Ducati Monster Forum

Due to the frequent long days and high mileage rides that I plan, I feel like I've ridden everywhere within a 600 miles radius of NYC. Anywhere there's even a hint of a twisty road, I've probably been there multiple times. I'm not trying to say I'm tired of riding or tired of any of the roads I ride, I just feel like I'm caught in a rut - pun not intended.

Apart from traveling really far away to hit new roads, does anyone have any suggestions on how to make everything old seem new again? And before you suggest doing everything backwards, believe me when I say - it's already been done.

Any wisdom is appreciated.

Wish I could say the same thing, last time I had a chance to get off this God forsaken island with the bike was on one of your rides. :-\

Anyway do some dirt riding, hit up some track days. But ease up on the public roads for a while, they're going to get anymore interesting unless ninjas start popping out of trees or some crazy shit like that. [laugh]

Hit up some trackdays, man.

Try the same roads on a different bike.

Get a cheap motard or dual sport.  And ride the hell out of that imagine the new possibilities and the totally different riding position!!

Also if you put hybrid tires on it you can hit up every dirt trail you see while riding, you will never make it home with all the possibilties!

I think the only solution is far off roads, which means a weekend trip.  hint hint, VT, ME, NH, MA.  Leave Friday night, slab to location, hotel, sat ride, some sunday ride, then slab home.

Either way when winter rolls around you'll be aching like I do to ride the same ol' roads.

I have been thinking of a weekend trip to CT actually since its close and easy to get to from the island.  I hear there are great roads up there, buts its rumors i need to get some FHE.

I used to go to school out in Washington Depot, CT.  Over in that area there were some good roads, but it has been years since I have been there and I was 14yo at the time.

Don't know if he made the transition from ToB, but Bob Muller was interested in making a trip out to CT by Ferry and tearing up the roads out there.

+1 on the dual sport /enduro / motard, whatever you want to call it. I am itching to get one like you wouldn't believe. I have some secret trails I've come across that I can't wait to get on. I still have my old dirtbike but its too small and not street legal.

Also no po po out or cars out on the dirt.

On an somewhat unrelated note has anyone seen or used the updated microsoft maps site? Find it at www.maps.live.com . On top of satelitte imaging, theyve gone around with a plane and taken aerial photographs, click on birds eye view. Its incredible and a great tool for finding new places to go. Makes google earth look dull by comparison.

There's still some roads in my neck of the woods you might not have been on. There's an awful lot of roads around here.

That map thing ROCKS!!! [thumbsup]

I put on about 600 miles in a 4 day span which isn't too bad (thanks free gas!). I have been all over NYC to every borough, all over NJ, (Morristown/Bernardsville/Mendham have sweet hilly, twisty roads), and that's about it. I get sick of just riding the same route all the time myself. But I highly doubt you have been to every town know to exsistence. There are roads out there that I ride and never see anyone else on. I say we should all combine our vast knowledge of roads and have a meet up and just ride to "undiscovered" roads.

I'm down with that!

Has anyone ridden 604 through waterloo village? Its short but sweet. Never seen any fuzz, theres a spot where you can really juice it and still feel "safe"