The BEST Motorcycle Ride Near Phoenix?! 🌵 Bush Highway, Apache Trail, and Tortilla Flat on a Harley
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ก.ค. 2024
- There are plenty of motorcycle rides to choose from around Phoenix, but one of my personal favorites is the Apache Trail. It's also been voted as one of the best motorcycle roads in the country a few times. We'll also be riding the Bush Highway, before winding our way down the Apache Trail to Tortilla Flat, where we'll be visiting the Superstition Saloon, the General Store for their famous prickly pear gelato, and the museum. Tortilla Flat is a popular motorcycle destination around Phoenix since it's only about 50 miles from downtown.
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 Introduction
01:27 Renegade Coffee Company - Mesa AZ
01:52 Bush Highway, Phoenix AZ
02:22 Best Time to Ride Motorcycles in Arizona?
03:45 Bush Highway: Things to See and Do
04:49 Riding the Apache Trail to Tortilla Flat
05:52 Tortilla Flat, AZ
07:09 Superstition Saloon
08:11 Prickly Pear GELATO?!
10:26 Tortilla Flat School & Museum
11:23 Leaving the Top Motorcycle Road in Arizona
13:09 Did I Survive?!
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Every time i watch your videos i want to go ride and find a place to eat
Woo! It's working!
Same!!
I'm growing to enjoy watching you riding your motorcycle and eating food almost as much as I enjoy riding my motorcycle and eating food!
lol woo!
Being from Canada,and never have been to the southern states I really enjoy your perspective of the southern states
It's been several years, but I've ridden the dirt road the rest of the way to Roosevelt dam several times on a Harley bagger. It's a great ride!
Nice! Yep, it was definitely doable without an adv. sometimes it was a bit washboard-y though!
I love your videos. I'm from the UK but we're similar how we ride.
I ride to coffee/breakfast then ride some lovely scenic roads on my way to lunch!
Awesome!!
Living on the east coast this really makes me want to ride in the southwest! Awesome scenery and roads, great production!
Thank you! You’d love the southwest. It’ll feel like a completely different planet 🏜️🏍️💨
Going over them see through bridges on a motorcycle is always entertaining lol 😂
Some are much sketchier than others lol this one’s very tame
I was in Florence, AZ for the month of January. Got 1,800 miles in on the Harley and enjoyed the Bush Highway, Apache Trail and Tortilla Flats! Awesome experience!
Awesome!!
We did exactly what you said a few years ago. Went to visit friends in Mesa and rented some Harleys. It was during Arizona Bike Week and the riding was fantastic. Had a blast and made many great memories. Went to Superstition Saloon and some place that was like a western town. Did a lot of miles and loved everyone of them. Definitely not the riding this New York State couple are used to. Thanks for rekindling some memories. Another great job Staci.
Awesome!! Thanks for letting me be a part of your travels! 😊🤘
that was goldfield ghost town. a old little mining town. I live about 10 miles from the superstition mountains, have done that ride 100's of times.
I go up past Tortilla Flat all the time on my motorcycle; the best part of the road for motorcycles is past the Saloon because of lower traffic, at least on weekdays.
Now you’ve given me a reason to stop and go inside; a prickly pear gelato sounds like the best thing for lunch.
Locals should buy a year-long Tonto Pass to enjoy the picnic areas and lakeside tables at Acacia or Boulder recreation sites on Canyon Lake. You get both a hangtag pass for your car and a motorcycle sticker if you bring your motorcycle registration into the ranger station when you buy the pass.
Thanks for the video!
yeah that unpaved section is phenomenal. hopefully the state speeds up the plans of repairing it!
What a fantastic little trip! Thanks for taking us along for the ride! I actually have never ridden through Tortilla Flats and have now dropped a new pin for places to ride on my Google map! Thank you so much! Great little video series!
My Grandmother used to make prickly pear jam. It was delicious. I was trucking in So Cal during that wet Pineapple Express storm. You’re right, some terrible drivers for sure. Glad you got through it safely. Great video as always!!! 👍
A fun little trip and one I need to remember the next time I'm in PHX! I just did a little overnight camping trip this past weekend on my m/c. Watching my favorite TH-camr's inspires me to get get out of my norm and venture off into uncharted territories. Thanks for taking us along, Staci! Cheers!
Awesome! 🤘🏍️💨🏕️ Thanks for letting me be a part of your adventure. Cheers!
Thanks for the great video and happy you made it safely through the storm. Will certainly add Tortilla Flats as one of my "Must See's!!" while traveling towards Nevada. 3 more days & I'll be on the bike heading south to Daytona.
Awesome!!!
