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52 minutes ago, Tonik said:

ALT 74 from Lake Lure to Asheville. Holy crap. Looks like a ton of great roads over by Lake Lure.

I've ridden that area once a few years ago, after the Labor Day slow down.  Still a big tourist draw with slow lines of cars and motorhomes on Alt74 in the Lake Lure/Bat Cave area.  Just a heads up.  No idea what you'll find.  Obviously, 80 is hoot, 197 between Barnardsville and Burnsville is nice but there's about a 3-4 mile section of well graded gravel on the west side of the climb.  Not sure you want to do that on the luxo-barge two-up.  Roan Mtn 261/143 from Bakersville is a great road.

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Spent the morning at the Biltmore. Was very cool. Then a modified version of Pauly's Route to get from Asheville to Cherokee. Temps are down, was a great ride. Very little traffic, even the BRP was empty.

Finally got Deb to a casino tonight. I think I delayed that as long as I could. There was grumbling.

 

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48 minutes ago, Bubba said:

Where are all the squid boyz?  You smoke 'em on 129?

Nobody there. Clean run, and one of my better runs on the Wing. I was out of practice, but it is coming back.

I have to figure out how to let go of the pressure of a group.

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22 minutes ago, Tonik said:

Nobody there. Clean run, and one of my better runs on the Wing. I was out of practice, but it is coming back.

I have to figure out how to let go of the pressure of a group.

I've never ridden a GW but heard many glowing reports, especially of the new front end geometry.  Guessing with that big smooth six, you just leave it in 3rd or 4th and surf the nearly infinite well of torque from corner to corner.  Looks like plenty of clearance (for a big tourer) but don't let the hard parts touch down!

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52 minutes ago, Bubba said:

I've never ridden a GW but heard many glowing reports, especially of the new front end geometry.  Guessing with that big smooth six, you just leave it in 3rd or 4th and surf the nearly infinite well of torque from corner to corner.  Looks like plenty of clearance (for a big tourer) but don't let the hard parts touch down!

3rd. What I learned today was don't accelerate like a hooligan coming out of a corner. That just creates too much braking and mental stress at the next corner.

Smooth is fast.

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