Tennessee dual sport ride Saturday 11/14

[2372ighost]

Will the ride end at the starting point? Thinking that I may have to haul up, ride, haul home. Just need to plan a place to park.


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I'm in the same boat. Looking at Wally world.

[Sweeper]

I'll hook up my trailer and head for WW then.


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[thinwater]

I won't be there, but for anyone who is on the fence there is a lot of fun and beauty in that area.  With the leaves color change like it is now you won't forget it if you go.  I was with @klaviator  on the wander around scout which was aided by information from @TN_twowheeladdict scouting around that area.  Im positive it will be a really nice ride.  Look forward to the ride report.

[mixfixdave]

Planning to be there in the morning.
The wife and I rode out to Smith Mill Rd today and stopped by Southern Pride Distillery for supplies.
I did see some gravel side roads here and there.  Klaviator will find all of them!


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[klaviator]

It's going to be a cooold ride to Fayetteville this morning!

[TWJohn]

I am saddling up soon. Its going to be chilly ride starting out. Its going to be a beautiful day, warming up soon.

[Menright]

Dead battery. Next time

[TWJohn]

Great ride today. Sorry to Dave for loosing a drive belt. It was cool seeing everyone step up to get his bike home safe. Even though it was quite cold this morning it turned into a very nice sunny day.

[mixfixdave]

You guys are great.  Thanks to all.
I will be ready for the next one.


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[klaviator]

Thanks to everyone who showed up today.  I took a ton of pics.  I'll post some when I get the chance.

[klaviator]

There were 6 of us at the Speedway in Fayetteville this morning.



Some back road action.



Bridge over the Elk River.



Another bridge over the Elk river.



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[klaviator]

Many of the trees had lost their leaves. It was nothing like the brilliant colors I had on Monday. 



It was still a nice ride.



I snapped this next one while riding. If I was by myself I would have stopped and taken some pics from this spot. I was really happy it turned out.



We made a couple of turns. A bit after one of them Klaus pulled beside me so I pulled over. The others were not behind him.

Oh Oh!

So we went back.

The belt on Dave's Buell had snapped.  We decided to get to a better place to come up with a plan.

[klaviator]

We were only a couple of miles from the Pritchard's Distillery. What better place to go and get some relief from this situation.

So we had the smallest bike in the group towing the biggest ???



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A shot of @El Vulch and his new KTM790.



We got to the distillery and parked. Now we needed a plan. Randy to the rescue. He had hauled his bike to Fayetteville and his truck and trailer were in the Wally World parking lot and that was only 8 miles away.

Now we had been riding for an hour or so. How were we only 8 miles from our starting point???

Ride with me sometime and you will see why :D

The plan was for Dave to ride bitch to the truck and drive it back. Then he would drive home, unload his broken bike, load his good bike, return to Wally World, unload his good bike and leave the truck there and ride home.

Getting ready for the ride of shame.



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[El Vulch]

Great time! Sorry about your belt, Dave. I think we jinxed it when we were talking about it prior to the ride!

[mixfixdave]

I should have bought a new belt at 30k and kept that one for a spare!
I have another OEM belt on the way.  And clutch plates too while I'm at it.


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