August 16th Trip to Cherohala Skyway

Yeah, work tends to get in the way of me having fun to. There ought to be a law that we can play on the internet as much as dwe want :unsure:

That makes more sense. If you guys are on the west side it would be easier to get to Tellico Plains. That works fine for me since I'm coming in from the west as well. The guy coming with me lives in Crossville which is northwest of Tellico Plains by a couple of hours. Tellico Plains is in the Eastern time zone though. Not sure about you guys, but I'm in Central. Whatever time and location you guys pick I'll be there.

 

Hello,

If you guys don’t mind me bringing up the rear I might be able to jump in here on this ride also. I am a new owner of a used 2004 VFR and live in Murfreesboro, TN about ½ an hour south of Nashville. If it’s OK with SCraig I could join up with them for the ride down?

Also currently at that four letter word “WORK”…Will check back Later.

 

Hey Scott, I found a place called "Cherohala Skyway Cafe", pretty fitting, eh? You can see the address here: AllPages.com - Cherohala Skyway Cafe, Tellico Plains, TN - Business Profile & Maps

Does that look good to you? If not I'm open to suggestions!

Oh, looks like you might be getting a fellow Tenny guy (Krash ^^^) coming along too!

 

Absoslutely. My V-Strom buddy lives in Crossville so I have to go through there to pick him up. That's about 2 hours from Nashville and I usually stop in Gordonsville and eat breakfast. From Crossville it's about 1.5 hours to Tellico Plains. Easy ride, I've done it before.

Probably the best thing to do is for us to meet in Lebanon. I'll take I-40 and you can just cut across 231 or I-840. Have to work out the details but you are certainly welcome to ride over with me.

Sounds fine to me. I haven't eaten there but it's probably pretty good. Tellico Plains is pretty much solid bikes this time of year with two motorcycle resorts there. I spent a couple of nights there in July, '06 and it's a nice little town. Right at the foot of the Cherohala (literally!). Everyone there is accustomed to motorcycles so they tend to cater to them.

 

Ok I just PM'd GeorgiaRider, and I am going to try to get that Saturday off, but I am a Bike Tech, and you know what its like when our bikes are down, we want them yesterday. I live in Stone Mountain right now, I wouldn't mind meeting up at say that BP off of exit 13 400NB. Joey_Dude I'm going to PM you my phone number, I know its kinda out of the usual but if you could please call me that Friday before sometime to remind me. this is going to be a blast, I'll try to call up my other buddy that has a new VFR too, my other rider friend kinda lost his license a few times over...long story.

 

Just bumping this thread to let people know there's been an update (scroll up to post) :biggrin:

 

Sorry all, but I just can't get the time off.....:hangme: God I hate work. I would love to go on another ride with all the GA folks sometime. I have Wed. and Sundays off if that helps....I am trying to go back to weekends off due to the lil' man back in school. Anyways sorry fellas but we will ride one day thats for sure.....any chance you guys are going to stay the night up there and I could come up Sunday and meet you all. If so, Joey give me a call.

 

No problem, we all gotta pay the bills! I might be going for a little ride on the 24th to the GA mountains and bring along a buddy or two. If you're up for it let me know. Oh, as for the 17th, I'm gonna be really sore. The last time I did a ride like that with GeorgiaRider I had to take a break the next day whew!

 

GA ride but in NC

I'd like to meet you guys but I could probably only meet you at the dragon. What time do you think you will be there? Possibly I could meet you. Thanks,
Brian

 

Y'all have fun, I'd love to come, but I have to work my day job in the daytime and shoot a wedding that night. Plus I'd have to ride the FZ6, the VFR is still a little sick with a broken clutch cover and no mirrors.

 

That's IF we go to the dragon and if we go there it'll probably be sometime between 2 and 4 pm. If you see a whole bunch of VFRs wave us down

 

Sorry guys, I won't be there. I'm down in the back and I really don't think it would handle a 500 mile ride so I'm going to stick closer to home.

Joey, if you see this post something to let me know otherwise I'll call you this evening to make sure you guys don't wait on me.

