How many roads/routes have you memorized?
 

Spinning off from my previous thread about being faster on roads we know, how many routes/roads have you memorized amongst your favorites?

For example, Trip knows every inch of the Gap, No Worries can tell us the elevation of each curve on lookout mountain, sounds like TMALL has Cabot trail covered.

How much did you ride that favorite road or section of road to become as familiar/fast on it? You know that road where you can just close your eyes and imagine every curve, groove, bump, etc...

We've got maybe three "main" local routes we ride often; anymore I let someone else lead the ride & choose the ride route, so I tend to bring up the back of the pack, and just take it easy.

Believe it or not. I've never done the cabot trail.

The province just has hundreds and hundreds of miles of cabot trail like roads.

Sorry thought I had read where you ride that route.

Dont have anything worth memorizing!

Do you think the Michigan roads ultimately influenced your progression and choice in motorcycle?

none. They're new every time. I'm convinced I've got directional alzheimers though. Louie gets mad because I'll ask for directions somewhere and he'll say "but you've BEEN there before..." Doesn't matter. I still can't get BACK there until I've been there more than 4 or 5 times. I'm not a stupid person but directionally??? I might as well be Jessica Simpson behind the wheel.

Two:
Prescott, Az to Jerome, Az (via Highway 89A)

Tucson, Az to Summerhaven, Az (via Mount Lemmon Highway)
We will be riding portion of this one on pitbikes on New Years Day

No.. there are good roads. Nothing with altitude change like Penn & Tenn. But there are twisties... about 45min or so from my place. There are some nice river following roads but they are busier and gentle turns.

When I got off the rocket to the chop. It was to get away from the speed rockets. Then from chop to bagger, it was for "turn key", comfort, and convience.

In a perfect world we would each have at least 3-4 bikes of our own in our garages right....

I live in a perfect world - 3-4 is not quite enough :)

Fail

at least 3 or 4

I can think of three right now that I want. The Buell, a Vrod, and a Electra Glide UC. That would handle the various riding and moods of mine.

And to answer the original Q, I have a couple of roads I ride regularly but I don't think I'm that fast on them. Don't know every turn.

I got two of our main routes memorized. Even know the hot spots where the rangers (federal land) like to hide.

Funny story about memorizing roads. I was doing one of my favourite runs in the car. Had the gf with me. I was moving along at a decent speed and she started to get nervous.

She asked me to slow down, I told her, "When we come around this corner there'll be a small white warehouse with a blue tractor trailer out front, 2 driveways down there'll be a Re-Max real estate sign with "Donna Sutherland" on it next to a red mailbox." We rounded the corner, there was everything I described in detail. She just giggled and told me to let her know when the sharp corners were coming up. :lol:

Been on that road a time or two? :lol:

I try to run it once a day. Very scenic and has a coffee shop to stop and shoot the shit.

I'm lightning on the roads I know, molasses on those I don't unless I have someone just in front of me that I am following on an unknown road I'll be a tad quicker in those scenarios because I can judge whats coming better, but I take it easy if I'm by myself on a new road, long open curves where you can see through are cake, I'm speaking of those blind decreasing radius monsters we have around here.

Zero memorized.

As the redneck oil pourers at the gap proved, the roads surface can change even thought the turns don't.

Like Karl says, you never know what's around the next corner. And most of them are blind around here. The memorizing helps me know where a safe place to pass a car is located.

I have certain corners of certain roads some what memorized but nothing in full detail. I used to know the roads better but since I don't ride on them every weekend I can't remember.

I might agree completely with this list. But I have 1 of the 3. I just need the other 2.

Funny, I have one of the three. I just need the other 2.

I used to have 1431 out to Marble Falls memorized when I first started riding. Someone told me it was a great beginner road. I worked at a golf course at the time and if it was even a little cold, I didn't go to work. So at least 3 or 4 times a week I would hop on my ninja and head out there.

Since I never really rode with other people I have no idea if I was fast or not. I just went as fast as I felt comfortable. :shrug:

I'm extremely familiar with GA 9 all the way up from my work to 129 / Blood Mountain. Getting familiar with GA 129, 180, 60.

WHOA... we just need to live closer and get a vrod. Then we'd be set! Maybe tell Uma its for her... then we can just borrow it. SCORE!