The motorcyclist killed Thursday morning in the Franconia Notch has been identified as Robin Staines, 47, of Pembroke, Massachusetts, according to state police.
Staines was traveling north on the two-lane section of I-93, failed to make the turn at the entrance of the former parking area for the Old Man of the Mountain.
He was thrown from his Harley-Davidson and was not wearing a helmet.
Passersby gave him CPR until an ambulance arrived but he died of his injuries at Littleton Regional Hospital.