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A long commute isn't always a bad thing...


thirdgenlxi

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Well as some may or may not know, I lost my job about a month and a half ago. I recently started a new job up in Morganton, NC (at a much MUCH better company! Old place was a major s**thole). Only thing is with the new job is that it also comes with a hefty commute.... 120 miles/day if I take the backroads, 160 miles if I take the highway. But who would want to take the boring ass highway all that ways anyways?? Backroads everyday for me!

Here's the route on google maps...

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I usually leave my house around 6:35 am. I make my way out through all the apple orchards on some local backroads over to Rt. 64 and head east for a ways

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Then head northeast on NC 9

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Then continue NE on Old Fort Rd. I live in a valley, and my work is also in a valley, but there's a ginormous mountain in between the two. Old Fort Rd takes you up up up and to the top of the mountain, then down the other side of it

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It's a fun road with some beautiful scenery

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Gotta watch out for this stuff though.... it's all over on Old Fort Rd. Once you go through a few times though you know most of the spots where it's at, and just know to be extra mindful of it and take it real easy. It's still a fun road though even going slow

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Lots of these, especially when you get up towards the top of the mountain

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Definitely out in the sticks the whole way there.... sure wouldn't want to have a wreck or breakdown out here, especially since I have no cell phone signal most of the way

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A few hairpins... those are always fun

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Make it to work right at 8 am.... and being that my new boss is cool as all hell and also into sportbikes, I get the VIP parking spot right in my stall where I can keep a close eye on her all day long

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Then repeat in the opposite direction at 5 pm

So yea... pretty rough commute I've got there, hahahah. I don't really think of it as a commute, but more like 3 FREE hours of mandatory playtime in the twisties.... every day!! I love it here... really hope I never have to move

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wanna know whats funny this guy is also on a sportbike forum in Florida. No need to double post man. haha http://www.soflasportbikes.com/forum/member-photos/223321-long-commute-isnt-always-bad-thing.html

Why not?? They're two completely different forums. I'm on about a dozen other forums as well.... not all the same people on every single one of them

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wanna know whats funny this guy is also on a sportbike forum in Florida. No need to double post man. haha http://www.soflasportbikes.com/forum/member-photos/223321-long-commute-isnt-always-bad-thing.html

I was gonna ask what the hell a vrod dude was doing on a sportbike forum, then I noticed you have a TLR listed now!

For the record, I have heard from pretty (well, ugly to be totally accurate) realiable sources that Dave can out ride most sportbike riders on his vrod....

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