| Author | Message | ||
     Exitlandrew |
Im riding from Poughkeepsie Ny to Abingdon Va next weekend. Anybody know any good rides in that area? Im visiting friends who dont ride, so I wanna have a few good roads in mind before I get there. | ||
| Buellfirebolt31 |
Where about is Abingdon in Virginia? I live in Northern Virginia, about 30 miles south of DC. Bradley | ||
| Firewhirl |
yo brad! My bike is still down with the charging issue...Argh! go to http://local.google.com/ and search on Abingdon Va | ||
| Buellfirebolt31 |
WOW!!! way south!!!! Really? my bike just went in. got the nail in the back tire, but should be done by this weekend? what about you?....Listen to this... I was driving to the harley shop(my work) after school and i see this firebolt. I never see any here so i pulled up next to him and we talked, then pulled over to talk to....long story short...HE TEACHES AT MY SCHOOL AND I DIDN'T KNOW IT!!!!! i thought that was awesome....Thanks anyway, Bradley | ||
| Chrisb |
You MUST MUST MUST!!! Ride RT 211 from Sperryville to Luray when you get to Luray turn around and do it again!!!! | ||
| Exitlandrew |
BuellFirebolt31, Abingdon is right around Bristol. Very far away from me, Im not looking forward to 530 miles on 81. At least I can get in some helmet free riding in Pennsylvania. So 211 huh? Ill look it up. How long a ride is it? | ||
| Mr_cuell |
NO NO NO - 211 is now a major NO NO. It is/was great but as the fatalities rose so did the attention of the local and state constabulary. For awhile they were stopping virtually every bike just to check registration, inspection license, etc. just to hassle everyone so much that the word would get out to stay away. The word did in fact get out, and I won't be going over there anytime soon. On the pure internet rumor side I heard there was gravel that was "mysteriously" appearing in the corner (ahem . . locals) but I drove down it in the family truckster this winter and didn't see anything. (or cops for that matter but it was like 38 degrees on a Wednesday or soemthing. If you ignore my advice, do know that my Arai and Vansons have sampled the delicacy of rt 211 armco. Decreasing radaii abound. Anyway the news I have heard is stay away from 211. That being said there are loads of great roads around here. Find Hume on the map, find middleburg, find the plains, find rectortown then connect them all with the curvy lines. Good stuff. | ||
| Mr_cuell |
Call me if you are around 703.929.9109. I ride with some good guys and while I am often busy with work in the spring, it would be cool to meet someone from the badweb and I can show you the supersecret roads I won;t put on the net! | ||
| Exitlandrew |
Thanks for the advice man, especially because of my lack of rearview mirrors and my loud exhaust. I know that just due to simple geography there has to be quite a few good roads in that area. | ||
| Exitlandrew |
Where are you located? I dont know exactly which day im going out, maybe sunday the 30th of this month or the following monday. Im gonna need at least a day to recover from the ride down there. | ||
| Mikexlr650 |
exit, if your from poughkeepsie you'r going to have to cross the bridge and come out for a ride with us. we've got a pretty good buell group in orange county! | ||
| Blublak |
Ditto - STAY AWAY FROM 211 - Straight Scoop - The Squidly types, along with a bunch of 'road racers' turned it into an open track situation. Before long, there were fatalities piling up and State and locals come out in force on ANY nice day. However there are alternatives (a bunch are better roads anyway). How much time do you have? I know a lot of nice little stretches of road you might like. Give me some more details and I'll be able to plot something out for ya. Oh, and I'll type up a nice route you'll wanna run while you're down there.. Trust me on this. (Message edited by BluBlak on April 20, 2006) | ||
| Exitlandrew |
Mike, that sounds good, I go over that way fairly often. We will have to get together sometime after I get back. Blublak, Im gonna be down there from Friday the 28th till Teusday the second. Im planning on at least a couple hundred miles on Sunday or Monday. | ||
| Chrisb |
I was there about 3 weeks ago on a Friday afternoon. No cops, some crap in the road the state crew was brush hogging the sides. | ||
| Dbyrd3130 |
I am riding from New Haven Ct to Front Royal, Va to get on "Skyline Drive" to "Blue Ridge Pkwy" to "Tail of the Dragon" to Road Atlanta end of September...not sure how far Blue Ridge is from Abingdon? | ||
| Xbrad9r |
hey "Exit", i sent you a pm i live in Abingdon and would love to show another Bueller around the local twisties...check your email and give me a shout about the day and time you will be in town and I can give you the Grand tour. check out this website, it is where i normally ride on my days off... www.shadyvalleycountrystore.com they even have a pic of a blue xb9r on their homepage... anyone ever in this area, make time to ride US421 from Shady Valley to Mountain City, TN or Shady to Bristol, or Shady to Elizabethton...there are 489 curves in a 12 mile radius of Shady. plus the Ride from Abingdon to Shady is fantastic through Backbone Rock park (home of the "world's shortest tunnel") but the three trips I listed above would give the "Dragon" a run for its money. and if you plan on coming thru this area send me a pm and let me know ahead of time if you would like another Badwebber to ride along with. | ||
| Xbrad9r |
and for more detail on this, check this out http://www.motorcycleplayground.com/Roads/421/roads421.html and http://www.motorcycleplayground.com/Roads/hwy91/HWY91.html anyway, give me a yell "Exit" i am free on that Sunday. Brad (Message edited by xbrad9r on April 21, 2006) | ||
| Nutsosane |
If anyone is riding the Blue Ridge Parkway in the vicinity of Roanoke VA please post in the Storm Fronts section. There are a few of us up for rides anytime. NUTS | ||
| Xbrad9r |
anyone else on here live near Bristol TN/VA...? |
