Slackbiker, I'm jealous. Really, really jealous. One of my most memorable tours in recent years was based out of Taos, and I spent three days cruising the mountain roads north of town - incredibly beautiful country. Angelfire has to be just about the most gloriously beautiful alpine valleys I've ever seen, and I've been in the Alps, the southern alps in NZ, the Himalayas, and the southern Andes.
Just wish I could do it on an MB - but taking a trike up those twisty, narrow roads would be an invitation to some convertible cruiser to turn me into a hood ornament.
Don't know if you have been to the Grand Mesa Scenic Byway, but it is also unbelievably pretty. The road down from the Lands End Observatory on the mesa edge is a fantastic troute. One thing - if you want to do that route, have good tires for gravel, as it is almost entirely gravel.