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Title: top 10 motorides
Post by: DRxBMW on January 27, 2012, 08:27:17 AM

Fly through views of the top 10 ranked motorcycle rides in the United States.

MotoRides.com - Top 10 motorcycle rides - 2009 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2wQra5KQ8U#)

Title: Re: top 10 motorides
Post by: WayneDW on January 27, 2012, 10:26:51 AM

Fun video, thanks. 

I get a feeling that a lot of California riders voted in that four of the ten were in CA.   
I will admit that I've done all the rides except those four.  So, maybe I don't know what I'm missing!  Riding in California is definately on my bucket list.

I would have voted for Chief Joseph Hwy in Wyoming. 

Very surprised that the Badlands was there.  That's a nice ride but there are better, IMO, not very far west:  IE, Iron Mountain Road and Needles Hwy both in the Black Hills.  The scenery certainly is unique in the Badlands.  Perhaps that is why it made the top ten.

Title: Re: top 10 motorides
Post by: motodude on January 27, 2012, 11:09:53 AM

Quote from: WayneDW on January 27, 2012, 10:26:51 AM

I would have voted for Chief Joseph Hwy in Wyoming. 

Good to see the Big Horn Mountains in the list.  Chief Joseph Scenic Byway would have been a good choice for inclusion too.

I'm really surprised that Lolo Pass (US 12 between Lewiston ID and Lolo MT) didn't make the list.  But, I suppose that most of the CA day-riders don't get that far out.

Tom

Title: Re: top 10 motorides
Post by: WayneDW on January 28, 2012, 05:15:49 PM

Quote from: motodude on January 27, 2012, 11:09:53 AM

 

Good to see the Big Horn Mountains in the list.  Chief Joseph Scenic Byway would have been a good choice for inclusion too.

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Speaking of Chief Joseph, here is a video I took at the top a few years ago:
http://s113.photobucket.com/albums/n237/waynedw/fossil%20vids/?action=view&current=vidfromchiefjosephhwym.mp4 (http://s113.photobucket.com/albums/n237/waynedw/fossil%20vids/?action=view&current=vidfromchiefjosephhwym.mp4)

Title: Re: top 10 motorides
Post by: motodude on January 28, 2012, 11:23:08 PM

Quote from: WayneDW on January 28, 2012, 05:15:49 PM

Speaking of Chief Joseph, here is a video I took at the top a few years ago:

Appears to have been taken at the top of Dead Indian Pass.  Some army scouts killed a member of Chief Joseph's group up there when the army was chasing him and his band.  That's where the name comes from.  That is a _very_ fun road.  Its a nice route to Beartooth Pass too.

There is also a Chief Joseph battlefield on MT 43 (south of Lolo) that is an interesting place to stop.  You can walk down to the rifle pits dug by the army.  What with Glacier and Yellowstone fairly close by, that's a nice area to travel around in.

I'm think I'm talkin' myself into a ride this summer.   :bmwsmile

Tom