With a combined 34 years of motorcycling, Brian Bosworth and Michael Sanders recently took to the back roads of Oregon, doing research for a motorcycle guidebook.

Bosworth and Sanders, of Twisted Edge Publishing, turned their love for motorcycle riding into more than a hobby or mode of transportation. The Vancouver, British Columbia, residents have written separate “Destination Highways,” motorcycle guide books for British Columbia, Washington and Northern California.

They rode 12,400 miles in British Columbia, 14,000 miles in Washington, and 34,000 in northern California for their guides that evaluate roads based on “twistiness,” pavement, engineering, scenery and remoteness.

The duo rates the character of the ride based on “that feeling” you get when riding a bike on a good road.

“When they repair roads they take the curves out,” Bosworth said. “They think it makes them safer – I say leave them there, that’s what makes riding fun.”

Bosworth said bikers love the “twistiness” factor and maintaining curves in roads makes them safer because people are more attentive when they drive or ride on them.

“Just pave it, don’t straighten it,” Bosworth said.

The guide also provides information on more than the mere ride.

“We do all the back roads,” Bosworth said. “We’re looking for neat places to stay and eat.”

Bosworth and Sanders recently stumbled on Hotel Condon.

“We were really impressed with this,” Bosworth said of the recently re-opened hotel. “We’d certainly recommend that place. It’s too nice to pass up.”

When the pair isn’t riding back roads for research, they both work in British Columbia. Bosworth co-owns a video store and Sanders practices criminal law.

During their recent trip, Sanders rode a Honda VFR-800 and Bosworth straddled a Triumph 900 ST.

Sanders said their book is for all motorcycle enthusiasts.

The guides are informative, detailed and entertaining.

The authors interject humor and fairy tales in their descriptions, including references of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs when writing about Highway 96 near Happy Camp, Calif.

“Hi ho, hi ho, it’s off to bike we go,” the guide entry reads.