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[StromXTc]

Beautiful Texas Springtime day and a perfect excuse to scoot around on a motorcycle.

Met Grandelatte in historic Calvert and spent time enjoying his company and admiring his sweet R1200GSA before taking to the backroads. Remember our moto class...pavement sux.

And sure enough... that storm last week washed out some roads... oh darn.

The camera doesn't come close here... this water was so blue it looked surreal or like a picture that's been tinkered with. Had to be there. 'Neath the blue Texas sky.

Man, those are some nice pictures thanks for sharing. Now that bluebell sounds REALLY interesting. I think you need to reenact it for us one more time.

 

[Gravel Guy]

Short ride today, tell me how beautiful these Serviceberry trees are in downtown Rogers!

 

[CleatusJ]

Darn, 300 miles and I forgot to take any pic's. I will have to say that it's already getting green where the fires went through Carbon.

Them 40 mph cross winds on a 400 pound bike can be interesting. Time to mount them 804/805 Shinkos.

 

[Gravel Guy]

370 miles to Oxford Ar and back, via Calico Rock to look at some land. Temps 43 to 73 so really nice, dry but windy!! 44.1 MPG today.
Crooked creek between Yellville and Harrison.
Some birds near Lake Norfolk Marina getting after those minnows or shad?
Nice new Harps in Harrison, getting snackage…..

 

[Texasrider58]

Yesterday, we met up in Sanger for lunch. Took some back roads before crossing Red River. We rode some dirt and gravel on the OK side to Kriver in Moyer, OK. Kevin, Ray and I camped out at Kriver. Nice camping place.
Had a great evening and visited with other riders as well. We had breakfast in Antlers. As we crossed the Red River, we split as I headed south thru Athens to Mexia. Stopped by the fire station to visit with the SIL, he is a firemen/emt for a bit. The daughter and I had dinner at Farmers House then spent the night visiting. Spend the day riding back to M Wells. Great weekend.

Also, One pic of my perfect stop at a Red light. There was gravel on the pavement. Touched the front brake and down I went. All the on lookers and Kevin walking around with his go pro. Great times.

 

[Gravel Guy]

Sweetwife and are staying at Mountain Harbor Resort on Lake Ouachita, rode out to the end of Joplin campground and back about 5 hilly miles. Big beautiful lake!

 

[AllByteNoBark]

Looks like a small AT convention.

 

[Texasrider58]

Got home in time for lunch with the wife. We decided to go for a little ride. So, we took the spyder up to PK for a bit.

 

[grandelatte]

What a lovely day it was! Dan and I went out for a casual dual-sport ride around Thorndale.

Within 10 miles, I get a flat on the front wheel. What makes this interesting is that I have the Tubliss systems installed on my wheels. I had to pull out Tubliss and install the conventional tube. I will be investigating what failed since it only has 200 miles on it.

The rest of the ride was uneventful. It was a perfect day for a lazy Sunday afternoon ride.

 

[Windmill]

I was headed to Temple and saw you two and comming back I saw you south of Bocholt's about 4. Made me wish I had rode but had a load of dog food etc.

 

[Goforth]

With a Fiancé out of the country and renewed ability to ignore household chores, I got to spend a long day this past Sunday on my CRF300 Rally.


I started my trip by heading out west via 1431 from Cedar Park. Plan was to try a loop I could never complete with the limited fuel range of the XT250. I would hit low fuel light and need to turn early at James river crossing. With the extra gallon on the rally, I would give it a go!

I can’t ride down 1431 without breaking off for a little ride down cow creek road.

A top off in Horseshoe bay, and I was ready to attempt a never completed loop!

Here’s the route I planned:
horseshoe - 2147 to 71
71 West to 962 (LT)
962 to 3347 (RT)
3347 to 310A (RT)
CR 310A - North
CR 310 - West
CR 308 - North
CR 315 - West.
HWY 16 - South (left)
CR 113 - West
CR 112 - West (Left)
RR 2323 - South (Left)
CR 110 (Loyal Valley Rd/Horse Mountain Rd) - West
RR 2242 - South (Left)
HWY 87 - South (Left)
Threadgill Creek Rd/Squaw Creek - West
RR 783 - South
Geistweidt - West (quick right from 783)
Onion Creek Rd - North (Right)
Salt Branch Loop/E Mill Rd/CR 4301 - West (Left)
CR 430/Mill Creek Rd - North (Right)
RR 1871 Northeast (Right) to Mason
Topped off gas in Mason, and then headed East on 29 to Art Hedwigs hill roads. This would drop me onto 87 where I could head south and then turn left toward Castell for lunch via FM152. From Castell, took CR106 to 2323 to CR112 and rode backwards back into Horseshoe bay.

I left the route jumbled up there in case someone wanted to copy/paste to try themselves.

CR315 is a delight, lots of sand to keep you guessing which way your bike will go. I’m a newbie with dirt so I didn’t dare crack the throttle beyond 50mph.
Here was one of many exciting moments, coming out of sandy creek and burying the front tire in sand:

While I didn’t drop the bike, I got sideways.
No worries, only 50 more yards of this stuff

For the record, it was super easy coming through the opposite direction.

