Long Island: Stormy Seas at Smith Point
Hot on the heels of some glorious weather last week, Long Island was hammered with driving rains and wind on Saturday night. Trees were downed, shingles were torn from roofs, anything that wasn’t secured...
Category: Long Island
Motorcycle Photo: Where There Is A Will There Is A Way
Now there’s something you don’t see everyday. A Honda Civic pulling a trailer with 2 dirtbikes on it. Who needs a gas sucking behemoth here on flat Long Island to shuttle their bikes around?...
Sights from the Road: I Love Huge Wieners
Don’t you? I mean, seriously! How great is that hot dog? I have to thank my dear friend Bill for tipping me off to the giant hot dog. I had no idea it existed....
The Ghost of the Bridgehampton Motor Racing Circuit
While out east on Sunday, we stopped off to peer into what was once Bridgehampton Motor Racing Circuit. I had been there when the track was still being used several times with a good...
Listening To Your Inner Voice Before Riding – Do You Do It?
On Long Island’s north shore sits Jamesport Auto Service. I’ve passed it a hundred times but never noticed the vintage Flying A gas pump until yesterday. I simply had to stop for a picture....
What Is The Silliest Reason for Riding?
Today the weather was pretty warm for a January day in New York. It was 45 degrees and sunny when I left the house. I headed out to the town of Greenport, to take...
Triumph Speed Triple and the Big Christmas Bee
The giant Scientific bug is all dressed up for Christmas. Actually I think its more of a big bee than a bug. I spotted him last Sunday while I was out for a cold...
Motorcycle Christmas Photo: Giant Nutcracker
Yesterday morning I set off from the house while my family still had sleep in their eyes. I had to get a quick two-wheeled fix while the temperature creeped towards 30 degrees. As I’ve...
Sights from the Road: Fuzzy and the Giant Cauliflower
It’s that time of year when riding a motorcycle is a little less easy going. Though it was sunny today, the temperature never made it above 40 degrees. All in all, not too bad...
Motorcycles and Sombreros Don’t Mix
On the day that I decided to drop my bike at the gas station I was heading out to take a picture of a giant sombrero that was previously an ADV tag-o-rama tag. To...
Motorcycling Long Island: Sunday at the Fire Island Lighthouse
A 60 degree Sunday afternoon at the end of November is a treat here in the Northeast. Old man winter is patiently waiting to come knocking on our door. In the meantime we made...
Moto Photo Blog-O-Rama Meme: The Long Road Home
As motorcyclists we most often look for the twistiest roads. Sometimes though, there is strange appeal in seeing a road that just fades straight off into the horizon. The flakey tree-huggin’ part of me...
Long Island: Off the Beaten Path – Autumn at Peconic Lake
Long Island is home to over 3 million people squeezed into it ‘s 2 eastern most counties; Nassau and Suffolk. Though it is the largest and well longest island in the United States, space...
Sights from the Road: Casa Basso in Westhampton, New York
“d’Artagnan, come sir. Today, we swashbuckle at the Casa Basso. My man servant Mousqueton telleth me the eggplant rollatini is to dieth for!” Casa Basso 59 Montauk Highway Westhampton, NY 11977 http://www.casabasso.net
Sights from the Road: It Wasnt a Rock, It was Rock Lobster Art Car
This afternoon while out cruising around I just happen to stumble across what could easily be the top 3 art cars that I’ve seen so far.
Sights from the Road: Another American Flag Mural
Back in September I made a post that featured 5 American Flag themed murals that I had found while out riding. Tonight while out picking up an ADVrider.com tag, I spotted another one for my collection.
CBR XX Blackbird: Could this be the fountain of youth?
Going with a friend to pick up his motorcycle makes me nearly a happy as it does him.
Sights from the Road: Chinese Takeout Mobile
Is Long Island some kind of hotbed for art car activity? King Pow Car Chinese Takeout-Mobile!
Sights from the Road: The Worst Graffiti Ever
Sometimes your travels will take you past picturesque settings of mountain ranges echoed in the glass like reflection of a lake at its feet while other times you find the beauty of something fragile in a more urban setting like a lone flower growing through a crack in the sidewalk.
Ahoy, Landlubber! The Point Lookout New York Fisherman
Photograph of the Lookout Point Fisherman statue on Long Island.
