Men's Trip 2022

[the Ferret]

Every year since 2006 some of the men in our family (and the occasional invited guest) get together for a week long motorcycle ride some place. some of the places we have been BRP/Dragon, U.P. of Michigan, Berea, Ky, Little Switzerland North Carolina, Marietta, Ohio, OINK (SW Ohio/Indiana/N Kentucky),Virginia, West Virginia. Some have been so good we have returned to the same spots several years

So this year (our 17th) we decided to try the Windy 9, in SE Ohio as advertised by the Athens Ohio Tourism board

Ohio's Windy 9

Our group this year would include myself (NC 750) my son Brian (Yamaha MT 10) my younger brother Randy (Triumph Bonneville T-120), nephew Roger who flew in from Nevada (CB500X) and my son's FIL Jim (NC 750)

We begin the trip at Jim's house with a group photo

the ride there was fun too on roller coaster 247 in Adams county

A stop at Cruiser's Diner aka the "Tin Can" for lunch.... home of the Hubcap Burger a 1# behemoth. We settled for the 1/2 pound burgers

Couple of hours later we arrived at the cabin we had rented for the week. We normally book a hotel for a base but thought we'd splurge this year

After that it was 5 days of riding some of the best roads in SE Ohio including Ohio's famous "Triple Nickle" Rt 555

So how was the riding? Honestly it was awesome. We could not find a bad road

555, 664, 56, 278, 374, 550, 377, 78, 180, 677 are just some of the great roads we were able to ride.. all well maintained, all virtually traffic free and nothing but curves

 

[Inhouse Bob]

Your bikes all look tilted
Great times with the family

 

[pdedse]

What a fun trip to do with family! I really like the roller coaster 247 photo, and the action shots in general.

 

[Cormanus]

What Bob and pdedse said. Looks great.

 

[GoldOxide_imp]

Looks like a really, really swell get together.

 

[Rocky_imp]

Very cool

 

[peterbaron]

 

[KiowaEagle_imp]

Looks like fun Micky! You can't swing a cat out there without hitting a good road! Looks like you had great weather too.

 

[mach9_imp]

17 years, wow. Very impressive. Making memories of a lifetime. Great riding !

 

[Blockhead_imp]

Great stuff ferret!

 

[suhawk305]

I can only imagine the fear on the Chesterhill residents’ faces when the Ferret Family Motorcycle Gang thundered into town!
Great family fun! Thanks for sharing.

 

[the Ferret]

:rofl:

 

[peterbaron]

^^ +1 ^^
Mike, you diagnosed this right

 

[Tev62]

Great to have a family tradition like that, cool shots.

 

[GoldOxide_imp]

Every year since 2006 some of the men in our family (and the occasional invited guest) get together for a week long motorcycle ride some place. some of the places we have been BRP/Dragon, U.P. of Michigan, Berea, Ky, Little Switzerland North Carolina, Marietta, Ohio, OINK (SW Ohio/Indiana/N Kentucky),Virginia, West Virginia. Some have been so good we have returned to the same spots several years

So this year (our 17th) we decided to try the Windy 9, in SE Ohio as advertised by the Athens Ohio Tourism board

Ohio's Windy 9

Our group this year would include myself (NC 750) my son Brian (Yamaha MT 10) my younger brother Randy (Triumph Bonneville T-120), nephew Roger who flew in from Nevada (CB500X) and my son's FIL Jim (NC 750)

We begin the trip at Jim's house with a group photo

the ride there was fun too on roller coaster 247 in Adams county

A stop at Cruiser's Diner aka the "Tin Can" for lunch.... home of the Hubcap Burger a 1# behemoth. We settled for the 1/2 pound burgers

Couple of hours later we arrived at the cabin we had rented for the week. We normally book a hotel for a base but thought we'd splurge this year

After that it was 5 days of riding some of the best roads in SE Ohio including Ohio's famous "Triple Nickle" Rt 555

So how was the riding? Honestly it was awesome. We could not find a bad road

555, 664, 56, 278, 374, 550, 377, 78, 180, 677 are just some of the great roads we were able to ride.. all well maintained, all virtually traffic free and nothing but curves

I like this Triple Nickel pose.

 

[Offroad]

Every year since 2006 some of the men in our family (and the occasional invited guest) get together for a week long motorcycle ride some place. some of the places we have been BRP/Dragon, U.P. of Michigan, Berea, Ky, Little Switzerland North Carolina, Marietta, Ohio, OINK (SW Ohio/Indiana/N Kentucky),Virginia, West Virginia. Some have been so good we have returned to the same spots several years

So this year (our 17th) we decided to try the Windy 9, in SE Ohio as advertised by the Athens Ohio Tourism board

Ohio's Windy 9

Our group this year would include myself (NC 750) my son Brian (Yamaha MT 10) my younger brother Randy (Triumph Bonneville T-120), nephew Roger who flew in from Nevada (CB500X) and my son's FIL Jim (NC 750)

We begin the trip at Jim's house with a group photo

the ride there was fun too on roller coaster 247 in Adams county

A stop at Cruiser's Diner aka the "Tin Can" for lunch.... home of the Hubcap Burger a 1# behemoth. We settled for the 1/2 pound burgers

Couple of hours later we arrived at the cabin we had rented for the week. We normally book a hotel for a base but thought we'd splurge this year

After that it was 5 days of riding some of the best roads in SE Ohio including Ohio's famous "Triple Nickle" Rt 555

So how was the riding? Honestly it was awesome. We could not find a bad road

555, 664, 56, 278, 374, 550, 377, 78, 180, 677 are just some of the great roads we were able to ride.. all well maintained, all virtually traffic free and nothing but curves

I like this Triple Nickel pose.

I like this Triple Nickel pose.

 

[the Ferret]

No cell phone for nav cause I'm not as smart as you and MTC... hand written directions on index cards placed in a clear envelope velcroed to a piece of wood cut to the size of a cell phone and mounted in one of those clamp on cell phone holders lol

 

[Charlie Bravo_imp]

I have not jointed the cell phone as nav tool brigade either. I used a designated GPS for a while, but it got to be a PITA looking at the screen all the time. Now I use yellow stickies scotch taped to the speedo and the tach. If I get truly lost I ask a local. Seven Eleven clerks usually know the area.

 

[peterbaron]

No cell phone for nav cause I'm not as smart as you and MTC... hand written directions on index cards placed in a clear envelope velcroed to a piece of wood cut to the size of a cell phone and mounted in one of those clamp on cell phone holders lol

I used to use my GPS, but for the last few years, I've use my cell for nav if needed.
Sticky notes are often present in the inside of my windshield if navi is not used.

 

[GoldOxide_imp]

I have not jointed the cell phone as nav tool brigade either. I used a designated GPS for a while, but it got to be a PITA looking at the screen all the time. Now I use yellow stickies scotch taped to the speedo and the tach. If I get truly lost I ask a local. Seven Eleven clerks usually know the area.

I use BeeLine Moto. It has been fantastic.