Sunday, October 07, 2007
Mountain Dual Sport Ride
Blue
Swinging Bridge over the Little Tennessee River, somewhere in NC
We crossed the Appalachian Trail at the top of one of the 5 0r 6 mountains we went over.
View from the top
We had 4 Riders Me DRZ400, Blue XR600 with almost 60,000 miles, Doc KLR650, and Herschel XL500(1980) with a knobby on the back.
This pix is taken at the store at the tip of Deals Gap http://www.tailofthedragon.com/
Being an avid Dual Sport rider and just moving to East Tennessee I've been looking for some folks to ride with and someone to show me some local roads. I love vintage motorcycles too so I joined the Time Warp Motorcycle Club, http://www.timewarpvmc.org/ I'm Member 125. after the meeting I introduced myself to another mew member, 124 , named Blue who had ridden in on a XR600 and he offered to let me tag along sometime.
We Meet at the Hardees in Vonore at 9:00 Saturday morning and head out, the first part was on pavement up Deals Gap always a fun ride through the twisties. We hit dirt and gravel about 30 miles later and the rest of the trip was mostly off road and about a 3 mile streach of jeep trail and powerline near the end of the ride that was pretty intense. By the time I got home I had traveled 293 miles in a little over 13 hours. I was dirty, sweaty, and beat down dog tiered, but with a big smile on my face.
It was a great ride and the group of folks to ride with.
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Dick it was Very Cool but he had to be hurting, we probably did 80 miles of pavement. but it ran like a a top, never missed a beat. The only problem was the headlight had about 1 candle power so the last 30 minutes we had to put him in the middle of the pack so he could see. Herschel could ride a nice wheelie too.
Riding a nice wheelie is always good. I sure as hell wish I could! haha
Looks like a helluva ride. Please look forward to me interloping.....
Looks like a helluva ride. Please look forward to me interloping.....
It was a blast
All Interlopers are welcome anytime. Maybe we could get some wheelie instruction from the Captian
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All Interlopers are welcome anytime. Maybe we could get some wheelie instruction from the Captian
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