Longitude & Gratitude

Category: Riding

  • Lime Rock Historics

    Lime Rock Historics

    Last Sunday was a swampy, crappy day, with skies like wet paper towel…. The ride getting up here was somewhere between uninspired, and completely mired… There was an annoyingly long line at the entrance gate… But finally, the bridge… And I’m in. Welcome to Lime Rock Park in beautiful Lakeville, Connecticut. Tucked way up in the northwestern-most…

  • Vespa Lube

    Vespa Lube

    I happen to be the lucky and proud owner of one of these. It’s a 2006 Vespa GT200 Granturismo. King of the Modern Vespas. Not as chunk-style and up-powered as the GTS 250 or GTS 300, but still as smooth as Italian-churned butter and amply quick. Also, not as fey-looking or anemic as the LX.…

  • ADVLounger

    ADVLounger

    Let me just start by saying that I’ve got nothing against the TAT, Arctic Circle runs, the Baja 1000, butane stoves, TKCs, turkey jerky, muddy chains, or pup tents. I dream of that stuff. But I live in reality, and I’m a middle-aged New England dad with middle- (and high-) school kids, the typical midsection…

  • Mass Hooky

    Mass Hooky

    On the one hand, not a bad call to arms: somewhere between a work-stoppage and a group mental health day. But for me, Mass Hooky simply meant a day away from the office, children, the wife, email, cars, trains, deadlines, and the home state of Connecticut. And a trip up into what Robert Pollard of…

  • Litchfield Joy Ride

    Litchfield Joy Ride

    This post first appeared on ADVrider. It was, as the list below suggests, my first ride report; my first attempt at using a message board to post content; and pretty domesticated as far as moto-adventures go. But it got me hooked on three things—exploring New England on two wheels; taking lots of pictures; and coming…