New Hampshire riders

[nyjerry]

Looking for any info on riding in the state. How are the road conditions on the road up to Mnt Washington. What are some other good senic touring routes and stuff to do.

 

Thanks Nyjerry

[Scooter Bob]

At Mt Wash base they can give you the weather conditions at the top. I was there 2 months ago, and with 42 degrees at the top, no need for gloves. The white knuckles keep the hands warm. 1 mile of the 8 was under construction and was gravel. Take your time, and you can make it.

 

Lots of other nice roads around, and lots of covered bridges. Just grab a tourist map at a visitor center when you get in the area.

 

Have fun,

 

Later, Scooter Bob

[BARKEEP1956]

There are many great places to ride in New Hampshire. Tha Kankamagus Highway (rt 112) is an excellent bike ride. You can turn off that road onto Bear Notch Road and go over a couple of mountains and end up in North Conway. From there you can pick up rt 302 and go to Mt Washington. Another nice are to ride is around Lake Winnepesauki. There are so many great areas to ride in New Hampshire. Enjoy and have a safe trip.

 

 

Barkeep1956

[GatecityAl]

This just came up on the VROC.com forum (Kawasaki Vulcan Riders). Here's what I recommended along with a few other locals:

 

1. Route 302 through Crawford Notch

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Route_302_in_New_Hampshire

 

2. Hurricane Mountain Road

http://www.motorcycleroads.us/roads/nh_hmr.html

 

3. Kancamagus Highway/Route 112

http://gonewengland.about.com/od/nhsightseeing/a/aakancamagus.htm

 

4. White Mountains Scenic Byway

http://www.visitwhitemountains.com/things-to-do/scenic-byway.aspx

 

On the weekends, stay off Rte. 16 through Conway & North Conway, unless you want to play bumper cars with the outlet mall crowd.

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I took a ride with a good friend a couple of days ago that was pretty nice.

From Concord, NH.

to Keene, NH.

to Bennington VT.

to Williamstown, Ma

to Greenfield, MA.

To Keene, NH.

to Concord, NH.

 

Back to your destination.

This is a southern route but all nice roads with wonderful vistas along the route. Should be real nice in the fall.

 

here's a few links

 

http://www.motorcycleroads.com/routes/NorthEast/NH/NH_index.htm

 

http://www.openroadjourney.com/roads/NewHampshire.asp

 

http://www.sundaymorningrides.com/road/states/NH.shtml

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You're from Georgia so if you've ridden the dragon or even your own mountain roads then Hurricane Mountain Road should be no big deal...except it IS narrow and steep. Kind of like Chimney Rock in NC but not as long or as tight. Should be a little taste of home.

 

When you get to the Maine end of Hurricane Mountain road turn left and ride to Route 113. Take this road north to Route 2. The upper half of this stretch is well worth the ride! From there turn west on Route 2 and join up with the Scenic Byway loop that a previous post pointed you to. You can either ride 16 south past Mt Washington or stay on Route 2 and take 302 back through Crawford Notch...either one has worthwhile sights to see.

If you go through Crawford Notch be sure to stop at the Willey House and find out what it REALLY means to have "a case of the willeys".

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And here's what the visitor from GA had to say about his rides:

"I would like to thank all those who gave suggestions for rides in this beautiful State. My son and I had some great rides and great weather while we were here in NH. We are headed south in the morning for a stay in my old home town of Rye. We'll ride the remainder of the 1A coast ride tomorrow while visiting friends. We rode the north and middle loops around the White Mtns, rode the Mt Washington Auto road, Kancamangus twice and the Hurricane Mtn road 3 times. The Mt Washington Auto road was about the scarriest ride I have EVER done. Not so bad on the way back down, but that first time up made me wonder if I was going to make it. We also rode ME 113 up to US 2 after our first run on Hurrincane Mtn road. That is a real nice ride too. Hope to get back up this way again sometime."

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ENJOY!!!!

 

Al