Bike ride and Vacation in Maine

[kay bill c]

Any tips or suggestion's, looking at going this late spring or early summer.Heard the bugs are bad at time's,scenery is great all the time.Will most likly be camping alot,will do coast line and inland. any thought's?What month's ect.

[ka5ysy]

Here ya go:

http://www.madmaps.com/roadtrips/products/view/102/


If you happen to have a compatible Garmin GPS, they also sell the electronic version of the paper maps on the Garmin website. The maps are on a high-grade plastic map material (waterproof!) and give you a lot of good ideas for rides. Note the whole New England map pack. I have not used those particular ones, but the routes are all ridden by local motorcycle folks, so are good rides.

[mainelytriumph]

Check this camp ground out. http://www.lobsterbuoycampsites.com/No black flies. They don't like salt water.

[AllanCook]

Bugs, horrible. Acadia National Park, wonderful.

[kay bill c]

Mad map on order,any thoughts on what month would be less buggie.My wife and I are going to Acadia for sure and other coastal area's as well.Any thought's on the Northwestern parts.

[mogu83]

I hesitated because I don't have a lot of good to say about Maine as far as motorcycles go, naturally this is IMHO, etc,etc. We vacationed there for almost twenty years and enjoyed the camping,fishing and other outdoors stuff. We found that late July and early August were the best, after the bugs and before it started to get really cold at night. I've found very few good 'motorcycle' roads in Maine and the coast although it's very scenic is also full of vacationers in cages during the summer months. Traffic jams were the last thing I expected in Maine.
I have a lot of MC friends in Pennsylvania (WestPenn BMW club) and when they head to the Maine coast they go North through the Adirondacks in New York, East to the Lake George,NY area and then pick Rt4 East to the Laconia,NH area, then Rt16 North to Rt2, then East to Jay,Me, then Southeast to the Boothbay Area, then North to Shaw's Lobster Wharf on Pemequid Point (oops,that's a secret place).
Actually if you want to do things I would spend some time in the Laconia area, a ride up Mt Washington is a must do as is a trip across the Kancamagus (Rt112) and their are great motorcycle roads all over the area. If your looking for Moose I've usually seen them on Rt16 between Errol,NH and Rangley,Me. Any road that goes through a Gap or Notch is usually a good MC road, I won't get specific, their are too many of them. I can't recommend the Northern parts of Vermont and New Hampshire strongly enough, as you can tell I really enjoy that area (in the Summer/Spring).
If you going in Mid June their is a BMW rally just North of Laconia, I think they (Yankee Beemer) moved it to the week end before Fathers day week end.
Enjoy yourself it's a great area. What city in Pa are you in?

[kay bill c]

Thanks for all the info Harry,my wife and I have been to americade many times and are quite at home in the adirondacks and Vermont, it is one of are favorite place's to ride.THis year we plan on going North and it is always nice for a little imput.As for city we are kind of rural.Seven points is close, pop. about 80 I'm guessing. City of Sunbury to the west about 6 miles.A lot of folk's like to ride route 125 not to far from here

[AllanCook]

Mad map on order,any thoughts on what month would be less buggie.My wife and I are going to Acadia for sure and other coastal area's as well.Any thought's on the Northwestern parts.

Not so many bugs in January.

[kay bill c]

Would most likly have to run heated vest on high and install a little gripper tire's.Wife would need to follow in car,she's not one for below 50 degree's for sure.But thanks for the idea