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Beautiful day for a ride yesterday, low 50s to high 60s and sunny, so I rolled out my favorite backroad bike, the old Madura. The fall colors around here are just about at peak so I decided to ride some old favorite roads where I was hoping for some foliage pictures with a couple of cameras I needed to work with. The Madura is the smallest bike I currently have in use, so it's the best choice for parking in small spots while I'm shooting. Indian Springs Rd. looked nice

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An imaginative way to recycle an old tractor into a planter, Little Cove Rd. (PA 456)

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The old stone house I've been watching deteriorate on Little Cove Rd. is still falling down

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The view is always great along Maddensville Rd. (PA 475) between Clear Ridge and Hustontown

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Chaneysville Rd. runs between Clearville and Chaneysville, nice scenery along it

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Turned left at Chaneysville to loop back to 26 along Millers Corner Rd.

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Followed PA 26 down into MD where it joins scenic 40 and went up to the overlook opposite the old Town Hill Hotel and took a few looking east toward Sideling Hill

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Slabbed it home from there, sorry, no food porn. Too pretty a day to stop for more than a snack; this time of the year, days like this are numbered.

 
Nice rare motorcycle. Nice pixs too.

The Suzuki Madura was only around 2 years as an answer to? competitor to? the Honda V65 Magna and perhaps to the V-Max. IIRC, it has hydraulic valves & hydraulic clutch as well as being shaft driven. As a Honda V-4 and Yamaha V-4 owner I noticed the other V-4.

 
Nice rare motorcycle. Nice pixs too.
The Suzuki Madura was only around 2 years as an answer to? competitor to? the Honda V65 Magna and perhaps to the V-Max. IIRC, it has hydraulic valves & hydraulic clutch as well as being shaft driven. As a Honda V-4 and Yamaha V-4 owner I noticed the other V-4.
The 700s - like mine - were only made in '85. In 14+ years of owning it, I've never seen another one, except at a Madura rally. I've seen maybe 2 or 3 1200s in my travels and a Cavalcade or two, but never another 700 so, yes, you could say they are rare. Road tests from back then claim the V Max and V65 were faster. They were well built; an owner that used to be on the Madura board claimed to have a 700 with over 250,000 miles on it. Never having seen it in person, I can't confirm that, though. I've had good service from mine, it's been a nice light machine for back roads. I've ridden it places I wouldn't have wanted to go with a bigger machine.

 
Chasing colors again today, supposed to be the last nice day for a while in these parts. I decided to check out the two military parks at Sharpsburg and Gettysburg, both local rides for me. Burnside Bridge at Sharpsburg is a beautiful old stone bridge

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Nice color at the Maryland monument

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The ships bell from the USS Antietam is on display at the visitor center parking lot

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When a cannon barrel is set into a base muzzle first, a general officer was killed or mortally wounded at that spot. This one is for Gen. Branch of the Army of Northern Virginia

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This one is for Gen. Richardson of the Army of the Potomac

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Took MD 77 through the Catoctin Mountain Park on the way to Gettysburg and wasn't disappointed

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Didn't have time to do the full tour of Gettysburg, but got a couple pictures along Confederate Ave. along Seminary Ridge

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Sorry, once again no food porn. If we get the weather that's predicted, these colors won't be around much longer. Don't even want to think about winter and PMS.

 

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