I'm going to head down to Waynesville for 5 days to help map and explore the plethora of fire service and other legal unpaved roads in the area. Unfortunately, because of time constraints, I'm going to have to travel the entire distance in a single day both on the trip down and the trip back. It's a tall exhausting order on a DR650. 637 miles on twisty back roads in a single day ...
We'll be taking all three DR's up to Michaux for the first time tomorrow. My thought is to bypass the watershed because of the dead ends and just head to our traditional entry point at the Southernmost end on Rattlesnake Run Road. The plan is to meet over at 11 and then slab it up to the traditional Sheetz, probably by 12:15 or so and then on to gravel. We'll be retracing the route up we took to the IMS show.
I'm heading up most likely solo to the IMS show on Saturday in Carlisle PA. My thought is to try to take a nicer route up than to just slab it.
A week of riding the mountains along the Spain - France border.
More VA / WV / MD mapping.
Assuming I can get both the R1100S Guest Bike and my DR650SE operational before Saturday, we're planning on a hopefully longish day ride. Sadly, a multi-day overnight was not in the cards for this Bruce visit.
Doing a 35-day lap around the lower 48 with a focus on seeing National Parks and other national treasures. Starting and ending in Bowie, Maryland
I've decided to risk riding the DR despite the worn chain. We're just going to go on a few hour short little local ride before my meeting at 4.
A group ride for Washington DC metropolitan area riders of BMW K1200S and K1300S and friends.
We're going to attempt a bit of a longer ride today.
The weather is nice. Time for a short late afternoon ride.
I'm not sure where we'll head but the weather is gorgeous and it's time for a ride.
The plan is to head to Southern Maryland to check out that road Mike showed me and maybe a few more.
A by-invitation promotional event for Colorado Motorcycle Adventures new expansion to Arizona. Meeting in Phoenix, then based out of Bisbee, there will be 4 days of riding both on and off road.
Sadly, the oil filler cap on the R1100S has failed again, so I have to pull the valve cover. As a result, I changed the oil and filter on the DR650SE and adjusted the chain. I'll do valves and plugs at a later date. There's really not much of a plan for this ride. I figure we'll just tool around where the mood takes us.
Duncan and I replaced the front brake lines on the 'S today and despite the late hour we've decided to do a short shake down ride.
Meet at the Sheets in Frederick, KSU 0930
Stitching together a few segments found on road Curvature project maps, with a loop around Prettyboy Reservoir.
Thinking of using what could be one of the last good riding weekends of 2020 to explore how many times I can cross the Potomac above great falls without getting totally lost. This would be my first foray into creating a ride plan on Miles by Motorcycle, so hoping to get some suggestions and feedback from other riders.