Ribrickulous
Veteran Member
Three videos up on youtube:
1 of 3 https://youtu.be/xRdNwXomtVQ
2 of 3 https://youtu.be/5YvAR0P-F0U
3 of 3 https://youtu.be/AFXco2y1pAY
The wind buffeting is better, but that's not saying much. Figuring out a better audio solution is taking a low priority right now.
Took a ride upstate out of the city to hit fall foliage in Harriman State Park. It's just about at it's peak in Brooklyn, and was *just* past peak upstate, but still perfect in a lot of places.
I didn't start recording until we were on the Palisades Parkway, which meant we missed the C-17 making it's way up the Hudson River while riding up the Henry Hudson Highway. I feel like it's just the size of the plane, but I swear the thing couldn't have been flying above 1,000 feet. Took the palisades north to exit 14, cut across Willow Grove Road to the park, which is where the starter motor gave up the ghost, and then turned North on Seven Lakes Drive (so there are a few lakes missing, didn't start from the "start").
Not sure if it's the extra weight of the passenger or if I just need a new front tire (the rear has maybe 100 miles on it) but I didn't feel as confident in the twistys on Willow Grove / Kaunawake. Took it slow. Made the wrong turn at the wrong roundabout at the top of the park, so we wound up doing it twice - no matter, everything was just as gorgeous .
I was really happy to see that fewer people than during the summer were out in the park, which meant way less traffic. There were a few foliage photographers that definitely picked up some shots of us on the bike as we rode by.
Finished the second loop and took off across the Bear Mountain Bridge, which, on the downside, had some big construction going on, but on the *big* upside, got rid of the EZ-Pass toll plaza that couldn't ever read my EZ-Pass with a new no-stop plaza. I'll take it.
South on 9A, which at that time of day is very traffic bound, which is unfortunate for such a gorgeous road. Somewhere in 2 of 3 is a falcon or hawk taking a dive at its lunch (edit: 42:50 - looked better in person, the camera clips off the top of my field of view). Ended at a gas station just north of Peekskill where there were a few motorcyclists that wanted to ogle the CL350. One of the guy's had one of those two wheeled tractor trailers complete with a reverse gear. Not hating on them, just a wholly different bike.
Turned off the camera after this - not much interesting happening on the way south, just plenty of late-day traffic getting home.
Timestamps of interesting stuff are in the individual youtube videos.
1 of 3 https://youtu.be/xRdNwXomtVQ
2 of 3 https://youtu.be/5YvAR0P-F0U
3 of 3 https://youtu.be/AFXco2y1pAY
The wind buffeting is better, but that's not saying much. Figuring out a better audio solution is taking a low priority right now.
Took a ride upstate out of the city to hit fall foliage in Harriman State Park. It's just about at it's peak in Brooklyn, and was *just* past peak upstate, but still perfect in a lot of places.
I didn't start recording until we were on the Palisades Parkway, which meant we missed the C-17 making it's way up the Hudson River while riding up the Henry Hudson Highway. I feel like it's just the size of the plane, but I swear the thing couldn't have been flying above 1,000 feet. Took the palisades north to exit 14, cut across Willow Grove Road to the park, which is where the starter motor gave up the ghost, and then turned North on Seven Lakes Drive (so there are a few lakes missing, didn't start from the "start").
Not sure if it's the extra weight of the passenger or if I just need a new front tire (the rear has maybe 100 miles on it) but I didn't feel as confident in the twistys on Willow Grove / Kaunawake. Took it slow. Made the wrong turn at the wrong roundabout at the top of the park, so we wound up doing it twice - no matter, everything was just as gorgeous .
I was really happy to see that fewer people than during the summer were out in the park, which meant way less traffic. There were a few foliage photographers that definitely picked up some shots of us on the bike as we rode by.
Finished the second loop and took off across the Bear Mountain Bridge, which, on the downside, had some big construction going on, but on the *big* upside, got rid of the EZ-Pass toll plaza that couldn't ever read my EZ-Pass with a new no-stop plaza. I'll take it.
South on 9A, which at that time of day is very traffic bound, which is unfortunate for such a gorgeous road. Somewhere in 2 of 3 is a falcon or hawk taking a dive at its lunch (edit: 42:50 - looked better in person, the camera clips off the top of my field of view). Ended at a gas station just north of Peekskill where there were a few motorcyclists that wanted to ogle the CL350. One of the guy's had one of those two wheeled tractor trailers complete with a reverse gear. Not hating on them, just a wholly different bike.
Turned off the camera after this - not much interesting happening on the way south, just plenty of late-day traffic getting home.
Timestamps of interesting stuff are in the individual youtube videos.