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Zoo was near Bristol. Took back roads up through VA, KY and WV. Made it to the casino in Charleston just before the rain rolled in.

Made it Back home pa & ny are great 2lane high speed low traffic roads like 83 and 78 in Ohio except 4times bigger area you could probably drive 300 miles of woods and not hit a city can’t say there’s a Pacific route to take, but the better roads are the ones by putting a point somewhere in the middle of nowhere judging by aerial views, and how twisty they are, the further north, you go, the bigger the mountains are i rode 1480miles of two lanes 40miles of four-lane s only reason to get on four-lane is because of a gravel roads otherwise you actually make better time on the 2lanes Overall northern roads are not as twisty as oh,wv,nc,tn,ky. But road conditions are much better not a lot of cops or patrol perfect to ride 2 up or for cruising or get away from traffic and commercialized motorcycle roads New York food sucks pa food is great

Shitty pic but here she is. now who wants a clean well sorted Vstrom 1000?

Home. 973 miles.

Rode 350+ miles of back roads today again Staying the night in kane pa nobody’s here I called the number they left the keys for me not one single soul on site its it’s actually a nice motel. Just strange nobody’s here nice tiled bathrooms & looks remodeled within the last seven year s. Had the best food of the trip at the the barrel House.next door

Time for new tires. Bought some Continental Sport Attacks. Should be a fun fall season. 😎

Couple shots from Summit a weekend ago. Ran the 4hr endurance race on a friend's r6 and some fun time on a friend's r1 nakey style.

@Tonik@Gpaw remember this guy 😄 he sneaked a selfie in lol

At Marietta now, roaming seo today

I’ll put myself down as a maybe. As we get closer to the date, I’ll let you know for sure what I’m doing.

That Marathon Men's room got 4 stars on the crack head travel website.🤪

Kennerdell Rd Scenic overlook pa

The Canada travels have ended. As far north as you’re allowed to go in Quebec before being turned back because of large fires (just south of Raddison and Hudson Bay) while riding long days on rough dirt and gravel roads, my bike had a major motor malfunction. I knew something bad was wrong and even suspected the actual cause (gear holding primary drive gear into shaft came loose, spun out to grind against the inside of the clutch cover and the destroyed the key and key way on the main shaft) but she still was running strong and I was over 150km from any cell phone signal, motel or help (aside from the occasional logging truck) so I decided to go for broke and rode Sunny till she died at a motel in southern Quebec. From there obtained a rental truck and drove her back to Ohio. Over 80,000 extraordinary miles. Many many borders crossed. Fantastical places visited and countless wonderful people met and friends made in many countries. Hard to be mad even though the experience sucked and was stressful. I’m back at my buddies place in Wooster. Will tear into the bike to see the whole carnage soon. In the meantime, I located yet another 2011 DR650 at a dealership with only 582 miles on it. Sunny is also a 2011 and had 62 miles when purchased in 2018. I’ll be picking up the new bike Saturday in PA and then spend the Fall and Winter prepping and combining the two bikes to get ready for riding to BC the Yukon and Alaska next spring.

Just picked up this sweet-Kawasaki-powered-ride. It even came with a 34ft Travel Trailer.

https://www.roadracingworld.com/news/motoamerica-superbike-racing-returning-to-mid-ohio-in-august-2024/ I am excited.

@durk, I have two heated jacket liners and two controllers you can have. I believe they're TourMaster. If you're interested let me know and I'll take some pics.

@Gpaw Sorry for late response team. Is 8:45 meet time okay with all. @B-Mac come come come it's easy peasy for a cuckoo crazy rider like you @Tonik thinking 83-78-260-26-800 all the way to river. Based on time we prolly have to peel off and cross the river and head south at that point of time. today we road the other side 676 555 78 etc then started climbing north to old battlegrounds of 800 646 164 9 etc Then back down to Cambridge now. shoveling away 550-600 miles per day last two days. Tomorrow will be another 600+ day to get back all the way home todays weather and all these roads forgot how good they were. Took them for granted for many years. After the break to come back and do it, it's entirely different experience. Esp 555 avoided longest time thinking it's still broken up pavement but the part up to 78 from 676 was really good and so excellent. yes Pauly you won the bet, I thought you knew. First bike that I kept over a year now and be keeping long time. 13k miles on it already

I sometimes feel like I have descended into the stereotype of most Ducati riders and I rode my bike the 10 miles over to bike night. Sat around with an adult beverage and looked at it rather than riding.

I will have one person with me, he is coming all the way from Florida to join the ride. Never rode with him before, but when I posted up in local riders chat he jumped in.

