anyone go for a ride today? Pics?

[Redman]

Sunday evening I went for ride most of the way into Grand Rapids along some interesting roads, and then back a different way on other interesting roads.

P1160563 by Dave Redman, on Flickr

P1160588 by Dave Redman, on Flickr

ANd then went for photowalk on the pier at sunset.
P1160625 by Dave Redman, on Flickr

 

[Baatfam]

Took off this morning heading up to Rocky Top....and from there I did the Devil's Triangle, with a stop at Brushy Mountain.

Brushy Mountain Prison

Triumph Trophy 900 by R John Thieda, on Flickr

Triumph Trophy 900 by R John Thieda, on Flickr

And an old grist mill near Norris Dam...
Triumph Trophy 900 by R John Thieda, on Flickr

All and all, a good four hour ride.

 

[fastbysuzuki]

Two friends and myself took a trip upto Kirby Lonsdale commonly know to bikers as Devilsbrige it's a very popular bike meeting
place in Cumbria uk. The Novel thing is that on Sundays by order of the local council no cars are allowed on the car park bikes only

IMG_4355 by peter wood, on Flickr

IMG_4354 by peter wood, on Flickr

 

[ptegsotic]

Took off this morning heading up to Rocky Top.....

as in ... "Good ol' Rocky Top, Rocky Top Tennesseeeee" ... by the Osbourne Brothers??

(prolly the ONLY bluegrass tune I can handle)

 

[Rob S.]

Two friends and myself took a trip upto Kirby Lonsdale commonly know to bikers as Devilsbrige it's a very popular bike meeting
place in Cumbria uk. The Novel thing is that on Sundays by order of the local council no cars are allowed on the car park bikes only

Mods to the left, Rockers to the right?

 

[Baatfam]

as in ... "Good ol' Rocky Top, Rocky Top Tennesseeeee" ... by the Osbourne Brothers??

(prolly the ONLY bluegrass tune I can handle)

LOL....Well yes, but there is a story. The town was officially named "Lake City" in 1936 after the dam was built.
But in 2014, they changed the name to Rocky Top, after a lengthy court battle over the copywrite.
It is also the official song of the University of Tennessee sports teams.
More if you wish...LOL... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Top,_Tennessee

 

[Redman]

If you have noticed fewer obnoxious loud bikes around your area the last couple days .. ..
.. .. .. it is because they are all in Muskegon Michigan this weekend.

Muskegon Bike Time Rebel Road.

I took the Shadow500. Thought that would be better at working the stop-n-go down the street with people walking thru, and easier to park then the RT.

About 8 blocks of downtown Muskegon (including the HD dealer that is an entire city block in itself) and sidestreets closed to cars. Bikes parked along both sides of the street and a row down the middle, and a few large parking lots, and side streets full of bikes.
Tens of thousands.
95% H-D.
And most loud.
Was even a loud FJR.

I walked the entire site, looking for food vendors, and vintage bikes.
Saw a couple KZs and a few CBs. No GSs.

Found some good BBQ ribs to eat - and then got out of there.

.

 

[trevor]

Evening ride

 

[alke46]

I took advantage of a nice cool morning and went for a ride in search of the elusive standing monument that defines Nebraska. Had to go early as we are just beginning a 10 day stretch of high humidity and temps in the upper 90's to 100+?. Summer time in the plains states, oh yeah. But to be fair, it's getting mighty toasty all over.


IMG_20210722_084847422_HDR by Larry Alkire, on Flickr


​FOUND IT.........

 

[Rich82GS750TZ]

Evening ride

Trevor, pics not showing up, again.

 

[alke46]

Another corn field sighting, geez these things are all over the place. Different bike today also.

IMG_20210723_075902978 by Larry Alkire, on Flickr

 

[Redman]

Went for early morning ride, down to beach, and went for pier walk,

(too busy down there to avoid cars and such in view)

Overcast and Hazy this morning, but not really fog - maybe that firesmoke from out west

About as much sun as could see. When out on pier this time of year, even at 8am, the people are part of the scene.





then downtown to coffee shop.
Sitting there, thinking of where to go for ride .. . . . . . .

Another corn field sighting, .......,

Ah... okay....

and

cat tails along the river (same road)

Thought of blueberry fields that are along that way too, but no interesting place to pull off.

ANd this place, that not sure if got pic of this bike there or not

Was good to be out for about 3 hours.

 

[alke46]

@Redman. Dave, that's the same cornfield I posted a pic of. Why didn't you give me a call, we could have had a cup of coffee nearby.

 

[Redman]

@Redman. Dave, that's the same cornfield I posted a pic of. Why didn't you give me a call, we could have had a cup of coffee nearby.

Compare your pic to mine, you will see that I was going in the other direction.
But, yah, I should have called before I got there.

 

[dorkburger]

Friday night by moonlight around midnight. I had considered tweaking the exposure to make it brighter, but... this is pretty much the lovely reality of the moment. http://Moonlit by Glen Brenner, on Flickr

 

[Rich82GS750TZ]

Glen, I like the moonlit darkness of your photo. Nice one.

Don?t know what it is about my bike and rattlesnakes. This one posed real pretty for me.

 

[Hayabuser]

 

[gbw]

Over the weekend I made another trip to visit Joe Nardy in Maryville TN. We rode many of the fun roads in the area Saturday and Sunday, and got to have dinner with Mr. & Mrs. BAATFAM Saturday night. Absolutely the best way to spend a weekend - good friends and good roads.

Saturday Joe and I both rode our Triumph Tiger 1050s onto the Foothills Parkway, then over Deal's Gap (Tail of the Dragon), down 28 to Robbinsville, then over the Cherohala Skyway to Telico Plains.

On the way to Robbinsville, we stopped at the Fontana dam. I've ridden in the area for decades and never stopped here before. It's quite a sight to behold.

From the top:

From the bottom: (picture can't do justice. It's over 400 feet high!)

When we pulled into the gas station at Telico Plains and parked, Joe's Tiger was GUSHING oil. I mean a solid stream, a half inch think, POURING out the bottom of the bike. One look at the filter and I knew the problem. He had a K&N oil filter. I'd had this exact same issue a few year back. I recommend NOT using K&N oil filters.

There were probably 2 quarts of oil on the ground.

I made a quick run to the nearest Advanced Auto Parts (15 miles away). $85 (oil, filter, funnel, drain pan, oil dry) and about 2 hours later and we were on our way!

All that excitement and we still weren't late for dinner with the BAATFAMses

 

[Eli69]

Bike and Hike at Rattlesnake Hill WMA (state forest). This is the foot path (off limits to the bike dang it).

Walked about 2 1/2 miles to get to this point. The bike is parked way out at the far end of this picture.

On the way back down to the paved road. Steeper than it looks.

 

[Baatfam]

All that excitement and we still weren't late for dinner with the BAATFAMses

And we were so glad to spend time with you all....Thanks.