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MOTOBRICK RIDING => Photographic Ride Reports => Topic started by: billday on August 30, 2011, 08:29:01 AM
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This past May -- my first trip on my rather homely 1985 K100.
My bike started life as an RS; when I bought it (for a song) last August it had RT bars and had lost its fairing somewhere along the way. But it still had the H bracket attached to the frame, and the big square headlight hanging on with zip ties. Odd. Over the winter I changed to a fork-mounted headlight and RS bars. Since these pictures were taken I added an aftermarket bikini fairing and new turn signals to clean up the front of the bike and give me some relief from the wind.
The trip -- about 1100 miles from my home in the NYC suburbs to Floyd, VA and back. Floyd is just off the Blue Ridge Parkway and also home to http://www.spikenardfarm.org/new/index.shtml (http://www.spikenardfarm.org/new/index.shtml) Spikenard Farm Bee Sanctuary and Gunther Hauk, my mentor in beekeeping. So I got a great ride and also got to attend a workshop of Gunther's.
Pictures are here: https://picasaweb.google.com/williamhday/SpikenardFarmTripMay2011?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCLHwuLTltY-nHA&feat=directlink (https://picasaweb.google.com/williamhday/SpikenardFarmTripMay2011?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCLHwuLTltY-nHA&feat=directlink) I hope you don't mind bees, there are as many pictures of the workshop as of the ride.
Notes on the ride: The first day I went as far as Front Royal, VA, so the second day I could take my time on the BRP. The BRP is beautiful, like everyone says, and on a Friday in May there was no traffic. But the speed limit is low and there's no local culture. On US 340, by contrast, I got to see farms and towns, and found a tankful of corn-free gas.
Friday night in Floyd, VA is a blast -- people playing country, gospel and bluegrass everywhere -- a big buffet of mountain music, highly recommended.
The little roads around Floyd are the the best riding ever -- no traffic, constantly changing elevation, curve after curve.
I did the ride home in one shot, interstate all the way. Not very stimulating but good to know I could do it, because in October I'm planning to ride to SE Arizona and back, 5,000 plus miles.
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That's some pretty country and you had just a small taste of the area's roads and fun things to explore. If you enjoyed the regional music, this is a fun place not too far from where you stayed. Y'all come back now ;D
http://www.blueridgemusiccenter.org/blueridgeparkway.aspx (http://www.blueridgemusiccenter.org/blueridgeparkway.aspx)
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There's a speed limit on the BRP? ;)
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There's a speed limit on the BRP?
yes, it's called "fog"
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I rode the BRP in mid-May back in 2004 on a Wednesday. No cars. I got really bored doing 8 over so I decided to wick it up a bit. I hadn't seen a car in about 25 miles when I came up behind a Toyota and had to slow down. The next turn I passed two moto cops going the other way. ;D