The essence of riding always stands out in your videos. My sister lives in AZ and likes Tortilla Flats, can't wait to explore Arizona.
Thank you! 🤘🏍️💨 Arizona is a wonderful state. You will love it!!!
I sat on those horse saddles at the Tortilla Flat saloon once too, my hips were so sore haha. I'm apparently made for iron horses only!
hahaha! yeah I always opt for the couple of normal barstools rather than the saddles
Love you're videos, great filming and so much fun. Ride safe, LJ
I camped in Arizona for the first time this year. It was a wonderful November night. The low was about 42 and the high for the day in the 70's. I would love to have a place there to spend the shoulder season.
Another amazing video, glad you made it back safely!
About 10 years ago, I rode around in Arizona and there is a good little Mexican restaurant in Globe called Chalos, no idea if it was still there, but it was good and it was cheap. At another place up on top of Granite Mtn, and finally at a steakhouse out there, and I had prickly, pear, cactus fries, and rattlesnake....good stuff.
That was so inviting especially seeing it is 42 here in SE PA. Glad you made it safe back to LA. That was a beautiful ride tortilla Flat. Thanks for sharing
Always appreciate you taking us along. Thank you. Glad you made it safe through the storm. You really wet our whistle for good travels.
Cant wait to get home and watch this after work. Will be a great way to unwind on a Monday. Your vids are so positive and inspirational thank you.
Wow great series, thankful for your safe travels back to LA !!
Thank you!
The ice cream at Tortilla Flats is legit!
You know it! 😎🤘🍦
Really enjoyed the series. Thank you for taking us along for the ride.
Thank you for your vid Staci! Love them, they are positive and upbeat. Your smile is contagious, your composition on film an music is great. Keep up the great work! 😊
Againg wonderful video! 🎉
Another great video Staci! Thank you!
Thank you!
Great series!! Glad you made it home safe!
Great video!
Great video! You never cease to amaze me with your videography! Great scenery wonderfully captured! On top of that you have a great presentation of interesting information and awesome food! I really need to get up to that area and ride! Thanks for another great ride!
Thank you very much!
@@ridetofood You're very welcome!
You’re playing in my backyard! I ride to Canyon Lake at least once a week. Also live near Bush Hwy and spend most days riding in the area.
Love your video's!
Thank you!
You be safe on the road.. 👍 👌 I love phoenix in the winter..
Again...thanks for sharing Staci !!! Looks like beautiful country. 👍👍👍👍👍
Thank you! Definitely a great state for motorcycling!!
Another great video! Thanks, again.
Thank you!
Absolutely love Arizona, I was stationed there in the early 80s, my middle daughter was born in Tucson, I want to come back there to ride my 24 RoadGlide so bad! sure have enjoyed this series! Thank you!
WooHoo, great video, me and some buddies rode up to Tortilla Flat last year for Bike Week. Awesome ride! Nice work battling through that storm, yikes.
Great vídeo!🤘🤘🤘
Thank you!
My Dad would always go to Yuma every winter from Nov-Apr to get away from our southern Indiana winters. I have never been but it’s on the list. Love the videos, keep em rolling.
First of all excellent music choices. I don't know why I am always so shocked by how beautiful the southwest is and your video did a great job of reminding me. 💯✌🤟🤘
it is MAGICAL!
I'm in Phx right now. I ride Bush Hwy a few days ago and the section of Apache Trail that's still open. Both fun rides. Thx for another nice video.
Awesome!!!!
Those looked like some fun roads and some great food. I love cheesecake ice-cream too, and I like to add fresh bananas to mine. Its a place called cold stone. Love the video and now I need to ride and get food...!😊
Cold stone has great cheesecake ice cream!!
That’s my hometown! Put many miles on my bike and many nights backpacking out there. Such amazing places to explore.
Great video found ur site week ago you Flow with your videos KEEP Rideing.
Thank you!
I love your videos and the food reviews and for sure the fact that you wear the proper gear. Great example of a real motorcycle rider.
Thanks!
I've been thinking I need to ride back out to Tortilla Flat at some point. I'll have to do that again some time soon.
Hi Staci what a Beautiful Awesome Amazing Scenery and the Food 🥘 is Awesome like the school house 🏠 it’s cool 😊
Thank you!
Thanks for the great video 👍👍
Thanks Jim!
I’m definitely saving this as I’m planning a move from NorCal to the Phoenix area fairly soon!! 🙌🏾🤙🏾
In June this year I will do part of Route 66, I'm counting the days until I can ride through these landscapes.
Awesome!! Enjoy!!