I apologize. I'll try and make it next time ;(

 

Sorry you can't make it Scott, thanks anyway for letting us know so we're not wondering where the hell Scott is We'll have to do another time.

Oh and derstuka, wrestler's busy with his job so that's a no-go. So far it's looking like just the georgia people going for a ride, less people to distract the cops but I can handle it ha ha! Yeah and I'll bring the camera and snap some pics!

 

Guys, as you know Scott is a little down this weekend, So I am going to hang here in Tennessee with him. Hopefully next time.

Sorry,

Kelly

 

Guys, I apologize. My back started hurting earlier this week and as time went by it has started feeling more and more like the beginnings of a kidney stone. I've already had three of them so I know the preliminaries. I don't feel that bad, kind of like a nagging headache right now, but the thought of getting nailed by one nearly 300 miles from home scares the crap out of me. If you've ever had a kidney stone you know why, if you haven't you can't understand.:wink:

Krash and I are going to ride some tomorrow, just closer to places where I know people with garages and places with good hospitals

Enjoy the trip, take plenty of pix and I promise I'll make the next one. How about a trip to the Barber Museum this fall?

 

Joey,
We'll meet you in the morning. If it's just us, we can do the same route up 60 from the 400 side. If there are others joining you, I'll meet you at the spur 60 and 515 gas station at 10:30, then on to the cherohola.
Gary

 

Well, Me, GeorgiaRider, Gray750VFR and a friend of GeorgiaRider all got together for the trip.

Here we are: George(Gray750VFR), Gary (GeorgiaRider), and Joey (Joey_Dude)

(You can tell the outlaw in this picture from the dark clothes :lol

It was cool having a bike from the 1st, 5th and 6th generations:





I got to say I'm really impressed with that 1st generation VFR. George has had it since 1984 and it's still running great! If Honda ever needs a testimonial as to the reliability of their bikes, they ought to give George a call.

Plus despite being over 20 years old, it can still give you a good run for the money. George was able to keep up with us 5th and 6th generation bikes!

Here's George trying out the saddle on Gary's 06 VFR:


Gary's shiny pearl white bike got quite a few comments from kids when we stopped at a gas station. I can see why it's a very nice looking bike!

Oh, and you'll probably laugh (and see this coming) but the subject of police came up. Gary's friend was saying he figured out a way to hide his plate by stretching his leg and covering the plate behind him. And then George was telling of a story with how you can avoid tickets by using the emergency lights if the cops are lit up behind you. Then I just couldn't help but contribute a trick that I use, which is to use a "secret" thin blue line sticker to get me out of tickets. :lol:

Anyway, the trip to Cherohala Skyway was a lot of fun but we had to be on yellow alert for gravel. Unfortunately we couldn't go the whole skyway because Gary was pointing out some ominious looking clouds ahead that can only mean one thing: rain. So we decided to just go back where we came from and we ran into some light rain. Not that a big deal but we had to turn down the spirited riding a notch.

We had to sort of cut the ride short since there was some light rain and I rode with George to his little campground at TWO resort in suches. It's a pretty cool little place with campgrounds tied together with little bridges.
If you're ever in the north georgia area looking for a motorcycle campground check out TWO: Two Wheels Only Motorcycle Resort and Campground

And that's the official report, I enjoyed riding with you guys and hope you got home safe George!

 

I made it home alive! Considering I was riding with JD & GR that's an accomplishment. Had a great time with you guys. I'll ride with you anytime. If you ever come up to Ohio I'll show you some fast sweeper roads. Only time I really had rain was at camp and not on the roads. Even though they were wet at times. Put 2200 miles on the bike with no problems. The Smokey Mtns and Maggie Vally was great. Especially the Wheels Through Time museum. Rode the Dragon from the top down. Didn't realize I was on it at first. It reminded me of a road on Mount Hamilton in CA except shorter. The Georgia roads were great and had some good challenges also. Found some good roads thru TN,KY & Oh on the way home. Some twisties and flat out runners with many sweepers. Thanks for the ride JD, GR and Russ. Later

 

ha ha, good to hear you're alive! I might be coming up to Ohio sometime next year to visit some family but I'll be sure to stop by for a little fun tour of fast sweepers!