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« on: July 06, 2014, 05:08:37 PM »

are awesome!  bacon waytogo.  I'm jealous of everyone that lives around there.

Back in May a few buds and I went down to the Dragon and the surrounding area for a few days... The monster 900ie performed perfectly!  The kriega US10 and R25 worked great for low-profile day-pack luggage options...

I finally put together a highlight video - we had 3 go-pros (2 blacks, 1 silver) so were able to take some decent footage. 

Cheers  chug

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« Reply #1 on: July 06, 2014, 06:05:17 PM »

Nice video.  I am going for my first time first week of this August.
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« Reply #2 on: July 07, 2014, 02:12:52 AM »

come up to boone i can show u a hundred of em

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« Reply #3 on: July 07, 2014, 11:39:24 AM »

That looks great. I'm planning on going through there in August. I should definitely get a little camera before then.
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« Reply #4 on: July 07, 2014, 04:44:10 PM »

Glad you enjoyed them!  I'm nestled right in the best of 'em.  If you look at a map and find Asheville, NC, I'm about 30 minutes west of there.  Right where I-40 gets all crooked and stuff before crossing into TN.

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« Reply #5 on: July 07, 2014, 05:13:56 PM »

go by there all the time on my way back from Ark where the in-laws live
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« Reply #6 on: July 07, 2014, 05:24:40 PM »

yesterday I rode 421 to the state line turned on TN 67 which turns into NC 88 and then across Elk Knob National Park down to NC 194, you can keep going out 88 towards Virginia if u want. Another good one is 221 from Linville to Marion
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« Reply #7 on: July 07, 2014, 06:03:52 PM »

I do a lot of state line criss-crossing up that way using NC197, 226, 261 and their associated TN counterparts.

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« Reply #8 on: July 07, 2014, 07:23:11 PM »

I'm down where SC, NC and N. Ga. all meet.  It's  a Garden of Eden ........ with a race track running through it.
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« Reply #9 on: July 08, 2014, 04:00:26 AM »

Beautiful country.
Nice vid.  waytogo
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« Reply #10 on: July 09, 2014, 05:19:47 AM »

It's a remarkable area. Went with a group for a week and we enjoyed several of Journeyman's recommended routes around Franklin NC.
We didn't get a lot of quality time on the BRP, but we had a taste.
It'd great to travel on traffic-free but the local roads were more entertaining day in - day-out.
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« Reply #11 on: July 09, 2014, 09:59:30 AM »

It's a remarkable area. Went with a group for a week and we enjoyed several of Journeyman's recommended routes around Franklin NC.
We didn't get a lot of quality time on the BRP, but we had a taste.
It'd great to travel on traffic-free but the local roads were more entertaining day in - day-out.

BRP traffic free Huh? NOT lol
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« Reply #12 on: July 09, 2014, 03:21:23 PM »

BRP traffic free Huh? NOT lol
Doable..., but you have to time it right!  Cool
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« Reply #13 on: July 12, 2014, 12:51:54 PM »

Doable..., but you have to time it right!  Cool

Pretty much.  I've done over a 100 miles in a day with little traffic and enforcement.  Granted I have the advantage of jumping on it on any given day here.  Color season = parking lot.  Spring when everything is blooming is also a busy time.  Granted that time of year can be chilly up that high on a motorcycle.

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« Reply #14 on: July 12, 2014, 08:44:10 PM »

weekday mornings are the best but I'm usually working, so much traffic on this section of the BRP that they knocked the speed limit down to 35  Tongue
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