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To manage the heat created by a motorcycle engine, engineers have two basic options – air cooling or liquid cooling. Each method has a number of advantages and disadvantages, and Harley-Davidson currently offers both air-cooled and liquid-cooled engines on its lineup of motorcycles. To find out why, let’s compare air-cooled and liquid-cooled engines. Motorcycle Heat Sources

The 50 Rides, One Nation Challenge is a curated list of great rides, one per state, that offers H.O.G. members a chance to experience some of the best riding destinations our country has to offer. The concept is simple: ride to the designated location in each state, document the visit with a photograph, and submit it to H.O.G. member profile to receive credit. In addition to collecting great memories and other rewards, participants also receive a unique challenge coin to commemorate each location visited. There’s no time limit for completion.

We're giving even more reasons to hit the road this year with 15 Rides for 2025. You don’t want to miss the amazing rides we thoughtfully selected like the HOG Capital of the World, the Lynyrd Skynyrd Monument and Bishop Castle.​ Manzanar National Historic Site, Independence, CA Smiling Peanut, Plains, GA Potato Capital of the World, Blackfoot, ID Hog Capital of the World, Kewanee, IL World’s Largest Ball of Twine, Cawker City, KS

2025 Let’s Ride Challenge

   Infographic valid for 2025.  The Ride 365 Program may be changed at any time.

iPhone Subscribing to the Route 65 HOG calendar on the iPhone is pretty painless.  Go to the Route 65 HOG Calendar page and click the Subscribe link at either the top or bottom of the page.  Your iPhone should pop up a message asking if you want to subscribe to the calendar.  Say yes and the Route 65 HOG calendar should now appear in the list of calendars on your phone.

When you only live a couple hours from one of the crookedest streets in America you take a ride to the East and hit Snake Alley. We were also able to meet up with an former chapter member, Randy Dochterman, and grab a bit on the patio at the Drake restaurant in Burlington. Here is a short video of the group making their way down Snake Alley in Burlington, Iowa. Hope to see more of you on the road with us in the future.