On the Mark

For those joining us in Vermont for our 13th Summer Squeeze Gathering, there are route suggestions posted on our Backroads Events website. Just click on the picture above and you'll be taken there. Enjoy the ride and we'll see you on Monday!

Summer Squeeze Routes

A collector's Panigale V2 created to celebrate the culmination of Ducati's twin-cylinder engine evolution

A limited and numbered edition: the tribute to the twin-cylinder that defined an era.
Superquadro: pure technology, performance and unforgettable emotions. The only 555 specimens of this special collector's Panigale celebrate the twin that has made Ducati’s racing history.

Elegant and sophisticated, from its design to its components. The Panigale V2 Superquadro Final Edition embodies all the distinctive characteristics of the Superquadro engine, the pinnacle of Ducati twin evolution

Ducati

Harley-Davidson announced that it has trained one million riders through its Riding Academy program, cementing its status as the largest rider training program in the United States

Launched in 2000 as Rider's Edge, the program was rebranded in 2013 as Harley-Davidson® Riding Academy. Today, Harley-Davidson Riding Academy provides training through a network of more than 225 Harley-Davidson dealerships in 43 U.S. states, making it the largest rider training network in the United States and the only nationwide rider licensing program sponsored by a motorcycle manufacturer.

H-D Training

No Service?

7 Days, 7 Nights • Two October Dates
12-19 and 21-28, 2024

The tour begins on sandy two track, rising out of the Rio Grande valley into the high desert.  The first day will have us riding several river washes and visiting at least 2 hidden ghost towns. Ultimately, the beautifully restored Magdalena Hall hotel and the historic town of Magdalena, which is a sort of ghost town in itself, awaits us. From there, we explore lush Aspen forests, high mountain peaks, rocky desert trails, canyon interiors, many ghost towns and historical relics from a day when New Mexico was even less populated than it is now - hard to believe!  Each evening, we will find ourselves at a different lodging establishment; a mix of historic Inns, remote cabins, hunting lodges and cool downtown hotels.
Transportation of your motorcycle or rentals are available. For full details, follow the link and watch the video.

New Mexico with MotoVermont

From ‘Spicy’ to ‘Shockingly Electric’

We dare say all of you have had the horror of seeing a wasp or hornet walking across your face shield...on the inside! Getting stung while riding sucks, is painful, and has sometimes spelled catastrophe. This page remembers one passionate entomologist who poetically described and classified more than 70 species’ painful stings. 
 

Stings!

Now this is VERY different...A Blue Knights NJ IX AMA-Sponsored Ride, Pig Roast, Vendors, Activities, lots of fun...oh, and you can go skydiving too!

We have NEVER heard of a motorcycle event like this!

Music will be provided by Ruckus (the band, not the little Honda!)

Book your Skydive today!

Cop Drop

New York is a big state, and it’s filled with a whole lot of lore. It seems like we could spend days upon days talking about interesting historical facts and bits of trivia pertaining to this great state, but in the interest of time and space, we are just going to settle for nine great facts about New York that many readers might not know about. To learn more, keep reading these New York State trivia facts below.

 

NY Trivia

Backroads Magazine Current Edition

Progressive

Bluebird of Bitterness

Spark by Hilton

Yes - a Chain Hotel

We have never pushed or recommended one chain hotel over the other. But, we recently had a chance to stay at a Spark by Hilton in Newcomerstown, Ohio - Home of Cy Young!

Hilton is refurbishing existing hotels that had see far better days and the end result is very impressive - it certainly was a winner in Ohio!

If you are traveling and need a room, and a Spark is nearby we think you will be surprised.

Spark

Lipstick Vogue

Elvis Costello

Elvis Costello has been a super musician and performer for decades, and was and is far cooler than the other Elvis.

Lipstick Vogue is just pure Rock & Roll - Modern Drummer noted the, "killer intro here, a frenzied snare-and-tom combination that slides neatly into tightly coiled double time. That intro pattern returns between verses slightly faster, before a spooky breakdown gives way to a twelve-bar Thomas solo that sounds like a punk drummer interpreting "Sing, Sing, Sing"

Lipstick Vogue