What big trip's planned?

[AVGeek]

I haven't made any plans yet, though I know of at least one Alaska trip that I have been kicking around...

 

[Brick]

I'm going to attend some of www.ridemsta.com events this year. The national event is in Springdale, AR they call it STAR = Sport Touring Association Rendezvous! It's usually a great time. There will be 350 to perhaps 500 attendees on all kinds of bikes. This years members only bike Raffle is a Yamaha FJR. Each year I say I'm going to win this year. They have had two members who have won bikes twice.
I'm also gonna connect MSTA's North Georgia Classic rally to our Romney, WV rally. Lots of good roads between the two rallies and well 5 days to explore!
I've been riding since I got out of the military in 1970, would have been sooner but no bike allowed while living at home, and in all those 45 years I've always wanted to ride the Alps. I'm hoping to pull that off this year. No I don't want to take a guided tour. My plan is to fly over rent a bike and take 7 days to make a loop back to where I get the bike. Still working on the details but looks like the first week of September would be the right time for me to do this. I just can't afford a tour and still want to do this. I just keep thinking how many great rides/trips I could make her for the same money!! Damn! I knew I should have been born rich instead of so damn good looking!
I guess I'm not going to make this years http://sc-ma.com/rides/three-flags-classic-tour. This is such a great ride!
I'll do lots of local riding here in the Blue Ridge Mtns of Western NC/TN/GA/VA too! ::015::

 

[racer1735]

I am hoping to make a trip up through Colorado to the Dakotas to see Mount Rushmore. Was hoping to undertake that trip late last summer, but ran out of time before my Fall sports seasons started.

 

[Don in Lodi]

I'm going to attend some of www.ridemsta.com events this year. The national event is in Springdale, AR they call it STAR = Sport Touring Association Rendezvous! It's usually a great time. There will be 350 to perhaps 500 attendees on all kinds of bikes. This years members only bike Raffle is a Yamaha FJR. Each year I say I'm going to win this year. They have had two members who have won bikes twice.
I'm also gonna connect MSTA's North Georgia Classic rally to our Romney, WV rally. Lots of good roads between the two rallies and well 5 days to explore!
I've been riding since I got out of the military in 1970, would have been sooner but no bike allowed while living at home, and in all those 45 years I've always wanted to ride the Alps. I'm hoping to pull that off this year. No I don't want to take a guided tour. My plan is to fly over rent a bike and take 7 days to make a loop back to where I get the bike. Still working on the details but looks like the first week of September would be the right time for me to do this. I just can't afford a tour and still want to do this. I just keep thinking how many great rides/trips I could make her for the same money!! Damn! I knew I should have been born rich instead of so damn good looking!
I guess I'm not going to make this years http://sc-ma.com/rides/three-flags-classic-tour. This is such a great ride!
I'll do lots of local riding here in the Blue Ridge Mtns of Western NC/TN/GA/VA too! ::015::

I know of a couple groups that will throw lawyers at that use of STAR. Star Motorcycles for one, and Star Touring And Riding, also STAR, and as far as I know, still buddy buddy with Yamaha/Star.
::017::

 

[greg the pole]

april: Brookings OR, to LA then back, the long twisty way-9 days of riding
June-week long trip through central BC, possibly to the coast, then back
July...Alberta, Washington, BC, back to Alberta

probably a trip out to the island...I not sure how much more time I can get off...

 

[fredz43]

I know of a couple groups that will throw lawyers at that use of STAR. Star Motorcycles for one, and Star Touring And Riding, also STAR, and as far as I know, still buddy buddy with Yamaha/Star.
::017::

The HSTA/MSTA has used the acronym STAR for their annual national rally before Star motorcycles were ever thought of, since 1982. Bring on the lawyers.

 

[Don in Lodi]

The HSTA/MSTA has used the acronym STAR for their annual national rally before Star motorcycles were ever thought of, since 1982. Bring on the lawyers.

Wonder why they didn't go the other way, tell Star Touring they couldn't use the acronym.

 

[fredz43]

Wonder why they didn't go the other way, tell Star Touring they couldn't use the acronym.

Perhaps because they're not dickheads and really didn't give a darn, as it isn't hurting anyone, except depriving lawsuit hungry lawyers out of some $$$? They didn't even say anything to Jason Pridmore when he started his STAR motorcycle schools several years ago. Maybe the same reason that Honda didn't sue the HSTA when it was the Honda Sport Touring Association (although we did have several discussions with them about that). The HSTA didn't sue the Hawaii State Teachers Association over the HSTA acronym either.

