5/17 White Horse Open House in Conway, NH

[PhatPat33]

I'm leaving from the Dunkin Donuts in West Boylston, MA with some friends and heading up to Conway, NH. Kick stands up at 8am. If anyone in NH want's to meet along the way, here is the route. I'll be leading the group up there and a friend has a nice route for the ride home.

It'll be about a 3-3.5 hr ride up there with a few stops along the way. The ride home will probably be even longer, but you can cut out when you like.

Let's go, dskelton, joeliec, Deanna Lee etc.etc

Here is the route (Click here)

Here is the Whitehorse Website

Hope to see some other VFRs there.


TEXT from the site:

Think Spring!
Whitehorse Gear's 3rd Annual Spring Open House
May 17th, 2008, 10:00-3:00
Rain or Shine

Whitehorse Press, publishers of fine motorcycle books, and Whitehorse Gear, your favorite motorcycling gear catalog, are located in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, and we're hosting our 3rd Annual Open House event on Saturday May 17th in Center Conway, New Hampshire. Free food (good stuff too), special guest speakers, free door prizes, lots of great bikes over which to kick tires, and plenty of good people to swap lies with!

Plan on making the trip to visit us at our 3rd Annual Whitehorse Gear Spring Open House on May 17th, from 10:00 to 3:00. We've just turned our clocks forward and spring is right around the corner. We know it might be a while before we see the ground because of all the snow that has fallen, but it's time to think spring!


Click the map for a printable detail map
Find Us:
We are located at 107 East Conway Road, Center Conway, between North Conway, New Hampshire, and Fryeburg, Maine. Look for our blue and white sign at the end of the driveway. Whitehorse Gear - What’s New and Hot This Spring at Whitehorse. Phone: 800-531-1133 or 603-356-6556. Click here to go to our Visit Us page for more information on where to stay and eat, and what to do while visiting.

GPS Coordinates & Elevation:
N 44°00.276’
W 71°04.976’
Elevation 553 Feet

[dskelton]

I'd love to Pat, but I have an MRI scheduled for Saturday Morning. (probably more than you wanted to know...)

[NeverlosT]

bollocks! I have to work on saturday. More notice! We need more notice!


Lets all plan something for a few weeks from now, it would be a hoot to meet up.
Hope you have fun on your ride!

[PhatPat33]

sorry... I've actually had this posted a while on the vfrd site and forgot to post it up on here. I'll try to give you all ample notice next time.

[DeannaLee]

Next time I should be in as well.

[dskelton]

Originally Posted by NeverlosT

...Lets all plan something for a few weeks from now, it would be a hoot to meet up....

I would defenitely be up for that. Uh,... some time in June I hope?

Hey Never, I've been meaning to ask you, what does your gas station list for the price of deisel?

Pat,
Was that you on 202 in Ringe at about 8:00?

[PhatPat33]

Originally Posted by dskelton

Pat,
Was that you on 202 in Ringe at about 8:00?

Yup that was me. Bright blue 'Stich suit on with 3 other bikes behind me. We had just finished up some dinner at Kimballs in Jaffrey. mmmm, mmmm, mmmm!

We were having a nice slow cruise home because of it getting dark... now while we were on the Kanc it was a different story!

[DeannaLee]

June has many possibilities for me start throwing out the dates and I will see what I can do. Where is everyone thinking.....a conway run or something else?

I have been thinking pretty hard about taking a weekend to go and make a loop around lake champlain this summer. Anyone know anything about the area?

[PhatPat33]

Originally Posted by DeannaLee

June has many possibilities for me start throwing out the dates and I will see what I can do. Where is everyone thinking.....a conway run or something else?

I have been thinking pretty hard about taking a weekend to go and make a loop around lake champlain this summer. Anyone know anything about the area?

How 'bout June 28th? vfrbeliever has a nice ride planned for western mass

Click here

[dskelton]

Pat,
Can you see if you can post up the pdf from ride here? I can't seem to open it.
Dean

[PhatPat33]

Originally Posted by dskelton

Pat,
Can you see if you can post up the pdf from ride here? I can't seem to open it.
Dean

I think you have to log in to open attachments. I'm unable to attach it here because the pdf is 90kb and I can only upload files that are 19.5kb to this forum.

Again, this is being planned by vfrbeliever, not me. He's done a lot of work in the organization of it, so if you're thinking about going, please let him know so that he can get a count for lunch and grouping purposes. Just sign in over there and let him know, or I can pass the info on to you.

I'll copy and paste the text from it. It doesn't have the maps, however.


