Hailwood Posted September 11, 2009 Report Share Posted September 11, 2009 (edited) Update: Seems like everyone had alternate plans, so I made alternate plans and will not be at the Speedway in Millersburg, although I will be testing out this basic route. Will try again the next nice weekend. Have fun everyone.I know the Meet & Greet is this weekend, so I imagine there will be many folks headed down to C-bus, but this is looking like one of the last free weekends for me for a bit, plus the weather is looking great, so I'm thinking about heading down to the River and back instead.Here's a basic outline of the route:Google Maps LinkPace is whatever you feel like. I've ridden these roads before, but I don't know them that well, so I'll be going at sight-reading pace which pretty much means around 70ish-in-a-55 on the straights, and a little slower through the corners than I might normally go. A lot of these roads don't have great passing locations, so I will pass cars on a double yellow if I think it's safe, but we'll try and keep the group together, and always wait at stops/turns.Should probably take 5~6 hours from Millersburg for the whole loop.I'm thinking meeting at 10 and trying to move out by 10:30 to make sure everyone can get home before dark.The Speedway on OH-83 in Millersburg seems to be a popular meet-up spot, so we can go with that:Google Maps Link Edited September 13, 2009 by Hailwood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbot Posted September 11, 2009 Report Share Posted September 11, 2009 no, but once you get south of millersburg, you can come to this thread and post up how you're going to get to the M&G anytime after noon and before 5.http://www.ohio-riders.com/showthread.php?t=33634&page=4DUH! GAWD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doomking Posted September 11, 2009 Report Share Posted September 11, 2009 Jbot...you coming to M&G as a group ?Would you be interested to meet up at Millsburg or elsewhere in the morning to ride down together ?go to http://www.ohio-riders.com/showthread.php?t=33634&page=4 and please post your reply ...thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbot Posted September 11, 2009 Report Share Posted September 11, 2009 Jbot...you coming to M&G as a group ?Would you be interested to meet up at Millsburg or elsewhere in the morning to ride down together ?go to http://www.ohio-riders.com/showthread.php?t=33634&page=4 and please post your reply ...thanksno, but once you get to the M&G, be sure to post up here: http://www.ohio-riders.com/showthread.php?t=33634&page=4 so we can meet up at millersburg and go to the M&G it starts at noon and ends at 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rslocum Posted September 11, 2009 Report Share Posted September 11, 2009 Hailwood-I'm still down for this ride. Need a little shakedown ride Saturday but everything should be cool. If Jbot was going to this ride I'd ride down with him but looks like he is going to the M&G . If no one from up here is going I wouldn't mind trucking my bike down to your place or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hailwood Posted September 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2009 Hailwood-I'm still down for this ride. Need a little shakedown ride Saturday but everything should be cool. If Jbot was going to this ride I'd ride down with him but looks like he is going to the M&G . If no one from up here is going I wouldn't mind trucking my bike down to your place or something.That works fine for me, you're more than welcome to bring the truck down to my place.If no one else is interested, shoot me a text and we'll figure something out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twisted12 Posted September 11, 2009 Report Share Posted September 11, 2009 I may be in for this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost1888 Posted September 11, 2009 Report Share Posted September 11, 2009 I'll know more tomorrow but as of right now I'm interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rslocum Posted September 11, 2009 Report Share Posted September 11, 2009 I'll know more tomorrow but as of right now I'm interested.If you're a go I'll meet up and ride down with ya. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doomking Posted September 12, 2009 Report Share Posted September 12, 2009 no, but once you get to the M&G, be sure to post up here: http://www.ohio-riders.com/showthread.php?t=33634&page=4 so we can meet up at millersburg and go to the M&G it starts at noon and ends at 5Jbot ....If you're going to M&G ,we are meeting at the Circle K on 82 and 83 Sunday morning...Looks like the time will be around 8 am.Hopefully we should be at Millersburg around 9:30 --10 am.If you want to tag along with the rest of us, just monitor the thread you posted just to make sure we have the time and location nailed down so we can meet you accordingly....Hope to see you Sunday .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rslocum Posted September 12, 2009 Report Share Posted September 12, 2009 Going to have to bail on this one. Upper 70's and sunny. Have to take advantage and get another boating day in. I'm really interested in the PA. Ride on the 26th if the weather is good. Guys gave a good ride. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hailwood Posted September 12, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2009 Going to have to bail on this one. Upper 70's and sunny. Have to take advantage and get another boating day in. I'm really interested in the PA. Ride on the 26th if the weather is good. Guys gave a good ride.It's cool man, I definitely understand. Have fun on the water.So is anyone planning on going? If not I'll probably start out a little earlier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost1888 Posted September 12, 2009 Report Share Posted September 12, 2009 I'm going to stay home also. Spent to much money at the bar last night Have fun ya'll! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rslocum Posted September 12, 2009 Report Share Posted September 12, 2009 It's cool man, I definitely understand. Have fun on the water.So is anyone planning on going? If not I'll probably start out a little earlier.thanks man. Drinking beer and chillin on the water is fun. We should have plenty of fall weather to ride. FYI I'll ride into the mid-40's temps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twisted12 Posted September 13, 2009 Report Share Posted September 13, 2009 Hailwood I am going to the m&g hope to get a ride in with ya soon have a safe one!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hailwood Posted September 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2009 Since everyone seems to have other plans, I went ahead and made alternate arrangements for the ride tomorrow, so I will not be in Millersburg tomorrow morning.Have fun everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hailwood Posted September 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2009 Just got back. What an awesome ride!Wound up meeting MadMax in Massillon and heading down 83 through Millersburg just to make sure no one was waiting (nope) and then continued on 83 all the way to Marietta. The newly paved section of 83 South of Coshocton is absolutely awesome. Flawless surface and nice and clean.After a quick bite to eat we headed up OH-26, which is an incredibly fun road, to Woodsfield. Other than stopping to help some poor guy on a Harley who had put his bike in a ditch it was great. From there we hit 800, which is now one of my favorite roads, and headed North.We parted ways around New Philly, and I wound up going through Bolivar back to Massillon and home.Literally couldn't have asked for a nicer day. Thanks for coming out Max!Here's the route I wound up taking (~330 miles round trip):Google Maps Link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadMax33 Posted September 13, 2009 Report Share Posted September 13, 2009 Damn, what a perfect day to ride. All in all, things went rather well with the exception of a close call on Rt.26 that I attribute to coming into a corner too hot. Most of the tricky stuff occurs right before the first junction of Rt.800, and a Harley guy went off the road, dumping his bike near Marietta. He was OK and of course his 800lb tank of a bike was rideable. That was a tight turn though, especially for a cruiser. Other than that, I would not call this day a waste... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doomking Posted September 14, 2009 Report Share Posted September 14, 2009 Don't you hate that feeling going into a turn and you say to yourself....."SHIT Iam going in too fast !!!".Same here.... I had a lame ass turn and I ended up too close to the center lane....Bad Bad Bad....I was fighting my 600lbs anvil to lean more but I was bit too hot going in. Just got to learn from it.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadMax33 Posted September 14, 2009 Report Share Posted September 14, 2009 I few of the turns on 26 had no recommended speed so that's what threw me off, but I just lean the bike over further when I think I'm going in too hot and that's what gets me through it. For being a liter-bike, the CBR is pretty nimble, just not as nimble as that little Speed Triple that I was trying to keep up with, or maybe I just need to practice more. Yeah, I just need to practice more. It's all in the rider these days... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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