With more and more people taking up motorbiking, there are now 3.6 million licensed British motorcyclists across the UK.
And according to the latest research from one of the UK’s largest specialist motorbike insurance brokers, Bikesure, they should be heading to Scotland this summer for the ultimate biking holiday.
Naming Scotland the second-highest biker hotspot in the UK, with 10,249 riders per 100,000 people, the research also found that Scottish motorcyclists might just be the friendliest, with 71% of Scottish riders feeling a sense of camaraderie and rating the friendliness of other motorcyclists highly.
The team at Bikesure said: "Our nation’s bikers travel a staggering 4.4 billion miles across the country on two wheels each year.
"The unwavering enthusiasm for biking is clear, but where are the most popular places to ride or take a holiday?"
With Scotland named as one of the best places for motorbike fans, we thought we'd take a look at some of the best places to go in Scotland for a road trip.
Described as Scotland's answer to Route 66, the 516-mile loop around the northern tip of the country stretching from Inverness to Caithness and back, is without a doubt one of the best road trips in the UK, if not Europe.
Launched in the summer of 2019, this exciting new touring route covers 200 miles around Perth, Stirling, The Trossachs and Highland Perthshire.
Featuring both of Scotland's national parks, the Loch Lomond & the Trossachs and the Cairngorms, the wonderful little loop that's as exciting over a weekend as it is extended over a full week.
This new rival to the NC500 was recently named in Lonely Planet’s Ultimate Travel List in the top 500 unmissable global travel experiences.
With a 250-mile route through the rugged coastlines of the Moray Firth, the stunning wilderness of the Cairngorms and the whisky lover's paradise of Speyside, it's definitely one to excite.
This new circular 66-mile route runs from Kennacraig to Campbeltown on the A83 and B842 public roads, and allows travellers to explore stunning locations like West Kintyre, Gigha, Machrihanish and Southend, East Kintyre, and Tarbert and Skipness.
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