| Author | Message | ||
     Mikexlr650 |
great ride today if a little wet. 250 odd miles of mostly twisted roads, thanx to saintly who mapped the whole thing out in advance. hammer, how bout postin the pics. the cows are curious! trac, no problems on the way home i hope. saint, and rich, funny how our speed dropped off as soon as hammer pulled off the the highway. fun to watch the tach just sit at 5-6 grand for long periods of time. rich, my first time through the hawks nest i kept thinking i must be in the wrong place. first badweb conversation with hammer and saint was something to this effect. | ||
| Hammer71 |
LOL.. speed dropped off. Mine didnt.Pace of 110 was just fine I think. Have to resize pics, will post them tomorrow some time as I'm very busy rubbing vasaline on my nipples. By the way pics came out pretty good considering what they were taken with. Cows look perplexed in the photos ( what the f..k is that guy mooing at?) Didnt get any of the deliverance dudes with their summer teeth (summer here summer there) or the gas station,gun shop, pizza joint, head shop, porn shop, dollar store place either. Next time around | ||
| Mikexlr650 |
we need to pick a corner and set up the camera. maybe somwhere on 9w. time to get some lean angle shots, need some new wallpaper. | ||
| Mikexlr650 |
hey beavis, he said nipples! huh huh you didn't get a shot of lawn-mower guy did you! you might be a redneck if...you ride your lawn mower to the gas station. | ||
| Jimduncan69 |
i am jealous i haven't been able to get a good ride in since i got back. i am looking forward to seeing some pic's sounds like you guy's had a good time. | ||
| Tramp |
hammer- try those little dr. scholl's "O" shaped pads for corns. they're great under both kevlar and mil-spec neoprene. | ||
| Hammer71 |
A few pics of the adventure          | ||
| Trac95ker |
So I decided to keep up the pace after we split off and I was alone. There was a Mazda blasting down the road at a 100 mph. Thought he would make a good shield. He pulls over into the slow lane and some cars pull into the slow lane as well. I'm looking at him nodding my head like get over...I didn't realize N.Y.'s finest was rite behind me. Well I was freaking. I pretended not to notice as I sped up to get in the slow lane. He rode next to me for a mile or so. Finally he took off and hauled ass up the road. I think he was admiring the bike, I hope! I got lucky on that one! | ||
| Mikexlr650 |
must have made good time though! | ||
| Mikexlr650 |
cool thing about yesterday's ride, we can reach any of those twisties in an hour if we run a straight shot out. we need to do that loop again in the dry. made for a good day ride. how about an overnighter into vermont/new hampshire area, or virginia. either way is a great ride. or a longer ride out to the black hills. preferably not during sturgis, too much traffic. | ||
| Doon |
Sorry I missed you guys, it was Belgium comes to Cooperstown yesterday, and some friends and I went on the brewery tours. Ahh Belgium ales... . Anyway I digress. I love those roads down that way (About 45 minutes to 1 hour to the pepacton reservoir for me). I just got back from getting the kickstand recall done on my XB at Utica HD. The nice part is the run up the Illion gorge on the way there and the way back. Next run you guys are going on, PM me and I will def try to meet up. -Patrick | ||
| Mikexlr650 |
will do. this season is shaping up pretty well. i'll pull some maps and start checking routes for nh/vt, and va. any suggestions. | ||
| Mikexlr650 |
jimduncan, how far are you from the border of pa/ny? i'll bet the pocono's have some good roads. | ||
| 2000m2 |
You guys are making me miss upstate NY. Love it up there. I lived in Lake Placid for a while growing up and Saratoga Springs in the summer of '04... | ||
| Mikexlr650 |
sandiego aint too shabby. been there on business, seemed as though it would have some fine riding areas once you leave town. heavy traffic in the city and some serious real estate prices though. | ||
| Xb9ser |
Great pics,looks like a good ride. Was Saintly wereing a dark sheild to protect his eyes from the sun? | ||
| Hammer71 |
LOL. Funny thing though is my shield decided it wanted to break along the way and had to duct tape the freakin thing. Thanks to jersey thunder and his shop being so close I got a whole new helmet while I wait on parts from Arai. | ||
| Blasterd |
I know what you mean Fred, 2 years living in Sullivan county I sure do miss it. Ken | ||
| Statik |
crap crap crap! I had no one to ride with, I wish I would have known. I live like 5 miles from the pics you took on rt 44/55.  | ||
| Jimduncan69 |
Mike, i live about 9 hours give or take a hour or 2 from the pa/ny border. i am on the west side of ohio. have givin any thought about a virginia ride? blublak has a group he rides with down there. | ||
| Mikexlr650 |
statik, if your in new paltz i'm about 25 minutes from where you get on 87. there are plenty of guys to ride with down here. if your shop is on the main strip we probably went right by you on sat. jimd, virginia sounds great, just gotta get to those maps and set up a plan. | ||
| Tramp |
and....he's also a beautiful run down albany post road (through Montgomery )from 44/55 coming from New Paltz. great winery route that way, as well. | ||
| Rkc00 |
I was up in your area after doing the Ramapo 500 and took a few pictures. Total of 650 miles for the weekend. The Uly ran great. Also stopped at Bear mountain on Sunday. No other Buells around.    Mike Long Island, NY 06 XB12X Black of course | ||
| Hammer71 |
AHHH nice pics of 218. | ||
| Tramp |
a buddy of mine used to organize the ramapo 500. he's currently been hospitalized for well over a year due to a horrible crash on his beemer. | ||
| Tramp |
statik- you own a skateshop in new paltz? wild. several of us live very close by. we'll hook up. | ||
| Statik |
yes, swing through. my name is jed. if you guys get my employees and not me have them call me. | ||
| Tramp |
I'm in the area quite a bit. couple close friends there. one had a nice little m/c shop out on 208 a couple years ago, just a few minutes south of new paltz near ireland corners. another has a vintage triumph trackster shoppe on libertyville between 44/55 and 299. another just opened the soap shop down behind P&G's...I did that plum paint job on the little colonial. another brothe rlives off albany post road and used to work the door at the blue moon, and still another lives up in the hills to the north. great riding country there...also used to climb the 'gunks as a teen w/Krause's grandson... | ||
| Mikexlr650 |
static, tomorrow night should be a good night for us at bear mtn, weather forecast looks good. roughly an hour ride for you, but decent roads and meetin up with people to ride with should make it worth it. | ||
| Mikexlr650 |
trac, not sure what your schedule is but tomorrow might be worth the trip over to the bear mtn car/bike show. as long as the forecast stays good it should get a killer turnout. take the same exit off 84 you did on sat, 9w south about 15 miles and your there. figure about 20-25 minutes from the diner. if your interested i could meet up with you off the exit. |
