In our last piece, we explored the interesting economics of FB Marketplace and left our heroes with sh*t-eating grins, ecstatic about their newly acquired steeds in a 2-for-1 deal. As a recap, picked up two 1989 Yamaha XT600s, with papers and in running condition at pretty great price. Tomorrow is the big trip to the DMV to get plates and transport them up to the Catskills from their temporary stashing place on Long Island so we can legal-ishly ride them on the road. Continue Reading >
We had another great iteration of the annual ADX weekend, this year. It was the same crew as last year with a few caveats. We had a new friend join us on the Friday section, starting in Catskill Park up until we stopped for lunch at Taco29 in Cahajoharie. Lukas’ bike was being a diva and he would not be getting it back from the shop in time to ride (nor could we round up a loaner in time). So he opted to join us on 4 wheels. It was actually pretty nice to have support vehicle come along! Russ was finishing an extended vacay in VT and ended up riding straight from there to meet up with us in Newcomb on Friday Night.
We mixed in a new unpaved section on Saturday, through the heart of Adirondack Park, where we encountered some sections of deep sand and deep gravel. Happily, everyone managed to make it through without issue, even Szabi on the Ducati Hyper, rocking Pirelli Corsa Rosso IVs!
Another highlight from Saturday’s loop was finally having nice enough weather to jump into the secret swimming hole that we stumbled across a couple years ago. Ultimately, we spent so much time goofing around on Saturday, that we did not make it to Lake Placid until well after 4:00PM, and subsequently arrived at the entrance gate for Whiteface after they had closed for the day. Can’t win ’em all!
I logged roughly 740 miles on the weekend. The guys who came up from the city obviously clocked significantly more. Good times were had by all. Can’t wait to do it again next year.
Check out the mega-gallery below for some more snaps. All photos by Jacob Breinholt.
We’re living in an interesting era. Given this is a light-hearted moto nerd publication, we are particularly fascinated with what economists coined as the “Great Wealth Transfer”. This is the phenomenon of over $100 trillion in assets passing from the Silent Generation and Baby Boomers to the younger generations (mainly to Gen X and Millennials).
We’re also living in an era of social media, a myriad of platforms is available, catering to different needs. If you had to draw a Venn diagram of transferor and transferee generations’ and their social media platform of choice you will most certainly find Facebook as the common ground. Gen Z is far past and too cool for FB, may only have one as a result of Meta acquiring Instagram, and Gen Alpha is busy doing goofy TikTok dances in their parents’ kitchen. Continue Reading >
Route Name: Southern Catskills Roller Coaster
Route type: Loop
Length: 110 miles
Surface: 100% paved
On our recent CMC ride we linked some of our favorite stretches of roads in the Southern Catskills into a loop to share with anyone joining. If you couldn’t make the ride here’s an opportunity to retrace the route on your own until we see you on the next one. Continue Reading >
2026 is a big year for CMC. We have gained some traction on holding ourselves accountable to making this club a place where like-minded enthusiast can connect and mingle. We’ve been hard(erish?) at work to ensure we have more club rides and overall a larger calendar of events and content consistently coming your way. There will be additional news, rides and event announcements so keep your eyes peeled on the socials. Continue Reading >
What was meant to be a Memorial Day ride got rained/frozen out and rescheduled for Saturday June 27. We met up on the early side at the P Diner. Most of the usual suspects were traveling or otherwise indisposed. But what we may have lacked in quantity, we made up for in quality. We had a feeling it was going to be a good day, when this dope old Saab pulled up next to our bikes with the top down. The good omen proved to be true. We had ideal weather for the entire ride. Vibes were also in the A+ category. We missed all of those who could not make it. But look forward to seeing you next time! Couple of additional snaps from the ride below– Continue Reading >
We had a bit of a false start on our first attempt at a 2026 spring club group ride over Memorial Day weekend, since it ended up being low 50s and pouring rain all weekend. We’re offering a rebate for what will surely be an excellent day of riding, with a 100ish mile jaunt curated by Szabi (A/K/A the route gawd). Jumping off from the Phoenicia Diner, lunch at Ravenwood, then ending back in Phoenicia. Everyone is welcome to join. Good vibes only. See you there!
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!
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!
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 >
