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3 minutes ago, jacobhawkins said:

Ride with this old fart ^, he'll show you the best roads.  

Lol

I'll be riding my new FJ09 so the pace might be a little relaxed. I only have about 200 miles on ot so far.

A lot of good stuff in very good condition in SEO right now,it really depends on how far you want to slab to it.536,556 should be finished paving now.If you're going that far east you might want to include 147 and 9 also.

If you want to stay more to the west get off in Zanesville and head down 555 towards 78 and do some of that ride that Jacob mentioned that includes 78,377,550 and maybe 676.676 drops you off kind of close to a couple good Washington county roads...Dalzell and Germaintown.

I'll probably be out and about tomorrow if you don't mind riding with old farts.

^^^. Now that's some funny shit right there!

55 minutes ago, Tonik said:

 

Not knocking their bikes, awesome machines. They do many things better than mine does, but hauling around tons of shit isn't one of them.

I've lived off of an FJR for three months carrying a full camping set up and enough hand tools to work as an industrial electrician.The only added storage was a large dry bag.The FJR works pretty well as a pack mule.

I've led a few FJR rides on these roads in the last year or so.We had a guy on a ST1300 go down hard on 658...several broken ribs and vertebra.The only crash we've ever had on a ride I routed and led...pretty shitty feeling having someone crash bad on a ride you set up.I was talking to the property owner as the wrecker loaded the bike on his flatbed and he said there has been at least 14 crashes on that corner in the ten years that he has owned the property.You'll be going the other direction so that turn really won't come into play.

Boy did he just throw you a gem,these two roads in their present condition are far better than 83.Be careful though,658 can be tricky.

Hell is officially freezing over,the republican rag The Columbus Dispatch endorses Clinton.

http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/editorials/2016/10/09/1-editorial-for-president-trump-unfit-clinton-is-qualified.html

52 minutes ago, Gump said:

While it was said many many years ago by a non-politician, honest and highly crude it will bring up the topic of gold diggers. This might gain him votes. If this locker room talk is a shock to you, you've lived in a cave.

Lol.I spent four years in the military,two years in college and twenty years in construction,there's very little  I haven't heard when it comes to crude b.s.I just expect a little more out of my president than being the lowest life form in a construction trailer.He was in his fifties at the time...pretty pathetic.

Every time I hear Trump talk I am even more proud of voting for Barack Obama twice.Obama is a mental giant compared to any of the silver spooners the republicans have been nominating for the last twenty years.

....unless they're flat chested or over weight,then they're not worthy of the great Donald's holy touch,but cheer up maybe the great Donald will give the fat pig a miss housekeeping award.

1 hour ago, Lawrence1 said:

Line up your daughters conservatives...let em get that presidental touch.This is your man.

10 minutes ago, Tonik said:

Based on Godwin's Law, you automatically lose this debate and are deemed a dumbass.

You can have the debate,I'll take the justices.

As far as dumbasses go...any of the republican nominees except Trump would have beaten Clinton,but the dumbass  republicans go with the one loser.

On September 27, 2016 at 9:57 AM, Isaac's Papa said:

Man, I bet that Trump pill tastes pretty shitty nowadays. 

Hey conservo-nazis how do you like your American Hitler now? I'm loving this campaign.How many liberal Supreme Court justices will Hillary get to nominate?

Is this the best the party of God can come up with?

Blacktop from Zanesville to Portersville.

I've owned a gen1(04) and a gen3(13) FJR.From my experience I liked the gen1 better than the gen3...less weight and I believe the gearing was more sporty on the gen1's.Gen1s had a valve guide issue that produced a ticking noise that could be fixed even after the warranty had expired.If it was a ticker it would show up around 25k miles.Mine showed up around 35k and a Yamaha fixed it for free.I just traded it for a FJ09...The FJR had 103,000 miles on it.My 13 has just under 60,000 on it now.They are indeed bullet proof bikes.There are dozens with between 100k and. 200k over on the FJR forum.

The only company I've had a claim with was progress back in 2003 when 555 eat my nighthawk.They were very fast and fair.A friend just totaled her car last year and had progress.Again,they were fast and fair.

30 minutes ago, i-Zapp said:

i did a search for "555" on this forum and got no results, so figured i'd discovered something special.

Must be a search engine limitation. Or, these ride routes are a closely guarded secret, especially based on the replies from everyone on this post "yah, it's good but not my favorite", then no offer to divulge that favorite. not fair.

 If you enjoyed the road you did discover something special!Finding a great "new to you" road is a big part of exploring an area.Sure you can have people tell you about the good stuff,but it's much more fun coming across some road you never heard of and finding a hidden gem that few people ride.

With that being said I could set you up with a nice twisty route from Zanesville that includes the top part of 555.

That's a big OR faux pas there I- Zapp.All the cool kids around here love to rave about how bad 555 is.

I'm with you,especially Zanesville to Ringgold.

You're kidding right?

Mountains,the ocean,great riding and a active traditional music scene...N.C.

Congratulations conservo-nazis...you picked the only candidate that Hillary  could possibly beat.If she gets elected you did it.

28 minutes ago, what said:

26 was in pretty good shape on the section we were on... except we got stuck behind a giant train of harleys that for real never went above 41mph and probably averaged closer to 30. For the whole run.

 

:|

Those Harley's must top out at 41 mph...that's what the small parade  was doing that I passed on 555 a couple of weeks ago.

21 minutes ago, durk said:

I would have thought they would have fixed these areas and then paved everything all at once. 

Lol.That sounds a lot like my post in Eastern Ohio Paving Updates.I had a little rant about ODOT's strange scheduling habits.

Thanks for the updates.I'm working out of state right now so I don't know when I'll be able to check out the new pavement on 536 and the other roads.I'm going to get out for ride tomorrow but I doubt if I'll get that far east.

Let us know what you find...255 is supposed to get some new pavement also.

2 hours ago, durk said:

Motociclista I read your blog. It was really well written. As a math teacher I'm always in awe of those that can write. I hope to hit 100k on bike some day. Congrats on the milestone.  

You really should get his book.

Congratulations on hitting the 100k club.

1 hour ago, JustinNck1 said:

Stunters + congested traffic = what could go wrong?

 

I will happily stay down south in hillbilly land. I don't have the patience for big city traffic, plus our roads are better 

I hear ya, my commute is what city folks call an epic ride.

Thanks for all the good route and motel info.We're so lucky to have so much good riding so close to home!I've spent quite a bit of time this year in Indiana and also riding cross country through Iowa,Nebraska and eastern Wyoming on my way to and from California.A lot of riders have to go hundreds of miles to get to some good roads...we have them right next door.I 'm glad you guys had a fun weekend hitting some of those great roads.

Those bikes look pretty damn good too!