Girlie Motorcycle & Road Trip Blog
Full tank. Wandering heart.
A newsletter recently put out by the Port Jefferson Business Improvement District here on Long Island is ruffling a few feathers in the local motorcycle community due to the inflammatory language used in 2...
On Sunday morning I rolled out of the driveway heading out to meet up with some of the gang from ADVrider for a street ride. This was the first time in many weeks that...
During summer evenings, the parking lot at McNulty’s is packed with families out for ice cream. Sticky-faced children mill around the patio leaving trails of drips and drops in their wake. When I passed...
Long Island is home to some unusual residents. In the town of Riverhead, sits the North Quarter Buffalo Farm. Though the island seems like an unlikely place for them to thrive, the herd is...
When I’m out and about I often see heart-shaped things on the ground while I’m walking… like rocks, holes, ice cream splatters. It started happening often enough that I started taking pictures of them...
Before dinner, I stepped out for short ride to take in what was a warm March evening. While the sun still shone I cruised by Cedar Beach and watched the waves roll in against...
This afternoon after getting all my paperwork squared away at the DMV, I set off on my first ride on the DRZ. The temperature was hovering around 40 degrees. With not much more than...
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....
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...
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....
We’ve all heard the phrase time and time again. Loud Pipes Save Lives Strangely enough it’s only the people who have loud pipes who seem to decree this. Coincidence? The clever boys and girls...
On my 2009 in review list of 100 things that I learned abot motorcycling, my #40 entry was: I’m struggling with whether it’s better to have slabbed and seen or not seen at all....
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...
“All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost; the old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by the frost. From the ashes a...
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...
Did you ever know that you’re my hero, and everything I would like to be? I can fly higher than an eagle being attacked by a mutant horseshoe crab, ’cause you are the wind...
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...
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...
We spotted this beautifully restored 1967 Honda CB160 while kicking tires and drinking coffee at the Captree Boat Basin state park. With his 16 ponies give or take, this guy must’ve left on Friday...
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...
