RFP #15, Tennessee Dirt Devil Camp & Ride, June 21-23

[Fencejumper09]

@2372ighost  You down for a speed limit +5mph or so up there? @Mike Hudson may be down!

[2372ighost]

@Fencejumper09, that sounds like a plan.
Rich

[amchev]

I'm putting this one on the calendar.  It has been too long since the DRZ has been out of my yard.

[Mulley]

Is anyone interested in riding single track at NATRA in Westpoint, TN for a few hours Friday on the way up? It can be as easy or hard as the group wants.

You must be a member of NATRA before arriving. See website for details

https://natra.clubexpress.com

I started a ride thread. Don't pollute this one with NATRA stuff.
https://www.motorcyclealabama.com/rides/index.php?topic=3536.0

[TWJohn]

2 and 1/2 weeks out...

[Nice Goat]

Updates in the first post, along with GPX files.  Limit of four file attachments, so the waypoints are in this post.

[Nice Goat]

This is going to be a great ride.

[KevinB]

This is gonna be an awesome ride!

[Nice Goat]

Okay, lessons learned from the pre-ride yesterday.....

• This is a fantastic route that we have planned.  The morning is classic TNDD from the official map, and the afternoon is the best of Ken's Hickman Loop.
• Probably 85% of the route has some shade over the road.  Lots of cool vistas, old farms, old houses, etc., and ... water!
• Most of the creek crossings are just like last year, i.e., no surprises.
• We are going counter-clockwise this year, so the swim hole is different — shallower but the water is crystal clear.

It's a long route, so we have to get moving early and keep moving, at least until lunch.  For this reason, I backed up the start time to 8:00am.  We can take a more leisurely pace after lunch.

I have a reservation for a group of 20 at the Beacon Light Restaurant for 12:00pm.  We need to leave Meriweather campground at 8:00am.  Please have enough fuel to go 60 miles to the first gas stop.

I'm looking forward to it.  It's going to be a great ride and camp weekend!

[Mulley]

I imported tracks and waypoints into Locus Map for Android and everything works and looks just fine.

Now to decide if I run my worn out tires for one more ride or change them now. One of life's toughest decisions.

[kylepeterson]

cant
freaking
wait













to splash somebody with stankmud

[KevinB]

cant
freaking
wait













to splash somebody with stankmud

All the creek crossings are clear and cold (and refreshing!). There's only a short section that has a couple of monster mudholes... that is where your quest will take you.  :)

[KevinB]

I'll add a few previews as I get them downloaded.

(Sorry for the poor audio/video quality...I need to adjust the exposure setting and figure out another mounting point to avoid the excessive wind noise)

[KevinB]

[KevinB]