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CrazyKell · 05-24-2009, 05:23 PM

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Originally Posted by tached1000rr

Come on down Kell, there's lots more roads here that are "Gap-like" A few I like better cause they are never crowded are unknown

US129 was actually one of my least favourite roads. There were others I liked waaaay more.

Amorok · 05-27-2009, 08:32 PM

I liked all of them. All over.

Trip · 05-27-2009, 08:43 PM

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Originally Posted by CrazyKell

US129 was actually one of my least favourite roads. There were others I liked waaaay more.

It is overrated for most riders, it's just got too much publicity so people think that's where they need to go when they probably should be elsewhere. What it is awesome for is the condition of the pavement, the maintenance of it by the locals, the engineering of the corners, the lack of side roads, which pretty much make it a track with lots of traffic going both ways. If you want more of a fun ride and scenery, there are definitely better roads. The gap is one of a kind though around these parts for speed. It's also one of the best people watching places I ever been to.

CrazyKell · 05-27-2009, 08:46 PM

OH I liked riding it but I liked a couple of other roads way more.

Cherohala (until my friend wrecked) and my personal fave: Foothills Parkway!

Trip · 05-27-2009, 10:34 PM

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Originally Posted by CrazyKell

OH I liked riding it but I liked a couple of other roads way more.

Cherohala (until my friend wrecked) and my personal fave: Foothills Parkway!

Ok you are banned from this area of the country. Foothills Parkway is absolutely one of the worst roads here. Blasphemy!!!

Cherrycola is too easy for me to lose my job, foothills too. You can get federal tickets there, which are easily over $250, which are ones I have report or I will lose security clearance.

Riceaholic · 05-28-2009, 02:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Trip

Ok you are banned from this area of the country. Foothills Parkway is absolutely one of the worst roads here. Blasphemy!!!

Cherrycola is too easy for me to lose my job, foothills too. You can get federal tickets there, which are easily over $250, which are ones I have report or I will lose security clearance.

Foothills is fun at well over 100...it's over faster too which means you can get to better roads...

was92v · 05-28-2009, 07:20 AM

129 through the Gap is the best road I have ever ridden.. when there is no one on it.
But since the days of riding it for hours without ever seeing another bike, car or cop are history I don't have a fave anymore. The Foothills is a good road, but like the lake ride, it was always a great place to win a Govt issued Performance award or a visit to jail. Once you got past the 1st hard left going up, you used to be pretty safe from official observation. "sigh"

CrazyKell · 05-28-2009, 07:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Trip

Ok you are banned from this area of the country. Foothills Parkway is absolutely one of the worst roads here. Blasphemy!!!

Cherrycola is too easy for me to lose my job, foothills too. You can get federal tickets there, which are easily over $250, which are ones I have report or I will lose security clearance.

I loved Foothills. I was able to focus a bit more on things I wanted to without worrying about other bikes.....oh and I was able to really rip. Luckily (or not...) I didn't even think about tickets.

Good to know though.

Oh and Cherrycola is fun but after having a friend wreck at Mile Marker 5 and see him lying face down (thought he was dead) it's kind of taken some of the shine off that road for me.

One airlift to Knoxville, one broken clavicle, broken shoulder, 5 broken ribs, and a broken tibia......complete with an hour long roadside wait up from the site a bit waiting to hear if he was even alive. Yeah some of the shine of that road has rubbed off for me.

Trip · 05-28-2009, 08:20 AM

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Originally Posted by CrazyKell

I loved Foothills. I was able to focus a bit more on things I wanted to without worrying about other bikes.....oh and I was able to really rip. Luckily (or not...) I didn't even think about tickets.

Good to know though.

Oh and Cherrycola is fun but after having a friend wreck at Mile Marker 5 and see him lying face down (thought he was dead) it's kind of taken some of the shine off that road for me.

One airlift to Knoxville, one broken clavicle, broken shoulder, 5 broken ribs, and a broken tibia......complete with an hour long roadside wait up from the site a bit waiting to hear if he was even alive. Yeah some of the shine of that road has rubbed off for me.

Yeah, the federal tickets come with mandatory vacations to the gap too. You have to go to court to get your punishment no matter if you just want to pay them and move on and not fight.

Yeah, seeing something like that is always terrible. However, there wouldn't be any roads for me to ride because I know people that have gone down almost on all these roads.

CrazyKell · 05-28-2009, 08:22 AM

Well I liked the Cherrycola and the Foothills for the scenery too. It wasn't just the riding-ness of them for me.

Maybe it was because I felt a lot of pressure at the Gap that I didn't like it as much.

I mean, don't get me wrong, I was still grinning ear to ear for most of that road!

05-27-2009, 08:32 PM	#2
Amorok Issukangitok Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Biloxi, MS Moto: '06 Suzuki Boulevard C50T Posts: 2,225	I liked all of them. All over. __________________ What goes around comes around. Sometimes you get what's coming around, and sometimes you are what's coming around. You see what I mean?

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05-27-2009, 08:46 PM	#4
CrazyKell Vrooom Join Date: Nov 2008 Moto: 06 ZX6R Posts: 4,427	OH I liked riding it but I liked a couple of other roads way more. Cherohala (until my friend wrecked) and my personal fave: Foothills Parkway!

05-28-2009, 07:20 AM	#7
was92v Nowhere Man Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 558	129 through the Gap is the best road I have ever ridden.. when there is no one on it. But since the days of riding it for hours without ever seeing another bike, car or cop are history I don't have a fave anymore. The Foothills is a good road, but like the lake ride, it was always a great place to win a Govt issued Performance award or a visit to jail. Once you got past the 1st hard left going up, you used to be pretty safe from official observation. "sigh"

05-28-2009, 08:22 AM	#10
CrazyKell Vrooom Join Date: Nov 2008 Moto: 06 ZX6R Posts: 4,427	Well I liked the Cherrycola and the Foothills for the scenery too. It wasn't just the riding-ness of them for me. Maybe it was because I felt a lot of pressure at the Gap that I didn't like it as much. I mean, don't get me wrong, I was still grinning ear to ear for most of that road!