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+1 - the whole tattoo craze is nuts. Nothing screams "I'm a redncck" like a tat.

They'd have to.

I always wanted to make a cool fly reel, but I don't know shit about fishing. Be fun to make one though.

What a great ride, lots of twisties, hills, mountains and ...oh, hang on:wtf:

Old TWO at Suches, GA... Old cabin on 68 north of Ducktown... 68 ... Richard B Russell Parkway, Helen, GA...

Road to Bald River Falls off of Cherohala...

Helen, GA - Helendorf River Inn... BRP ...

28 just north of Highlands, Bridal Veil Falls, ...

129 - AKA Blood Mountain - just south of 180 in GA... Turners Cafe... Highlands, NC

Some piccies of the areas.... Tellico Plains. Nut N Fancy Restaurant... 68 south of Tellico ... 28 south of the Gap...

Since you're going as far south as Cherohala Skyway, ya might as well go to northern Georgia and ride. Great area. From the Gap; -Take 28 South - great ride with views. Turns into a 4 lane at Stecoah / Tuskeegee. Don't speed! You won't see the cops, but they watch this 8 mile stretch like hawks. 28 south of Route 19 almost to Franklin is the best road in NC. Surface has a few messed up spots, but loads of turns like the Gap only not as tight. Follow 28 south of Franklin to Highlands, NC - great views, waterfalls. Can be a bit crowded on weekends as Highlands is a bit touristy. Good high end shopping there, nice place to spend the night. 64 East out of Highlands to Cashiers; loads of high end homes, gold courses, etc. Take it to Route 215 near Rosman. 215 heads north and links up with the Blue Ridge. Great road! Paved in 2012 so it's still smooth as shit. Loads of turns, no traffic as it doesn't go anywhere. Get to the Blue Ridge and then turn around and head back towards Highlands. Follow 28 south outta Highlands to Pine Mountain and pick up War Woman Road heading southwest. Follow War Woman to Clayton, GA. Great ride again. From Clayton head west on 76 to 197 South. 197 to 356 into Helen, GA. Helen is touristy, patterning itself after a Swiss alpine village. But it's a good place to stay overnight (try the Helendorf River Inn - right on the river that runs through town). From Helen you can hit all of the good roads in Northern GA. From Helen, take 17 north to 180 west - another great road, very hilly. 180 takes you over to The Loop; follow 180 to Suches, south on 60 to 19. North on 19 to 129 north. 129 runs back up to 180 again. Do the loop both ways to get in all the fun. Parts are super technical and tight, so be careful. Decent food at Turner's Cafe on the bridge at 129 and 19. When you're ready to head back north, follow 60 north of Suches - more open, but loads of hills and big sweepers. Follow 60 all the way to Copperhill, TN (named after a copper mine that's on a hill in town - go figure). 68 takes you all the way back to Tellico Plains, TN where the western end of the Cherohala Skyway is. You can take it over to Deal's Gap again or take 360 east to Vonore and then 411 North to 72 Southeast to 129. That also leads back to Deal's Gap and is a very fun route as well. That's a pretty decent loop right there and it'll take a couple of days to hump it - but it's the best riding in the Southeast. If you have any specific questions about the area (hotels, food, etc) ;let me know and I'll help you out all I can. I've ridden down there for many times a year for the past 30+ years and know the area pretty well.

I'll have to look at the atlas when I get home and see. 33 is a definite though - I really liked that road.

RAM mounts and tapped shaft collars work best for me... The collar stays on the bike and the Ram arms can be moved from bike to bike, to car or wherever. The mounts are beyond sturdy, infinitely adjustable for angles and keep the camera isolated from vibration, The cam doesn't bounce around at all. The collars have to be adapted to fit, but I can do that for you if you'd like. I have a few in my shop....

Couldn't find a lot of fault with 33...

I did 33 from Richmond, VA to I-79 last fall and really enjoyed. No cars at all (not much of anything at all except me and the road), small towns with no stop signs, and pretty good road surface most of the way. Knew it was gonna be good when I saw this; My wife's name is Judy, so I had to get a pic... Great ride...

Couple more piccies from VA...

I've ridden it all the way through both states and it's pretty much the same. Little steeper near Hungry Mother SP, but not much. teh turns aren't all that tight either - more of a flowing road. Not saying it sucks, but there's more technical roads in Ohio.

I have a couple of lathes and a couple of mills in my shop. I can make ya simple stuff at no charge. Just PM me with what ya need. Nice build!

Couple of pics from 16...

16 aint' all that. Decent road if you're going to be in the area, but lots of gravel, messed up asphalt and all around shit road surface. Mountain climbs? Must've missed that one. Hills, yes, mountains, no.

Made this area axle mount for one of the Duc's - give a unique view and you can see the rear suspension working... If anyone needs some custom mount made, gimme a holla. If you can draw it out, I can probably make it in my machine shop. Cheaper than anywhere else you'll find them, too (damned near free!).

I made a RAM mount to locate over my brake fluid reservoir on the BMW... It's great for forward facing shots and for rider's face shots. Also have RAM balls located on the back of the of the bike for rearward shots. A bit more extreme, but I made this mount for the Kevin Schwantz Racing School - shows the rider's body position as he rides.... Our own Reuben with the camera bike at the School...

Twice - both times in Rocky Mountain National Park. One time we had a Park Ranger drive up to us and demand that we descend and leave the park due to oncoming snow. Had to ride down to Estes Park in the tracks of cars. I was scared mainly because I had the wife on the back and didn't want to dump it with her there.

Here's a link to AMA District 11 (southern Ohio) that lists the race dates; http://www.district11ama.com/Schedule/ You might wanna check with some of the clubs and promoters to see what bikes are allowed in what classes, and then buy a bike suited to teh class you want to compete in. The Athens M/C offers dual sport rides - see: http://www.athensmotorcycleclub.com/id94.html You might want to try a few of those before entering a scrambles.

Having done a lot of both, I can tell ya that hare scrambles is a Hell of a lot tougher on you than MX, mainly due to the amount of time you spend actually riding. Check with the AMA District where you live - most scrambles and MX are sanctioned through the AMA.