r/RideitNYC

This makes for a nice day ride. Just ran this last weekend with my riding group, 7 bikes total. We left around 11:15 or so and got to 9W Market around 7pm but we stopped for lunch and stuff.

First point is at a Sunoco station off the Sprain Brook Pkwy and a short cross over to the root of Hwy 22. Just north of Bradford, 22 was closed so plotted our own detour and it was a nice little addition.

Stopped at Blazer Pub just before Purdys for lunch. Wedge fries, giant salads and their Cape Cod Ruben is really good. Great staff and the owner is really nice. Have stopped there a few times.

From there you’ll cut over at Croton Falls to a scenic backroad up to Carmel then onto Hwy 301. From 301 you’ll turn onto one of my favorite roads in the area…Dennytown Road/Canopus Hallow Road then zigzag a bit to the traffic circle at the base of Bear Mountain road. The Redline Roadhouse is a biker bar if you feel so inclined.

(Note…when you turn off 301 it’s a residential street for a while. Blind corners and driveways. It’s 30mph…keep it reasonable, it’s still fun.)

The route includes a trip up Bear Mountain to the Perkins Memorial Tower. The State Park Police are suuupperr serious fyi. Finally run down Palisades Pkwy to 9W Market.

GPX:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BFkf6cCDjmLWt6xJTruTkU-G6xwYUO\_-/view?usp=drivesdk

As the title says. She was in a hurry to take her kids to school and completely missed that my bike was parked there.

I don’t have a garage to keep my bike in but the street I live on is quiet and not busy at all. Its a Speed 400. My first bike that I got last October. But surprisingly I wasn’t too heartbroken over it. She was nice and profusely apologized and told me to tell her how much the repair is going to be so she can pay for it.

Broken mirror, brake lever, damaged bar end on right side and bent kickstand. Thats the visible damage I could see. the engine guard did its job and took the brunt of it.
Rode around the street and it seems to work fine. Rear break feels bit different than what I’m used to so maybe the break pedal is bent. Rode it to the dealership and got an appointment in few days to get damage estimates.

I guess I’m surprised it hasn’t happened sooner living in NYC. My landlord lets me park it in the driveway but I’ve been putting it on the street whenever I plan to ride frequently and it’s a bit of a hassle to move it around the landlord’s car. Lesson learned.

Abouta buy this guy off my uncle soon, a 1990 Yamaha Vmax 1200. Im looking for a decent shop I can take this guy too if I ever need work done that I can't or dont want to do myself. I figure the dealer wont take it because of its age (because of stories ive heard) so Id really appreciate some advice on where I can take relatively old bikes that are reliable.

For reference Im located in Astoria, Queens but Im not afraid to travel a little if need be.

...while on the Prospect Expressway. Luckily I had my visor down!

I recently posted about concrete falling onto my car on the outbound lanes on the cross bronx damaging my car. It happened again this morning to someone else. It seems like this time it injuried a passenger or driver.

https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/cross-bronx-expressway-debris-falls/

Hit a huge pothole on the queens midtown expressway just before Maurice Ave as the expressway goes over Calgary cemetery, it jarred the shit out of me and I’m lucky I didn’t lose control. Both rims are dented, particularly the rear, and the rear tire went flat. Has anyone had any luck getting anything from the city after something like this? I’m trying to figure out whether that’s worth looking into or if I should just buy new wheels and tires and switch em over. Sucks, my bike will be out of commission for a while.

This website is for tracking surveillance cameras, but if you apply filter of operator ‘ New York City Department of environmental protection’ it gives the locations of sound cameras.

https://maps.deflock.org/?lat=40.7934&lng=-73.9322&zoom=10.60

This is community driven so it probably isn’t complete (I assume there are more than 4) and they might be moved etc.

But if you spot one it would be good to update the map (second image shows what they look like)

The fine for a first offense is $800. Im a bit confused exactly what the dB limit needs to be for a violation seems that a lot of people have different ideas 🤷

I rode to Jacob riis today for the first time in my fat bob and I did not expect the bridge experience. It was so damn windy and riding on the metal bridge section kept moving me all over. Luckily the car behind me saw me struggling and kept a safe distance. Has anyone experienced this? Maybe this was me being a noob Harley rider.

I’ve never ridden a motorcycle before, got this vtx1300 on a trade for an old car… and man have I been bitten by the bug, all I can think about it riding this thing and improving it. Really looking forward to group rides been to the last 2 TWT meets. Any other events or ride outs this summer would be greatly appreciated as I am trying to develop my skills. Also doing my msf this weekend been practicing on this hawg

Someone dropped my bike while i was away. I don’t know who it was, probably a stranger on my neighborhood. When i saw it the damage looks to be all cosmetic, fuel leaked mainly. Are there any other things i should look for/be concerned for? What do you guys do for something like this? Should i file a claim for insurance?

I rode it for maybe 5 minutes and everything seemed fine. But would like some advice.

Some idiot (apparently was stoned outta his mind) hit my bike and the car in front of mine, and then ran away. Called the cops, getting a report in a couple of days. Thankfully got the license plate photo of the perpetrator and the scene of the crime from a witness.