For all of our personal and mechanical diversity, motorcyclists are agreed on this: We crave adventure, and the more the merrier. Whether it’s cross-country trekking, bar-to-bar competition, breathtaking runs through the Alps or just working on our bikes in the garage with a cold one in our hand and classic rock in our ears, we love this stuff — and you’ll find two saddlebags of it in our adventure-themed November issue. Inside you’ll find features on our recent AMA Alps Challenge with the Edelweiss Bike Travel folks (epic!), Whitney Meza’s bold attempt to ride within all 48 states in less than 10 days (she did it in nine!), contributor John Stein’s admittedly questionable attempt to ride from Canada to central California — 1022 miles — overnight (scary), and a piece on the original Adventure Bike — BMW’s 1981 R80G/S. Big Fun is there to be had!