Ok lets hear about your favorite places that you have ridden or would like to ride. The Suches & Blue Ridge area here in North Georgia is especially nice with lots of twisties and scenic views. Helen Georgia is a fun place to visit too. Of course the Dragon in North Carolina is fun. I hear the Austin Texas Hill country is nice too for motorcycles. Anywhere else? Come on & let us know you favorites. Pictures are a plus. :thumbup:
Best Places to Ride in The US
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flyingminno
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Glendora Ridge road to Mt. Baldy, here in Southern Cali.
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Hi Mark,
I have to put in my vote for South Florida. Here is why.
1. The roads are straight as an arrow. No need to worry about silly curves or other technical challanges.
2. The friendly drivers we have here will be more then happy to cut you off, run you off the road, stop short in front of you or perform any number of interesting maneuvers at the drop of a hat.
3. It's hot most of the time. Feel free to ride in flip flops, tank tops, no helmet, and of course, shorts.
Come one down!!!
Hi Mark,
I have to put in my vote for South Florida. Here is why.
1. The roads are straight as an arrow. No need to worry about silly curves or other technical challanges.
2. The friendly drivers we have here will be more then happy to cut you off, run you off the road, stop short in front of you or perform any number of interesting maneuvers at the drop of a hat.
3. It's hot most of the time. Feel free to ride in flip flops, tank tops, no helmet, and of course, shorts.
Come one down!!!
Though not on a motorcycle, but instead sport cars, I have to say I absolutely loved the Santa Monica Mountain range in the Greater Los Angeles area. It was fantastic in the late 1990s and early 2000s, before that dang Fast & the Furious movie came out, and also before mudslides took out some roads.
A good variety of roads--you could select a super-twisty, tight road (Decker Rd for those of you in SoCal), or faster roads with broad, sweeping turns (Encinal Cyn). The Rock Store sure was popular with motorcyclists. I even spotted Jay Leno there once!
I have not yet ventured out to the Dragon here in Tennessee; I'm too fearful of the Tenn. Hwy Patrol!
A good variety of roads--you could select a super-twisty, tight road (Decker Rd for those of you in SoCal), or faster roads with broad, sweeping turns (Encinal Cyn). The Rock Store sure was popular with motorcyclists. I even spotted Jay Leno there once!
I have not yet ventured out to the Dragon here in Tennessee; I'm too fearful of the Tenn. Hwy Patrol!
Every time I take the trip from VA back to OH with the family, I wish I'd had a bike. Finally got it last year and now want to plan a short trip back by myself. I had a family death last year right after I got my bike, being a new rider I took my car, but found route 50 out of OH into W.VA was an awesome road. Plus, the whole trip I'd like to take is full of adventure, the hills in VA, W.VA and OH, added with the twisties make for a nice ride.
We have a few roads here in VA, but most are not for long trips (unless you count the hour or two highway miles to get to them). The views are amazing. They are also usually very hazardous with unknown gravel spots everywhere, never know when you come around a tight turn if your going to hit gravel in the turn, or worse, some mud from the tractors entering the road from the fields.
We have a few roads here in VA, but most are not for long trips (unless you count the hour or two highway miles to get to them). The views are amazing. They are also usually very hazardous with unknown gravel spots everywhere, never know when you come around a tight turn if your going to hit gravel in the turn, or worse, some mud from the tractors entering the road from the fields.
The Sport Bike Group I'm part of is planning a trip up there in a couple of weeks. I'm not going to be able to make it but I wish I could.
Here in San Diego we have:
Old Julian Highway
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGhDzYWaRL4]YouTube - Old Julian Hwy. West Bound[/ame]
Palomar Mountain Rd. (AKA Palomar Raceway)
Sunrise Highway
Lyons Valley Rd
Japitul Valley Rd.
Banner Grade
And many more I don't feel like trying to find pictures. Put it this way, I could put a couple thousand miles on my bike if I tried to hit all of them in town at once. After 5 months of riding I'm still going on a new road I don't know almost every ride.
flyingminno
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Nice, yeah I rode down to Palomar a couple weeks back. I'm going to ride Glendora Ridge road tomorrow, so I'll try and get some pictures of the road and views.