I spent 26 years living in Apache Junction. I drove the Apache Trail from AJ to Roosevelt so many times I could do it blind folded! My all time favorite is Fish Creek Hill Lookout. Go there at midnight and you can see every star in the galaxy! Now that I ride, I'll be heading back to AZ to ride all those familiar curves again one day. Thank you for this beautiful content.
Awesome!!! I bet that lookout point is phenomenal at night like you said! 😍
You inspired me so much, I rode to Shoshone from Orange County last night and went to badwater basin to see Lake Manly this morning. 600 miles and well worth the ride! Thank you for the inspiration!
Love this! Thanks for letting me be a part of the ride!
Been to this area several times for work - I’ve got a dollar bill on the wall there somewhere. I think my favorite thing to do was horseback riding on the trails. Really liking how that green looks in your videos - need to go see it in person.
Rad! The alpine green is gorgeous. Especially when the sun hits it! ☀️✨
Can't wait to see it
It’s a great ride! 🤘
What a fantasstic video! As I grow my channel I'm really looking up to you, Just G Kue, and Full Throttle Hog. I'd really love to ride out there one day. Glad you made it through the storm and back home, safe and sound. The new H-D Road Glide is super sharp! Very well done!
Thank you Ty! :)
Awesome as usual 😊that gelato looked amazing. To bad I’m off the sugar 😂
I’m only on the sugar when I’m on road trips, so I get it. 😂🤘
I'm heading down there next week to escape the Montana winter. Should be fun. And as always, awesome vid!
Awesome!! Enjoy! And, thank you!
I feel like I need to do special trip just for prickly pear gelato noooow
Great images! I'm almost reluctant to share this but the remainder of the paved section past Tortilla Flat to Fish Creek overlook is typically amazing as well. You may even see Big Horn Sheep from there. That is where the (still closed from rock slide) dirt section begins. I heard work may begin to reopen the dirt road to Roosevelt Dam. This section I imagine could be considered world class. It's been years since it's been open! I've bicycled the section and it was like life changing. The General Store also usually has a good selection of craft sodas I believe. I love the Butterscotch. There is a river boat cruise (Dolly River Boat) on Canyon Lake right there too........definitely not to miss area if around PHX :)
Fascinating that the paved more of it! I didnt even realize Last time I went past tortilla flat, I don’t believe any of it was paved past the water crossing. It’s been nearly 10 years though!
We flew down to Phoenix three weeks ago to escape the Canadian winter. Tortilla Flats, Florence, Tombstone. It only rains a few times a year and we were there for it. And it was only 45F. Still better than snow and 25F. 😂
That’s about the time I was there lol
@@ridetofood Well your weather looked the same but you do have a history of time travelling in the videos. . 😂
U girl have taken some incredible rides love the videos almost riding season here in the northeast actually might ride to work tomorrow calling for 62 tomorrow and by Thursday 26 🥴
Gotta enjoy it while ya can!!! Totally understand lol!
I very much enjoy your videos young lady. Keep up the great work. Iceman. American Legion Rider...
Thank you!
Cheeseburgers and fries are pretty good there as well. The flat is a great ride when there’s no traffic..
Waz da be Deal !!!!!
Ride for Fooooood !!
Amazing videos !!!
Ur phone mount I like it
What is it????
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Guerrilla cables x rokform mount
It's serendipitous that I discover your channel as you feature the ride to Tortilla Flat.
As a newer rider and a Phoenix resident since 2015, there are two things I look for in a ride, scenery and low traffic. So much of this area is either congested freeway or dead boring arrow straight roadway.
I haven't made the ride to Tortilla Flat yet, but South Mountain Preserve is barely possible during a weekday lunch break. It brought me a lot of peace when I dealt briefly with a layoff in 2022.
Summers are rough, but as you know, tolerable if taken early in the day. Light and ventilated riding gear and hydration got me through a number of 110 plus rides last summer.
If you can visit the bush Highway or tortilla flat on a weekday it’ll be much less congested! It gets very busy on the weekends
@@ridetofood 90 miles, 3.5 hours from my doorstep to the Cove and Oar House. Beer and a bite, explore a little. Sounds like a day.
Thanks for the information and content!
You are Bad to the bone. Love what you do.
Thank you! 🦴
I love you and love your content. Much love from Morocco 🇲🇦🇺🇸
Thank you!
Now you're just spoiling us with the frequency of content.
Also, have seen you in the background of other youtubers videos.
Yes! Was with everyone on day one in Vegas. I didn’t film that day though lol
Gonna try to keep getting videos out frequently! 🤘
I rode this yesterday on my way to Jake’s corner and yes I saw a ton of wild horses, great ride
Nice!! That’s a great ride
Planning a devils hiway ride now, one of the few AZ rides I haven’t done, I hear it’s great
Gelato looks good.
