Cheaha Mountain Ride Lite

[MaverickValk]

A group of mostly Alabama Riders had a lunch ride back in late October and some interest was shown in having another Cheaha ride.

As the people who attended the Cheaha rides of yesteryear know, Tim Moore (Redvalk) went all out in planning and promoting the ride by lining up sponsors to provide free beer, prizes and such. The ride was held on the mountain and sold the motel out most every year.

For Tim, each year had to be bigger and better than the previous year. Except for the weather some years, the ride was outstanding.

I don't have the desire to try to even come close to his efforts and outcome.

I am proposing that we have a ride similar to Mac's Veteran's Day Ride in that I will make motel arrangements for a motel meeting place and a time to meet and everybody will do their own thing as far as activities, rides and such.

To that end, I propose that we meet at Oxford, AL which is not on Cheaha Mountain but on I-20 at Exit 185. It will be in sight of Cheaha Mountain. A good selection of eating places are at this Exit.

I have checked and found that there are several motels that might be suitable with rates less than $ 60.00/night. The weekend of April 21 seems to be a good date with little or no conflicts.


To gage interest, would the people who might be interested and could give an affirmative definite/maybe of attending at this point in time post as such. The number of attendees will influence the room rates.

We need a VRCC ride in this area in the spring, don't you think so?

[Crazyhorse]

I would be in for that  .

[Chrisj CMA]

I'm in barring hurricanes and tornadoes

Jeff

[Rams]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheaha_Mountain

Never heard of this before but, it looks like an interesting area to ride.    

With what I do, it's almost impossible to commit at this point but, I am interested.   Lots of good folks will travel a long ways to attend a good event.   Good luck, I'm sure this will be a wonderful event.  

[fudgie]

I only went to one Cheaha but had a great time! Except for camping and being soaked.  I like the idea but cant commit as of yet.

[biggerjim52]

 Sounds good to me , 

[hubcapsc]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fb10P5C8ATY

-Mike 

[..]

This is a little museum jewel. Excellent firearms collection 

Well worth a visit. A hop and a skip from Oxford. https://goo.gl/maps/61j3yN1nUfN2

These photos don't do justice to what they have on display

http://bermanmuseum.org/pages/?pageID=27

Less than an hours blast west on I20 is the holy grail of US bike collections

http://www.barbermuseum.org/     https://goo.gl/maps/fCmLVA6e2No

[Ron K]

I am in ! will bring 2 more or 4  riders  !

[Stanley Steamer]

Had MANY great rides and times at Cheaha...Here are some videos from the best year ever....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYch-YQ_dXU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNWm9LTNdek&t=70s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0QK1_h62F8

[Cracker Jack]

International Motorsports Hall Of Fame and Museum at Talladega Raceway just about 14 miles to the West on I-20.

http://www.motorsportshalloffame.com/?homepage=true

[MaverickValk]

The motel is ready for reservations as follows for the ride on April 21 and 22.


Motel
Motel 6 on I-20, exit 185 in Oxford Alabama. It is located south of the interstate and east of intersecting h'way 21.

Reservations:
To make reservations, you need to call Wayne at 256-831-5463 between 3:00 PM and 11:00 PM CDT.
Tell Wayne you are part of the "Cheaha Ride" in order to be put with our group and get our rate. All rooms will be downstairs with parking next to the rooms.
The rate is $45.00/night for 1 king or 2 queen beds.

Let me know on this thread if you have any problems with your reservations. Let us know even if you don't have any problems so interested parties can know who plans to attend.


Wayne is holding ten rooms and can go to fifteen if needed. I hope they are needed.

[ChromeDome]

Saw this too late  , already committed to visiting my older brother in the Twin Cities. I will keep it in mind for 2018. 

[Farside]

   ??? I'd sure like to get up that way to meet some of my AL Valk brothers. If the wife gives me a short notice thumbs up I'll be headed that way with ChrisJ out of Crestview. Maybe have a few more coming too. A few us went on this ride about 6 months ago for the first time. We all enjoyed and I got my fingers crossed to make this again.  

[Chrisj CMA]

Reservation made.  At least two Valkyries from Florida will be invading Alabama.  See you all in Oxford on Friday the 21st.

Our route will be Hwy 9 from Montgomery to Lineville then up to the skyway and over to Oxford if anyone is traveling in that area

[biggerjim52]

Just made reservations. Wayne was very nice.
looking forward to getting away for awhile.

[MaverickValk]

Reservation made.  At least two Valkyries from Florida will be invading Alabama.  See you all in Oxford on Friday the 21st.

