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Ok, gonna leave the 10th up to you. It is 7 hours by slab to there from CBus. 11th Tonik's famous route. If you go clockwise you will be too early to eat at Cafe Rel. If you go counter clockwise you have to go across the Skyway in the morning and it may be damp/wet/foggy. https://goo.gl/maps/BPzHpxaD6anWqKvV6 12th Do this one clockwise so you get past Gatlinburg before the tourist clog the roads. In Maggie Valley is the Wheels Thru Time Museum and Carvers Maggie Valley Rest. for Brown Trout. This is also a second shot at an early dinner at Cafe Rel. https://goo.gl/maps/92QKZpFcTC8aR12aA 13th I would round trip the Devils Triangle area, gonna be hard to hit that on the way to Marion since it is totally in the wrong direction. Unless from Rocky top you slab it. And you will miss the really fun way to get there that I am going to suggest for the 14th. This is one way to Rocky Top and Coal SmokeHouse and the two sides of the triangle you want. Return you can slab through Knoxville (not far or bad) or you can come back the same way but cut off the two sides of the triangle and use 330 to short cut it. https://goo.gl/maps/pUceeUXoL5iMaMpb6 14th To Marion. Beginning is lame but not bad. Then you get Crabtree, 209, 212 and all that. Crabtee is paved, but I have not been on it in a few years. It could be rough. https://goo.gl/maps/VRrGprbfdvB7hMQj7 15 Straight up 16 until you run out of time to get home then you grab the slab. Marion to Beckly is the best part but it is all really good. https://goo.gl/maps/GCaUDW4S6Db7cHpJ6

It was Friday the 11th and I had no plans for the weekend, a friend asked if I wanted to go play 9 holes after work... Hell yes I do. As I tee off I get a text from who else but @Pauly. "Riding tomorrow. Wanna?" Why yes, yes I wanna. We meet at, where else, but the Bolivar DQ the next morning and set off on a little adventure, after our 2nd gas stop (because the VROD only can go ~90-100 miles per tank) I get the "wanna ride the GSA?" Why yes, yes I wanna. We meet up at the Fuel Mart (where we ran into the ORDN crew on their ride as well as @Uncle Punk on his way down south) I get off Pauly's GSA and as soon as Pauly arrives on my vrod this exchange happens. Pauly: What'd you think? Me: That thing is fucking awesome Pauly: You should sell that piece of shit vrod and get an R1200 Me: shit man.... That very evening Pauly sends me 3 links to different RTs and GSs for sale.... Within a week I had an offer from Kissell Motorsports in Tyrone, PA on my VRod and they had a great condition RT that made it an even trade (I actually made out on the deal). Today we went and dropped off Scarlett and picked up my 2008 BMW R1200 RT. It was an eventful 2 weeks. The ride home already proved just how amazing the R1200 RT is (and the ride there proved just how miserable the VRod is for anything other than poker runs and bar hopping). She was a good bike and had her time with me, now I've got a new hotness. Pics or it didn't happen. Cheers @Pauly

Believe it or not, the newest iteration of the GW is a sport tourer. A big heavy one, but it rides way lighter than it should.

Yeah man, for sure. I think I PMd you my cell phone number. If you're down there while I'm down there (July 10-15), shoot me a message!

Yep. When/where am I meeting you?

Congratulations! No more scraping parts when riding at a brisk pace. Riding a GSA will make a believer out of anyone, I anticipate owning one someday. Hoping for the rumors of BMW putting a triple in them with some horsepower to compete with the KTM and Ducati, if that happens I will be an early adopter. Our ride down south turned out perfect, 1,260 miles for the three day weekend and it seemed to be raining where we weren't. Didn't get to try out the new Klim rain gear. No tickets, close calls or breakdowns. The guys I was with rode through a roadside car wash where a waterfall comes over a cliff beside the road and were surprise by how cold the water was but they rode through it on the way back. We rode up and down the five mile dirt/gravel road to hike up Birch Knob Tower to see supposedly five states from where we were standing. Got to try our skills out against the squids hanging out on 421, had trouble passing a Kia Sportage and Chevy Cruze, those locals can hustle through the backroads. Ate some decent meals in Tazewell, VA where we stayed Saturday and Sunday night.

@Likwidthat’s a nice looking Beemer. Sport touring is the way to go, not everybody wants a Wing.

3 fuel stops to go 200 miles. What a load of shit!

LIAR!! It was 4 days and damn near Wisconsin.

lol! I think the R1200 is more my style

Got to ride Nelsons last weekend and not work or coach. Was able to work on my own riding which was nice. Rode the Friday twilight and Saturday. Got a lot of open track.

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