has anyone ridden oneida lake yet?

not personally Yet but watched 2 guys cross from 3 mile bay to onieda shores sunday at noon. theyve been riding south shore for about a week. crossing should not be a problem by friday provided the weather holds. use your judgement if it looks like a highway its probly safe.

I also saw some guys cross on Sunday, I live in Constantia....I personally never cross until I actually see someone cross. If you pop up Saturday mornning I am sure you will see a lot of guys running from Borios to Constantia east side of the islands.

being that you live in constantia, did you hear anything about the accident? i live in bridgeport and am just wondering if it,s anyone i may have met in the past as i do alot of riding in the area. i havent seen much in the paper or on the news.

condolances to all people involved

planning on riding the lake sat afternoon if i can't sneek out before that

NOTICE to anyone not real familiar with the lake to pay attention to mouths of creeks as they are never safe. if you don't know the lake don't go. there are alot of hazards out there. follow only someone you absolutely trust.

I live in Bridgeport too and I've been riding the south side of the lake since sunday but haven't crossed yet. I've seen people doing it. Will try Saturday.

Are you talking about the accident in Hastings? I did not know the people but I know where the accident happened. C5 north just about 1 mile north of Central square, right around the second crossing of the tracks. Strage taht you would get a head on there, but the snow dust last weekend was horrible, couple that with the cold ( frozen shields ) and the bright sun.

I hate to see accidents and innocent people losing lives while trying to have fun.

tt where do you live i think i've heard that sled in my developement! I think you live a couple blocks from me. who else in the park would start tuning in oct/nov.
leaving cooper's sunday noonish gonna make loop from v. beach up through rome back to n.bay. :beerchug:

Think you are safe for sure now, just drove by the lake and saw about 50 sleds crossing all at the saem time, looked like a highway

i rode the lake today . very fast

Just went on it today and it was ok. its all frozen over and stuff but really bumpy. but alot better than the panther lake trail. that trails crap now

I live down Shackelton Point rd. , which development are you talking about? How was that ride to rome? I'm thinking of taking that ride tomorrow. Does anyone know if the panther lake trial is still crap?

never left the lake, is was just to fast, to much fun. spent all day riding around it.
blew it up leaving borios head and cyl ok just need a piston and rings. oops.
watch for water holes near breakwall in sylvan. kinda sketchy. i live in the park trying to out of hear back to the right side of the bridge. do most of my wrenching down the road from you. my ridin partner lives of shacks point. :beerchug:

Anybody go from the lake down the canal to Rome yet ??? someone said the enterance to the canal at S. beach had open water ??
were in Rome and are thinking of headin up via the canal Sat morning :div20:
hopping it will be ok as the trails are shot

i rode the lake sunday. on my way to harpoons from lewis point i came across the mouth about 1000 feet from the breakwall and just missed a 3' diameter hole that was brownish in color and the water appeared to be moving. didn't stick aroud to find out! most of the other known bad spots around the lake were pretty good with the occasional slushy spot. it could have been one of those gas pots or just a spot off the wall where the current moves a little faster. ice seems good most everywhere else. i have never ridden up the canal, didn't know you could! cool.

DO NOT ride the canal from Fish Creek to Oneida Lake. Between the high, fast moving water back 2 weeks ago, the ice never really froze down to the level that the water is at right now, so there are air pockets. Also, the state left their barge dredgers tied along the pier wall for the winter and are running the "air bubble machines" underneath them to keep the ice from damaging the hulls. It's also causing the ice to not freeze anywhere near them. The bubbles are floating upstream towards the lake and that's why the mouth of the canal out near the pier is so slushy this winter. Unload at the Sylvan Beach municipal lot and ride from there.

or just keep on the throttle, "a moving sled never sinks"

Famous last words from quite a few that I know sank their sleds in the canal under the bridge. Ha, ha.

Almost went in last year :augen41: Flew over about a 3' spot of open water...haven't been on it since. I know they were racing on it last year.

How is Oneida looking for this weekend? Probably heading up Sunday to do a little drag racing/tuning.

pretty good and if it dont get to warm it should be pretty fast. 2 or 3 pokerruns tomarrow(sat) it will definatelty be packed down. where ha thinkin of going to test a few guys i know might be heading to borios or cooper in the late AM sunday! i'll post conditions tomarrow nite as i will be doing one of the pr's. wish me luck i got a motor rebuild to recover from.

Probably near the shore...I forgot the name of the place. I think is started with an H...maybe Hookers or somthing?

if your bringin hookers let me know. i was out there today and as the sun went down it tightened up alot pm me if your goin in the morn. i'll try and tell you where the smooth spots are. starz to borios seems to be the best!!!

The ONLY smooth spots on Oneida Lake are on the east shore, from Harpoon Eddie's to the north shore. It's bumpy in spots throughtout the whole lake and slushy too in the later afternoon. I rode the whole lake yesterday and will be back today.

Didn't end up going today. Defiently next weekend...supposed to be colder. Going to unload off of lake shore rd.