Mike; I know the feeling. Most of my buddies have Iron Horses and would have little to no interest in the Tracey either. When I ride with them, I always ask myself "is this really riding?" anywho, hope to see you at NERDS!I went along with a couple of friends to Americade this year and we took a day ride up to Lake Placid. On the way back as we passed under the Northway I saw the sign for Tracy Rd beaming ahead but I knew it held no interest for those two iron machines in front of me.Riding past it was almost in slow motion.
Mike; Buffalo is perfect! You could actually ride over (with Wine Guy, Madmudder) to do the Finger Lakes Kickoff with us Weds nite! and... you can sponge off me bro, anyone making that jaunt has the green light with me!
Ate at tail of the pup once, great food!Mike; I know the feeling. Most of my buddies have Iron Horses and would have little to no interest in the Tracey either. When I ride with them, I always ask myself "is this really riding?" anywho, hope to see you at NERDS!I went along with a couple of friends to Americade this year and we took a day ride up to Lake Placid. On the way back as we passed under the Northway I saw the sign for Tracy Rd beaming ahead but I knew it held no interest for those two iron machines in front of me.Riding past it was almost in slow motion.
Mike; Buffalo is perfect! You could actually ride over (with Wine Guy, Madmudder) to do the Finger Lakes Kickoff with us Weds nite! and... you can sponge off me bro, anyone making that jaunt has the green light with me!
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Here is my ride-in map, I altered the Finger Lakes part to include the Hilltop Restaurant for breakfast. Really delish and quite reasonable!
I also made this within Basecamp, so anyone wanting the .gpx file?
KSU from my house will be 7:30 AM, Breakfast at the Hilltop is 45min onroute
After breakfast, we will have a Kodak moment/stop (just for Mike the Wine Guy!) in Skaneateles NY. pronounced: Skinny-at-liss. One quaint and kewl ass town!
Leg stretcher and another Kodak moment in Old Forge. I'll stop right next to the covered bridge and lake.
1PM LUNCH
TaleO'thePup BBQ. It's outdoors with covered eating area's. We did this for Art's Dak's ride about 4 years ago.
>So far; Meeting/Joining up with Dave (On2) here!
Pretty much a go, unless the in-crowd desires sum-tin different?
-KJ
Ah - I didn't put 2 & 2 together until I saw your pic. Neat place from what I remember.1PM LUNCHTaleO'thePup BBQ. It's outdoors with covered eating area's. We did this for Art's Dak's ride about 4 years ago.
>So far; Meeting/Joining up with Dave (On2) here!
On the Beemerdons' great "Extreme Alps Tour" that some of us lucky fellers did 3 or 4 years ago, we rode many wonderful roads and went up and down some incredible mountains. So it was kind of a rude shock when we came to the toll booth on one (but not the best) of those mountain passes--in Germany, I think, and found that each moto had to pay something like $35 U.S. Automobiles, IIRC, had to pay over $50! (Anybody here from that bunch remember the name of that road?) That was the only toll we had anywhere, including the amazing Stelvio Pass and the Grossglockner, probably the two best of many fantastic rides. The worst part was there was no real alternative, except to turn around and figure out another way around the mountain.As a very scenic sidebar, we could chose to ride up Whiteface Mountain. Bad news here, it's $15/bike. I haven't been up there in a few years, but I do remember an elevator ride up a tower to get to the very top (almost castle like) with simply unbelievable views. If it weren't for the road/admission, this would automatically be in our Adirondack tour, but I guess?.... we can discuss over our lunch if you guys would like this Kodak moment....
The ride up and over Mt. Greylock won't cost you anything, but if you want to park and enjoy the view, check out the monument or visit the Lodge, be prepared to get your wallet out.
