West Virginia twisty

[ab]

Riding at west Virginia twisty for my first time .  Trailered four bikes from Ohio (4 hours).
(2 supermotto , 1 triumph s3 and 1 monster 620)
Omg, we wake up early  off for breakfast , immediately twisty.  No time to even get to relax to make it to breakfast 5 min away. Wow. Barkley area then rode to steam train at Cass.  Twisty all the way.  The other three riders were really fast whereas I at the banks pussy out and slow down .they had to wait for me according to them couple minutes at stops.  Very cold and extremely windy day.  It was weird watching wind blow leaves as you are in a corner.  Freaky n scary at first.  

Sunday -  another route shortly.


Is the whole state twisty. Wow.  It's insane

[the_Journeyman]

I spent a long weekend riding in the Marlington (We based in Marlington) and Cass area.  We had a GREAT time and explored some awesome roads and scenery.  A very large portion of WV is awesome riding.

Check this out - Look and you can see one of the dishes from the Greenbank Telescope array!


JM

[justinrhenry]

weeeeeeeeeeee

[Tekneek]

Ahhhh....southeast WV. Simply sensational riding in every direction in that area. That direct vicinity is my home base for twisty riding as I own property at Snowshoe. Last weekend was epic with the flawless weather and near peak coloration of the trees. The Green Bank Observatory is a neat stop if you've never taken the tour.

[DRKWNG]

I was out near Seneca Rocks today.  The weather was great, and the scenery was amazing! 

[ab]

Epic twisty ride in W. Virgina.  Especially i think it was route 60.  OMG.  I can't wait to go back again.  We logged Sat and Sunday 500 miles.  One cop stopped us but let us go.  Other than that pure fun.  I need to go out there and practice and get better like other buddies.  They baby sat me.  I was behind about 1-2 minutes  but still I had a blast.

SADLY....       
A good weekend just got ruined.  I am 20 miles away apt in columbus .  MY BELOVED DM620 That i love so much simply because it was my first real bike and I have now almost 52,000 miles on her

Fell from the trailer.  Not only that.  Jumped off from the trailer to the street.  F'n Columbus shitty bumpy ass roads.   The cables must have got lose after we unstrapped and dropped of one of the riders.  Checked the straps and it was fine but didn't hold.  Shitty trailer needs suspension.

I will take full stock of her later this week but initial inspection

Ducati performance Remus left side pipe cover is shot... (wonder if i can buy the cover alone)
1 CRG lever (brake) shorty broke off
Handle bar
Light ( Just had HID light custom done...  The bucket and bezel done)
Rear set (needs welding)
Speedy gauge looks out of place a bit
front fender scuffed only ( i think)
fork seems ok.. bit of scuff (i think )

Dont think there is major structural damage.  Frame slider did good job considering.

You can't understand how it feels to see that.  I love that bike and want to put more f'n miles on her.

[donzo]

Me and a buddy both on Monsters were in WV the third week of September.  It was a blast!  We stayed at Snowshoe as our homebase and there's twistys in every direction.  66, 33, 28 and 219, 250 were the highlights, but i wouldn't say there's a boring road out there at all.  We got rained on from the remnants of a tropical storm and it was really foggy in the mornings.  I didn't get all the riding in that I wanted to so I'm definitely going back next summer!

[DRKWNG]

Ok, idea time.  What would any/every one say to the idea of doing group destination thing some time next summer?  Think Ducatis In The Rockies, but we could make this Ducati With The Hillbillies. 

Discuss.

[Tekneek]

I'm in.

[Mike_D]

Ok, idea time.  What would any/every one say to the idea of doing group destination thing some time next summer?  Think Ducatis In The Rockies, but we could make this Ducati With The Hillbillies. 
Discuss. 

Sounds intriguing...I live in Hampton Roads area so am definitely interested depending on dates.

[DRKWNG]

I'm thinking the best plan would be picking a spot with good roads all around, renting a few cabins and do it over a long weekend.  That way there would be plenty of time to go out and venture through different areas, and if there are enough people, have groups of different skills/pace to keep things interesting for all.

[DesmoDiva]

B and I would definately be game.

We're looking into VW for our Columbus Day long weekend next year.

 

[donzo]

That's the best thing I read all day today!  I know some Toronto Monsters that would totally be down with that.

Snowshoe Resort's got all the amenities, it's at the top of the mountain - just getting there from the interstate I-79 is a ride in its own right.  It's a resort developed and operated by the same company as Whistler, so it's really good quality, definitely refined enough for any ducatisti.  there's many rooms in low rise lodges or cabins, there's restaurants and bars in the mountain top village, hot tubs, pools gym, etc..  There's also other activities like mountain biking, shooting, 4-wheeling.  Needless to say I had an awesome time riding and also when it was raining.

The summer's the off-season up there, so there was hardly any other visitors, no traffic on any  of the roads, no cops, no cagers, I'd literally see about a dozen cars the whole day.  And the resort had a special 4 nights for the price of 3.

I'm going back regardless.  I would love to meet other DMFers

Donzo

[DRKWNG]

Ok, so a plan is starting to take shape.  I'll go ahead and say we should consider Snowshoe the location.  Now we just need to figure out a date.  Columbus Day has been mentioned already, but I'd almost like to get something in a littler earlier, while the days are still longer.  Any other thoughts?  What about July 4th,  or Labor Day?

[Steve.In.Atlanta]

Hellz yeah! I'll be following along on this one for sure. Also like the idea of varying group rides. When is Columbus day?