Wilsons Sandbox

>Let's try that again. Here's the gallery for the project bike. > >http://markb.smugmug.com/gallery/273098 > >Orange, Baby! >MarkB > > > > > > >List sponsored by Dual Sport News at www.dualsportnews.com >List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > >

> > I thought you were married with kids...You are not allowed to have > so many bikes. > > jpg

>"Honey, just look at it. It's not a bike, it's a project!" >Some days, I'm lucky enough to have the kids helping me. And she >knew I had CMS when she married me. > >The only reason I have 4 KLRs... she said no on number 5. 8^) >Next time, maybe I shouldn't ask. > >MarkB > > >--- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "nakedwaterskier" > wrote: >> >> I thought you were married with kids...You are not allowed to have >> so many bikes. >> >> jpg

>Let's try that again. Here's the gallery for the project bike. > >http://markb.smugmug.com/gallery/273098 > >Orange, Baby! >MarkB

> Looks good Mark, but what ever possessed you to swap a perfectly

> '97 for your brother's '87 rat bike? > > Mark > > At 5:00 PM +0000 11/15/04, dumbazz_650 wrote: > >Let's try that again. Here's the gallery for the project bike. > > > >http://markb.smugmug.com/gallery/273098 > > > >Orange, Baby! > >MarkB

--- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, Doug Pippin wrote: > Joe > > Sounds like you had a good ride. > I live in the Asheville area and get over to Deals Gap area > occasionally. Usually during the week or off season so as to avoid the > crowds there. > > Couple of suggestions for you in the event that you get that way again. > From the store at Deals Gap take 28 instead of 129. It goes by the big > Fontana Dam and you will end up at highway 19/74. > Take 19/74/28 a short distance (towards Cherokee) and turn right on 28 > towards Franklin. There's a Texaco station on the corner. > This section of 28 is one of my favorite roads and it's a delight to ride > on any kind of bike. > Before getting to Franklin (when the curves stop) reverse your direction > and ride 28 in reverse. In the opposite direction it's a new road. > Then back track up 28 to 143 into Robbinsville. Follow the signs to the > Cherohala Skyway. > The Cherohala is another must do road and you will end up in Tellico Plains TN. > Just before you enter Tellico Plains turn right on Hwy 360 to Hwy 411 turn > right on 411 to get over the Tennessee river then right on Hwy 72 which > will take you to Hwy 129. > Turn right on 129 and you will soon see the Foothills Parkway on your left. > > We always avoid Hwy 441 through the Smoky Mountain National Park because of > heavy vehicle traffic usually going quite slow as you found out even in the > off season. During the tourist season it's really bad. > You could base your ride out of Maryville TN or Knoxville TN thus avoiding > the Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge, Sevierville congestion also. > > If your riding with dual sport bikes there are many off road areas to > explore in this area. You could spend several days off-road riding and > never cover your tracks. > > Doug in NC > > > > At 09:55 PM 11/14/04, you wrote: > > Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 00:28:05 -0000 > > From: "Joseph Jones" > >Subject: Re: Smoky Mountian Ride Up date > > > >Up date Smokey Mtn. ride. > >It was COLD!!! But not really bad, and we were dressed for it. We had to > >stop on 321, my sister in law's hands were froze. They had already turned > >white. We found a citgo station that had some hand warmers and she put one > >in each glove. We saw a really neat Gold Wing pulling a trailer that was > >shaped like a corvette. I got pics so as soon as I figure out how to get > >the on the net I will let everyone know. Saw a lot of beautiful scenery, > >and stopped on the foothills parkway and looked out over Maryville, and > >Knoxville TN. A great view from up there. We rode on over to 129 and > >towards "the dragon"(318 turns in 11 miles). At the lower part of the > >dragon we stopped to admire the view, and all the bikes that was there. > >The weather was starting to get better, the sun burned through the fog and > >clouds, which made it a lot more enjoyable riding. After I stopped and > >waited on the hardly(electra glide classic not a road king as I had said > >in the first post)we made it to deals gap. There we ate, and looked around > >awhile,the tree of shame is most impressive, seeing all the parts from > >crashed cars and bikes hanging there in that tree. A few mile down 129 > >from deals gap is a dam and power plant. I don't know how old it is but I > >do know it's been there a long time. Really cool looking place. We went on > >down 129 a beautiful ride along the rive. It had large rocks everywhere in > >the river. We turned on to 143 and took it to 28. 28 was a little too much > >for the dr 200 and we had to go slow so he could keep up. Turning onto 19 > >and then 441 was nice but nothing special. We didn't have time to stop in > >Cherokee NC but we did stop before we started up the mountian going back > >over to Gatlinburg. WE had to put all our coats, coveralls and wind suits > >back on as it was going to ba dark by the time we got back to Pigeon > >Forge. We were glad we did put the cold weather gear back on because by > >the time we hit the top of the mountian the temp was in the 20's. That was > >according to the hardly with the therometer in the dash. At the top we saw > >the clouds down below us and it looked like a lake down at the bottom. On > >the way down we got behind some car doing 20 mph(that sucked). We rode > >through Gatlinburg in the stop and go traffic(my older brother hated that > >on the big hardley)to see all the decorations they have up. Then we loaded > >the bikes back on the trailers and went to the TOOL store where I bought a > >lift table for MC's. I have my A18 on it now putting running lights on the > >front forks where the reflectors used to be. I will try and get the pics > >up soon. > >Joe SE Ky A18 8100 > > > > > > Steve > > > The Mule > > > A17 > > > ---------- > Doug Pippin > 828-684-8488 > dpippin5@b... > > ---------- > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]