# Anyone ride the Kangamangus? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [June 18, 2008, 9:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-ride-the-kangamangus/50200 "2008-06-18T09:25:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PureXTC](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/purextc/32/5223_2.png) [@PureXTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PureXTC)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 9:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-ride-the-kangamangus/50200/1 "2008-06-18T09:25:32Z")
I’m thinking about going here instead of the gap. The Kangamangus is a 30 mile highway in the mountains of New Hampshire. Just wondering if anyone has ever been there and how twisty/fun it is. ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 10:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-ride-the-kangamangus/50200/2 "2008-06-18T10:31:17Z")
Never heard of it. But I’m going to New Hampshire in July. Where’s it at? ---
**Author:** ![PureXTC](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/purextc/32/5223_2.png) [@PureXTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PureXTC)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 10:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-ride-the-kangamangus/50200/3 "2008-06-18T10:39:06Z")
![http://www.bimmerboard.com/members/solihull/original/map.jpg](http://www.bimmerboard.com/members/solihull/original/map.jpg) Nothing compairs to the gap but this will save 10 hours of drive time total. I will go only if it is worth as far as twisties go. The Kangamangus highway starts in the mountains. ---
**Author:** ![PureXTC](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/purextc/32/5223_2.png) [@PureXTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PureXTC)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 10:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-ride-the-kangamangus/50200/4 "2008-06-18T10:45:49Z")
Here is a better map. And apparently it is spelled “Kancamagus”. lol ![http://library.byways.org/display/9129/Kancamagus_map.gif](http://library.byways.org/display/9129/Kancamagus_map.gif) ---
**Author:** ![Oaks3](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/oaks3/32/5042_2.png) [@Oaks3](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Oaks3)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 11:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-ride-the-kangamangus/50200/5 "2008-06-18T11:04:58Z")
your gonna drive 10 hours out of your way to take a thru way that twist?..hahaha ---
**Author:** ![PureXTC](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/purextc/32/5223_2.png) [@PureXTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PureXTC)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 11:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-ride-the-kangamangus/50200/6 "2008-06-18T11:08:24Z")
> [@Oaks3](#): > > your gonna drive 10 hours out of your way to take a thru way that twist?..hahaha Yes? We’d spend the day there. We have shit here for twisties. ---
**Author:** ![Carnut](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/carnut/32/7590_2.png) [@Carnut](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Carnut)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 10:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-ride-the-kangamangus/50200/7 "2008-06-18T22:43:41Z")
route 2 out of troy new york into massachucetts is amazing. There is a days inn at the beginning of the road and its then 42 miles of bliss. Turn around come back and do it again. Start at Troy, take it to greenfield which is where 91 intersects. I did a search on google just now and apparently its a historical highway. Lee and I found this route on our way to Maine forest pro rally years ago and it was some of the best driving roads I have ever been on. ![http://www.motorcycleroads.us/roads/ma/ma2.gif](http://www.motorcycleroads.us/roads/ma/ma2.gif) this picture does not do it justice of just how sharp and steep this turn is. DRIFTO!!! I have some photos of it that you have to put together in order to get a look at how dramatic of a turn it is. It’s a 180 switch back that changes elevation probably 20 degrees or so. ![http://farm1.static.flickr.com/157/389289419_02b713e80d.jpg?v=0](http://farm1.static.flickr.com/157/389289419_02b713e80d.jpg?v=0) ---
**Author:** ![DeusExMachina](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/deusexmachina/32/5036_2.png) [@DeusExMachina](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DeusExMachina)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 5:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-ride-the-kangamangus/50200/8 "2008-06-19T05:39:34Z")
Holy shit. The next time I go to Boston, I’m taking that! ---
**Author:** ![Carnut](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/carnut/32/7590_2.png) [@Carnut](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Carnut)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 12:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-ride-the-kangamangus/50200/9 "2008-06-19T12:07:55Z")
> [@DeusExMachina](#): > > Holy shit. The next time I go to Boston, I’m taking that! it’s totally worth it. It goes through a state park as well that winds through some canyons ---
**Author:** ![Coldaccord](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/coldaccord/32/7272_2.png) [@Coldaccord](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Coldaccord)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 12:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-ride-the-kangamangus/50200/10 "2008-06-19T12:25:02Z")
> [@Oaks3](#): > > your gonna drive 10 hours out of your way to take a thru way that twist?..hahaha sportbikes + knee pucks + twisties = shitloads of fun if you have to ask, you’ll never know ---
**Author:** ![DeusExMachina](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/deusexmachina/32/5036_2.png) [@DeusExMachina](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DeusExMachina)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 12:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-ride-the-kangamangus/50200/11 "2008-06-19T12:38:47Z")
> [@Carnut](#): > > it’s totally worth it. It goes through a state park as well that winds through some canyons Had no idea it existed. The worst part of the Rochester-Boston trip is staring down 90 for 6 hours.