Looking to explore more of Long Island and go to towns like Northport or some of the natural beaches. I’ve never driven a car there though and am not sure if there’s any decent routes exist.
Looking to leave the city for the first time and just curious if there are any general recommendations on more beginner friendly bridges/ highways to get to Hudson valley area if I wanted to ride to cold spring area.
Edit: by first time I mean beginner rider who has competed MSF course and owns a bike already. I just have city experience though.
Edit 2: based in Brooklyn
I’ve been 10+ times and I can’t get enough of it! The food and drink program is top notch. The staff are so welcoming and make an effort to ensure you have the best experience possible. The owners put a lot of their own labor into building the place out and restoring the outdoor area. The decor is all done by them as well and just creates such a homey neighborhood vibe.
I forget to take photos of my actual food so apologies haha. They change the menu a lot but it’s always 10/10. I’ve always nearly every menu item so feel free to ask me about it.
Go support these people!
PS get the flan for dessert! Especially if you have Cuban roots as it’s a guava cheese take on the traditional flan. The mezcal martini is also fire and you have to try the bocadillo and chicken liver mousse. Also never skip on their house made bread and house made butters🔥
I went to see a stornello yesterday and I was so stoked. The winner was great, had service records from the couple years of dealership records, great stories about the bike and his relationship with the brand…. Then he went to start it and it wouldn’t start.
He was shocked and I do trust the guy that he wasn’t playing me. The thing is that he just got a new battery last summer so it’s less then a year old and he rarely rides it. 6300 miles total. He said he just road it 2 weeks ago for a few hours.
I really wanted to let it slide but ultimately decided to not buy it out of fear of potential electrical issues that I may be walking into and not wanting to shell out more money as I was already buying out of budget ($5700 USD - he was throwing in a lot of other gear and work stands, etc).
The owner didn’t respond well to me declining as I had cash in hand. This was going to be my first bike purchase and I just couldn’t stomach buying something that was going to be problematic. He did put the battery on a charger and later told me it seemed fine but it still didn’t sit well either me that a new-ish battery wasn’t starting.
Thoughts? I was super bummed out to walk away from this beautiful bike as the Stornello is rare to find and this thing was garage kept by an Italian old man so it couldn’t have been much better of a deal for me other than this starting issue on the spot.