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***Cakes206*** · 05-24-2010, 07:25 PM

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Originally Posted by ism409

I that keg looking thing a secondary gas tank??

Naa man, its to take the edge off

ronin_01r1 · 05-25-2010, 02:06 PM

i should have it painted like a heinekin mini keg..

i got it here: http://tourtank.com/

ronin_01r1 · 05-27-2010, 09:58 AM

Routes are finalized...we head out tomorrow afternoon. My plan is to sample lots and lots of BBQ along the way.

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

keep stunting to a minimum.

Day 4

Day 5/6...We will stay 2 days near Deal's Gap.

Day 7

Day 8

Day 9

Day 10...last leg home always sucks.

**FigNewTon** · 05-27-2010, 02:17 PM

Looks awesome Song. Ride safe and enjoy the trip. Definitely post up some pics when you get back.

ronin_01r1 · 05-28-2010, 01:51 AM

Thanks!!! Counting down the hours now...and I can't fall asleep!

***Cakes206*** · 05-28-2010, 02:03 AM

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Originally Posted by ronin_01r1

Thanks!!! Counting down the hours now...and I can't fall asleep!

When you leaving again? Things have been hectic, didn't get a chance to make it to he post office.

ronin_01r1 · 05-05-2011, 10:47 AM

First w/e ride for 2011.. Friday after work, we slabbed it on i-76 until the Blue Mountain exit. Grabbed a quick bite and warmed up a bit. Then it was off to Shawnee State Park the rest of the way via backroads.

The plan for Saturday and Sunday was about 300 miles each. Blue route for Saturday and Green for Sunday. Looking back, the Green route coming back was better than Saturday's route. In fact it was so good, that we decided to use this route next time to ride out Saturday morning and use the same route to come back on Sunday. We'll skip the semi boring Friday night ride.

Loaded up and ready to roll.. I ride it to work like this so I can take off directly from work.

Shawnee State Park

Probably not a good idea during moto trips...or ever for that matter. lol.

Traveling piggy

Beautiful weather today..

Sunday...

What's for dinner?

Close call.. TJ almost lowsided here.. you can see the tire marks. He felt the rear start to slide out. When he realized he wasn't going to make the turn, he stood it up and braked for a second and then slid on some gravel. From my view, his bike looked like a bucking horse that shook very hard trying to throw him off. Somehow he managed to stay up and pulled off to the side.

And.....moving on. More nice roads.

A nice break for lunch. The burger I had was great, but the sweet potato fries..not so much (they were not crispy).

Ant · 05-05-2011, 11:01 AM

Nice! How do you plan your routes?

ronin_01r1 · 05-05-2011, 01:12 PM

I use Garmin's mapsource. Basically set the map to 3mi view and pick the curviest looking roads and string them together. I found if the view is less than 3mi view, it picks up a lot of the small local roads (gravel, unpaved, dirt, goat paths, etc). Usually for a full day's ride (8am-7pm) including breakfast and lunch and breaks about every hour, about 275 mile route is good.

SPRHK · 05-05-2011, 03:50 PM

Very Nice! Saxon & I are planning a 4 day trip with the ladies down to WV. Seneca Rocks, gonna stay at the Smokehole Lodge. Heard great things about the area.

ronin_01r1 · 05-05-2011, 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by SPRHK

Very Nice! Saxon & I are planning a 4 day trip with the ladies down to WV. Seneca Rocks, gonna stay at the Smokehole Lodge. Heard great things about the area.

I love WV....awesome roads all over the place and minimal LEO coverage. They're mostly on the main / busy roads so mind your speeds there. We've been to the Seneca Rocks area many times. The truly amazing roads are in the SW section of WV. If you're looking for slow scenic, there's always Skyline Drive and at the end of it you can skip over to WV since you probably know VA is known for strict enforcement. Have a safe trip and a great time!

ronin_01r1 · 05-09-2011, 02:03 PM

...yea, so I'm a little behind in posting my RRs. This one was to the Indy MotoGP from Philly, PA with my riding buddies...August 2008. Our plan was to take a *LONG* way to Indy via MD, WV, and OH twisties...and back via similar route. So, here are some pics!

On my trusty KTM 625 smc... PERFECT for twisties.

Dinner...

We stayed at Front Royal, VA the first night. We normally have no qualms about parking our bikes outside, but on this particular night, we spotted some people suspiciously eyeing our bikes..so we decided to add some more roommates to our room.

I'm surprised I didn't take more photos along the way, but we eventually made it to Indy. The worse part of the ride was the last few hours on the dreaded highway leading into Indy. Lucky for us, my buddy Alex from Indy showed up with his RV to host us for the few days we stayed. Thanks Alex!

These are from the practice sessions.. They were still hauling ass IMO. :deal

Too bad MotoGP is not so popular in the US.

The RV... smells like something burning.

Sweet..

squid alert!