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Chickenhauler
Posted on Thursday, August 18, 2005 - 02:44 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

on the 25th will be heading out.cant wait.getting new hyper pro spings put on as we speak.they say they give a smother ride.will find out.its 765 miles one way.should be fun on a r model.
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Truk
Posted on Thursday, August 18, 2005 - 08:32 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Have a great and safe time.

This past June I did a similiar trip on my R1 from Cola, SC to Tolland CT.

What route are you taking?
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Chickenhauler
Posted on Thursday, August 18, 2005 - 10:43 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

will be taking 77,81,78,287,87,90. and thanks dave for getting the seat from corbin.
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Tomzweifel
Posted on Saturday, August 20, 2005 - 11:49 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

You'll be turning from 78 onto 287 about 6 miles from my house, in case you run out of beer or anything.

BTW: You'd be much better off not getting onto 78 from 81 - take 81 all the way up to Scranton, jump on 84 and take that to the Thruway (87). Or, you could even take 81 all the way up to Binghampton, then take 88 to Albany.

78 has contstruction for about 10 miles getting into Allentown, morning rush heading east into NJ is stop and go all the way to 287, and 287 is a mess all the way up past 80 morning and evening. You'd be better off avoiding that area.
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Yeags30
Posted on Sunday, August 21, 2005 - 10:59 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

88 is a nice scenic road...they have been working on it all summer..they smoothed out a lot of the bad parts between albany an oneonta....can;t remember how the ride is from binghampton..traffic has been pretty thick on the thruway lately...just make sure you aren't heading south on a sunday.....last weekend it was backed up for hrs...where are you going to be in albany??.....i could swing by
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Tomzweifel
Posted on Sunday, August 21, 2005 - 11:12 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

88 is smooth as silk between Binghampton and Oneonta. 81 is a lot better, too, between Indiantown Gap and Hazleton. For superslab there are some nice diving and climbing sweepers on it.
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Truk
Posted on Sunday, August 21, 2005 - 06:26 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I like to stay off the Interstates and enjoying seeing some of the sites. Not quite as fast, but for me more enjoyable and this truly is a great Country with much to see.

For what it is worth, coming back from CT to SC I took the following. I list it in reverse order so it is going from South to North so you can compare it to your route for comparison

- Blue Ridge Parkway
- Skyline Drive
- Highway 340 to Fredrick
- Highway 15 thru Gettysburg (great place to visit...the Battlefield is awesome)
- Interstate 81 in Harrrisburg
- Hwy 209


Hwy 209 continues up to Kingston and Interstate 87 North to Albany
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Chickenhauler
Posted on Tuesday, August 23, 2005 - 09:03 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

88 also has long workzones right now. need to go fast lol. the ride north of 78 on 81 always puts me to sleep.well the bike still isnt ready.but they say they got the fan fixed.would run only at the end of a ride.i know that sounds good but dont wanna burn up my motor. they have almost finished. new springs and a dyno run.then i leave on thursday.
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Truk
Posted on Wednesday, August 24, 2005 - 10:23 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Have a great time. Fill us in when you get back
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