A signature event at our rallies are the bike games. Rock Lobster will be no different and we have two of the best track builders in the United States, Jim Bean and Dennis Godwin, coming to build a very challenging course utilizing natural and man made obstacles..
Is this a BMW only event?Nonsense! We don’t care what you ride, just that you ride. In fact, the local area is a hotbed of big bore KTM riders who will be joining us and helping with routes!
What is the venue like?Rock Lobster will be held at Camp Bobriwka in Colebrook, Connecticut. Bobriwka consists of 350 acres of woods with a swimming pond, dining hall, bathhouse, bunkhouse and miles of trails. It is at the foot of the Berkshire mountains, close to Great Barrington, Massachusetts as well the Green Mountains of Vermont.
What is the local riding like?It is wonderful. It is New England at its best with twisty pavement leading to historic towns and villages. You’ll see places that were part of the original Colonies and have the opportunity to have lunch in taverns that served George Washington.
Fine, how about dirt?They say if you grew up skiing in New England you can ski anywhere and to a large degree the same is true of riding a motorcycle, on and off road. There are miles of legal forest roads, historic roads and marked trails in the area. In some New England states the roads are listed by class; in Vermont a class IV road (VI in NH) is a historic wagon path that is not maintained. Some of these are reasonably easy in August while others can give you a brief taste of our version of the Darien Gap. The surface is often rocks, roots, dirt, mud and water crossings. Sand is rare. Loose surface climbs and descents are not. Come to a complete stop and shut down the engine when you encounter a person on a horse.
Rides and Routes?Absolutely! Thanks to some fantastic local talent we will be offering rides of varied difficulty that depart from the campsite. These will be self-guided rides with .GPX files provided. There are also trails on site. We will offer short loops that are on site and are rated the same as the GPX rides regarding degree of difficulty. This is to give riders a chance to discover that if you complete a Hero IV ride on a big GS the organizers would be most impressed.
How about the new Northeast Back Road Discovery Route?The new route from the good folks at Back Road Discovery will be released in February. Rumor has it the route will come pretty close to the rally site; we suggest riders plan on making Rock Lobster a mid point stop on this route. There is also the Puppy Dog (Mass to Canada via dirt) and other regional routes. heck out all the details as well as registration at the
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