I was just messin' since it had a start/end at my house 81 miles NE of EOM. There seems to be some interest among those who relish a challenge (i.e. crazy people) so here's one from the motel. It has a few stretches to catch a break but not many. I'll make a GPX you can post. Call it "Five Twenty Five"...that's the mileage. I can knock out a few more of reasonable distance for normal people.
Yep, great road. I got to do that Tazewell to Marion twice in 2006 on my FZ1. The first time I blew off a tricked out Aprilia and a month later with Sally on the back. No traffic to deal with at all, both times! I think Sally and I ran it in 07 EOM, but I don't recall much of that, rain perhaps? Looking forward to doing it again some day on the FJR.
I have to revise my reply to the above to "I don't know".Thursday about a late suppertime...or later if griff and I stop too much or get a later start than expected.I'll save one or two for you. You won't be able to miss me. I'll be the one standing next to the Styrofoam Cooler full of Beer!
What's your ETA?
No Problem Wheaton, I'll be around. We picked Wednesday for our arrival because it's a 717 miles ride for us and we decided to treat it like a bandaid and slab it ALL AT ONCE! Our butts will be hurting, (Insert your Hurting Butt Joke Here!) :lol: but, at least we'll get a good nights sleep and enjoy some rides while the herd trickles in on Thursday. We leave on Monday morning so we have plenty of time to leisurely take it all in.I have to revise my reply to the above to "I don't know".Thursday about a late suppertime...or later if griff and I stop too much or get a later start than expected.I'll save one or two for you. You won't be able to miss me. I'll be the one standing next to the Styrofoam Cooler full of Beer!
What's your ETA?
I have been thinking about a way to improve on a long day on the slab. I am proposing to make a long day on the slab longer by adding 2-laners in a great part of southern Indiana and some 2-laners in Kentucky that end up near Cumberland Falls SP to interrupt some of the slab. Griff is on his way to NERDS and says he might consider it. We'll see.
So if you keep standing next to the styrofoam cooler waiting for us...you might be pretty wasted by the time we get there...whenever that is. If you see two idiots from IL and IN staggering off the bike at about 10pm after 825 miles or so...that's us. I'll be on the FJR...I'm not sure what griff will be riding.
Considering the abundance of possibilities limiting yourself to 525 seemed pretty reasonable. EOM in Western NC needs to be at least a week long.
Nope, Jeff is still on the hot seat but has a lot going on so I'm trying to step up my assistance over past years. There are different types of routes in the making to choose from. Creating a route isn't that hard but making it work acceptably with different map versions, configuration settings and devices is tedious. Much anal-ness.
Nope, Jeff is still on the hot seat but has a lot going on so I'm trying to step up my assistance over past years. There are different types of routes in the making to choose from. Creating a route isn't that hard but making it work acceptably with different map versions, configuration settings and devices is tedious. Much anal-ness.
I think a movie would be better. Go for it Wayno! :clapping:
A few notes on routes as they currently stand...
* Lee's 525 challenge is being whittled down a tiny bit closer to 500.
* We are working on two(2) twisty routes in the 200-mile range.
* One scenic/2-up route that includes the best stretch of the Blue Ridge Parkway (Asheville to Cherokee).
* One southern/lower elevation route to include the Dupont Forest area, upper S.C., and more where riding can be great, even when there's rain/fog in the higher elevations.
* Lee also wants to include a "Dragon/Cherohala" route for anyone bound and determined to "do the Dragon".
If there's something beyond the above that a substantial group wants, speak now. I could do hundreds of routes for that area, and I have about 50 routes in my personal stock for the Hendersonville/Pisgah area. But most people don't want to ride ALL the places I will.
I could include something like that in case Wayne wants to lose more valuables out of his top box.
A couple of the routes traverse US-276 which has some nice waterfalls right at the side of the road. They're only just west of Hendersonville so anyone can head over there for a quick ride. Don't even need a route...If you stay straight on US-64 W from the motel it runs into 276 about 20 miles out.
Hey, that's my back yard. When I can't get away for a whole day I just bounce around in a box that has 176, 64, 178, and 11 as the sides-East Fork, Glady Fork, Anything Forkish, Green River, Jeter Mtn, Wilson, Walnut Hollow, Rich Mtn. That's a great weather alternate plan. There's hours of awesome ridng in there and your never more than a stone throw from EOM HQ.
