CHEROKEE NC, 2018 Rally info....

[F6Bster]

For many years lots of loosely organized Gold Wing Rallies (GL1800riders.com board) in NY, PA, GA, CO, AZ, and other locations brought hundreds of people from all over the country, and even a few from overseas (rentals). When a good location for riding and lodging is picked, the bikes will come and good times will be had by all (or at least most)!!!!

[2wheelsforme]

Questions about the day rides in Cortez: Will they be one or more each day, long/short, slow/brisk? And will we know about choices/routes in advance? Paper or GPX maps? I have some "must do" roads while out that way and if not included in one of the day rides I want to incorporate them into my arrival route or my departure. I use BaseCamp/Garmin and Microsoft Streets and Trips. I may be too early for these things but dang excided about having my bike there. Thanks in advance for any info.

[2wheelsforme]

Meantime, I need the weather to warm up before I think about riding [/QUOTE]


Got all three bikes out today and ran them a bit to get some fuel thru them and to charge the batteries. Taking the F6B on a ride tomorrow over to Daphne. Should be sunny and close to 70 degrees for tomorrows high, even today was warmer than predicted and the beach was hopping and lots of bikes out and about.

[Az Wingrider]

I am sure there will be multiple rides each day. I do a lot of riding in southern Colorado and I also use Microsoft Streets and Trips for a lot of my riding. If there are specific places you want to ride to and there aren't rides going there I would be more than happy to let you help you with a gpx file of the interesting roads to where you want to visit. I consider myself a moderate speed rider, not really spirited but not slow and if you are up fora 400 mile day it opens up a lot of neat areas that are day rides from Cortez. There is really a tremendous amount of really great things to see in this area so I am sure there will be something available for every type of rider.

Even though I am familiar with the area I to am eagerly anticipating the rally and a chance to see and visit with everyone. See you in August.

Az Wingrider

[imported_NMRed]

I just confirmed my reservation for the show out west, wish I could do east also, but Labor Day weekend is our biggest show of the year and no kitchen passes allowed then. 400 miles makes for a nice day out here. no rush and lots to see in that amount of time. Looking forward to finally seeing another B on the road.'

[choptop]

Farthest west, so far, was Yellowstone and the farthest south was 2016 Rally, so , looking forward to Co. Will be a 3 day ride for me.
Looks like their are a lot of Nation Forests NW of Denver, still early but looks like my routes are 80 out of Des Moines, heading west, or 90 to around Sturgis and then head south and run threw some of that forest area, down to Cortez ? 80 would be my best bet to catch some riders for company...

[choptop]

Farthest west, so far, was Yellowstone and the farthest south was 2016 Rally, so , looking forward to Co. Will be a 3 day ride for me.
Looks like their are a lot of Nation Forests NW of Denver, still early but looks like my routes are 80 out of Des Moines, heading west, or 90 to around Sturgis and then head south and run threw some of that forest area, down to Cortez ? 80 would be my best bet to catch some riders for company...

FOR THE Colorado guys, one of the routes I am working on is to go south from Gillette Wy. and follow the below Google map link to Cortez,

https://goo.gl/maps/1bwUqswpMTt, does it seem feasible, are their a lot of unpaved roads in the national parks any problems w/my route in August... ? Thanks in advance.