XS East 14

[DAVINCI]

Randy I'm not touching that remark

No, good point, Ralph. Bad idea to touch anything in those places

[madbiker]

Randy I'm not touching that remark

[GLoweVA]

I'd be partial to Va/WV, but that due to location. (I want to give up that Harley award!)
Seriously though, I'd prefer some twisties vice the faster sweepers.
I guess going to XS SE for the first time this year really got the bug in me excited about seeing what my XS can do!

I suppose it should be a little farther north otherwise it's just another SE rally, right?

I think depending on our group's size, that maybe 2 (or more) groups may be the way to go. At XS SE, trying to herd 20+ bikes together was interesting. It's going to happen that the group gets stretched out, but at least at SE there were 2 groups and a leader for each so that it wasn't too bad.

East last year was fun, but then again it was my FIRST rally and I had nothing to compare it to. Now that I've been to SE, WOW!
I want twisties!

Just my 2 cents, I'll go wherever the decision is made to go.

[DAVINCI]

I hope you ain't thinking cowshed again no place to eat in that town. Lol
Ralph

And the one strip club was closed for the holiday!

Just sayin'

[madbiker]

Again I say no gooddddd an I mean good place to eat.


LOL

Ralph

[jetmechmarty]

The Cow Shed fed us! Remember?

[madbiker]

I hope you ain't thinking cowshed again no place to eat in that town. Lol
Ralph

[MartyA]

Getting down to the wire

We should make reservations soon, so lets hear a few comments on some possible locations. If no one else steps up I will take it on again, no problem.


Wellsboro (north / middle PA)? - I have some ideas for this area, nice rural area with some curves, no twisty roads, but long runs of no intersections, and I know where we can go fast.... Canyon Motel has 30 rooms, not too many taken as of today. Other locations to HQ from and still stay in this area are Lock Haven and Clearfield, better motel availability, little harder to keep the group together as we leave the urban parts.


Frostburg, I have no information yet on this area, although its proximity to WV lends itself at least to some curvy roads. Being it is a small state we would likely be in PA and WV anyway, that area not too twisty though. Guessing in that neighborhood motels and restaurants could be pricey also.


Southern WV (Pineville / Beckley area) twisty roads forever, lunch stops could be problematic depending upon routing, but perhaps too far south for some?


SO OH again? Technically outside of our "Northeast" area. Athens area for HQ, good twisty roads, and I know a good lunch spot....


NY State? I know a couple of nice roads but most of the good roads in NYS are few and far between, and the in-between roads suck.


We could also go back to an area we visited before. We can find other routes or run the original ones backwards, like, say, Elkins, WV.


If we want real all day twisty roads then WV and VA are the target, if we don't mind just group riding then most anywhere is good.

Any other ideas, comments? Lets hear them, decision should be made within the next week or two.

[DeanR]

too late to edit I guess...anyway,

Rt 58 even goes straight (or crookedly) there!

[DeanR]

Just an added suggestion, although the Crooked Road sounds fine.

I really liked heading west from the Cowshed XSEast in 06. It was my first motorcycle gathering. Very memorable because of that alone, but I also think it was VERY interesting riding. So I'm thinking Pineville WV and westward. Namely Eastern Kentucky, Cumberland, Daniel Boone Nat Forest area.
Too far for an XSEast?

[MaximPhil]

Yes!
My vote for XSeast is for some place north of this crooked road Marty writes of. (I think we should ride it again to see where it might score in the top 10 alltime best...

Hi Brent If it is good enough for you I vote for it too
In the same vicinity is Hwy 16 from Tazwell to Marion.
Compared to North Carolina it is almost in my back yard
Seriously though this is a very central ( North South) location and would be a reasonable distance for many.
Phil

[Brent]

ride to XSeast?

I rode this one on the way back from XS East with Brent. It was as good as anything I've ridden.

The Crooked Road

Somebody on here must be familiar with it.

Yes!
My vote for XSeast is for some place north of this crooked road Marty writes of. (I think we should ride it again to see where it might score in the top 10 alltime best...

[madmax-im]

George...that's how its always done...on Memorial Day weekend...

[DeanR]

That'll be the date George.. just that pesky question of where.

[GLoweVA]

Dates?

Isn't XS East usually about the end of May?

Memorial day is Monday the 26th.
So, how about the Sat/Sun 24th/25th?

That way those that have to ride home can do so on a holiday and not burn up another day of work.