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Archive through July 28, 2013Hughlysses30 07-28-13  04:00 pm
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Etennuly
Posted on Sunday, July 28, 2013 - 06:06 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Hugh and everyone else there, I am just totally bummed about not making it there. Friday night I had a contac lens crash up into the corner of my eye and ended up with a very irritated scratched up eyeball getting the damn thing out. But that is not why I did not make it there.

My son was available to go with me, I figured it best because of my eye. As such, he does not have his motorcycle endorsement, between that and his distaste for the leather tassels my wife has on her Blast's grips that bother him so, we drove the Vette. But that is not why I did not make it there.

We met up with a buddy who rides a Scorpion trike in Sevierville, we had planned on this ride together for a week or so. We went over Newfound Gap to the Southern end of the BRP and headed on up. What a beautiful ride that always is. As we got to the mile high stages of the road the fog got real thick. It blocked the views and slowed the driving considerably. But that is not why I did not make it there.

Things were going great, made a few stops for this and that. Having a fun ride. We got to the exit near Asheville for I 26 to stop for gas. We reviewed the GPS for the balance of the ride up. My buddy says hey are we gonna have lunch? Well I had planned that for when we got there. I could not believe it was already nearing 2:00! We left Sevierville at 7:45. It should have been plenty of time to get there.

We all had reasons to be home by 6:00, so time was running out. Then came the clouds and impending rain storms at the home front for my buddy. That group of storms was headed our way and we still had a couple more hours of riding to get there. So all of that is why I did not get there.

I tried. The time we had in the attempt was fun. I know if we had made it, it would have been even more so. The storms that were headed our way at the time did not look good. Lots of lightning strikes made me glad to not be on the Uly at the time. I felt bad for my Buddy out there. We will meet up again in the near future.
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Hughlysses
Posted on Sunday, July 28, 2013 - 07:47 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Hey Vern- sorry you didn't make it but thanks for trying. One of these years we're gonna have a massive turnout and fill this whole hotel. Maybe next year.

I'm sitting here on the balcony trying to plot a route home that keeps me in the twisties as long as possible, avoids interstates, and takes me through some places I've never been. I always hate leaving the mountains.
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Etennuly
Posted on Sunday, July 28, 2013 - 09:06 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Well mapping that should be easy from where you are! It took us a total of 9 hours to go 245 miles Saturday.
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Etennuly
Posted on Sunday, July 28, 2013 - 09:20 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Our small Buell adventure party to Little Switzerland while at the top of Newfound Gap.





Wish we could have made it. Like Ron White said "he has a lot of quit in him!"(talking about me). My dad would have loved that quote.(If he were still around he would have been 99 this August).
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Rcontroler
Posted on Sunday, July 28, 2013 - 10:35 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Rolled into the home 20 at 12:30.
Saw lots of old classic bikes in Chesnee on the ride home too.
Hated to leave the mountains too. Had another great time in the "Alps". Thanks Hugh for getting the word out and heading up the great rides. I always look forward to this weekend.
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Hughlysses
Posted on Monday, July 29, 2013 - 05:52 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Well, I rolled into Summerville about 30 minutes ago. I've been in hard rain for about the last 80 miles.

I left the hotel this morning, hopped on the Parkway and went north as far as Linville Falls and took 181 south to Morganton. 181 is a fairly unique road- it's mostly a 55 MPH highway with 20 and 30 MPH twisties. Going uphill (north), there are passing sections every few miles. From Morganton I took 18 south to Shelby, Gaffney, and Union. In Union, I hopped on 176 and took south to 121 into Newberry, then I picked up 391 in Prosperity to Batesburg-Leeville where I picked up 178. 178 through Orangeburg, Harleyville (ick!) to 78, then 78 to Summerville. Something like ~320 miles total today. Uly didn't miss a beat all weekend. A good ~100 miles of that was new roads for me and I enjoyed most of them.

Thanks to everyone who came (or tried to get there!). Very glad to see some new faces this year (Buelltours and Bosgarage57). Thanks to Buelltours for the guided tour of some great twisties on Saturday.

I'm already ready to head back (just as soon as my hands and rear recover!). I took a very few photos; I'll post some later.
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Hughlysses
Posted on Monday, July 29, 2013 - 08:36 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Here's a few pics from the meet-

View from the hotel balcony:


Bikes at the hotel, Henry's XB12S, my Uly, and hotel owner Mike's BMW GS650:


More bikes, Mike's BMW and Don's XB9SL:


Charlie's M2/S1:


Lunch Friday at the Switzerland General Store & Cafe:





Cyclonecharlie and M2nc (Carlos) at lunch:


Photo from my ride down 197 on Sunday:


From today's ride home; the coolest mural I've ever seen in Union, SC:


Looking straight on:
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Cyclonecharlie
Posted on Tuesday, July 30, 2013 - 08:19 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Great pictures Hugh.Had a really fun time. Thanks again, Charlie
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Bosgarage57
Posted on Tuesday, July 30, 2013 - 11:24 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Heres some pics I took, not too many:













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Hughlysses
Posted on Tuesday, July 30, 2013 - 12:12 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Lucas- NICE! Thanks for posting- I didn't take nearly enough photos this time; I'm glad somebody did!
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Buelltours
Posted on Tuesday, July 30, 2013 - 03:06 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Here's one from the Saturday ride


rattler
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Gschuette
Posted on Tuesday, July 30, 2013 - 06:05 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I think a few of you made it up to see me on 421.

Here's one.


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Hughlysses
Posted on Wednesday, July 31, 2013 - 09:05 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Great shot, Prior, but that wasn't anyone from our group.

Speaking of which, I saw an XB12R followed by what looked like an MV Agusta getting off the Parkway at the exit near the hotel on Sunday. That was the only Buell I saw all weekend that wasn't part of our group.
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Hughlysses
Posted on Wednesday, July 31, 2013 - 07:17 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

"Blind Kenny" caught me on highway 80 both southbound and northbound on Sunday. Check out the photos here:

http://www.photoreflect.com/store/viewalbum.aspx?a =905091
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Gschuette
Posted on Wednesday, July 31, 2013 - 09:58 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

That's a fun road isn't it!

Wish my third gear and other assorted Buell parts were working so I could ride out there.

I bet it was fun.
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Hughlysses
Posted on Thursday, August 15, 2013 - 05:14 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Missing riding the twisties this week; I did find some decent youtube videos of a couple of the best roads in the area:

A BMW sport-tourer climbing NC-226A:


Nice run, but this guy makes about 75 more gear changes than I would on the Uly.

A Triumph sport bike climbing NC-80/Buck Creek Road/"the Devil's Staircase"/"the Devil's Whip":



Oh well, maybe I can find an excuse to go back up there before cold weather...
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