I am in.....pencil in a date and location.

We had talked in another thread about maybe changing the date to avoid the local Rainy Season.  Last year was June 18th to June 22nd and we started out dry and then the last 3 days was really wet.  MM and I talked to a local resident and they commented that June was a really wet month in that area.

The first event that year was at the Blue Ridge Motorcycle Campground and we rode around that area and found some great roads.

MMRanch, his brother Kent and I scheduled a second ride for August 28, 29, 30, and the weather was really nice. (We had one short daytime shower and one overnight on Saturday).  The Deals Gap Resort had a Wounded Warrior Benefit bike ride, motorcycle show, and group ride.  I checked their website and 2015 is not listed - but Labor Day weekend is September 7th in 2015....which is a week later than 2014.  The roads on that weekend were really not very crowded, I guess family types were doing other things that weekend.

I am definitely up for 2 events again this year....with the second one being the Labor Day weekend ride at the Deals Gap Resort.

So.....is this the planning thread for the first one?

Dave

Your Right-on as usual OldFeller .  

I am definitely up for 2 events again this year....with the second one being the Labor Day weekend ride at the Deals Gap Resort.

Was it Labor Day when the Wounded Warrior Ride was ?   It was a Fun Day when ever it was !  

My place is : ONE EASY DAYS' RIDE FROM DRAGON CENTRAL , so , Anybody who needs to can use my place as a staging (over night spot) on the way there.    Like ... ridding in from Texas , Oklahoma , etc.  

 

MM, I see you have invited us all to stop by your place on the way in and ride in to the Dragon together.  That is very kindly of you.   I know Verslagen will have been driving for days from the way way west (and he might even be stopping in Oklahoma & picking up Lancer on the way).   This would allow him to dump off some stuff perhaps and mebbe just ride the bike in the rest of the way (assuming we are getting a room with beds that is).

If so, I'd be up for showing up at your house a few days early and doing a little lead bullet shooting together as a precursor to the main Dragon trip.   Got me some lead slinging stuff you'd be interested in, I think.   I know you like casting your own, and so do I.  

We'd make you wife get creative about where we go out to eat again, of course.

Good, I'll try to get in a little earlier this time.

Has Versy or Lancer ever seen any of the new roads around Blue Ridge?   Curvy Hwy 32 or any of the new loops on that side?   Has Versy ever even seen the Blue Ridge Campgrounds?

Boys, we can promise you some goooood new roads .....   complete with a little country store at the end of Hwy 32 where you can sit down, rest and drink a drink and get your mojo back after doing the 30 miles of Dragon sharp turns.

I like MM's farm, and will go up a little early so we can screw around a bit with some little lead pills before the trip proper even starts.

As always, the biggest issue with the early summer run is dodging the rain clouds.  Picking when to go is going to be the challenge for this year as Dave and MM have gotten wetted some on the last couple of trips.

Looking at those precipitation numbers.....the number of days per month of 0.1 inches or more varies from 5 - 9 days each month.  That really isn't a huge swing.....and although June may be the wettest month.....it isn't always a wash out.

I don't mind an occasional shower when on the Cafe' bike - but a couple of times it sure felt like I was in the "survival" mode last June.  We got into the clouds, we got into the rain, I had on a dark tinted visor, and I had my helmet vents closed and my shield was fogging up.  I have decided the tinted visor is no longer an option when I am apt to get caught in bad weather or might come home after dark.

Pick a convenient date, make plans, and I will most likely choose which bike to bring based on the weather forecast.

Dave  

For now lets say I'm in for 2 weeks,
2min days travel there and 2min days back, a week and a half there.

It will depend on dog/turtle/house sitters availability.
The L with work.  

Schedule is flexible, seniority has it's perks, just got to make sure no deadlines near then.

I only did a little black lining around the dragon, so I'm open to whatever you guys come up with.