500 club? anyone?

wow...noone is from the cincinnati area huh...

THere were a few awhile back.......  Indianapolis is where I am from too far?

I am from Harrison but jsut sold my GS a few months ago and have been trying to find a new GS ever since but now I am a proud owner of a Honda Shadow.
I'll still love the GS500 though

Mello,
Loveland Ohio here! There was a rather active  poster from the river city this past spring/summer but I haven't seen him post for awhile. I have to admit that during these gloomy, dreary, cold winter months my bike enthusiasm and my activity on this Forum wanes a bit. Anyway, maybe we can stay in touch, at least on the Forum through the winter. BTW, I've got an original, unmolested '89 GS500.

Right on, finally someone else from cincinnati replies...
I rode today! 2.14.06...it was 48!
You guys need to get on with the club i met...E.B.C. join!
These guys are super cool...the first time i actually met up with them was in december...i live in western hills and met them out in erlanger in 20 degree weather! sign up...they say over the summer they meet up and ride together once a week...
Pnaberhaus...i have a buddy that lives in milford off 28...he rides an 05 ninja 500R...he's taken me all over that area and i must say those rodes out there are badass! especially 9 mile er one of those 'mile' roads.
Evilscooby...buy that turboed GS that guys said he's in cincinnati...

Mello,
When I ride, it's usually out on the westside. Like you mentioned, Miami River Road and all hilly & twisty bits around it. I'm sure you've blasted through Buffalo Ridge, Zion Hill Rd, Dunlap Rd, Day Rd, Cliff Rd, etc. Since I usually work 50+ hours a week, including every Saturday, I don't have the time I'd like to have to ride. However, I'm going to watch for your posts on this Forum and maybe get to ride with you and some of the folks you've mentioned.

Right on...I rode today...my usual route would be muddy creek, all the way into devil's backbone, south, bridgetown, zion hill, buffalo ridge, e miami river rd., all the way too colerain...then i take 275w to 74 to rybolt exit...
Day road is sometimes my turn around if i don't wanna take the highway back, either uphill or downhill, the first time i did it was uphill and I seriously blasted up it.
My record from harrison to colerain on e miami river road is 13 minutes. Didn't pass, or see one car on the road until i got past the top Day rd.. It was prolly like 10a.m.
After that I got a ticket on wesselman...that was one month after i got my bike.

Hey that guy with the turbo GS is in Cincinatti

Mello,
Thirty (yeah, that's 30) years ago my buddies and I would ride our "cafe racers" (now known as "sport bikes"), north up Colerain, left and down Dunlap, left on Miami River, then left and "up" Day Rd back to Colerain. The amazing thing about all this is we rode individually, timing one another wiith a stopwatch. Nobody ever had an accident, the police were never around, and to my knowledge, no one ever complained! After we each took one hot lap though, we left our little "circuit", not to return again for about a week. Back then, there wasn't the traffic, development and housing that is there today. But the roads themselves, the curves, straights, the ups and downs, really haven't changed. Even though I've lived on the east side since '78, those roads, and those out in Indiana(Rt. 46 is a favorite), still remain my favorite venues to ride.

Now that's what i'm talkin' about...I'm pretty much doin' what you and your buddies we're doing back in the day. Thirty years ago i was -2...
I'm gonna ride your route, but if you could clarify it alittle more for me that would help...I haven't ridden dunlap I don't think.
I'd say to ride the harrison to colerain on e miami but, ...I'm prolly just a lucky guy to have made it in 13min. ...I rode it yesterday, the speed limit all the way and got harrison to colerain in about 25min. ...That's when i thought about it, not too smart.
I need to check out Rt. 46...As for indiana, i've only gone Rt. 50 to lawrenceburg. That one has an ignorant story to it too.

Mello,
Dunlap Road runs west off of Colerain Avenue, just before Colerain twists and turns downhill into E. Miami River Road. There are so many cool roads that wend their way around the hills, valleys and river in that area that you can spend an afternoon there riding a number of "circuits". I'm sure you've ridden UP Colerain Avenue from the Miami River Rd/Ross area. Unfortunately in the 30+ years that I've be riding in that area, vehicular traffic and residential development has increased the hazards of pushing the sport bike envelope.

yea...I like new london rd. out that way.

Cincinnati ride on Sunday the 19th...I'm meeting up with a bunch of guys in erlanger...If your in the area and wanna ride, call me in cincinnati 218-2477

Mello,
Jeez. it's cold this morning, 19 degrees when I left for work! I admire your fortitude when it's this cold. Besides the cold temps and wind chill factor, ya gotta be really careful in the corners, what with all the salt they  put on the roads yesterday 'cause of a lousy 1" of snow. The people here in the river city are truly "weenies" when it comes to dealing with a little cold weather precipitation.

Anyhow, I myself am a "weenie" when the temps get this cold! So besides the excuse of having to work today, I wouldn't ride today 'cause I'd freeze my drillies off. Thursday, when it got to 64 degrees, I didn't ride then either, cause I worked a 12 hour day. Such is life. Soon as it gets a little warmer, I think I'm gonna put a set of Sport Demons on,  I'm sure the GS will handle better after that upgrade.

Keep the faith and the rubber side down

Whew was it cold out ...Met up with two other guys at the honda motorcycle shop on dixie in erlanger...they were very cold...As for me, my armor did the job and kept me warm

your all crazy 

at 1:00p.m.

florence Y'all 

exactly