Foxviewnet
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Yesterday was beautiful here in Huntsville and the wife asked me to choose the destination for an afternoon ride. Last Sunday ride was to Lynchburg, TN. Nice ride and the little town square was stirring with lots of bikers...mainly our HD friends. But today I chose Lawrenceburg, TN so we headed North. We go RVing up there some so we thought we would check out Davy Crockett State Park and see if they had made any changes up there since we were there last.
Just above the TN line there was a group of 3 Harleys :smileystooges: that we came up behind and they were easing thru a little town at the speed of lethargic. I followed them thru town hoping they would move along after we got out of the town limits. Wound up following them about 2 miles to the next town and had been noticing a line of cars and trucks behind me wanting these guys to move along also. I don't get why some bikers think everyone is interested in going 10-15 mph below the posted limits. Finally saw my chance and blew past them. Finally open road and a better view.
I noticed a little later that another bike was coming up behind us and caught up with us at a red light coming into Pulaski,TN. He pulled up next to us on a shiny Harley Sportster and his wife on the back too. He asked where we were headed and I told him Lawrenceburg. He said he knew a back way thru Amish country if we wanted to go. I said sure so we left the light following them. I could tell he was a seasoned rider and seemed like a nice guy. He would even give us some hand motions if a hard turn was coming up or if we were headed for some twisties.
I haven't really followed a bike through the curvy back country before but it was really a great ride. He obviously knew where he was going and was pushing kind of hard but not reckless. I had no problem keeping up unless it was a hard hairpin turn and trying not to scrape my belly pan. Being 2 up lowered the bike just a bit more than usual on the turns. Lots of Amish farms and little kids in straw-hats waving as we went by. Beautiful area to ride!We finally came to a main highway and he said they were headed to get fuel and hoped we enjoyed the ride. For sure we did and headed to Davy Crockett to see the falls and such.
Got home in the late afternoon and felt thoroughly happy and tired too. It was like a micro-vacation with no kids. I was very impressed that our anonymous Harley friends were gracious enough to show us a great route that we would have never found on our own. I need to return the favor to someone else if the opportunity presents itself in the future. I think most bikers are pretty good folks and have other biker's best interest in mind also. A good deed is usually not forgotten and it really made our weekend! Be safe and have fun out there guys!
Hope this wasn't too boring. If so you probably didn't get this far in the post...sorry anyway. :biglaugh:
Just above the TN line there was a group of 3 Harleys :smileystooges: that we came up behind and they were easing thru a little town at the speed of lethargic. I followed them thru town hoping they would move along after we got out of the town limits. Wound up following them about 2 miles to the next town and had been noticing a line of cars and trucks behind me wanting these guys to move along also. I don't get why some bikers think everyone is interested in going 10-15 mph below the posted limits. Finally saw my chance and blew past them. Finally open road and a better view.
I noticed a little later that another bike was coming up behind us and caught up with us at a red light coming into Pulaski,TN. He pulled up next to us on a shiny Harley Sportster and his wife on the back too. He asked where we were headed and I told him Lawrenceburg. He said he knew a back way thru Amish country if we wanted to go. I said sure so we left the light following them. I could tell he was a seasoned rider and seemed like a nice guy. He would even give us some hand motions if a hard turn was coming up or if we were headed for some twisties.
I haven't really followed a bike through the curvy back country before but it was really a great ride. He obviously knew where he was going and was pushing kind of hard but not reckless. I had no problem keeping up unless it was a hard hairpin turn and trying not to scrape my belly pan. Being 2 up lowered the bike just a bit more than usual on the turns. Lots of Amish farms and little kids in straw-hats waving as we went by. Beautiful area to ride!We finally came to a main highway and he said they were headed to get fuel and hoped we enjoyed the ride. For sure we did and headed to Davy Crockett to see the falls and such.
Got home in the late afternoon and felt thoroughly happy and tired too. It was like a micro-vacation with no kids. I was very impressed that our anonymous Harley friends were gracious enough to show us a great route that we would have never found on our own. I need to return the favor to someone else if the opportunity presents itself in the future. I think most bikers are pretty good folks and have other biker's best interest in mind also. A good deed is usually not forgotten and it really made our weekend! Be safe and have fun out there guys!
Hope this wasn't too boring. If so you probably didn't get this far in the post...sorry anyway. :biglaugh:
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