suggestion for upcoming EFO in WV

[2wheelingdawg]

I just got back last night from the Lewisburg, Wv. area. On sat. i did a ride around 260 miles of FJR heaven. I am not sure what they have planned for the rally, but if you get a chance don't miss this one. Take I-64 east about 10 miles to White Sulpher Springs exit. Follow signs for hwy 92. GET GAS WHEN YOU GET OFF THE HIGHWAY. There is gas up the road, but alot of nothing in between. In White Sulpher Springs, there is the Greenbriar resort/bunker to see if you are interested. Once you leave town, the fun starts. hwy 92 runs through the Monogohela Natl Forest. the speed limit is 55 except in towns. You can pretty much lock the cruise on 60 and have miles of sweeping turns with no traffic to mess you up. In Green Bank, Wv. the National Radio Astronomy Observatory gives free tours. It is a radio telescope and science center. Once through Durbin, you cross Cheat Mountain. it is 8% grade going up and 9%coming back down the other side, with lots of 25 -35 mph switchbacks and turns. Follow 92 until it merges into US 219 in Huttonsville. There is a large gas station on the corner also. Run 219 south all the way to Lewisburg. This road is alot more technical and tighter turns, but still very fun. On the way is Snowshoe ski area. There is some stuff to see and do up there also, but I was to busy wearing out my chicken strips for sightseeing. US 219 runs straight back into Lewisburg, (main street in town).

1. LOOK OUT FOR DEER ANYWHERE IN THIS PART OF THE STATE!!!! They are everywhere all day long.

2. There was some gravel in the turns, I don't know if it was from hard rains washing it into the road a few days earlier or trucks dragging it out from the tight corners. Mostly the 35mph and below curves had the gravel.

3. On the steep grades, be ready to see a slow moving truck around the corner. Most of this was 2 lane road and no lanes for trucks on the grades. I road on Sat. and still met an occasional log truck or gas tanker going to a local town.

4. Watch out for the locals, they don't have a problem crossing the center line in the corners. But if you have one in front of you, it lets you know how fast you can take the corner, if the sign says 40 and a pickup takes it at 65, you're OK.

This is probably around a 4 hour trip. I took alot longer than that, since i kept turning around and running the really good stuff several times. Cheat mountain saw a streak of black cherry FJR 4 times. Also on 219 i turned around and ran some of the really hard corners a couple of times, not knowing there was 50 miles of the same still in front of me. I did this trip on Sat of Labor Day weekend. Very little traffic, mostly bikes, very few trucks and 0 LEO presence. Kind of nice to ride and not be harassed for 2 miles over the speed limit like they do on the Dragon. Have a safe ride and enjoy the EFO.

 

[Ari Rankum]

I just got back last night from the Lewisburg, Wv. area. On sat. i did a ride around 260 miles of FJR heaven. I am not sure what they have planned for the rally, but if you get a chance don't miss this one. Take I-64 east about 10 miles to White Sulpher Springs exit. Follow signs for hwy 92. GET GAS WHEN YOU GET OFF THE HIGHWAY. There is gas up the road, but alot of nothing in between. In White Sulpher Springs, there is the Greenbriar resort/bunker to see if you are interested. Once you leave town, the fun starts. hwy 92 runs through the Monogohela Natl Forest. the speed limit is 55 except in towns. You can pretty much lock the cruise on 60 and have miles of sweeping turns with no traffic to mess you up. In Green Bank, Wv. the National Radio Astronomy Observatory gives free tours. It is a radio telescope and science center. Once through Durbin, you cross Cheat Mountain. it is 8% grade going up and 9%coming back down the other side, with lots of 25 -35 mph switchbacks and turns. Follow 92 until it merges into US 219 in Huttonsville. There is a large gas station on the corner also. Run 219 south all the way to Lewisburg. This road is alot more technical and tighter turns, but still very fun. On the way is Snowshoe ski area. There is some stuff to see and do up there also, but I was to busy wearing out my chicken strips for sightseeing. US 219 runs straight back into Lewisburg, (main street in town).
1. LOOK OUT FOR DEER ANYWHERE IN THIS PART OF THE STATE!!!! They are everywhere all day long.

2. There was some gravel in the turns, I don't know if it was from hard rains washing it into the road a few days earlier or trucks dragging it out from the tight corners. Mostly the 35mph and below curves had the gravel.

3. On the steep grades, be ready to see a slow moving truck around the corner. Most of this was 2 lane road and no lanes for trucks on the grades. I road on Sat. and still met an occasional log truck or gas tanker going to a local town.

4. Watch out for the locals, they don't have a problem crossing the center line in the corners. But if you have one in front of you, it lets you know how fast you can take the corner, if the sign says 40 and a pickup takes it at 65, you're OK.

This is probably around a 4 hour trip. I took alot longer than that, since i kept turning around and running the really good stuff several times. Cheat mountain saw a streak of black cherry FJR 4 times. Also on 219 i turned around and ran some of the really hard corners a couple of times, not knowing there was 50 miles of the same still in front of me. I did this trip on Sat of Labor Day weekend. Very little traffic, mostly bikes, very few trucks and 0 LEO presence. Kind of nice to ride and not be harassed for 2 miles over the speed limit like they do on the Dragon. Have a safe ride and enjoy the EFO.

That's a great write up. Thanks for all the detail.

I don't get out to WV enough, but when I do I always enjoy it. I recently took 50 up to the vicinity of Storm Mountain and, ultimately Thomas, WV to see some fantastic Bluegrass at a place called The Purple Fiddle (boy am I going to regret providing that particular detail). About half of each peg feeler is ground all over the roads up there. What a blast.

The gravel is from trucks dragging it onto the road as they try to sort of kind of fit their trucks on the switchbacks.

Q: How can you tell the toothbrush was invented in West Virginia?

A: Invented in any other state, it would have been called the teethbrush.