Trip in the planning

Re: Trip in the planning

feeds@yuku.com (alepel) — Wed, 07 May 2008 14:39:58 GMT

MM....interestingly enough I have travelled both of the route 2's. The one through Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. And the one through Wisconsin and Minnesota. I do not believe that they are the same route. I know that they are not connected. That route 2 through Wisconsin and Minnesota was some of the darkest scariest road I travelled at night. We would drive through forests for what seemed like hours. My Mom and Dad came to visit us while I was stationed in North Dakota and took hwy 2...

Re: Trip in the planning

feeds@yuku.com (Marman007) — Wed, 07 May 2008 12:58:54 GMT

Al - the Hwy 2 you refer to, I believe, will eventually take me right back to my home destination of Minnesota.

I may end up riding it in the northeastern states, then ride down near/through Adirondak state park and will end up on the freeway.
As much as I would like to avoid that old superslab..... I am thinking that after 6 days on the bike, I may be in a hurry to get home !
As much as I would like to hit the finger lakes region, I think the only big stop I have planned...

Re: Trip in the planning

feeds@yuku.com (alepel) — Tue, 06 May 2008 06:34:12 GMT

Marman007 wrote:
Wow -y'all aren't painting a pretty picture of NYC !
Given some of this input, I may be better of skipping it on this trip.
I am definitely doing the BRP in VA,and plan on getting lost (so to speak) in Maine and in the white and Green mountains of neighboring NH and VT. Anyone have any favorite routes up this way ?
I think I am going to have...

Re: Trip in the planning

feeds@yuku.com (Marman007) — Mon, 05 May 2008 22:35:29 GMT

Wow -y'all aren't painting a pretty picture of NYC !
Given some of this input, I may be better of skipping it on this trip.
I am definitely doing the BRP in VA,and plan on getting lost (so to speak) in Maine and in the white and Green mountains of neighboring NH and VT. Anyone have any favorite routes up this way ?
I think I am going to have nightmares about NYC tonight !

Re: Trip in the planning

feeds@yuku.com (CleRider) — Mon, 05 May 2008 09:08:38 GMT

I drove to NYC once, in 1986. The things I remember:

- I cost over $20 a day to park my car. In Cleveland, the best lots were under $5 a day.
- I saw more dead people in NYC in one weekend that I did in my whole life. Drove down the Hudson river and saw two bodies on stretchers, waiting to be picked up. Saw another man in a three piece suit sprawled out on the steps of building.
- The traffic in NJ is crazier than NYC. The NJ Highway Patrol runs 90+mph, trying to get...

Re: Trip in the planning

feeds@yuku.com (eclecticdawn) — Sat, 03 May 2008 18:29:49 GMT

Having driven in NYC in a car, during rush hour and less busy times (it's true, the city never sleeps), I would never suggest it on a motorcycle. Even gettin ginto the city is a hair-raising experience. I detest the GW bridge traffic. The damn potholes in NYC are deep enough that your bike would get lost in 'em, plus, like Alain said, NYC drivers will stop for NOTHING, including traffic lights. I did get to ride on the back of a Harley when we went to Hogs n Heifers night club, very...

Re: Trip in the planning

feeds@yuku.com (alepel) — Fri, 02 May 2008 07:07:51 GMT

Marman007 wrote:
I really really hate to say this, but having never been to New York City. Well, my plan is to enter the city around 5:00 am and drive from the south end of Manhatten right on up Park Ave or 5th ave. Hoping traffic will be light enough that I can tell my friends I cruised central park on the bike ! Nuts ? You tell me....

Nuts ? Yes!

Doing it on a motorcycle....Hell Yes!

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Re: Trip in the planning

feeds@yuku.com (Marman007) — Thu, 01 May 2008 21:05:42 GMT

I am going to have to compromise. While I MUCH prefere the scenic backcountry roads, time is not my friend.
For that reason, I will alternate between super slab and the backroads. I will hi tail it from Myrtle Beach to Waynesboro then head up skyline drive in Shenendoah Natl. Park. I will have to superslab between DC and NY,then start hitting back roads in Mass, Maine, New Hampshire , Vermont. I should really do more planning but lets face it... best laid plans can get trumped...

Re: Trip in the planning

feeds@yuku.com (Fredrider) — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 05:37:23 GMT

MM,

You are correct, the BRP is not the fastest way. It is 479 miles of two-lane, mostly 45 mph curvy road largely along the mountain-tops in NC & VA between the Great Smoky Mountain National Park and Shenandoah National Park. It is probably the slowest way to New England. The fastest and shortest way is straight-up I-95, but you will encounter all the traffic associated with the East Coast's biggest cities if you go that way. The two-lane US highways that are between...

Re: Trip in the planning

feeds@yuku.com (Skip MMShadowT) — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:58:07 GMT

The Parkway sure isn't the fastest. The posted speed limit is 45mph.

Re: Trip in the planning

feeds@yuku.com (Marman007) — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:35:17 GMT

I like the sound and idea of the Blue Ridge Parkway, but am guessing that the best roads, are, by design.... not the fastest roads.
Is the BRP a single lane in each direction ? A divided highway ? not a freeway ?

The Myrtle Beach bike week - thinking I will hi tail it out of there in a hurry. Riding is huge crowds is not fun. People and bike watching however....

Re: Trip in the planning

feeds@yuku.com (Fredrider) — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:03:40 GMT

That rally would be Bike Week in Myrtle Beach. It draws about the same number of bikers as Bike Week in Daytona Beach, over 300,000.

I would recommend from Myrtle Beach swinging west and avoiding Richmond, DC, Baltimore, Philadelphia and NYC unless you like riding in big cities. Going a little west you could ride through the Piedmont in SC, NC and VA or you could swing a little farther west and ride along the mountain tops on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Further north nice places to...

Trip in the planning

feeds@yuku.com (Marman007) — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:41:01 GMT

The only part of the lower 48 of these good old United States that I have not been too are the states out in the Northeast - Never been to New England.
The plan called for me riding from St. Paul MN, to Bar Harbor ME (via Niagara falls NY and some backroads in Vermont and New Hampshire, then down to DC, via Rhode Island, Delaware, etc. then back home.

One of my coworkers now tells me he is trailering three bike out to Myrtle Beach SC for some bike rally. I am now leaving a...