Welcome to the Ride America 2014 website
We are a group of New Zealanders - and the occasional Australian - who are planning to ride around North America in 2014. All of us have had long associations with motorcycles, in particular, the 3 cylinder offerings from BSA and Triumph in the 1970's.
However, we are fond of any British Motorcycles of that era and the current. Not that there are many choices from the UK these days. Others among us own Italian and Japanese bikes, but the common thread is a love of touring and/or just enjoying exploring the planet on two wheels.
The notion of riding the vast distances of North America came along in a serendipitous fashion, and yet our numbers have grown steadily since the first suggestion was made. Obviously it was an idea that had already been planted at some earlier stage.
Since then, we have suddenly found ourselves party to stories from those who have already visited parts of America on bikes, as well as numerous tv episodes devoted to the same theme. It seems ideas attract ideas.
One very influential source has been an American website entirely dedicated to keeping information and parts sources available to owners of Tridents and Rocket 3's, called "Triplesonline". You'll find a shortcut to it on the 'Links' page.
This site is intended to keep all our participants up to date with new developments in the planning of this ambitious trip. It is also for the amusement of any other readers who come this way - so welcome, and feel free to look about. Hopefully the awareness this site helps to foster will aid our cause as people offer suggestions and share their own experiences of their biking odysseys.
If you want to make contact with us, use this link:
Kilroy & The Ride America 2014 Crew
Trident and Rocket 3.
