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Offline Bankerdanny

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Sometimes the road less traveled becomes a logging road
« on: July 03, 2019, 10:43:23 AM »
Did some unintended adventure biking today on Virginia State Route 619. The payoff was a spectacular view at the top of the mountain courtesy of clear cut logging, then eventually a 5 mile stretch of paved road about 2 miles passed the summit through the Flatrock Recreational area that rivaled The Dragon
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Re: Sometimes the road less traveled becomes a logging road
« Reply #1 on: July 25, 2019, 07:53:12 AM »
 Those are the moments that stick with you.
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Re: Sometimes the road less traveled becomes a logging road
« Reply #2 on: July 25, 2019, 08:05:16 AM »
Quote from: Don R on July 25, 2019, 07:53:12 AM
Those are the moments that stick with you.

Makes me want to buy an adventure bike to do that kind of exploring more often. A friend of mine lives in Knoxville, TN. When he moved there a couple years ago he sold his sport touring bike and bought a BMW GS1200. He loves it and goes riding through the mountains of TN, KY, and NC almost every weekend.
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Re: Sometimes the road less traveled becomes a logging road
« Reply #3 on: July 25, 2019, 12:24:49 PM »
Pick up a Suzuki Vstrom 650, great adventure bike with stellar rep and good aftermarket support. Holds $ value well also...  Steer clear of 1st and 2nd gen and you will avoid most any issues (rusting issue with 1st gen).  Latest versions share a tuned version of the SV650 motor more suited to ADV low end rpm riding but still will get up to 70 and hold it with ease when fully loaded. Motor really gets up and goes and is no slouch starting off from a stop and brakes are spectacular I think.
I just bought a '19 earlier this month and went with XT Touring model.  The XT might have been better since I put a set of SW Motech crash bars and skid plate on it, eliminating a couple of the XT's light weight items. The XT Touring bags are on the small side I think...it will encourage me to pack lighter.

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Re: Sometimes the road less traveled becomes a logging road
« Reply #4 on: July 25, 2019, 01:37:33 PM »
Quote from: RAF122S on July 25, 2019, 12:24:49 PM
Pick up a Suzuki Vstrom 650, great adventure bike with stellar rep and good aftermarket support. Holds $ value well also...  Steer clear of 1st and 2nd gen and you will avoid most any issues (rusting issue with 1st gen).  Latest versions share a tuned version of the SV650 motor more suited to ADV low end rpm riding but still will get up to 70 and hold it with ease when fully loaded. Motor really gets up and goes and is no slouch starting off from a stop and brakes are spectacular I think.
I just bought a '19 earlier this month and went with XT Touring model.  The XT might have been better since I put a set of SW Motech crash bars and skid plate on it, eliminating a couple of the XT's light weight items. The XT Touring bags are on the small side I think...it will encourage me to pack lighter.

David

V-Stroms offer very good value for sure. I keep thinking I need to buy one and a trailer, and haul both bikes down so I can alternate between trail and street riding. There is so much of both down in that area.
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Re: Sometimes the road less traveled becomes a logging road
« Reply #5 on: July 25, 2019, 05:26:52 PM »
went out to a huge bike and car show not too far out into the country one nice day years ago, stopped a local to ask directions and got sent in the opposite direction ( deliberately ?) and ended up on a dirt road, wasn't too bad so i kept going

the road got worse and worse until it was just a rutted bush track and then the guys on motocross bikes started passing me going the other way, this is when i started to wonder......

they were giving me some really weird looks...why is this guy on a Vmax using one of our favourite off road roads ?

i eventually found a couple of guys on the side of the track who reckoned the road i wanted was at the end of the track but they'd be lucky to get their bikes through there

thats when i found the brains to actually turn round and look for the proper road

another weird thing that day was the almost deserted roads all round that area, some really good riding roads and no-one about, ah well no matter, just enjoy

eventually found the show and had a good wander round, and lo and behold when i left i turned the wrong way but it was going to take me home eventually and more nice empty roads so all good. stopped for fuel in a town i knew the whereabouts of and tossed up whether to go straight down the road home or up through kinglake ( a particularly awesome ride), chose straight home

got home and caught the news for the first time in a few days and by that point all the roads to kinglake had just been closed due to one of the worst bushfires in many years, killed many people and destroyed thousands of acres of bush, pasture and houses

up until that point i had still been wondering why the roads were so quiet......

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Re: Sometimes the road less traveled becomes a logging road
« Reply #6 on: July 25, 2019, 06:48:03 PM »

Reminds me of my last 2018 ride with a buddy..my California and his HD Breakout on gravel and mud for 30 miles...or so it felt. Wrong turn made fun







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Re: Sometimes the road less traveled becomes a logging road
« Reply #7 on: July 25, 2019, 07:06:03 PM »
I wasn't one to shun an occasional bush track.
My smart ass pillion has been known to request a stop so she could lock the hub's in on the road king many times over the years.
Might have to pull the photo album out and wander down memory lane.
Nice thread Danny

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