Moto Summer Camping - Week 3 - Staten Island

Moto Summer Camping - Week 3 - Staten Island

Last week was tough. Lots of rain so the one night that looked decent I ended up camping very local. Right under the verazanno bridge in Staten Island. A good 30 minutes from where I live. It was a cool experience. Seeing the bridge right over me. It’s nice to know I can do things like this in my own backyard. 

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Moto Camping - Week 2 - CT + "600 Mile" Service

Moto Camping - Week 2 - CT + "600 Mile" Service

On with the weekly summer camping trips. this trips location was decided on based on the 600 mile service that i needed. being the beginning of summer it was really hard to get an appointment at any of the local places. the soonest appointment was 3 weeks out, and at the rate i was going, id have over 2000 miles on the bike by then. i found an earlier service appointment at max bmw in Southbury CT for this past tuesday, which happens to be 3 hours from brooklyn. 

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Moto Camping - Solo - Take 1

Moto Camping - Solo - Take 1

I finally got out there. I’ve been wanting to do this for months and I’ve been prepping for it. A very small first trip. I had a good excuse too. I had to work upstate for the day on Tuesday so I went up late Monday night and camped nearby. Warning: this write up should be interesting to no one but myself. Still.. It is exciting to me. My first time! Gotta start somewhere. Just to be clear though – I’ve been camping many many times – just never by myself and never on a Moto.

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