crazed cager attacks...oversized ebc rotor saved me on my 2004

[mark ward]

Hey Al I may be hauling the Touring Bike on the back of a friends an RV South To Fl., OR get off in Tn. Ga. etc. and ride the Blue ridge parkway from bottom to top, then to Erie Pa. and Hm. (W. Mich) ANY Advice for where to Start and stop, MOST SEE places, Good Eats, cheap CLEAN sleeping, (camping??) Etc.. The web "says" Start in Cherokee Nc. (to) end in waynesboro Va. (Just an Example) Many know that Tail of the dragon is a VERY short part of a great RIDE/VISIT, It's just the best Promoted part, That we would miss ALOT if thats all we road or took the time to see. Or spend TO MUCH if we only stayed and ate at "Tourist traps". Thanks Mark (W. Mi.) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Tengai Mark Van Horn]

1. Don't hit a deer like I did in the Meadows of Dan, VA. 2. Camp at the Willville Motorcycle Campground (http://www.willvillebikecamp.com/), keep your beer cool in the stream there. 3. Ride Skyline Drive, but watch for cops. Definitely don't pass RVs in no-passing zones. 4. Take a cave tour, ( Shenendoah Caverns is cheaper and not as crowded as Luray) 5. Buy some local honey, jellies, etc. at roadside stands. 6. DO NOT camp at a government-run installation (state or national park). They suck because they're over-run with obnoxious people who don't know how to camp. Mark Hey Al I may be hauling the Touring Bike on the back of a friends an RV South To Fl., OR get off in Tn. Ga. etc. and ride the Blue ridge parkway from bottom to top, then to Erie Pa. and Hm. (W. Mich) ANY Advice for where to Start and stop, MOST SEE places, Good Eats, cheap CLEAN sleeping, (camping??) Etc.. The web "says" Start in Cherokee Nc. (to) end in waynesboro Va. (Just an Example) Many know that Tail of the dragon is a VERY short part of a great RIDE/VISIT, It's just the best Promoted part, That we would miss ALOT if thats all we road or took the time to see. Or spend TO MUCH if we only stayed and ate at "Tourist traps". Thanks Mark (W. Mi.)

[Jim Douglas]

Sylmar and FootHill, that my old hood! Back when I lived there you would see more horse ranches than condo's! It always pissed to me so much when they would use that section of the freeway for movies and you would be trying to get home and had to wait in traffic and those frigging Hollywood people finished there shoot!

On 5/18/2011 9:51 PM, Jeffrey wrote: > > I was riding my KLR with a friend on a GXSR going to visit a friend in > the hospital. A guy in an old blue Honda? swerved fron the left lane > in between our bikes and jumped out of his car and started running > toward me. > > I floored it and just went around him and got the hell out of there. > He came within 3 ft of the rear wheel of my friend's GXSR and stopped > right in front of me. > > I had my new EBC contour wave rotor with EBC kevlar/carbon pads. I > stopped with room to spare so I could go around the crazy person and > his car easily. I probably could have probably stopped without hitting > the blue car with stock 04 brakes but I would have had no room to > escape the crazed cager. I didn't see a weapon but I had no idea if he > had one or not and I prefer not to get in road rage fights esp. when I > don't know the other guy's motivation. > > I never saw this guy before in my life. He looked like that sketch of > the LA Dodger fan who attacked and almost killed the San Francisco > Giant fan. We had been riding pretty conservatively. We did split > lanes and move to the front of stopped traffic at the red light a half > mile back. > > This happened in Sylmar area...near Foothill and 210 Fwy in CA. > > Jeffrey #3 > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]