[DrBob]

Just got back from a 350 mile Polar Bear Run with my Southern Cruisers Club. Started out of Decatur at 6:45 this morning with three bikes, left Loganville at 8:30 with 31, and then picked up other chapters on the way. Ended up with 125 or so bikes by lunch time. It was chilly and foggy this morning, but turned into a nice 71-degree sunny day. What a great way to start the New Year: a great ride on a great day with great friends (old and new)!
Next weekend: Asheville, NC. Savannah GA the weekends after that, and then Pensacola FL the weekend after that. Man, I LOVE living in the South! I have put 7000 miles on my bike just since October.

 

[LayinLo]

Cool!!!

 

[Nexus242]

Just got back from a 350 mile Polar Bear Run with my Southern Cruisers Club. Started out of Decatur at 6:45 this morning with three bikes, left Loganville at 8:30 with 31, and then picked up other chapters on the way. Ended up with 125 or so bikes by lunch time. It was chilly and foggy this morning, but turned into a nice 71-degree sunny day. What a great way to start the New Year: a great ride on a great day with great friends (old and new)!
Next weekend: Asheville, NC. Savannah GA the weekends after that, and then Pensacola FL the weekend after that. Man, I LOVE living in the South! I have put 7000 miles on my bike just since October.

Now with stories like this filled with excitement and glee, you'd think that every who rides a motorcycle would have moved south of the Carolinas by now. If you ride a snowmobile live in Wisconson or Canananada but if you ride a motorcycle then Florida is the state you want to live in!!!

 

[DrBob]

Eeeeek! Florida? I lived there for 7 years...worst place I ever rode! Never did find a curve...
The North Georgia mountains, Tennessee, and the Carolinas are the place to ride!

 

[Nexus242]

Eeeeek! Florida? I lived there for 7 years...worst place I ever rode! Never did find a curve...

Guess you never found this one.....

==> http://www.suzuki-bikes.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4543&highlight=dragon

it may not be like the hills of Atlanta but it's one of the better ones around where I live. Gainsville and Ocala are less flat, one day I hope to make it back up there on a bike.

 

[Gixxerdale]

Now these are curves, and that's only one of hundreds out here!

http://www.pashnit.com/roads/cal/Highway74.htm

 

[DrBob]

Actually, I lived in Winter Garden and worked at Disney, so I used to ride down 535 to work, and take a spin up 455 at least twice a week. It helped keep me sane...well, as sane as I get. But on a scale of 1-10, it is a 2.5 at best. But seeing how the rest of the area is a firm 1, 455 is about as good as it gets around there. But on the plus side, at least you can take your helmet off when it is 100 degrees, something you can't do in Georgia.
Very pretty farm land in Marion County (Ocala)- lots of great horse country (my other ride). Ride up that way for a weekend if you get the chance. But for some real fun, pop up here and I'll take you up in the mountains.
See attached pic, taken yesterday on a ride with a friend. His is the 1500LC, and that's one of my VS800s, parked up on Burnt Mountain, elevation 7500 feet.

 

[DrBob]

Yup, there are some sweet roads out in SoCal! I will be back either this fall or next summer...

 

[Nexus242]

Sorry but I love the beach and palm trees. I've thought about living the California lifestyle for a while. I just want to stay warm all year round so I'd have to live real close to the messican border.

 

[DrBob]

Ahhh yes, there is certainly something to be said for beaches and palm trees...

 

[Clint]

If you ride a snowmobile live in Wisconson or Canananada but if you ride a motorcycle then Florida is the state you want to live in!!!

Or, being a person of broader scope, you could live in the North and ride both. Doing anything for a long period gets boring. There's nothing like that first warm ride of the year. Or, as in today, that first snowy trail of the year.
;-)

 

[SDSUsnowboards]

Doing anything for a long period gets boring

Does that apply to marriage :wink: :twisted:

Sorry nexus, I think SoCal wins over florida for riding based on an extremely objective and scientific analysis using the many photos you kindly provided ;-) I didn't see enough cambered curves!

I got like 30 or so miles of curves and mountains about 10-15 minuts from my home. I live in the middle of a city too. Basically I leave and take two lane roads all the way to mexico then back again. Good for a short trip to get your fix. One of the few things I like about San Diego or California for that matter. Now if only I knew how to ride good...

 

[inspiron]

Three words: Alpine Pass Roads

Within 2 hours from my home I have the Alps, the Black Forest in Germany and the Vogesen in Elsass, France. Sadly, most of the Alpine passes are closed until May because of ice and snow, but when they reopen ...