Tour De Force

May, 1982

Tour De Forcethe loveliness of the long-distance cruiserA lot of us ride motorcycles--around town. For some, the highway never ends. They get their act together and take it on the road. Sometimes their lunch hours end three states later. What does it feel like?You are riding a BMW through France, past hedgehogs and stone walls, along tree-lined roads, through towns where the buildings move in close to the road, where old men sit in chairs leaned against sunlit walls and nod their approval at the...