John Hateley Wheelies for Boone's Farm Strawberry Hill

The wheelie stunt in this Boone's Farm Strawberry Hill ad was done by former professional motorcycle racer and Hollywood stunt man John Hateley (whose garage was featured in Motorcycle Dream Garages). This ad was his first major Hollywood stunt work, and it led to his appearances in more than 50 major motion pictures, including Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Crank and Iron Man 2 (see his IMDB profile for details). For more about John and his colorful career, check out my feature article about John in the September issue of Motorcyclist magazine.

Colorado Pass Bagging Resources

If you are looking to cross as many passes as you can in Colorado, this list below will help you plan a route, pick your passes, and find a motorcycle. Watch the November issue of Motorcycle Escape for my feature article about bagging passes in Colorado.

Pass Baggging Resources

Vail Off Road Rental
PO Box 3753
Avon, CO 81620
970.446.7153
reservations@vailoffroadrental.com

Listing of Other Motorcycle Rental Businesses

BMW Colorado Pass Bagger 50
The BMW Motorcycle Club of Colorado hosts a contest in which you sign up and do 50 passes. Only a handful of folks do it each year.

Pass Bagger 50 Resource List
Includes recommended books and maps as well as links to Google maps of the passes. Also includes downloadable Excel spreadsheet list of all passes with GPS coordinates and difficulty ratings. Awesome resource.

Randy Bishop’s Web site
Randy has bagged 131 Colorado passes, and he heavily documents his rides. He also did the Iron Butt 1000 on a KLR. 


RECOMMENDED BOOKS

Colorado Roads and Recreation Atlas is great for planning your route. Every small road in the state is shown, and this atlas is focused on road travel rather than foot travel.

In The Passes of Colorado, authors Ed and Gloria Helmuth have compiled information about 469 named passes in Colorado. For each pass, you'll find a brief history, the elevation, map location, which topographical map the pass appears on, and the elevation.




COLORADO ROAD RESOURCES

Passes and Canyons: Guide to Colorado Motorcycling
Motorcycle Roads Colorado Listing
Colorado Office of Tourism / Recommended Roads
High 5: The Highest Road in North America 
Open Road Journey / Colorado Suggested Road Routes
Alpine Loop Byway
65-mile loop that includes Engineer and Cinnamon Pass