It was pretty great!
I really envy you 😢. What a nice trip…
You’ll have to visit az sometime!!
오토바이타고 라미딩 하며 좋은 음식을 먹는건 매우 기쁜 일 입니다
당신은 멋진 라이더 입니다
늘 안전운전에 행운이 있기를 응원 합니다
Thank you!
Are you ever going to do any more adventure bike stuff? I just feel like you could really rock an adventure bike.
Posted a PanAm video last month! If you watched it, you’d know there’s a whole series coming that goes with that video
Umm, obviously, it's intookteded! Used in a sentence: I done intookteded that coffee! 😂That cheesecake gelato, tho 🤤
Your Chanel makes me so hungry.
It’s ✨working✨🤘😎
Will definitely put Arizona on my to ride to list from alberta canada 🇨🇦 I'm craving ice cream 😂
you will love it! :)
Nice video,beautiful bike,love the music---who is it? Thanks ❤
thanks! and, I have no idea! you can read about the music subscription services I use to create videos at www.ridetofood.com/camera-gear
Awesome video as always. Are you going to do your review of the 2024 Road Glide and what you like and don't like about it?
I’ve mentioned that in all 3 videos I think. (Yes 😂)
70°😂 it was 37° yesterday in Pittsburgh when I went out. All in what people are use to as long as you get out.
Thanks for watching!
“Ingested!” 😂
Whatever works j guess 😂
Great video, love your stuff, thx for the reply!
I would gain 120 lbs going around like this,looks so good
Same. I don’t eat this stuff every day 😂
The Galleria mall not far from me on Fort Lauderdale Beach, used to have a food court with a geloto stand that served Stracciatella Gelato. If u haven't already, give that one a try.
Had to google that one. I’ll probably skip it honestly. 😂 I don’t like chunks of anything in my ice cream/gelato/custard/whatever variety haha
@ridetofood I get it. While I never add anything to my gelato (I've heard it has a much higher sugar content than ice cream as is), I really like different textures in my ice cream. My go-to for ice cream right now is Fudge Brownie Moose Tracks, and I layer it in a coffee mug with caramel magic shell. I rarely buy it tho, because if it's there, I'm going to have some. 😂
I’m surprised you didn’t jump in that water, this could be a first 🤣
Hahahaha If it was a bit warmer, I totally would have!
Hey! I really like the look of the weather app you’re using. Can you please let me know which one it is? I’m on an Africa Twin and struggle with cross winds so I try to avoid them.
I use MyRadar!
Great video, which touring bike do you like the best?
My chopper. My lower back disagrees though 😂
We like to run down to Prescott an Jerome every once an a while of course Devils HWY
There used to be a pretty good offroad route from Sedona AZ, over to the IH15. NOT for Harleys, except that adv. But I had like a two wheel drive Chevy suv something from Hertz. It made it. I am a good off-roader, but you don't, or at least didn't meet to be. Just take it easy. It was amazing. I just cannot explain how incredible tis little forray was.
Anyway. Go to Sedona however u can get there. See the church on the rock. Experience the magnet circles or whatever they call it. Be open, and u will be amazed. And no, there was no organic peyote involved🤔😈🤣
What about non organic?! 😂
@@ridetofood 🥳nope. Sedona might be too much under the influence. Best breakfast in the world this little place on left just getting into town from the south
Summer wont be here soon enoughin nfld Canada 3ftofsnow in places here
sounds about right since it's march!
Ice cream 🍦 👍
gelato!
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I live right on Apache trail
Sweet!
Nice :-) 🇩🇰😎
Just keep rolling , eat, sleep, just keep rolling...
Or whatever Fred durst was sayin 🏍️💨
Whats your thoughts on your new helemt ✌️
It’s the same helmet I always wear, it’s just a new color way! Love the race star!
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usually I get annoyed watching someone eat.....lol....but, you I can handle....dont know why, but....good video
that’s why I cut most of the eating out…I also don’t like watching people eat. 😂
@@ridetofood 😂
I thought u had the S T
I do!
Arizona Summer, a 70mph blow dryer. Ride a couple hundred miles and your exposed skin will peel off the next day.
Sun screen and skin coverage are important. And water 👍
@@ridetofood Actually the worst burn I got was crossing SD from Sturgis into MN when it was 112. When I finally got to Southern WI, my face was peeling off so bad, my friends were quite concerned. In AZ, you are prepared but SD, who knew? I would ride 40 miles take an exit, wet my t-shirt, wash my face and do another 40 miles, etc. BTW, I wasn't wearing a helmet.