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Title: The 15 Best Motorcycling Roads in America Selected Post by LANCER on 10/19/13 at 15:36:28 http://blog.leatherup.com/2011/03/22/the-15-best-motorcycling-roads-in-america-selected-by-ama/ Check out #2, 3 & 7 |
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Title: Re: The 15 Best Motorcycling Roads in America Sele Post by pgambr on 10/19/13 at 17:33:38 Natchez Trace is nice but nothing all that special. I look forward to the opportunity to see eastern TN & NC. I hear that is some gorgeous country. |
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Title: Re: The 15 Best Motorcycling Roads in America Sele Post by bobert_FSO on 10/19/13 at 18:38:30 I know where some of the most boring roads are. Here in Kansas. Most roads are laid out on a grid and there are miles and miles of straight roads. It's no wonder that most motorcycles around here are big road machines. The object of riding is to get from point a to point b at 65-70 mph. I grew up in SW Ohio and boy do I miss the nice country roads around that area. |
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Title: Re: The 15 Best Motorcycling Roads in America Sele Post by ToesNose on 10/20/13 at 04:40:21 Yea pgambr with fall upon us it's breath taking in certain areas here in NC =) |
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Title: Re: The 15 Best Motorcycling Roads in America Sele Post by justin_o_guy2 on 10/20/13 at 07:21:47 You wanna see some squared off rear tires? Go to Odessa.. |
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Title: Re: The 15 Best Motorcycling Roads in America Sele Post by Dave on 10/20/13 at 10:51:12 Cool! My wife and I were down in NC this week. And in sequentail order we drove the Bluegrass Parkway, The Cherohola Skyway and the Dragon.......seems we mixed up the order a little bit. Tons of durable bikers out this week braving the cold and spotty rain. Mostly Harleys, Gold Wings, Adventure Tourer bikes, and trikes.....the Sport Bikes were not out in numbers. We also found a road that went from just west of the Natahala Outdoor center on Highway 74, then turn onto Wayah Road and drive it to Franklin. It was a wonderfully curvy and hilly road with little traffic....not so much for wonderful large vistas....but very nice valley road with lots of Trout fisherman on the streams. |
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Title: Re: The 15 Best Motorcycling Roads in America Sele Post by Midnightrider on 10/20/13 at 11:42:21 Highway 42 in Virginia is not all that curvy, its probably close to 150 miles long. Its mainly well kept Amish farms and some of if is the most beautiful scenery I've ever laid my eyes on. You're in a valley with mountain ranges on both sides. Its almost like you've entered a time machine and gone backwards in time 50 to 75 years. It was a 400 mile round trip (I had to cut part of 42 off) but I made it many times. It was worth the exhaustion when I arrived home Ive ridden 3 of the 15 roads Lancers article mentioned. To me the road in West Virginia, 33 is the most challenging. No cops, no traffic unlike the Dragon. I've ridden the Blue Ridge Parkway from one end to the other, not in one day. The scenery is beautiful but after a while it all starts looking alike. Its only a hr from my house, I've ridden parts of it a lot. Having ridden the Dragon twice I'm satisfied. All the traffic and cops turn me off. The guys who have never ridden before and have 300 miles on their new Harley, its just a little bit too much. My Dad has a place on Hwy. 80 ( some of you Dragon Riders have ridden it) and thats where I honed my skills. |
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Title: Re: The 15 Best Motorcycling Roads in America Sele Post by pgambr on 10/20/13 at 14:37:46 5863697F42637F690C0 wrote:
How is it going to be in a couple weeks? Is their going to be much color left on the leaves and is it going to be real cold? Real cold as far as riding goes? |
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Title: Re: The 15 Best Motorcycling Roads in America Sele Post by Oldfeller on 10/20/13 at 17:30:42 Too late in the season now, leaves are past prime and falling off making slick spots on the roads (along with all them bouncy durn acorns and hickory nuts). We have done both early and late fall motorcycle trips trips before -- we start avoid the areas by about this time as it is too cold and damp/wet and cloudy/foggy all the time to be cutting around on the interesting roads for very much, We did not get a sharp early frost this year, so the leaves have rolled to yellows and browns in a very gradual fashion (and have started to fall off). |
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Title: Re: The 15 Best Motorcycling Roads in America Sele Post by Pine on 10/21/13 at 07:49:08 Well I was gonna say .. "yeah the Natchez Trace made it in"... |
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Title: Re: The 15 Best Motorcycling Roads in America Sele Post by pgambr on 11/05/13 at 19:27:03 I got back from TN and went through the Cherohala Skyway. It doesn't get any better that east of the MS. I took some photos with my cheap camera. Hopefully, they came out half way decent and I get them up here soon. |
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Title: Re: The 15 Best Motorcycling Roads in America Sele Post by pgambr on 11/05/13 at 19:50:07 The pictures just don't reveal the splendor of the 50 miles of the parkway. It is a special place. |
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Title: Re: The 15 Best Motorcycling Roads in America Sele Post by pgambr on 11/05/13 at 19:52:04 Can you add more than one picture per post? |
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Title: Re: The 15 Best Motorcycling Roads in America Sele Post by pgambr on 11/05/13 at 19:54:39 Sunrise. |
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Title: Re: The 15 Best Motorcycling Roads in America Sele Post by pgambr on 11/05/13 at 19:57:06 The other thumper. |
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Title: Re: The 15 Best Motorcycling Roads in America Sele Post by justin_o_guy2 on 11/06/13 at 06:26:12 Yes, you can put more than 1 pic in a post. Just click outside the brackets the pic URL is in to move the cursor out of that, hit enter to drop a line or 2,, & hit the "Pic" button again, C&P the new URL between the brackets.. Didnt you see my "Kicking Rowboat" stuff? Mr Wizzard pics,, |
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Title: Re: The 15 Best Motorcycling Roads in America Sele Post by pgambr on 11/06/13 at 06:42:54 Evidently I'm doing something wrong with the pics. That was some real nice country, 450 miles to get to it. |
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Title: Re: The 15 Best Motorcycling Roads in America Sele Post by verslagen1 on 11/06/13 at 08:06:05 697E78747B6B190 wrote:
Yes you can, but not as an upload. You would have to upload to a file server (bikepics and the like) then link them in using the http://suzukisavage.com/yabb2.2/Templates/Forum/default/img.gif icon |
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Title: Re: The 15 Best Motorcycling Roads in America Sele Post by pgambr on 11/06/13 at 09:04:46 These are coming straight off the camera. Is it one at a time for that format? |
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Title: Re: The 15 Best Motorcycling Roads in America Sele Post by verslagen1 on 11/06/13 at 09:09:27 2F383E323D2D5F0 wrote:
Yes for this method. Haven't tried this, but you could photoshop several pics into one, maybe as one long strip, then upload. |
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Title: Re: The 15 Best Motorcycling Roads in America Sele Post by pgambr on 11/06/13 at 09:27:49 Thanks for clarifying. Everyone can take a look at the couple I put up if they want to see the mountains in TN. |
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Title: Re: The 15 Best Motorcycling Roads in America Sele Post by EJID on 11/06/13 at 09:44:59 Roads #1, 6 & 9 are all within a day's drive for me. I'm going to save this link. Next summer might have to be a road trippin type of year 8-) |
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Title: Re: The 15 Best Motorcycling Roads in America Sele Post by justin_o_guy2 on 11/06/13 at 10:56:45 Mark your map AND save the link,, Surely one will survive & be where you can find it. |
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