Dream Ride: Touring America

Published: 20 September 2023 Updated: 20 September 2023

Sturgis had been a blast but it was time to leave our lodgings in the Black Hills of South Dakota and head west.

We’d taken in everything we could in the area during Sturgis week including Needles Highway, Mount Rushmore, and Sylvan Lake, but with such a massive country to explore it was time to get riding.

Hungry for more, we load up the bikes for the first time in a week to travel to our next stop 200 miles away – Sheridan, just outside the Bighorn National Forest…

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By Saffron Wilson

MCN Reporter - After growing up around motorcycles Saffron had no choice but to fall in love with them herself and got on two wheels as soon as she turned 16. From there she took herself through university achieving a BA in Creative Writing and Fine Art joint honours. From there, she kept studying in her spare time and achieved a Level 3 Diploma in Journalism from the NCTJ whilst undergoing work experience at her local paper alongside her regular job. Saffron has worked in different roles including marketing in different sectors of the automotive industry including cars, buses and coaches, but always wanted to write about her passion – motorcycles. She joined MCN in April 2021 just as the pandemic was beginning to calm down. Since then, she’s had a go at off-road, spent time on a track but still rates touring and travelling as her favourite hobby, and uses her long-term test bikes to realise that passion and better inform the consumer of what they may be potentially buying. Saffron tends to be the travelling journo and loves getting into a good feature, so don’t be afraid to say hi if you’re out and about. When she’s not riding bikes for MCN she can be found on her Harley-Davidson Heritage Softail.