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Whistle
Posted on Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - 01:34 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Hey!
Going to Roanoke for a long weekend of riding with my best friend. He just got his license and his bike and I wanted to be there with him while he is learning to ride. We've talked about riding together for years, and we finally get to! Too cool.

Anyway-he lives in Roanoke so I'm wondering if any of ya'll know any good roads in the area-I know there is the parkway but wanted to ask if there are any other good roads I should look for?

mmm...love a road trip! Can't wait to leave!

thanks guys,
Nick
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Whodom
Posted on Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - 02:52 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

The road off the Parkway up to Star Mountain (one lane, one way up and one way down) above Roanoke would probably be pretty cool on a bike. (Haven't driven it in about 20 years and never been on it on a bike.)

BTW, I see you're an ME. You should definitely stop by the Virginia Museum of Transportation in Roanoke and see two of the finest examples of mechanical engineering ever built, N&W steam locomotives no. 611 and 1218, as well as a bunch of other cool locomotives. Roanoke was the location of the main shops for the Norfolk & Western Railway (now Norfolk Southern) and they built many of their own steam locomotives right there. A cool place to visit for any gear-head.
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Whistle
Posted on Wednesday, April 13, 2005 - 10:26 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Ahh sounds cool Whodom! My bud Jason I'm visiting is also an ME, so we'll probably both enjoy seeing that.

I've been to Roanoke a couple of times, and from what I can remember pretty much all the roads out there around the mountains are some bad mamba-jambas!

My buddy is more into cruisers but I think that once he sees the Buell in action he will come out into the light! : D

Oh and I just gotta say-the freaking SOB takes the Blue Ridge Parkway in to work every day. I hate his GUTS!!! : D

later,
Nick
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