The Taborton Loop: New York Motorcycle Rides

Motorcycle Roads Home > New York Motorcycle Roads

Title: The Taborton Loop

State: New York

Submitted By: RaWarrior

Date Submitted: Apr 08

Motorcycle Type: 82 Suzuki GS450

Motorcycle Road Length: 28 Miles

This is the really good part of Taborton Rd, it's constant twists and turns for a good 2 miles.

Motorcycle Road Scenery:

Farm to Market Road is a scenic part, with sweeping hills that give great vistas at the top. Taborton road is mostly in forest, so there isn't a whole lot to look at, but you'll be concentrating on the road too much to notice any scenery. This ride also takes you right up to the doorstep of the Cherry Plain State Park.

This is the 90 degree turn between 41 and 42. Be careful, it kinda sneaks up on you.

Motorcycle Road Quality:

This is definitely a technical, twisty ride. Farm to Market (included because rt2 is easy to get to from a lot of surrounding area) isn't particularly exciting, rolling hills and sweeping turns. Once you get into 42 though, hold on to your panties kids! Tons of twisties and negative-G roller hills where your butt lifts off the seat a bit. Many twisties are marked as 20 mph, so that should give you a clue. This trend continues all the way back to the intersection of 351. The first part of 42 has some shallow, rounded potholes. More of an annoyance than safety hazard. Couple of the sharp 90 degree corners have sand/gravel in parts, so look before you hit the turn hot. No cops and very little traffic made this ideal for a good ride.

The bottom line is this loop is twisty and some of the curves really sneak up on you, as in they look less sharp than they are. Less experienced riders should take caution, nobody wants to end up in the woods because they hit the corner too hot. If you're hot-dogging down this road (and you certainly can, never any cops and very little traffic), you may have a few "scraper" corners depending on your bike and your speed. .

This is the really good part of Taborton Rd, it's constant twists and turns for a good 2 miles
This is just getting into the twisties after E. Postenkill.

This is the really good part of Taborton Rd, it's constant twists and turns for a good 2 miles
This is a view from Farm to Market Rd (Rt 351). Hilly, with good
views from the top. Some sweeping turns, but that's it..

Motorcycle Roadside Amenities:

There isn't really anything to stop for. A little into 42 is the Adirondack Grill, which is pretty good for your standard bar/grill food. No gas on the loop, though there is gas in W. Sand Lake(out of the way), and also where the loop re-meets with 351. It's only about 30 mi, so you should be good.

Directions:

View Larger Map

Written directions:

Start just east of Brunswick, NY (just northeast of Albany, NY – see online map!) at the intersection of 351(Farm to Market Rd) and Rt.2

Head south on 351 to the second intersection you encounter, it will be for Rt.66 (Miller Hill Rd). Make a left onto Rt.66

Continue to the next intersection. Make another left onto County Rt.42 (Taborton Rd).

Continue through the town of Sand Lake for 1-2 mi, and that's when things get interesting. Continue on 42 and you'll encounter a sharp 90 degree left turn, which turns it into Rt.41 (Dutch Church Rd).

Continue north on 41, more twisties with lots of rolling hills. You'll come to a T intersection, make a left onto Rt.40 (Plank Rd).

Continue, lots of hills here, like a rollercoaster. Pass through E. Postenkill (don't blink, you'll miss it), and 40 magically turns into 44 (Columbia Hill Rd).

You'll come to another T, make another left onto 79 (Blue Factory Rd). Continue for about a mile.

At the next T, make a right back onto 40. This will take you back to 351, and a gas station. Otherwise, make a right to backtrack north on Farm to Market Rd, and back to Rt 2.

Ending at intersection of Rt.2/Rt351.

Going at a moderate speed (I wasn't really hot-dogging, but definitely over the limit) it took me about 45min from Rt 2, around the loop and back to 351 as shown in the map.

Additional Information:

- View the weather forecast for this area from Yahoo weather.

Comments page 0 of 0

Click here to add a comment

Your Name:

Motorcycle Information:

Year (yyyy) Make Type

Survey questions to help us serve you better (this information will NOT be displayed with your comment):

Gender Your age State

Image verification:

Comment / Addition / Update:

MotorcycleRoads.com reserves the right to edit or delete the information submitted. If you do contribute/submit content, material, photos, etc, you grant MotorcycleRoads.com and its affiliates a nonexclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, and fully sublicensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, and display such content throughout the world in any media. You grant MotorcycleRoads.com and its affiliates and sublicensees the right to use the name that you submit in connection with such content, if they choose.

There are currently 0 comments to display.