Just got back from my TN ride

[snrusnak]

Well first of all I'm having trouble posting links....you may have to copy/paste in your browser to view...but anyway...

I just got back from my ride in Tenessee, my brother lives in Dickson, about an hour west of Nashville I think, and we rode about 1,000 miles or so over three days (my butt HURTS lol!). We really didn't stop much and didn't take many pics, but here's a couple of us at deals gap....we rode around dickson a little, then rode to deals gap, then rode some surrounding roads, my favorite was the cherohola skyway I believe it was called. Wish I had my buell for these twisty roads but I saved a ton of money by flying up and riding his sportster, and I had alot of fun! Always good to visit family. This just makes me realize so much more that Florida riding sucks. Why'd I buy a buell to ride a flat grid in stop and go traffic in 100 deg heat??? lol

My 6'4" self on my brother's tiny Harley Sportster lol! This is on the dragon
http://www.129pix.net/jps/store.jsp?...id=215&page=39

http://www.photoreflect.com/store/Or...o=2182&pc=2571

Brother(On his Victory):
http://www.photoreflect.com/store/Or...o=2169&pc=2571

Brother's friend(Harley Vrod):
http://www.photoreflect.com/store/Or...o=2175&pc=2571null

 

[snrusnak]

I don't know why the links won't work....last try:

My 6'4" self on my brother's tiny Harley Sportster lol! This is on the dragon:

http://www.129pix.net/jps/store.jsp...4568926918&clid=3001&gid=2299&eid=215&page=39

http://www.photoreflect.com/store/Orderpage.aspx?pi=0QAK011C082182&po=2182&pc=2571

Brother(On his Victory):

http://www.photoreflect.com/store/Orderpage.aspx?pi=0QAK011C082169&po=2169&pc=2571

Brother's friend(Harley Vrod):

http://www.photoreflect.com/store/Orderpage.aspx?pi=0QAK011C082175&po=2175&pc=2571

I had alot of fun, but I gotta say, deals gap has a lot of hype, and in my opinion wasn't that great. It's a tourist attraction, almost unridable due to the amount of people, and also almost too sharp of turns to ride at a reasonable speed. I like the surrounding roads way more than deals gap, but I guess I can say I rode it now...

 

[maronz]

Nice. I went to school in Knoxville. I'm down in the area and stay in Gatlinburg every Oct/Nov for a Vols football game. I'm planning to hit up Deals Gap next year once I get more experience on the bike. Beautiful area with great roads.

 

[snrusnak]

Cool, I'd really recommend not spending too much time at deals gap, but more time riding the surrounding roads, they are way more fun in my opinion. I am glad I rode it though it was fun. About half way through deals gap I really slowed down and just sort of cruised through the bends because I almost got hit twice by oncoming traffic(Uhaul half way in my lane around a bend, and a sportbike going too hot in a corner and crossed the center line). That's why I say it's too curvy and crowded to ride safely. The surrounding roads are awesome though, my favorite was the cherohola skyway, and the blue ridge parkway isn't too far either.

I mentioned to my brother how ridiculous I look on his sportie since I'm so tall,l and unfortunately he told me I look the same on my buell

 

[captain chaos]

Ride the Buell at the gap and do it on a weekday (FAR less people) and I bet you come away with a different perspective of it. It is absolutely zen-like on the right bike (a Sportster ain't it).
I can't even begin to comprehend why so many cruiser riders flock to the gap. I would be miserable on a bike that had to slow down to a crawl to make it through those switchbacks. My Buell, on the other hand, was REALLY in it's element down there.

I agree though, the surrounding areas are MUCH underrated. The Cherohala is incredible! Beautiful area down there.[cool]