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« on: June 28, 2024, 09:38:58 AM » |
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Last week, 1,000 mile or so loop...   This week, 50 mile or so loop...  -Mike |
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« Reply #1 on: June 28, 2024, 09:50:23 AM » |
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« Reply #2 on: June 28, 2024, 12:46:07 PM » |
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So Mike, where did your 1000 mile loop go?
I was just down in NC and TN two weeks ago.
(I remember hearing Joe say 'The Dragon' was too commercial and too crowded. He was not wrong. I crossed it off my bucket list, but won't be back. The road is brand new and nice, but man it's crowded with bikes and cars and tourists.)
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« Reply #3 on: June 28, 2024, 02:08:18 PM » |
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Looks like 4 charter members of the O.F.F.M.R.C......  |
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hubcapsc
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« Reply #4 on: June 28, 2024, 02:55:46 PM » |
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So Mike, where did your 1000 mile loop go?
I was just down in NC and TN two weeks ago.
(I remember hearing Joe say 'The Dragon' was too commercial and too crowded. He was not wrong. I crossed it off my bucket list, but won't be back. The road is brand new and nice, but man it's crowded with bikes and cars and tourists.)
I met Joe at a place that was equidistant from our houses. He came through the dragon to the meetup place. We went on a bunch of curvy roads. First night in Chimney Rock. Then Marion, and then Abingdon. We found a road that goes through Saltville between Abingdon and 16 that's pretty good. -Mike |
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hubcapsc
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« Reply #5 on: June 28, 2024, 02:56:52 PM » |
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Looks like 4 charter members of the O.F.F.M.R.C...... Since you chartered the OF.F.M.R.C we were feeling abandoned since you weren't along for the ride... -Mike |
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« Reply #6 on: June 28, 2024, 03:13:47 PM » |
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So Mike, where did your 1000 mile loop go?
I was just down in NC and TN two weeks ago.
(I remember hearing Joe say 'The Dragon' was too commercial and too crowded. He was not wrong. I crossed it off my bucket list, but won't be back. The road is brand new and nice, but man it's crowded with bikes and cars and tourists.)
I met Joe at a place that was equidistant from our houses. He came through the dragon to the meetup place. We went on a bunch of curvy roads. First night in Chimney Rock. Then Marion, and then Abingdon. We found a road that goes through Saltville between Abingdon and 16 that's pretty good. -Mike ANd ya'll didn't let me know ya'll was close !! |
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« Reply #7 on: June 28, 2024, 06:03:48 PM » |
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Tracy we were talking about how close we were to you. Our trip didn't
have an element of planning... Punisher just happened (!) to be in
Asheville when we were in Chimney Rock...
-Mike
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LadyDraco
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« Reply #8 on: June 28, 2024, 06:16:55 PM » |
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Tracy we were talking about how close we were to you. Our trip didn't
have an element of planning... Punisher just happened (!) to be in
Asheville when we were in Chimney Rock...
-Mike
It's been a long time since I have seen Pun ! And Joe as that matter.. Oh well... Next time .. |
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Life is what you make of it~If it don't fit make alterations...
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« Reply #9 on: June 29, 2024, 07:04:58 AM » |
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Not sure what road you found. SR 91 might have been part of it. I finally got to ride this section of SR 80, in the Saltville area on my way home from this years Hillbilly Ride:  It's not a high speed stretch of road by any means, but there's enough curves to mess with your equilibrium.  I plan to be on the road the bulk of this summer. But, there is a lot of good riding in this area, maybe a bunch of us can get together this fall. |
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LadyDraco
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« Reply #10 on: June 29, 2024, 08:12:21 AM » |
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Yes 80 is a blast.. Almost single track !  |
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Life is what you make of it~If it don't fit make alterations...
One does not speak unless one knows.
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It's a Poor Craftsman who blames their Tools !
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« Reply #11 on: June 29, 2024, 08:43:31 AM » |
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That was a good ride I needed that . Tracy we thought about it but didn't thinking would be cool just to roll up on you unannounced.
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 I've seen alot of people that thought they were cool , but then again Lord I've seen alot of fools. |
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LadyDraco
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« Reply #12 on: June 29, 2024, 09:39:45 AM » |
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Understood, but knowing me my gate was locked ,and ya'll would had to call from the gate . That is a place where there is signal.. I have had so many folks call and say , well I'm at this gate and it's locked  Then I run down on the quad.. |
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Life is what you make of it~If it don't fit make alterations...
One does not speak unless one knows.
Never underestimate the power of a woman !
It's a Poor Craftsman who blames their Tools !
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hubcapsc
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« Reply #13 on: June 29, 2024, 10:34:41 AM » |
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Not sure what road you found.
From the Abingdon side it is The Old Saltworks road. Then one or two other numbered roads until you get to 16. It didn't look very long on the map, but it took a long time to get from the back-of-the-dragon store to Abingdon using the route... Joe and I used the 80 that crosses the BRP on the second day. I'd never noticed the 80 you mentioned... -Mike |
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« Reply #14 on: July 02, 2024, 10:14:39 AM » |
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Not sure what road you found.
From the Abingdon side it is The Old Saltworks road. Then one or two other numbered roads until you get to 16. It didn't look very long on the map, but it took a long time to get from the back-of-the-dragon store to Abingdon using the route... Joe and I used the 80 that crosses the BRP on the second day. I'd never noticed the 80 you mentioned... -Mike That HAS to be the roads that LandElephant (Charlie) took us on many years ago. It was drizzling rain and there were curvy, gravel roads back in the woods. I am almost sure I heard some banjo music in the background. Hay  Jimmyt |
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