News – Catskills Moto Club

First Laps of the Season!

April 7, 2026

We are not totally out of snow season yet here in the Catskills. But mama nature did recently gift us with a handful of days with temps in the high 50s and low to mid-60s. During one such day I was able to get in a nice Pepacton loop ride via Millbrook Rd. I also dipped into a few of the unpaved seasonal connectors on the way over. All of the unpaved sections are freshly graded and have a nice new topcoat of gravel. It’s safe to say that they were in better shape than most of the paved sections leading over to the actual reservoir loop. This bodes well for all of the early-season NEBDR riders. The brutal winter and super wet spring have left a lot of loose debris on the back roads. I’m happy to say that the actual loop was very clean and smooth. Here’s to a great riding season, friends!

Stamford Earth Day 5k Meetup

April 2, 2026

IMG courtesy of Friends of Catskill Scenic Trail

Join other CMC riders this April 25th in Stamford NY for the Earth Day 5k! We will be meeting up around 9AM for the race and grabbing coffee together after the race. Make sure to join the “Catskills Moto Club” team when you register. If you can’t make the race, but would like to contribute a donation to Friends of Catskill Scenic Trail through the CMC team page, click here. See you there!

Epic Euro Trip 2025

October 10, 2025

Here I am, back in NYC, reflecting on my recent annual moto pilgrimage to Europe and so I decided to give my writing muscles their annual stretch. So many things happened in a year!

If you read last year’s piece, I came back from my trip to live a bikeless life for the foreseeable future given my accident and its multi-dimensional aftermath. Happy to report, as of May this year I’m back to motorcycle ownership. Tariff scares, supply constraints and luckily my wife’s support all aligned and allowed me to replace my ’22 Hypermotard SP with…. drumroll… a ’24 Hypermotard SP! I could write a very long controversial piece as to why the Hypermotard is the best bike ever, some would agree, most wouldn’t. It’s a preference and I just can’t think of not having one, there are a bunch of other bikes I would love to add to the Hyper in the future though! Continue Reading >

CMC x 2wTj Event Recap

September 17, 2025

On a recent idyllic Saturday morning, the CMC crew joined forces with the folks at Fahrt for the Catskill Brewery edition of their 2wTj series. A few of us met up on the early side in Highmount for a group ride to the event. The weather was brisk, but not chilly and there was barely a cloud in the sky. We took a winding route through Frost Valley and ending up on Debruce Road, along the Willowemoc River before arriving at the brewery on Old Rt. 17. Along the way, there was plenty of excellent fall colored scenery. We rolled into Catskill Brewery shortly before noon, joining a small contingent of riders who were already on site. By 1:00 a really nice sized crowd of riders had gathered. We met some really cool people and generally had a great time. Our group scooted out shortly after 2 and took a long loop back toward CMC headquarters grabbing a snack at Ravenwood before swinging through Ashoken and Bearsville. Sadly, I did not grab any snaps of the post-brewery niceties. Anyway, here is a mega gallery from the morning ride, and brewery event. Enjoy!–

Epic European Alpine Adventure

September 16, 2024June 3, 2025

I’m not a writer, far from it, but the esteemed editor in chief of this prestigious publication allowed me to submit my most recent adventure so thanks in advance for bearing with me here.

My father and I had been slowly reconnecting since my late teens after a pretty ugly divorce between my parents and the common ground for us happens to be machines, especially motorcycles. Last summer he and I rode an organized trip to the Balkans (Serbia – Bosnia – Croatia – Montenegro) and while we had some technical issues on that trip (maybe another article in the future if there’s demand?) the overall outcome was that we had a great adventure of riding stunningly beautiful, less traveled roads that wind through countries long ago dismissed by the west. To keep it interesting, we did all of this while battling the eccentricities of machines that were each north of 2 decades in age. Coming off that trip we agreed that we would do it again the following year. Continue Reading >

Some Fall Riding Clips!

October 13, 2023

I threw the gopro on the bike for a couple of rides over the long weekend in early October. Here is a quick vid with some of the leaf peeping footage–