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Flying Duck
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 Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 9:48 am Post subject: AMA's Top 15 Roads in the US |
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| Quote: | (#15) Washington Route 129 and Oregon Route 3, Clarkston, Wash., to Enterprise, Ore.
(#14) Ohio Route 170, Calcutta to Poland.
(#13) California Route 58, McKittrick to Santa Margarita.
(#12) U.S. Route 33, Harrisonburg, Va., to Seneca Rocks, W.Va.
(#11) Natchez Trace, from Natchez, Miss., to Nashville, Tenn.
(#10) Angeles Crest Highway, California Route 2.
(#9) U.S. Route 12, Lolo Pass, Idaho and Montana.
(#8 ) California Route 36.
(#7) Cherohala Skyway, North Carolina and Tennessee.
(#6) Going to the Sun Road, Glacier National Park, Montana.
(#5) California Route 1, Pacific Coast Highway.
(#4) U.S. Route 550, from Ouray to Durango, Colo.
(#3) U.S. Route 129 -- The Tail of the Dragon -- on the North Carolina-Tennessee border.
(#2) Blue Ridge Parkway, North Carolina.
(#1) Beartooth Highway, Montana and Wyoming. |
As selected by AMA members.
I've ridden a lot of those roads. Any list like that doesn't have Hwy 1 at the top is booshee.
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John Clauss
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| Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 9:58 am Post subject: |
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Excellent, none of my NorthEast favs made the list, so I still have them to myself!
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Mystic Red
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| Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 11:05 am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | (#6) Going to the Sun Road, Glacier National Park, Montana. |
So you can test your parking lot speed skills?
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Flying Duck
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| Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 11:30 am Post subject: |
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| Mystic Red wrote: | | Quote: | | (#6) Going to the Sun Road, Glacier National Park, Montana. |
So you can test your parking lot speed skills? |
I don't get that one either. Nice views and all though.
Same with the BRP. Speed limit is 45 and it's supposedly heavily patrolled. Good thing I didn't know that when I was there. 
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| Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 12:44 pm Post subject: |
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(#14) Ohio Route 170, Calcutta to Poland.
This one is in my back yard so to speak. It runs right past my wifes coffee shop in Calcutta. A lot of the local poker runs have it as part of the route. Boat loads of HD riders and a few metrics.
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SugarHillCTD
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| Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 5:11 pm Post subject: |
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| John Clauss wrote: | | Excellent, none of my NorthEast favs made the list, so I still have them to myself! |
ZACTLY!! Was V. happy to have the N.E. excluded. 
I REALLY mean.... Great- all the AMA members should go see those top 15 roads
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drikko
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| Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 5:20 pm Post subject: |
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Beat me to it, I was going to say most of the voters would have been Hardly riders towing trailers, so the view, not the road, would have been the clincher....
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kbmwrs
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| Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 5:23 pm Post subject: |
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Well 8 out of 15 ain't bad.
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abreeze
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| Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 5:33 pm Post subject: |
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#2,3,7..south east....they can be heavly traveled roads, so you have to ride them when people are not normally driving them, on weekends and holidays...
ive riden some of the others and hope to do all of them someday..... |
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grandiosedelusionary
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| Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 6:32 pm Post subject: |
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I have ridden all but #11 Natchez to Nashville. However I plan on riding it on my way to Hungry Mother.
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Jim
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| Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 8:46 pm Post subject: |
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| grandiosedelusionary wrote: | | I have ridden all but #11 Natchez to Nashville. However I plan on riding it on my way to Hungry Mother. |
So, are you just going to Hungry Mother State Park? Or are you coming to the meet?
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| Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 9:03 pm Post subject: |
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I have spent a LOT of time on Rt. 33 - it is a great road but certainly not the best in the area (Rt. 16 just an hour south as many HM attendees know is far more scenic, roller-coastery with tight to gentle corners and lots and lots of elevation change.)
I do like 33, matter of fact I shot some video last time I was on it 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yg1cmbz41Kk
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grandiosedelusionary
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For the meet Jim.
I have business at the Indy 500. I need to be riding in there no later than May 18th.
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John Clauss
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| Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 9:57 pm Post subject: |
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| SugarHillCTD wrote: | | John Clauss wrote: | | Excellent, none of my NorthEast favs made the list, so I still have them to myself! |
ZACTLY!! Was V. happy to have the N.E. excluded.
I REALLY mean.... Great- all the AMA members should go see those top 15 roads |
Especially them slow Harley guys, keep em on the Dragon and out of my way!
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mtnroads
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| Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 11:37 pm Post subject: |
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| kbmwrs wrote: | | Well 8 out of 15 ain't bad. |
Yeah, me too - 8 out of 15. Need to hit a couple more this summer.
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BobZ(IL)
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For the most part, I found the Natchez Trace to be a yawner.
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Flying Duck
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| Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 12:51 am Post subject: |
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Such a jaded crowd. (Self included.)
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