle company, walk through the parking lot outside our Salt Lake City hotel on the morning of August 26th and you’ll find as many Yamaha FJR1300 sport-tourers in the lineup as [...]

Attempting the MERA 10-n-10 Rally A few years ago I managed to string together three 1,000-mile days in a row and, I have to say, it was one of the toughest things I’ve ever done on a motorcycle. Which is why Cycle World contributor Alan Rider’s offer to tell the story of a 10-day/10,000-mile endurance [...]