2026 Small Bike big Adventure in the Wisconsin Driftless Region, August 30-September 4.
Small Bikes Rule! For the past 6 years, Coloradans Ben Foster and Todd Wallis have organized a US version of Italy’s Motogiro d’Italia, with very simple rules: Pre 1973 bikes, smaller than 350cc, with 1,000 miles of exploring country roads over 5 days. Earlier editions stayed in Colorado’s Western Slope; the 2024 ride moved to South Dakota’s Black Hills and Badlands, and 2025 went to the Arkansas Ozarks. The 2026 Wisconsin edition was held in the Driftless region, through quiet farmlands with beautiful two-lane roads. Old, smaller bikes typically meant lots of parking lot maintenance in the evenings, bringing the riders together to help and offer advice (criticism). The theme of the parking-lot-repair-comment was ‘If that was me, I wouldn’t do it like that…’ The bikes on the ride were as varied as the people. Besides the usual group of Hondas and Ducatis, we had Puchs, Bultacos, BMWs, Moto Guzzis, an Ariel, Harley Aermacchis, Benellis, a couple Suzukis, one Yamaha, a...