[dsn_klr650] is new jersey really hell?

[Peter Dahlheimer]

i grew up in NJ, moved to colorado six years ago. i have never looked back, except to visit family, which i just had to do again last weekend unexpectedly. NJ is AWFUL for motorcycling, unless i suppose you are considering the Pine Barrons of southern NJ. traffic is horrible, taxes are high, there isn't much available riding at all (especially offroad). street motorcycling there is just dangerous. you can find an occasional fire road or "relatively" backwoods campsite with a few hours' ride (without a lot of traffic, if you can find that situation, and of course granting that you make it there alive) from the center of the state, but you're basically looking to get into or very near pennsylvania or new york state to do so. "NJ and you, perfect together". blech... On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 12:39:56 -0600 "Fred Hink" wrote:

> You want to knock some sense into this guy? > > > ----- Original Message ----- >From: Dave Svoboda > To: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Monday, June 18, 2007 12:03 PM > Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Is New Jersey Really Hell? > > > My wife is itching to move from Sunny Sandy Eggo back to her native > New Jersey, and as we all know, "If Momma ain't happy, ain't NOBODY > happy." She's from West Orange, so we're looking in that area. > > So I'm looking at the issue. First of all, I by no means expect the riding > to be the caliber of that available in Southern California, but really, how > bad is it? What's available on a one day ride? Two day weekend? > Three day long weekend? I like twisty riding best, but backcountry hiking > and camping is right up there. I also love taking my dualsport bike on > mountain fire roads. How does that translate? > > I know there's no legal lane splitting there, so how bad is traffic, really? > > How's insurance? Taxes? Air Pollution? > > Any local listers wanna be friends? (I don't actually know anyone there.) > > Thanks. > > - Dave Svoboda, Sandy Eggo > > > >