Ten Best Roads in the US

On Nov 24, 12:31 am, "Joe" <really-faked-but-wo...@yunx.com> wrote:
> >> Anything in the Adirondack park in NY state... Specifically route 30
> >> from
> >> Amsterdam (town) to Canada (country) and even more specifically the
> >> stretch
> >> just south and north of Speculator.
>
> > I rode there during an Americade event several years ago. It's pretty
> > with a lot of trees, altitude changes, and lakes, but nothing
> > spectaculor. And from a sportbike perspective barely even mildly
> > entertaining.
>
> Depends on the speed you are traveling I guess <G>

Bob's "curves" in Phoenix are taken at 150 mph. I wouldn't try that
with all the pork in NY.

> >> Currently Riding The "Mother Ship"http://yunx.com/valk.htm
>
> > That was the biggest backrest I've ever seen. Did you have that
> > custom made?
>
> Sorta. I made it. Bracket is ProTac from a Vulcan 750. Backrest pad is
> from a Staples office chair.

Too funny. You should install one of those thousand finger massages
in it...or you could just mount it to a Harley.

> >> Hillary Exposed:http://tinyurl.com/2v4avg
>
> > A politician soliciting campaign contributions...stunning.
>
> Did you watch the whole thing? It's deeper than just requesting dollars.

I couldn't stay awake long enough for them to get to their point.

>> Depends on the speed you are traveling I guess <G>
>
> Bob's "curves" in Phoenix are taken at 150 mph. I wouldn't try that
> with all the pork in NY.

I've been to Phoenix... And there aren't *that* many curves... Although
you don't need tire warmers...

The Adirondak area is desolate. Quite possibly the largest country in NY
yet not a single stop light outside of the immediate Lake George area.

>> > That was the biggest backrest I've ever seen. Did you have that
>> > custom made?
>>
>> Sorta. I made it. Bracket is ProTac from a Vulcan 750. Backrest pad is
>> from a Staples office chair.
>
> Too funny. You should install one of those thousand finger massages
> in it...or you could just mount it to a Harley.

LOL. Nah. I actually ride my bike... That would hinder the use of the
bike with wires and all... I'm about to head out for a few hundred miles
today... But I'll have to snap the windshield on first as it's currently
only 21F.

>> >> Hillary Exposed:http://tinyurl.com/2v4avg
>>
>> > A politician soliciting campaign contributions...stunning.
>>
>> Did you watch the whole thing? It's deeper than just requesting dollars.
>
> I couldn't stay awake long enough for them to get to their point.

Yep... Let's just say the poor guy is being pressured through all types of
questionable legal means and more to stay quiet. She now claims to not even
recognize his name since finding bigger fish.

Politics at its best except that poor guy is really being hammered.

Joe in Northern, NJ - V#8013-R

Currently Riding The "Mother Ship"
http://yunx.com/valk.htm

Ride a motorcycle in or near NJ?
http://tinyurl.com/5apkg

Hillary Exposed:
http://tinyurl.com/2v4avg

Joe wrote:

>I've been to Phoenix... And there aren't *that* many curves... Although
>you don't need tire warmers...

Ride up Oak Creek Canyon to Flagstaff.
>
>The Adirondak area is desolate. Quite possibly the largest country in NY
>yet not a single stop light outside of the immediate Lake George area.

When I rented a car and drove to Niagara Falls, I was amazed how empty New
York state is. I expected to see endless suburbs, like I would see in Los
Angeles.

I didn't even see any towns along the throughway from Albany to Buffalo, and
the southern tier was equally empty until I got to Binghampton.

Why is New York state so empty, with everybody trying to crowd together in
NYC and Long Island?

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On Nov 24, 5:54 am, "Joe" <really-faked-but-wo...@yunx.com> wrote:
> >> Depends on the speed you are traveling I guess <G>
>
> > Bob's "curves" in Phoenix are taken at 150 mph. I wouldn't try that
> > with all the pork in NY.

Then you obviously never visited the far east valley for this road
called AZ88 Apahce trail and you do need tire warmers this morning
with temps in the 50's.

Video links below of about 135MPH tops of the 1st one back in 2002.
We'd later do over 160ind on GSXR 1000's, on the same stretch. The
second video is the slower part of the road with tops around 90.

http://bigrex.net/pictures/Videos/MOV00080.MPG
See the dowhill nearly straight erea about 2 minutes into the video

http://bigrex.net/pictures/Videos/GSXR1K3.wmv
This second one is the rest of the paved twisties of 88 taken at a
more sedate pace.

Bob Nixon

On Nov 24, 7:33 am, "Battleax" <unavaila...@thistime.net> wrote:
> "saddlebag" <saddle...@aol.com> wrote in message
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> > On Nov 24, 12:31 am, "Joe" <really-faked-but-wo...@yunx.com> wrote:
> >> >> Anything in the Adirondack park in NY state... Specifically route 30
> >> >> from
> >> >> Amsterdam (town) to Canada (country) and even more specifically the
> >> >> stretch
> >> >> just south and north of Speculator.
>
> >> > I rode there during an Americade event several years ago. It's pretty
> >> > with a lot of trees, altitude changes, and lakes, but nothing
> >> > spectaculor. And from a sportbike perspective barely even mildly
> >> > entertaining.
>
> >> Depends on the speed you are traveling I guess <G>
>
> > Bob's "curves" in Phoenix are taken at 150 mph. I wouldn't try that
> > with all the pork in NY.
>
> Bob is also full of shit, don't be impressed by his corner speed claims.
> NY, VT, and NH have hundreds of roads more than equal to any in the rest of
> the country.- Hide quoted text -
Look at the post (videos) right above you, idiot!>


> - Show quoted text -

Bob Nixon

"Bob Nixon" <bigrex2005@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:5fbd9fbf-

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> Look at the post (videos) right above you, idiot!>


I see nothing to indicate any 130 mph on that video. Maybe on the odd
straight bit that speed was achieved, but not into any of those corners. I
suggest those corner speeds were likely in the 50 - 80 mph range at best.
And you'll never see 160mph on any portion of road in the video no matter
what you're riding.