 

[tomatocity]

april: Brookings OR, to LA then back, the long twisty way-9 days of riding

Come on over !!!

 

[greg the pole]

Come on over !!!

yep. I'll post up the day's planned roads closer to april.
Leaving here on the 5/6th april

 

[cheesewhiz]

Heart of The West Adventure Tour.
http://backcountry-byways.blogspot.com/2012/10/forever-west-adv-route-revised-for-13.html
9/5 thru 9/19.
Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Utah, Colorado.
80% dirt.
So far.......solo.
Anyone wanna join me?

 

[RockyDS]

Dust to Dawson in June then on to Inuvik. North from home on the Icefields Parkway to Jasper then west to Prince George on the Yellowhead, north through BC on the Stewart-Cassiar Hwy, then Alaska Hwy to Dawson City. Dempster Hwy to Inuvik and back then returning home on the Alaska Hwy south to Dawson Creek, then either home via Jasper or Drayton Valley depending on time, etc.

I just applied for the time off work, so fingers crossed. ;-)

 

[yukondood]

Yukon to Baja and back to Yukon APril, may, june

 

[BillPacific]

This past summer I met two young German men about 23 years old. They were in month 4 of a 6 month travel around the world. We met in Utah at the Bryce Canyon campground. They had only one bike, a Honda African Twin in very rough shape but road worthy. I was amazed they had the goal to travel around the world on one motorcycle, actually living their dream. They said the reason for one bike was financial. One old bike would cost less and they could leave their jobs and stretch out the trip as long as they could. They left Germany and headed East, Turkey to Pakistan to India to China, to Japan. They said the only country they didn't like was India. Mostly because of sanitation reasons not the people. When they got to Japan they hired a company that was trying to register it so they could ride but it never got out of customs so they were loaned two mopeds. The mopeds turned out fun and the African Twin was shipped to USA for the next part of the trip.

I have ridden many good paved street roads and locations so I made some suggestions to them. I was again impressed that they knew of the roads or had already ridden many good roads in the Western States. In October they made it safely back to Germany. Their stories of the road, tight budget, knowledge of where to go impressed me.

This Spring through Fall I plan to do road/trail trips in Utah, Idaho, Cali, and maybe Oregon. In the past I have enjoyed Highway 12 Idaho, TWO Suches, Georgiato the Gap NC, Southern Utah

 

[Balmorerider]

What big trip's have you planned this year?

I haven't put any thought into this yet but it will be that time again soon enough..
My few are Redwoods and pacific coast, Sequoia National Park, Glacier NP, Try again Rocky Mountain NP, Some place in Arizona in spring (any advice?) and Great Basin.
Visit some friends in Idaho falls then to Yellowstone and Grand Tetons.
If I do one big long outing I will be happy.
Ouray and Moab are always on my short list of short ride trips just to say i did something cool..


I plan on riding to CO in June. Will do slab all the way there from Baltimore, my point of departure. Plan to ride a week in CO and then take the scenic way back home. Thinking 18-20 days on the road. Very excited! I try to do a new State every year.

Chris

Haven't seen Bigfoot yet!

 

[78YZ]

I have a possible Nova Scotia trip in August, a possible Maine trip in July (it's going to come down to one or the other though)

Decisions, decisions. :-[

I did Nova Scotia in August 2014. It was my second time up there. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.


Here <LINK> is a helmet cam video I shot on the Cabot Trail. It was an exceptionally nice ride.

 

[Grumpy]

A short'ish trip to Germany in late May, just south of Berlin for the European Yamaha XJR owners fest.

This is my 1999 XJR with a few mods.

Then our two up summer trip on the S10, early July to the Austrian Alps, not far from northern Italy.

 

[Ramseybella]

A short'ish trip to Germany in late May, just south of Berlin for the European Yamaha XJR owners fest.

This is my 1999 XJR with a few mods.

Then our two up summer trip on the S10, early July to the Austrian Alps, not far from northern Italy.

Now that's a sweetie!! ::003::

 

[offcamber]

Headed to Nova Scotia ona 9 day trip this June!!

 

[Sckill]

2 weeks, round trip, NYC to Yellowstone in August with the wife!