So to recap current attendance. @NinjaDoc In @Gpaw In @Tonik In @B-Mac In @durk Possible pussy @Uncle Punk Probable pussy @Pauly Pussy @JustinNck1 Pussy @2talltim Pussy @Casper Pussy

About 20 miles to Beckley. Gotta love 16.

Yesssss like tonik said get it ride it and sell after you have ton of fun and just some elbow grease to clean it up and put it back. It's not going to get sold that very next Sunday anyways.

Since you put it eloquently like that let's meet at the Good gas station near the intersection

Back roads from white face mountain to the catskill mountains

Three!

Me too!

Tire/wheel changes. Spare wheels and tires are sitting on warmers in the pits. The competitive bikes all have quick change axels/setups. Can change a rear in under a minute. A front under 2. For our team we put on a new rear for each stint (about an hour each). We used the same front tire without issue.

Sup my old ohio friends, if the weather holds well was thinking of heading up north on friday sep 15 and turn around and head home on sep 16. Was wondering if any of you guys free to meet up for a ride. Would be nice to meet up and ride like old times. Thinking of meeting in New concord 8:30 am and ksu by 9:00, take the usual roads and then i probably head south from the WV border.

Dude, you’re too kind. Thank you for the offer, but it was my hands that couldn’t handle the cold the other day. I have some pretty thick gloves, but they weren’t cutting it. My cut off is usually 50°. When I left on Friday morning it was 42°. I’ve ridden in the upper 40s and been fine. Someday I’ll get off my wallet and buy some heated gloves. Multiple hobbies/toys asking for my money nowadays.

Was scavenging the threads, seems like not many OG frequent flyers active in here anymore. quick look shows these OGs have new scoots and should be riding on such a beautiful day . @Casper @max power @2talltim@JustinNck1

And I don't want to hear any crap about logistics. Friday drive to my house and drop your car. I drive you a couple of miles to the bike. Sunday we drop it back off. Or Friday I go get it, you come to my place Saturday early. Wash it when we get back and I drop it back off Sunday. Or Be a pussy.

We had a private event this weekend too....lol.

Delaware river route 97 Eagles nest must only be about 5 miles of good twistys not a bad road, but not nothing to write home about twisty whise

White face mountain IMG_4807.3gp

Easy self check in near slow food & gas https://www.faustmotel.us/index.php?target=confirmation&booking_token=bd749901-f4b6-4e46-8e90-e55b60125a7b#fsRes

Every day I see bullshit drivers.

How about go bzzzzz? Added to random collection......998 cc and a 1275 cc, only dey is carz!

This was a year or so before I officially joined, but I lurked some at the time. Ben brought me a big tub of OR historical artifacts.

Thanks Rick, Fortunately all I needed in that roadside repair was effectiveness and not attractiveness. The steel rod, duct tape, and needle-nose vise grip combination was enough to get me home on the same day I planned to get home. Thanks for the note about the road surface from that awesome-until-it-wasn't day last year. My thoughts from those moments were that I may have locked the front wheel while leaned over, but running out of clearance while tilted to the left is certainly within the realm of possibility as well. Those are lowered foot pegs that the side stand comes right up underneath, probably reducing about an inch from "normal" ground clearance on the left side. Further, the entire suspension was probably dialed a fair bit too soft for my mass as compared to the previous owner (I've since adjusted that to better match my weight as well). However my mishap occurred, I certainly don't have any recollection of the moments between leaning over for the curve and hearing the side of my helmet scrape on the pavement. Anyway, I anticipate I'll be on that same stretch of 377 on September 2nd as I go out for a ride during this year's Moto Guzzi Ohio Rally in Zanesville.

damn there are some names on there I totally forgot about and this was a couple years before I even started coming around

Amanda and I took the Goldwing to breakfast and a quickie around Atwood Lake. Stopped in Bolivar for ice cream and then down 212 to 21/224 back home. About 150 miles and the Wing doesn't even know she's back there. This was her first time back in the saddle since the crash more than two years ago. Everything went smoothly and she's glad she decided to give it another whirl. Twenty bucks says there's a new Goldie in the garage by next spring. 😎

She made it back from Carlisle without any issues....other than the ac freezing up on the highway and blowing fog when it started raining 😂 think it's still just slightly low Only issue on the way there Thursday morning was the cheapest reman alternator they had at O'Reilly's decided it couldn't do anymore than 12v with nothing but the radio on, so I threw in a NEW duralast gold Friday evening in the hotel parking lot, now holds 14v with EVERYTHING on.

The good news is that clicking on that moron's video lead me to finding this, which is awesome.