I want to do a winter time run some where.

[regularman]

I am already getting cabin fever. Its getting cold outside and was about 22 degrees and heavy frost when I rode my motorcycle to work this morning. Its now about too cold for any long bike trips. I don't like to ride more than 100 miles or so.
Anyways, I have been thinking about this trip for a long time.
There is a way, from where I live to take all back highways and go over some mountains into greenville, TN and then continue northward and cross into virginia and then Kentucky and end up at cumberland gap. This is only 140 miles from my house. There is an inn up there and it costs about 70 bucks a night. Lots of gift shops and a restaurant called WEBBS that I want to eat at. This would be a top up ride and would take about 4 hours to get there with this route. I don't have any particular date in mind right now. We would want to pick a weekend when the roads were dry and no precipitation in the forcast. I know there are several people here on the board that I have went roading with before. I just wonder if anyone here is interested. I was kind of thinking January when Christmas is all done and there is not much going on.
For Greeenvile, sc folks it would be around 200 miles one way. You are around an hour from me via Hwy 25 to I 26. I live 1 mile from exit 37 on I26. These are some good scenic roads and with the leaves gone, you can see a whole lot more than in the summer. Kim

 

[jlaird]

Miss Agatha will be with you in spirit.

 

[drooartz]

Sounds like a really nice little run. Wish I were closer, it'd be a hoot to join in.

 

[AngliaGT]

Kim,

You're a sick man!I'd do it in a heartbeat if it was closer.

- Doug

 

[toysrrus]

Howdy Kim,

I`d really enjoy the ride but My "`57TR3" won`t be ready to "Rock & Roll" till Mar/Feb (I hope).

I`m sure "Hap", "Gundy" and few other folks will be chiming in soon.

Have a Nice "Warm" Holiday,

Russ

 

[Mickey Richaud]

Kim -

January's pretty full for me, but if it's when I can get away, I'd be interested. Need to get over to Sevierville sometime around then, anyway.

Suggestion: Post this in The Pub, where more will see it. May get a few bites.

Mickey

 

[regularman]

Kim -

January's pretty full for me, but if it's when I can get away, I'd be interested. Need to get over to Sevierville sometime around then, anyway.

Suggestion: Post this in The Pub, where more will see it. May get a few bites.

Mickey

Good idea.

 

[regularman]

Howdy Kim,

I`d really enjoy the ride but My "`57TR3" won`t be ready to "Rock & Roll" till Mar/Feb (I hope).

I`m sure "Hap", "Gundy" and few other folks will be chiming in soon.

Have a Nice "Warm" Holiday,

Russ

I thought you had a spridget of some sort, or did you trade,sell it?

 

[Hap Waldrop]

Kim, if you're bored come on down here, I got more to do than I know what to do with Hey one thing about a ride this time of year, is you won't have to yellow line pass packs of Harleys

We just got in the first sizes of our new wheels, VTO, and I just got my new 15" black cneter for the MGB, and sold the 14" Charcoal Superlites I had on it, so, I'm kinda oput of the game for a bit. I hope to build my new 1900cc motor for the B this winter and mate it to my new T9 5 speed, so I may be out of the game until Spring.

 

[toysrrus]

Howdy Kim,

I`d really enjoy the ride but My "`57TR3" won`t be ready to "Rock & Roll" till Mar/Feb (I hope).

I`m sure "Hap", "Gundy" and few other folks will be chiming in soon.

Have a Nice "Warm" Holiday,

Russ

I thought you had a spridget of some sort, or did you trade,sell it?

Hi Kim,

I "HAD" a nice Orig. 948, `59 Bugeye. She`s "SOLD" & I picked up the TR3 project.

Russ

 

[Gundy]

I'm afraid short jaunts is all my old feeble body can take in
a LBC during the winter. Brrrrrr
Next soiree for us will be in the '72 Land Cruiser on a Quest for Snow Run. Have to take the new pup on her "make yellow snow trip" or it wouldn't be a proper winter.
:wink:

The trip you describe sounds like a ton-o-fun however.

Come on Spring!

 

[regularman]

I'm afraid short jaunts is all my old feeble body can take in
a LBC during the winter. Brrrrrr
Next soiree for us will be in the '72 Land Cruiser on a Quest for Snow Run. Have to take the new pup on her "make yellow snow trip" or it wouldn't be a proper winter.
:wink:

The trip you describe sounds like a ton-o-fun however.

Come on Spring!

I like those old land cruisers. Nearly froze to death when we got one stuck in the snow in the mountains of New Mexico. Torquey little inline six in those.

 

[regularman]

Kim, if you're bored come on down here, I got more to do than I know what to do with Hey one thing about a ride this time of year, is you won't have to yellow line pass packs of Harleys

We just got in the first sizes of our new wheels, VTO, and I just got my new 15" black cneter for the MGB, and sold the 14" Charcoal Superlites I had on it, so, I'm kinda oput of the game for a bit. I hope to build my new 1900cc motor for the B this winter and mate it to my new T9 5 speed, so I may be out of the game until Spring.

Surely you got more toys than that one. I got to go down and check out your shop. Yep the bad harley dudes and their geezer glides are off the road now. This is the time of year its easy to do test runs in the midget on the parkway. I also have a little 200cc motorcycle that handles well in the curves and I ride it up there with lots or cold weather gear on. It gets 80 mpg and has no horsepower but will run highway speeds and suits me fine. Bike heavy bikes catch me quick in the straights but I can lose them in the curves.

 

[Gundy]

I'm afraid short jaunts is all my old feeble body can take in
a LBC during the winter. Brrrrrr
Next soiree for us will be in the '72 Land Cruiser on a Quest for Snow Run. Have to take the new pup on her "make yellow snow trip" or it wouldn't be a proper winter.
:wink:

The trip you describe sounds like a ton-o-fun however.

Come on Spring!

I like those old land cruisers. Nearly froze to death when we got one stuck in the snow in the mountains of New Mexico. Torquey little inline six in those.

I'm sure that was some SERIOUS snow if you got a FJ40 stuck in it. Those old inline 6s are like a tractor motor. Grunt from
idle all the way to the 3800 redline.Add lockers in the axles and they're like a mountain goat.
Old Cruiser joke: Bury me in my FJ40 'cause I've yet to encounter a hole it couldn't climb out.

 

[regularman]

I'm afraid short jaunts is all my old feeble body can take in
a LBC during the winter. Brrrrrr
Next soiree for us will be in the '72 Land Cruiser on a Quest for Snow Run. Have to take the new pup on her "make yellow snow trip" or it wouldn't be a proper winter.
:wink:

The trip you describe sounds like a ton-o-fun however.

Come on Spring!

I like those old land cruisers. Nearly froze to death when we got one stuck in the snow in the mountains of New Mexico. Torquey little inline six in those.

I'm sure that was some SERIOUS snow if you got a FJ40 stuck in it. Those old inline 6s are like a tractor motor. Grunt from
idle all the way to the 3800 redline.Add lockers in the axles and they're like a mountain goat.
Old Cruiser joke: Bury me in my FJ40 'cause I've yet to encounter a hole it couldn't climb out.

It was some snow and we managed to get it stuck. Had camping gear and decied to camp for the night. It snowed so hard it snowed the camp fire out. Long story, I will tell you all about it next time we meet up.