I found my hoglett stalking loose cows for most of the day

Wildlife was abundant as I would sneak up on Turkey, deer, and even wild pig. I will say the most exciting thing I witnessed was a helicopter about 30 feet in air with two men hanging off it, rifles in hand. Pretty sure they were finding new ways to cull out the pigs. (No photos of the helicopter, but one guy waved)

Most water crossings were fun to splash

I got into a nice groove, would lean back on the rear tire when I’d find sand and keep steady throttle. Did have an exciting water crossing on mill creek road. It was slippery, and I carried plenty of speed to get me through, but also felt the bike slide out a bit. Probably the 20th time of the day that I defied death, laughing maniacally in my helmet each time, looking forward to the next!
Little over 300 miles of unforgiving saddle:

 

[West Texas GS]

Rode down to Horseshoe Bay Friday afternoon to stay the night with friends, while on my way to Burnet for the Diabetes Ride for a Cure! They took me on a guided tour of the resort, which is overwhelming, to say the least!! The first pic is a few of the fifty or so deer in my friends' front yard, some of which will eat out of your hand!! I'm really glad they were home and had a spare bedroom, as ALL the motels, camping, RV spaces and Inks Lake State Park were full of tourists for the Blue Bonnet Festival.

We had breakfast in Marble Falls at the Blue Bonnet Cafe Saturday morning, where I encountered a herd of BMW riders! They were the Hill Country BMW Riders Group, and I told them about TWT!! Then it was off to Burnet and the Motorcycle museum! What an awesome place!! I highly recommend everybody stop in and check out the HUGE and varied collection of vintage and racing bikes!

I got together with Kyle and his service dog Maddie from Houston, and we rode over to Kingsland to eat at the House where the movie Texas Chainsaw Massacre was filmed! I had to take an obligatory pic with Leatherface, who watched closely as we ate lunch.

Then it was back to Burnet and the museum for the raffle drawing. To my amazement, I ended up with BOTH top prizes, which was TWO new Shark helmets, as well as a t-shirt and an awesome bottle of seasoning!! It's a good thing I took the trailer, or carrying that haul might have been a difficult task on my little GS!

The ride home Saturday evening was a real challenge, as the West Texas wind seemed intent on beating the heck out my West Texas GS!!

The last pic is of Kyle, Maddie and yours truly at the museum's man cave! The Hill Country offers ENDLESS twisty, turny and scenic roads! I am 100% certain to return again and again as the weather warms!

 

[LicketySplit]

Two helmets is a good deal.

It was time to get out and put some miles on the bike. A few photos from the Leakey area yesterday...

 

[jhansen]

Got out this weekend for some Tour of Honor riding. Yesterday was perfect, today not so much with the wind. Nothing like riding close to the centerline and catch a gust and get shoved almost into the ditch at 60pmh.

 

[jhansen]

Some more pictures

 

[synthlegend]

Nice ride with @Retiredtosoon and @my6 yesterday. Due to scheduling we couldn't make the ET500, but got some good miles in a new(to us) area.

 

[Retiredtosoon]

Nice ride with @Retiredtosoon and @my6 yesterday. Due to scheduling we couldn't make the ET500, but got some good miles in a new(to us) area.

Glad y'all enjoyed the ride I sure did but it's fun no matter what camera you use the colors of those flower never get justice

 

[mlinkibikr]

Enjoyed my 2 hour loop to Fayetteville and took a few shots. Usually I don't take many pix, but this time I stopped to enjoy some of the sights along the way.

Just a gate, but God I love that flag against the blue Texan sky.

The Lutheran church in Frelsburg

The Beast.

Spring Bluebonnets and Paintbrush.

 

[grandelatte]

Bosque County has so much to offer!

 

[Yeeha! Stephen]

A few of us BMWDFW idiots decided to brave the 103 temps and ride down to the Fredericksburg Pecan Grove Store vintage bike ride-in.
Nice little Rock-A-Billy band under the Pecan Grove Store shade trees and a few classic bikes ridden in for the small show.
We paid for it riding to the hotel and the relief of a cool shower! Whew!
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[scotton]

Did my longest ever ride today, Midlothian to Huntsville to Hearne to Temple back to Midlothian. About 10 hours total in the saddle, the last 20 minutes of which didn't feel great. Only spent about 45 minutes on the Interstate (I-45), the rest was on state highways, FM roads and a little bit of gravel and dirt due to some Hood County road construction. I am currently researching some Rox Risers and a beaded seat.
Here's a photo of the aftermath. I swear it was clean when I started.

 

[Mudclod]

Several of us rode all the way to Ireland from Gatesville with a stopover in Ohio (Texas that is). Much recent rain in the area made for a good ride.

Beautiful old bridge near Ater cemetery in Levita.

 

[ab8mi]

I love living in Hill Country so many beautiful roads and routes you can take. without repeating the same sun. The scenery and curves make it hard to tire of riding in this area. Although it got warm by mid day both Saturday and Sunday mornings were great or riding. Saturday took a very round about way to Comfort, Vanderpool, Utopia and Bandera before heading back to Boerne. Sunday rode out to Old Tunnel State Park and drove some nice twisty roads in that area.

Lost Maples Cafe in Utopia has a great breakfast and was part of some scenes in a recent movie "7 Days in Utopia", staff is great as well.

Old Tunnel State Park, great views and you can view the bat emergence from the abandoned railroad tunnel most evening.

 

[Mudclod]

Me and Matt Panter met up in Marlin for some dual sport action in Limestone and Robertson counties. We headed east to Stranger first.

We loves us some mud!

Scenic Bassett Farm near Kosse.

Big fun on Polecat Creek in the corner of Falls county.

Lunch in scenic Franklin.

 

[Texasrider58]

This afternoon we took ADV150 out for a ride. Rode into town to Dairy Mart for a bite to eat. We decided to go east of town thru Cool then down some roads to Brock and circle back towards 281 then thru Dobbs Valley. Fun little ride.