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What are a few of you're most memorable rides? I'm from Ar....in Tn./ NC. rode The Dragon's Tail...in Ar. rode Pig Tr. and Talimena Dr...in Az. rides from Wickinburg to Prescott to Jerome back to Bagdad...in CO. ride up Poudre River
 
Usually the people made it more memorable than the road itself for me. But I use to always enjoy riding 421 into shady valley TN and the dragon but like the cerahola skyway better than the dragon. I'm from TN too.
 
In order of precedence: 1)Mt. Lemmon in Tuscon AZ, 2) Cherohala Skyway, 3) The Dragon US129
 
What GAXB9R said but the Cherohala Skyway specifically. Some really good riding up there in the mountains! [up] (not as good if raining though :( )
 
Mine wasn't anything beautiful or long distance. Back before i got my XB9 (before my friends thought that bikes were cool) i had a little buell blast. a 2000 that i got for $800 down the street from my house, with 2,000 miles on it. I bought it, learned to ride, and rode the piss out of it. I went through a set of tires, replaced them with the same tires, and wore them down again. I had Perelli MT75s on it, and those things were like chewing gum for the blast, but they stuck really well! Went through 2 sets in about 6k miles though. Anyway, after my 2nd set was worn down, i had been looking for a while to replace them. A couple of my friends asked if i wanted to go for a cigar at the closest hookah bar to my house (about 40miles away) and asked if i wanted a ride. Being single at the time after a rough break up joining and then leaving the army in less than a year, i jumped at any chance to take my bike out to new places with the hopes of maybe meeting pretty ladies (it works you know, chicks DIG bikes! even dinky little blasts). I got all my gear on, including the Icon Retro Daytona jacket that i ordered from Germany for nearly 500$, once again trying to show off. The weather was looking kind of cloudy, so i decided to check the weather channel for the local forecast. T-storms were at a 10% chance until 2AM and increased to 90%. We headed out to grab some cigars. We were in there smoking and watching some top gear, and all of a sudden we started hearing loud booms. The people on the TV next to us were watching die hard, so we made nothing of it. The places windows had curtains over them, but we started to see flashing outside. I check my phone to see that it was only about 9:45, but still threw on my gear and said that i needed to rush home. I started off, on completely bald tires and about 30seconds into my 45mile trip home, the rain hit me like a waterfall. Then the wind started. then the thunder and lightning, and then HAIL. I rode my little blast home in 55mph winds, hail, rain, fog, and heavy traffic, 45miles and when i finally got home, i literally kissed the ground.

Although, my biggest worry throughout the entire ride home was not me, but my jacket, which i knew was going to be completely trashed, and this was my first time wearing it too. If it weren't for my best friend, Lexol, the jacket would have been, but i conditioned the hell out of it and let it recover for about a week before i even put it back on. after than, it felt better than new!
 
Several rides to and from work.

1. muffler bands broke and the muffler flung off, smashing me in the foot then bouncing through the ditch alongside the road.
2. replacing the front exhaust mount bracket with a bolt that was too long incidentally causing a puncture in the oil filter due to vibration and spraying oil out the back of my bike. Almost looked like I was using a spy's oil spill getaway according to my ex.
3. jumping over a ditch into a field because of a crazy blind turn and loss of rear brake.
4. Driving down the interstate when my bike decides to get REALLY LOUD, rear head gasket went out and torched my fan.
5. Driving on an early morning into work and my bike gets REALLY LOUD again, only to find that the inlet on my race can had separated from the actual race can.
6. ...Crashing into a wall.

7. The day I bought the bike, a mile out of town. Blipping the throttle then going WOT into my first wheelie, stood completely vertical and scared the piss out of me (not literally).

Loved every blissful, painful, amazing second of it.
 
Bike: 2007 XB12Scg with K&N filter and Drummer exhaust. Bought it with just over 2k miles on the clock in April of '11 and now have over 16k miles.

Rides: In no particular order...
Picking my bike up in College Station, put it in the back of my truck and bringing it home
Dallas to Brownwood to Dallas (solo and two-up)
The day I stood it up on the back wheel, came off the back and laid it down
FM 4 from Palo Pinto to Granburry, enjoyed the ride but definitely remember hitting a turn too hot and having to ride the bike off the road and back on.
Dallas to Waco to Dallas (two-up)
FM 455 in the middle of a massive thunderstorm (two-up... and my wife loved every second of it)
Dallas to San Antonio to Dallas (solo trip on 281, gorgeous weather going south, below freezing coming back)
Texas Gulf Coast on the honeymoon trip

Most Memorable Ride: My wife and I rode away from our wedding on the Buell. :D [up]
 
Gotta add another one.

Not realizing I was in a tornado warning and driving through the storm, getting pelted by hail so thick visibility was gone and the road was covered in ice balls. I got recorded by the news that night. lol
 
My favorite ride was when I had to go purchase my first torque wrench.

lunaticfringe made me post this
 
AZ rt. 191 from Alpine to Morenci. Formerly "Rt. 666" the majority of it is cliff on one side and mountain on the other. but there are no cops really, and scenery is beautiful. I have only done it once and it was with my wife on the back, so I wasnt able to really carve the corners too well with her fingernails digging in me lol. I want to go back, but havent had the time.
 
AZ rt. 191 from Alpine to Morenci. Formerly "Rt. 666" the majority of it is cliff on one side and mountain on the other
I hope to get back out there and try that Rte (solo). It spooked my wife driving from Wickenburg to Prescott in a cage. She's definitely not a curvy road person.
 
My most memorable ride was the day i bought my Buell from the crack head previous owner. I knew it was going to a better home. The first time i rode my buell was a religious experience.
 

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