John..nice pics, also watched the video twice very cool..thanks. I could see myself riding any of those areas and having fun. Anyone else have any favorites?The Sport Bike Group I'm part of is planning a trip up there in a couple of weeks. I'm not going to be able to make it but I wish I could.
Here in San Diego we have:
Old Julian Highway
YouTube - Old Julian Hwy. West Bound
Palomar Mountain Rd. (AKA Palomar Raceway)
Sunrise Highway
Lyons Valley Rd
Japitul Valley Rd.
Banner Grade
And many more I don't feel like trying to find pictures. Put it this way, I could put a couple thousand miles on my bike if I tried to hit all of them in town at once. After 5 months of riding I'm still going on a new road I don't know almost every ride.
flyingminno
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Well, I went to Glendora Ridge road today. Lots of riders as usual, all different bikes. Though I wasn't able to stop and take pictures of the curves because I got caught up in riding them, but here is one image where you can see how the road twists around the mountain. I will take better ones after the rains pass.
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How about a little detour to Canada?
We have riden the north west of the USA (Mount St. Helens, Red Wood park, Yellowstone park, Grand Tetons, Glacier park) and they are all great rides!:america:
In case someone wants to venture north of the border, I'll post up some shots from here:
Jasper park:
Lake Louise:
Interior of British Columbia (Highway 31A)
And no, it wasn't cold (mostly 70-90 degrees). We wear all our gear, all the time..... Remember, dress for the slide, not for the ride!
We have riden the north west of the USA (Mount St. Helens, Red Wood park, Yellowstone park, Grand Tetons, Glacier park) and they are all great rides!:america:
In case someone wants to venture north of the border, I'll post up some shots from here:
Jasper park:
Lake Louise:
Interior of British Columbia (Highway 31A)
And no, it wasn't cold (mostly 70-90 degrees). We wear all our gear, all the time..... Remember, dress for the slide, not for the ride!
Nice! I keep thinking a trip to Yosemite or Yellowstone would be awesome. Just have to get time from work and get others to join in. You're in prime mountain biking area up there too. I've always wanted to get a hold of a good down hill rig and hit up some of the DH trails out there. Also Whistler would be killer to do.
Here's a link to a bunch of pictures from a group ride I put together and lead yesterday. One of the riders in our Sportbike Group is an amateur photographer and he camps out on roads he knows we're going to be on sometimes. Our group doesn't start until #16. You'll see me leading about 12 other bikes. It's on some of our more popular mountain back roads.
1/16/10 Jon Kerr's Mountain Loop - dmcghee's Photos
There's two angles to most of the pics. He had his son out there shooting too.
1/16/10 Jon Kerr's Mountain Loop - dmcghee's Photos
There's two angles to most of the pics. He had his son out there shooting too.
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Thanks, we're spending 2 weeks on the bikes in British Columbia this year, so Whistler is a possibility. Great that you can ride this time of year vvv.
Squirrel spur road, Just off the Blue ridge parkway in Va.
Va. Route 56, Eastward from Vesuvius, then across the BR Parkway. You'll see your own tail-light on some of the turns!
Very pretty rides when the leaves are out (May thru October) through the Catskill and Adirondak Mountains of NY State. NY Route 28 snakes it's way around through both, and combined with numerous side roads can make a great 3-5 day ride. Tie into The Green Mountains of Vermont and the White Mountains of New Hampshire, and you have 8-10 days of really fine riding. I'd say it's the equal of running the entire Blue Ridge Parkway and Tail of the Dragon - plus it has more beautiful lakes.
And New York City has some spectacle if you don't mind trying to "out crazy" the local crazies on the roads. Every day is track day in NYC!
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Got that right. I just drove 2600 round trip miles from NY to FL towing my dirt bike to do some sand riding with the ADV Rider boys in Pensacola. Because of the crazy low temps, most were not riding. Out of boredom I rode on the street a few times - the only decent curves were ramps to major roads. Don't care that you can ride most of the year there, I'd rather have 8 months of Northeast twisties!
Professional_Noob
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Hawaii isn't that nice of a place to ride! There is great scenery, but there is always traffic and not many curves! Plus it is an island, not much to it!