All are welcome. We'll be heading north from Charlotte to hit NC18/old NC18 again. The link below details the ride, should be less than 6 hours from start to finish so its a nice day trip. We're by no means professional, drag a knee riders but old NC18 has some real good curves. Feel free to PM me with any questions.
http://tinyurl.com/67ze8h
Sparky, if you (and your fiance) wanna come down to Charlotte the night before, I might be able to put you up at my place (living with my parents at the moment but they're cool).
I won't be able to make this one, gotta sort an electrical issue the gravel section of road I was on Saturday caused. Most likely a loose battery connection, but I won't be able to trouble shoot until Saturday AM ~
JM
Quote from: the_Journeyman on August 21, 2008, 08:07:37 AM
I won't be able to make this one, gotta sort an electrical issue the gravel section of road I was on Saturday caused. Most likely a loose battery connection, but I won't be able to trouble shoot until Saturday AM ~
JM
No worries. Another time.
Yup, I'll hafta catch one of these rides, I don't know the good riding outside of my local area. That route looked nice though!
JM
Quote from: the_Journeyman on August 21, 2008, 12:15:36 PM
Yup, I'll hafta catch one of these rides, I don't know the good riding outside of my local area. That route looked nice though!
JM
Its definitely a good route. I'll have to make it up to your neck of the woods after I get back from travelling for work. Should be nice in September.
Hey smooth, you wanna go?
Sorry I missed it!
Just found the thread today...
My fiance lives in DC, so I am in RTP by myself, but will have to take you up on your offer sometime.
Hope everyone has a great ride!
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It was just me because someone else backed out. But it was an awesome time.
Quote from: JBubble on August 23, 2008, 02:02:57 PM
It was just me because someone else backed out. But it was an awesome time.
looked like a great ride.. I put my address in as the start and it told me it would be over 5 hours though...
dunno if me, my butt, and my 998 could handle that. :(
she can get quite toasty.
need to find someone good around here that can help me with that, actually.
I have ended up putting a lot more miles on my gsx-r as a result, which is a shame.
The first time I ran this route it took me a smidge over five hours door to door but I rode old NC 18 3 times. This time I didn't have anyone with me in case I went down so I decided not to push it and just ride through everything and go home so it only took 4 hours. Overall decent ride but not as fun as it could have been.
Are there any stopping points? or is it just a straight ride?
Quote from: Sparky1479 on August 23, 2008, 05:41:17 PM
Are there any stopping points? or is it just a straight ride?
There's definitely stopping points. The big one is in Morganton when you leave NC18 and go over to old NC 18. I tend to eat lunch at this point. There's also one after old NC 18 as that tends to be a tiring road due to all the twisties. Then I sometimes stop again in Polkville cause my butt starts to hurt. After that, its all the way home.
sounds pretty nice. will have to join you sometime.
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