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Ready

Buy tons a beer and ice. We'll be there Thursday.

Challenge accepted.

I am leaving the Cleveland area tomorrow at 7am. Blitz and I are meeting in McConnelsville at 9:30. We should be in Abingdon around 7p, depending on stops, traffic, etc.

I've never cared for those "scrambler" style exhausts. I'm sure there will be some more effective heat sheilding if the production version retains it

IIRC...33 to Spencer is pretty twisty. 119 to Charleston is curvy and scenic and you can make pretty good time.

Bike is ready. Pack tonight. Beef jerky is almost done. Leaving early Wednesday morning.

While you guys are on 77 you'll be passing some fun stretches on 33 and 119. It would probably add 40 miles to your route, but...

We are going to ride most of 16...from Smithville, WV to Marion VA. Looks like you're picking up 16 near Pineville, WV...I'd imagine we'll cross paths somewhere between there and Abingdon. I'll PM my number...

Interesting. I'll be curious to see which direction they go with this design. Hopefully, it has some actual sporting capability. Harley should be nervous.

The trout was pretty tasty.

Source?

I'm bringing a camelback. By the end of the trip last year I was dealing with severe dehydration, which had nothing to do with drinking liquor every night

Still deciding. Probably not for day 1. That route has more slab than I like.

Live a little...lol

https://buffalo.craigslist.org/mcy/d/2017-victory-octane/6600110236.html

Sweet unicycle!

I think so

Luxury brands in general don't hold their value so well. Bad for new buyers, great when buying used. The Hyundia Genesis, while a really nice, well built car, is the poster child for shitty resale value. If you go with something German, there's a place in N Ridgeville called Ianelli. They service and sell (used) German cars, they have a good reputation and service is cheaper than going to a dealer. The A4 I bought was the personal car of someone that works there.

Any have GPS or Google maps routes to post?

I driven fast cars...911s, various years of Vettes, ridiculously built muscle cars. They are fun, no argument...but the amount of $$ that you need to be even come close the performance of a used, stock sportbike just doesn't make sense for me or my wallet. Kind of like boats. Boats are super fun, but I'd rather have a friend with a boat then own one myself

If you get an Audi you want Quattro. The Quattro system is reliable and doesn't have ANY scheduled maintenance (at least on the gen I have). Also,.the CVT transmissions (only on FWD) are known to fail. The Manual or Tiptronic transmission on the Quattros are much more reliable. Quattros also drive much nicer. Anything German is going to have some maintenance/repair costs, but the big stuff should be solid to 200k+ if it was maintained properly. ( I would't touch one without maintenance records).