[Dooley]

Upstate NY is sort of a hidden gem of motorcycling IMO.
A lot of people I talk to from other areas of the country who are not familiar with NY state tend to think it's all like NY City.
If you stay away from the cities, there are miles and miles of rural riding scattered with with small towns where the population is low and so is traffic.

Being from the Binghamton area originally, I am particularly fond of all the areas north of there.
Ithaca to the west and Oneonta to the east.
And of course the Great Lakes to the north.
Scenic back roads are everywhere and even some of the interstates can be pretty good at the right time of year. Rt 88 is a good example.
Taking Rt. 12 north east of Binghamton to Utica was one of my favorite day rides and a good route to get to the Adirondacks.
Once you get near the Adirondacks nearly every road qualifies as a "scenic route".