On the Mark

Triumph Daytona 660

Goddess of Spring

This is one VERY Sharp Bike...

CboysTV is the gift that keeps on giving to powersports lovers. If the guys aren't making the wildest H-D Snow Bike you've ever seen, they're replacing the wheels on a dirt bike and an ATV with saw blades. 

The video thumbnail shows a Honda CRF250R on a frozen lake with saw blades instead of wheels, but like most content from the CboysTV, the thumbnail is just the tip of the iceberg. And the boys find even more interesting ways to put these homemade angle grinders to use.

Queue the sirens. 

Ride Apart

 In the pursuit of continued growth and product evolution, Gryphon has released a new collection of street and adventure protective riding apparel for the 2024 season. This exciting new product line-up features six new jackets and four new styles of gloves for all roads, trails, and conditions.
Gryphon is a leader in providing AAA CE Level 2 protective armor for all its riding gear. Every jacket offers elbow, shoulder and back protection and knee armor is included with every pant style.

Gryphon

Big Lynn Lodge 

Little Switzerland, North Carolina
May 9-12, 2024

Join a small, good-natured group of fellow motorcyclists for an epic weekend getaway in Western North Carolina! Here you'll find some of the most satisfying, scenic, and abundant riding in the nation—no matter how often you visit, there are always new roads to explore.
 “Home base” will be the historic Big Lynn Lodge perched at 4,000 feet in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Their back yard will take your breath away — a sweeping, glorious vista punctuated with comfy seating and cozy fire pits. Book a room or cabin onsite and get dinners and made-to-order hot breakfasts—all FREE!

Southern Alps Rally

       
Save the Date!

The Second Annual Cars & Guitars

July 20, 2024

120 County Road 521

Hampton Township, NJ

Right in Backroads' Neighborhood... 

(If they had "neighborhoods" up here?)

Last year's inaugural event was a winner on every front and this years it'll be even better.

This is a classic old-school event - the way towns used to do things.

Bring your car, truck or motorcycle and be part of it.

Food.

Rock & Roll.

Fun for everybody!

Cars & Guitars

With 15% more grip than the MICHELIN Road 5 tire in wet conditions thanks to 100% MICHELIN Silica Technology tread compounds and a new tread pattern featuring MICHELIN Water Evergrip Technology, the MICHELIN Road 6 tire delivers 10% longer tread life compared to the previous generation...

Look for On-the-Road Review in an upcoming edition of Backroads

Michelin

Backroads Magazine Current Edition

Motomarathon is a great bunch of days on the road. It's about riding as many twisties and scenic roads as possible, over four full days. Routes are kept secret until the night before each event. Through a series of self-recorded checkpoints, riders verify completion at the end of each day's ride. This year there will be Two MotoMarathons in the northeast.

See you there!
 

MotoMarathon

                                      Ballston Spa, New York

The National Bottle Museum was created to preserve, research, and exhibit bottles and objects related to bottle making. Visitors can view displays of bottles and glassmaking tools, learn about the local bottle history, and the history of bottle production. Bottle collectors and students also have access to an extensive research library. The Museum also houses the JRM Artists' Space, an art gallery for artists of varied mediums to showcase and promote their art. The National Bottle Museum offers educational presentations, on and off site, to historical societies, social groups, schools, colleges, service organizations, and others.

Bottle Museum

What? Did You Rally Think We Were Done...

A friend asked for a carrot to get her through the winter...

Well here it is, the Backroads' Spring Break 2024!

This long weekend will start on a Thursday, along the upper Delaware River in Hancock, New York and then meander west to Williamsport, Pennsylvania. This region of the Endless Mountains is a pure joy to ride and explore.

This SB will be a bit different, and we want to see how good you are at navigating and route planning. Any Road Whisperers out there?

The # 1 rule is Nulla Praecepta - have at it!

So, you got the basics... now it's up to you. Create your best route for any given day, and send your GPX files to [email protected].

These routes will be judged by Mr. Notso Happy, Pepe & Spenser T. Cat, and the top journeys will be posted for all.

Have fun and good luck!
 

Spring Break 2024

MachineartMoto

How a chance career opportunity turned into an enduring friendship that ended too soon...

by Chris Dixon

One fine morning on Earth Day last spring, my cell phone lit up with a Hawaiian phone number from a caller the device has long identified as “the Dude.”

“Hello, dude,” drawled a friendly, salty voice. “I’m heading out to Folly tomorrow. You have time to catch up and go for a paddle?”

The caller was none other than Jimmy Buffett. And by God, when God’s own drunk and a fearless man calls you to go paddleboarding, you go paddleboarding.

Jimmy Buffett

Progressive

Bluebird of Bitterness

Sterling Mine

Ogdensburg, New Jersey

Have you ever wanted to explore a cave or a mine and see a combination of history, natural beauty, and geological wonders? If so, then the Sterling Hill Mining Museum in New Jersey will provide all of that and more. While the hike through the mine is a pretty easy walk, it is rather cool down there, so bring a jacket. It has full accessibility and no climbing involved. You’ll get to explore 1300 feet of the cave and see what miners unearthed over 100 years ago.

 

Sterling Mine

The Bottle

Gil Scott-Heron

And don't you think it's a crime 
When time after time, people in the bottle

Earlier we visited the Bottle Museum and bottles are certainly everywhere - but with all things there is a dark side and Gil Scott-Heron hit it right on the nose with his lyrics, passion and music. A tune that is outstanding, if still about the most negative effects... of the bottle.
 

The Bottle