Rocks Posted March 10, 2011 Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 Got my AMA mag the other day + this route is listed as one of the top 15 MC roads in the country. I'm talkin it's on the same list as PCH, BRP, Tail of the Dragon + it's right here in Ohio. Personally, never heard of it nor have any of my friends. If yah head that way, check out 164 on the way back. It's another great MC road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aetsh Posted March 10, 2011 Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 Its fun as shit.. plus right off it is a sweet greasy spoon called the steel trolley diner, you guessed it.. a old train car!If anyone wants to gtg and ride this fucker, it starts about 3 miles from my house.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mykill Posted March 10, 2011 Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 http://www.fuzzygalore.com/2011/03/the-15-best-roads-in-america-chosen-by-ama-magazine-readers/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casper Posted March 10, 2011 Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 Sounds like we need to plan a trip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheezeberger07 Posted March 10, 2011 Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 i live about 3 minutes from it. Im the one who's picture is featured next to the description in the magazine. It really is a fun road. But like i said in the magazine, it does get crowded during spring for some reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casper Posted March 10, 2011 Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=poland,+ohio&daddr=40.88609,-80.54446+to:calcutta,+oh&hl=en&geocode=FeL6cQIddeox-yk9C4PPZvAziDHYWVfDVWQi9g%3BFUrfbwIdNP0y-yn5RfWTAQo0iDFnWcwZAXGW7A%3BFXWgbAIdNYAy-yklNcM-GBE0iDEf9X1W3m2p4A&gl=us&mra=dpe&mrsp=1&sz=10&via=1&sll=40.846022,-80.399323&sspn=0.697064,1.234589&ie=UTF8&ll=40.854332,-80.551758&spn=0.34849,0.617294&z=11I'm thinking the roads in SE Ohio look like a lot more fun. And it's only 29 miles? Still worth checking out I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nopulse95 Posted March 16, 2011 Report Share Posted March 16, 2011 I spoke up about another thread on 170, I ride it about once a week in the summer, it's fun when there are no cars, which is rare, and it's not easy to pass on. There is one long straight for passing, but the two good hilly curvy sections usually get clogged up with traffic. 164 is better, more blind though. Worth checking out for sure, but nothing compares to the roads down south. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReconRat Posted March 16, 2011 Report Share Posted March 16, 2011 (edited) From Columbus, 9 hours, 375 miles minimum...Take 78 to the river and route 2 up, not much longer...edit: well ok, 10 hours, 425 miles... Edited March 16, 2011 by ReconRat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblosser Posted March 16, 2011 Report Share Posted March 16, 2011 ...If yah head that way, check out 164 on the way back. It's another great MC road.When you're coming back up 164, just before 164 & 165 meet, keep an eyeball open for Blosser Road.If you're bored, turn on the road, you'll run into 165 in a mile or so. The old farmhouse is on the right side of the road - the summer house and smokehosue are still there, but I believe the barns have been torn down and houses put up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swingset Posted March 22, 2011 Report Share Posted March 22, 2011 That's a pretty fucking straight road to earn its place on "best" motorcycle roads. A lot of cruiser riders must have voted. Is there a bar at either end or something?26 or 800 are longer, curvier, prettier country, and less traveled. I guess not as many desperate-for-curves Northern Ohio folks knew to vote for 'em tho, which is what that survey was - a popularity contest.If it were a serious look at great roads, honestly, nothing in Ohio would have gotten near the list. Fuck, about every 2-digit state route in WV or NC puts our best to shame. Rt. 152 in New Mexico across the Black Range is 63 miles of relentless twisties and switchbacks cut through beautiful pine mountains and rock formations on a road with no traffic....not one mention.Crappy list, IMHO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zach Posted March 23, 2011 Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 Don't you guys realize what's going on here?This is a GENIUS ploy by someone at AMA to direct that vast majority of the AMA magazine readers AWAY from the good riding to save it for the rest of us!I applaud them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drc32-0 Posted March 23, 2011 Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 Don't you guys realize what's going on here?This is a GENIUS ploy by someone at AMA to direct that vast majority of the AMA magazine readers AWAY from the good riding to save it for the rest of us!I applaud them.That works for me.One of the best things about S.E.O. roads is that you usually have the road to yourself...very little traffic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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