"Bob Nixon" <bigrex2005@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:5fbd9fbf-4381-4f7f-ae10-c638ccdcda8e@b40g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
>>
>> Bob is also full of shit, don't be impressed by his corner speed claims.
>> NY, VT, and NH have hundreds of roads more than equal to any in the rest
>> of
>> the country.- Hide quoted text -
> Look at the post (videos) right above you, idiot!>
>
>
>> - Show quoted text -
>
> Bob Nixon

I like my neck of the woods:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=AKHWbzjoJ7U

http://youtube.com/watch?v=2eur1JYiQRY

http://youtube.com/watch?v=AKHWbzjoJ7U

Note the blue skys and no traffic.

On Nov 24, 7:00 am, "Albrecht via MotorcycleKB.com" <u33665@uwe>
wrote:
> Joe wrote:
> >I've been to Phoenix... And there aren't *that* many curves... Although
> >you don't need tire warmers...
>
> Ride up Oak Creek Canyon to Flagstaff.

[...]

Oak Creek Canyon is one of four twisties on HWY 89a from Wickenberg NW
of PHX to Flagstaff. The 1st section is called Yarnel Hill Mostly
80MPH single direction uphill double lane sweepers , the 2nd section
is called The White Spars into Prescott. The third is called Mingus
Mnt Rd. into Jerome,an old mining town on the slopes of Mingus Mnt.
Cross the Verde Valley and you have Oak Creek & Oak Ckeek canyon (a
box canyon) with switchbacks to the top of the Mogolian Rim and pretty
straight the rest of the way to Flagstaff. This last one used to be a
fun ride but lately it's been mired with tourists most of the day. HWY
260 which connects but going West to East instead of 89a's South to
North is a good bike road as well as is Bagdad Rd traveling SW off 89a
to 93 heading to Kingman & Vegas. A very fast road (4 lane interstate
up and down with fast sweepers) is HWY87 uphill above the Mogolian Rim
from PHX to Payson where it connects to HWY's 3 to Flagstaff via
Morman Lake, and 260 & 87 on up to Winslow AZ East of Flagstaff on
I-40. Also 260 East runs into 60 Running parellel but south through
the Apache Indian reservation then intersecs with 260 before 180/191
at Eager infar NE AZ to NM and the Coronado trail Also lots of good
bike roads in Southern AZ like Kitt Peak Rd, Mnt. Lemmon Rd to
10,000ft peak @ Mnt Lemmon just North of Tuscon and 80 (more scenic
than twistie) in SE AZ to Tombstone & Bisbee a quaint old mining town
turn hippie tourist town. AZ roads around the Grand Canyon in NW AZ
tend to be to straight to be much fun for riding road but very scenic,
like the GC North rim, Mounument Valley & Lake Powell (North 89a &
98).

Additionally for the dirt rider there are a myriad of roads and trail
throughout the state.

Bob Nixon.

[...]

On Nov 24, 11:08 pm, "BryanUT" <nestl...@comcast.net>
> Free? You do pay taxes don't you? And many areas charge access fees these
> days. Fuck the Forest Service, go for BLM land.
>
> >The coffee I make from my camping stove is better than I
> > find in almost any restaurants. The food I cook by the fire is
> > always better, too.
>
> Of course, when you are starving, like a college student, Top Ramon tastes
> good.
>
> >It is not all easier or faster, but it is a nice
> > time to enjoy the natural world around us and a moment of
> > stillness.
>
> I've always enjoyed the black flies and noseeums in my oatmeal. Yum.
>
>
>
> I do appreciate your sentiment. But honestly, if you are riding a bike, you
> should always have a flush toilet and shower.
>
> Personally I'd pony up for a real bed.

Bry-guy, I hear ya on the hardship deserves some amenities, tip, and
honestly I am tempted from time to time, especially when it is rainy
and cold.

But check it out. The formula is simple. Live in nature. Be with
nature. Travel more. Spend less. Accept what is and go with it.
When it rains too much, set up the tent in a good spot, hideout in a
nice cafe and catch up on some reading, or hunker down in the rain
gear to sunnier horizons.

On the road there is suffering, but anything can be survived.

And my campfire food beats college ramen noodles with a fat flaming
stick. The added challenge of eating well in simple terms makes the
food all the better.

On Nov 25, 1:31 am, "Albrecht via MotorcycleKB.com" <u33665@uwe>
wrote:
> teragr...@gmail.com wrote:
> >Freedom is measurable in terms of both time and money, but also
> >attitude. There's a lot of personal energy involved in taking a trip
> >- and the more a traveller can keep an open consciousness towards the
> >unpredictability of the road, the more trips he can take.....
>
> "Now this ... is the noble truth of the origin of suffering: it is this
> craving which leads to renewed existence, accompanied by delight and lust,
> seeking delight here and there, that is, craving for sensual pleasures,
> craving for existence, craving for extermination."
>
> --
> Message posted via MotorcycleKB.comhttp://www.motorcyclekb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx/sportbike/200711/1

So true.....

I've always been a bit masochistic, a bit of seeker, and a bit of a
finder.

Knowledge, truth, and wisdom all find us at sometime out on the road.