Western Mass Ride
7:30am- 5:00pm

June 28, 2008
Meet Details
Early Meet at 7:30am
At the McDonalds/Dunkin’ Donuts on Pelham St. in Methuen, MA (exit 47 off 93)
Anyone from Southern NH or Northern MA plan to meet here
We will leave at 8:00am sharp to make the 9:00am meet in Orange
Ride from Methuen to Orange – 70 miles
93S to 495S
495S to 2W
2W to exit 16
Turn right onto 202S (Daniel Shays Hwy)
Stop at Dunkin Donuts/Shell Station for the full meet

Full Meet at 9:00am At the Dunkin’ Donuts/Shell Station on Daniel Shays Highway (202)
Coffee, fuel, check out the bikes!
We’ll try to get rolling about 9:30am

Trip Details Total miles: Depends where you start.
o From Methuen: 350 miles
o From Orange: 170 miles
3 fuel stops $
Coffee/Breakfast $
Lunch $
Depart Methuen 8:00am
Arrive Orange 9:00am
Depart Orange 9:30am
Arrive Golden Eagle 12:00pm
Depart Golden Eagle 1:00pm
Arrive Sugarloaf Mountain Lookout 3:00pm
Leave Sugarloaf Mountain Lookout 3:30pm
Arrive Methuen 5:00pm



Ride Detail – 170 miles
Miles Trip Meter Directions
0 0 202/122 south
2.1 2.1 Right on Elm St.
1.0 3.1 Elm St. becomes Holtshire Rd.
4.1 7.2 Turn left onto W. Orange Rd. (2A)
1.0 8.2 Turn left onto Wendell, becomes Wendell Depot, then Lockes Village
8.0 16.2 Turn right onto Lakeview Rd., becomes N. Leverett Rd.
6.5 22.7 Turn left onto Sunderland Rd. (47), becomes Montague Rd.,becomes N. Main St.
4.7 27.4 Turn right onto Bridge St. (116) cross bridge, becomes Sunderland Rd.
**Follow 116 all the way to Ashfield**
16.4 43.8 Turn right onto 112 (Ashfield Mountain Rd.)
**Follow 112 all the way to Adamsville**
12.7 56.5 Turn left onto Adamsville Rd., becomes W. Branch
7.1 63.6 Turn left onto Jacksonville Stage Rd. (8A)
1.9 65.5 Turn right onto Number Nine Rd.
1.7 67.2 Turn left onto Groll Rd., becomes Cyrus Stage Rd.
1.7 68.9 Turn left onto Pond Rd., becomes Zoar Rd., then Rowe
5.1 74.0 Turn left onto Zoar Rd.
2.4 76.4 Turn right onto 2 (Mohawk Trail)
12.9 89.3 LUNCH AT GOLDEN EAGLE (hairpin curve) continue on 2W
2.3 91.6 FUEL STOP, then back 2E
15.1 106.7 Turn left onto Zoar Rd.
2.5 109.2 Turn left to stay on Zoar Rd., becomes River Rd., then Readsboro Rd.
11.7 120.9 ENTERING VERMONT – becomes Tunnel St.
9.2 130.1 Turn right onto 100E
2.3 132.4 Turn right onto 112S
7.4 139.8 ENTERING MASSACHUSETTS – continue to follow 112S
11.2 151.0 Turn right onto Bridge St.
0.2 151.2 Turn left onto Ashfield St., then immediate left onto Conway St.
0.4 151.6 Turn right onto Summer St., becomes South Rd., then S. Conway, then Shelburne
Falls
8.4 160.0 Turn left onto Main St., then left onto 116
5.9 165.9 Turn right onto 5
0.4 166.3 FUEL STOP
0.5 166.8 Turn left onto Sunderland Rd. (116)
1.0 167.8 Turn left onto Sugarloaf St, then right onto Sugarloaf Mountain Rd.
0.9 168.7 Stop at lookout.
Trip Back to Methuen – 100 miles
116E to 47N
47N to 63N
63N to 2E
2E to 495N
495N to 93N

[DeannaLee]

Pat,
Funny you mention this one, I replied on the vfrd site yesterday ( I am bjz over there ) and should be good for that trip. Sounds like a great route. Looking forward to it.

Ever do any VT runs?

[PhatPat33]

Ever do any VT runs?

Every now and then I do VT. I think that the riding up there is some of the best in New England. Rt 100, 17, 9, 14, etc, etc....

I spent 450 miles up there on Wednesday last week (personal day from work). The roads did take a bit of a beating from all the frost heaves, but it was still a great day of riding.

This year, I want to do a little more of Maine. I have to get up to Caribou at some point for a rally I'm in.

[MrJoelieC]

I'm sticking the Jne 28th ride in my outlook calendar to remind me...

I missed the above ride as saturdays are kinda bad for me because of tee ball for my son...as that weekend was "Family Fun day" and pictures I did not want to miss it....

Pat I understand you met my good friend Pat aka Hoss... He's a real hoot to ride with he and I ride a lot together...

[PhatPat33]

Yup, I ridden with Pat (Hoss) a couple of times. That Triumph that he's got is wicked nice and Pat is a real good guy, too. On the way back from Whitehorse Press, he and two of my other friends were stopped by a LEO in New Hampshire, but no awards were issued.