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Jim, I will be out of town but.... "I Can Dig it" Jim er, Cyrus https://youtu.be/bTUrWYv2vtU

Will do. I do enjoy our ADV rides we have been doing and I am sure it's a great time with O.R. at the Gap Each year I have the March Moto Madness March 28-31 Tellico Plains, TN and V-Strom East Gathering May 16-19 Iron Horse Lodge, TN If one one those events rain out I am sure I could make the June time frame. I just hope I can hang with you all. I am growing old. Old Mac by I

Had a great ADV ride With Max's and three other gent's down south of Hocking. Fog staid around way to long but temp were around 48 Avg. saw some sun and 50's near the end. Great time was had. November ADV Ride-00-00-01-824 by November ADV Ride-00-04-30-960 by NOV ADV 1 by NOV ADV 2 by NOV ADV 3 by NOV ADV 4 by NOV ADV 5 by 100_0052 by

Hocking Hills: Low of 42 tonight High of 57 on Sunday. Start at 10am with some low speed two track and gravel with speed at or below 45 with a lot of body movement on the bike. Perfect conditions unless you fall in one of the flooded road sections and get wet. 😁 It's all good

10am Breakfast at Old Town Diner: 16098 Pike St, Laurelville, OH 43135 Got a 140 mile "ish" loop easy gravel with curvy asphalt connectors. So far just me:V-Strom and Benly on a WR250 Could be muddy with water in spots.

What area will you all be riding? I may pass thru some of the trails. I will be on the look out. Should be a great day.

Way to far out for me to commit. But I would enjoy a weekend with both bikes down at the gap.

Yes, I agree. The Rocks, Sand, Rut's and water are all HARD out in the western world. Brian WR450

Also for those who have not been able to get out and ride due to weather and work here is another crap video from yesterday of parts of my ride.

I don't see them. I try to visualize another motorcycle related scene of past memories. VIR 06

Great 50deg. Day for a quick spin around WNF, Zaleski Forest and H.Hills. 140 miles of gravel, mud and water. V2 Nov 2018... by V2 Nov 2018.. by 11.Nov.18 Ride-00-02-21-703 by 11 Nov 2018 water by 11 Nov 2018,, by

Ride Report: Great ride down to New River Gorge on Sunday for a overnight stay at the Hawks Nest SP Lodge, WVa. with a return on Monday. Weather was a little cold in the morning start with the time change. We met inmate Shrey on 33 south and road together after meeting again in Spencer, WVa. hitting route 36 and 16 south. Shrey checked out at Wallback on I77 and we staied on 16 down to Gauley Bridge. After hitting the local roads we made it to the lodge. Next morning went under the bridge and ran back roads home foe a great Fall trip to WVa. 640 miles of back roads with some nice colors and sites. 100_0014 by 100_0016 by 100_0022 by

Jacob, If you have a ADV bike by the we could do a day of dirty stuff down there. Here is just some of the ADV routes just south of the Dragon. Can someone please buy Jacobs Ducati soon.

Yes, All great roads. Just wanted to check and see if any $end -of-the-Year$ road projects have temporary traffic control and crap spread all over them. Great over night trip. thanks.

I am heading down to New River Gorge, WV. Any updates on road conditions for WV36 out of Spencer to 16S to Gauley Bridge ?? Thanks in advance.

Road 220miles of ADV back road stuff with SFDemo on his BMW. Went out past Musky Bucket and north to Dresden and back thru Zainsville. Weather was great with a 10am start from Thornville. No Dust, minimal traffic, Great views of what colors are out this fall. 100_1173 by M.Buck by 2 by Fall 2018 Splash by Draft 1-00-00-11-608 by

Returned from a 6 day ride with the wife to western KY/TN loop of back road areas. Great riding, cool morning starts, not much fall colors. Got home recovered bikes and gear. Slapped a new tire on the V-Strom and am ready to go again. KY1 by KY4 by KY5 by KY7 by

I moved here from Mesa & Scottsdale and would not move back. You have great riding all over southern Ohio with KY. & Wv just a tank of gas away. Wayne NF (Monday Creek Trail) is close and the main corridor is big bike friendly when dry. New Straitsville trail head is a good start point plus you can get a pass at the camp ground. Also Sycamore trail head will get you into the more advance trails faster. The ORV season ends 15 DEC. Also we have a lot of great public road ADV routes around the area. ADV Rider as was mentioned has more info for your needs. Should be some trail riding video's of the area on my tube. also would be happy to get you some GPX routes also. Come ride with us sometime. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsBAaDfZkbxULiV3c5MohnA/playlists?view_as=subscriber https://www.fs.usda.gov/main/wayne/passes-permits/recreation https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fseprd546375.pdf

I think that's why Suzuki was giving them away with the new purchase of the 2014 V-Strom. The flat rack that replaces the rear seat is a $$$Hepco-Becker$$$ pice that works great with soft tail bag or dry bag.

I agree Tim. Sometimes our needs must be met. I got this box free when I purchased my 2014 V-Strom. I have only use it for trips to the shooting range but it's a nice item to have on hand.

Saturday. Max Power joined me and two others for an ADV ride from our breakfast spot at the old town diner in Laurelville to the Ohio river in Proctorville, OH. and then back north to Jackson where we split to go home. Great weather with cooler temp's and very little dust. I turned 270miles with 7 hours of move time on all sorts of road surfaces. Short 8min Video of the road conditions.

The Weather this week looks wet wet wet. BUT SATURDAY! the 29th. Looks like a great day for a ADV Ride. Partly sunny, with a high near 76. The gravel will be moist and tractable. Anyone interested? or have something they want to try out. 1. Suggestion: Breakfast Laurelville (old town diner) TOT Section #8 Laurelville south to Oakhill, if time permits continue section #9 to Proctorville and return Section #10 north to Athens SR50-Home. Option: At Oakhill checkpoint 8/9 go direct east and take #10 to Athens. This will cut some time off. I have not ridden section 9 or 10.