Our route will be Hwy 9 from Montgomery to Lineville then up to the skyway and over to Oxford if anyone is traveling in that area

Chris, are you bringing Earl with you?

Looks like the weather is going to be great. Hope we have a good turnout.

[Chrisj CMA]

Reservation made.  At least two Valkyries from Florida will be invading Alabama.  See you all in Oxford on Friday the 21st.

Our route will be Hwy 9 from Montgomery to Lineville then up to the skyway and over to Oxford if anyone is traveling in that area

Chris, are you bringing Earl with you?


Looks like the weather is going to be great. Hope we have a good turnout.

Yep Earl and maybe one more  

[Crazyhorse]

Got a room will see you guys Friday.

[Farside]

Well after i said I'd be riding w/ ChrisJ out of Crestview I was tagged w/ going to an anesthesia meeting in Destin  oh darn..... You guys enjoy and I'll catch up next year for sure. 

[MarcusS]

I just found this thread last night.

I was looking for a destination for this weekend. Please post Thursday evening if this is getting shut down. I will probably hit the road at 4AM to arrive before dark Friday. 
I will post my departure time if I head that way.


Hotel:Motel
Motel 6 on I-20, exit 185 in Oxford Alabama. It is located south of the interstate and east of intersecting h'way 21. call Wayne at 256-831-5463 between 3:00 PM and 11:00 PM CDT.
Tell Wayne you are part of the "Cheaha Ride" in order to be put with our group and get our rate

KSU Time ?

[winghot]

Sounds like a good weekend ride.  I will try to make it. 

[Chrisj CMA]

Sounds like a good weekend ride.  I will try to make it. 

Long time no see Wayne.  Hope to see you in Oxford
 

[madentist11]

I just checked in and will be arriving in the late afternoon!! looking forward to the trip.

[MarcusS]

Just booked my room and was told by Wayne to use the name Leon S for the room. Does this mean I owe Leon the difference between his negotiated rate and normal? Me and My Black IS should be in around 5 Friday.

[MaverickValk]

No commission for me! I just talked to Wayne and he said we have 7 rooms reserved at this point.

Yesterday I became aware that Barber's is hosting the "Honda Indy Grand Prix Of Alabama" and racing will be going on both Sat. and Sun. afternoons. Race day-huge crowds.

The lady at Barbers said visiting the Museum won't be a problem other than the crowds. The good part is, if you decide to go during the race, a good view of the track can be seen from the Museum. She also said if you want to avoid the crowds, go when the park opens at 8:00 AM.

The weather man says there's a chance of showers both Sat. and Sun. the greatest chance of rain will be starting Sat. around 5:00 PM thru 3:00 AM on Sunday. The rain should be out by daybreak on Sunday.

I had planned a ride over the mountain with lunch in Talladega and then to Barber's if there was any interest. We can still do the ride if there's interest but I'm not interested in battling the crowds. I'll take you to the Motorsports Park if you want to go.

For those coming, I look forward to seeing you tomorrow. RIDE SAFE!!

Leon (Maverick)

[Chrisj CMA]

Thanks Everyone and especially Leon for putting this together.  I hope it gets more popular as the next couple years happen.  I thoroughly enjoyed riding in the mountains again.  I must admit, I need more time on mountain twisties to get back to my best riding but it was fantastic venturing up to the restaurant early this morning for breakfast.  

Earl and I only stayed one night so we are home already.  So I guess I get to be the first to post a post Cheaha 17 ride report.  No rain, it all held off, Jim (from near Dothan Al) may have some wetness coming home on Sunday.  We had light traffic and made record time up hwy 9 to Lineville and then up the mountain.  The Skyway empties out right at Oxford so we just came right in without having to get on the freeway

I took a couple of pictures mostly for Bruce (BF) but it was a beautiful day on the mountain.

[Strider]

Read too late.  Please put on going forward.  I ALWAYS dug Cheaha!

[MarcusS]

Made it back tp Houston about 6:30 this evening. Had a great trip. Thanks Leon for putting it together.

[Crazyhorse]

Thanks Leon for putting this together. Enjoyed seeing you guys. Looking forward to next years ride.

[Ron K]

Great ride, food and tire kicking. Thanks Leon.

[MaverickValk]

Thanks to the riders that showed up. We had 8 riders/bikes representing 4 states. We had a good ride on Saturday and the rain held off until the end of the day. The rain lasted trhrough Sunday morning.

Let's see what happens next year.