Author: Ryan Hollister

Ryan Hollister is a long-distance motorcycle tourer, logistics writer, and former U.S. Army transportation officer based in Nashville, Tennessee. His military background in route planning and supply chain operations gives him an edge few moto travel writers can match — Ryan approaches every road trip like a mission, mapping contingencies, fuel stops, weather windows, and bike-shipping logistics with precision. He has ridden coast-to-coast across the USA nine times, completed the Blue Ridge Parkway more than a dozen times, and shipped motorcycles to Europe and South America for multi-month tours. Ryan holds a CDL and is a certified mechanic through the Motorcycle Mechanics Institute (MMI). His trip planning and transport guides on RedSky Adventures cut through the noise with clear, actionable frameworks built for real riders — not armchair dreamers.