Asheville, NC....

pslamp32 · August 09, 2005, 06:50:13 PM

...any riders in the area? Love to get up on the Blue Ridge Parkway or maybe the Dragon! Let me know.

oppy00 · August 09, 2005, 10:54:54 PM

not me.

I've tried to find people within 100 miles of me and been unsuccessful. Hell I don't know if there are any GSers within 200 or even 300 miles of me.

Good luck to you though.

average · August 11, 2005, 12:16:33 AM

All the way in Cary, man; but maybe someday Srinath and all the North&South Click GSers can all get up one day.

Slowe30 · September 30, 2005, 10:58:03 AM

i'm in greenville for the rest of the semester for my co-op, and will be back again next summer. but i just got my first bike (gs500), so it will be a while before i make any long trips or visit the dragon. so how 'bout next summer?

pslamp32 · September 30, 2005, 11:14:51 AM

Sounds great! Don't worry, I'm a noob too. We can learn together!

oppy00 · September 30, 2005, 11:04:15 PM

How close is Asheville to "The Dragon" or just any really good mountain roads?

If you've got a couch I can crash on or are willing to split motel/campsite costs I may be able to make that trip in the spring/summer or '06, Hell I could skip Thanksgiving for it (might be a tit nipply though).

davipu · September 30, 2005, 11:15:37 PM

QuoteHow close is Asheville to "The Dragon" or just any really good mountain roads?

about 10 minutes...

davipu · September 30, 2005, 11:20:48 PM

pslamp32 · October 01, 2005, 06:49:30 AM

It really is. The Blue Ridge Parkway passes right thru Asheville. I can hop on right next to my house. That goes right to Smoky Mt. National Park. I think that's a pretty awesome, scenic drive. Besides that, there are innumerable country roads and highways through the mountains. Some extremely 'twisty'. I think the 'Dragon' is over by Smoky Mt. Nat. Pk. as well, although I have not been yet. If your ever in the mood to come up just shoot me a PM. If you've never been to Asheville you're in for a treat. Really cool place. Oh, and Asheville is 'in' the mountains.

JetSwing · October 01, 2005, 08:38:36 AM

last summer i rode all the way down the blue ridge from roanoke to the smokys. then, to the dragon. awesome ride all the way.

asheville to the dragon is 100 miles. i would ride to dragon every weekend if i were living in asheville.

oppy00 · October 01, 2005, 07:16:21 PM

I hope you are serious about that invite, cause I'll seriously be up there this summer, if class and graduation don't interfere too much.

Alphamazing · October 01, 2005, 08:51:27 PM

If I'm at the Dragon next summer, I will definitely be down for a ride.

oppy00 · October 02, 2005, 02:55:09 PM

We should try to set a date, and try to have a southeast GS rally. I know things like this have been talked about before, but it would be a crap-ton of fun to get a dozen or more of us together for a weekend of riding and post-ride drinking.

pslamp32 · October 02, 2005, 03:00:02 PM

Sounds good but I sold my GS and I now have a SV650. Hope you won't hold it against me though!

oppy00 · October 02, 2005, 07:10:44 PM

Well as long as you don't think you're too cool to ride with a loser like me, on my busted-ass, air-cooled, no HP, little GS.

pslamp32 · October 02, 2005, 07:22:06 PM

Ha! I'm sure your you can easily show me a thing or three about riding. I'm just a noob. I just wanted an SV from the start. It's my 'dream' bike. I decided to bite the bullet and buy one even though I should really still be riding my old 'busted-ass' GS at my skill level. Heck, I'm sure you could outride me if I was on a CBR or any of those other fancy bikes out there. LOL. Oh, here's a pic of the new ride....

I tried the SV board but I like this one better. Hope you guys don't mind. Even though I only had a GS for about a month.

pslamp32 · October 02, 2005, 07:25:59 PM

Hey oppy00, Do you go to a satellite of Georgia State? Is that what GSU stands for? I lived in Atlanta in the early '90s and had some friends go there. I graduated from Emory in '96. Just wondrin'.

JetSwing · October 02, 2005, 07:28:05 PM

Quote from: pslamp32I tried the SV board but I like this one better. Hope you guys don't mind. Even though I only had a GS for about a month.

let us think about that for a while...

the svrider forum ain't that bad...i used to hang out there.

pslamp32 · October 02, 2005, 07:45:33 PM

No it's cool. It's just that it seems that most people over there get heavily into the 'sportbike\racer' vibe. I'm just a chill guy who just loves to ride. Slow or fast, doesn't matter. I just happen to love the way the SV looks.

It's why I still check out the Rebel forum occasionally. That was my first bike and those guys/gals were way cool. Just loved the bike, didn't matter that it wasn't exactly 'cool'.

oppy00 · October 03, 2005, 06:12:59 AM

:x GSU = Georgia Southern University :x GET IT RIGHT FOLKS! :x Georgia State is too crappy to even have a football team! We've got 6 National Championships (Division I-AA). All you Damn Yankees from Atlanta need to wake up and smell the cotton, and get out into GA some. :x

Now that the rant is over, :lol: That is one purty SV.

I've never seen one with that color scheme. I understand the attraction, I've got a bit of a hard-on for the big SVS. I'd like to make it into a sport-tourer w/ bar-risers, and Givi hard bags. Well I'm off to class.

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