January 29 was a beautiful day; talk about a perfect weekend (actually it was even better on Sunday, January 30....over 70 degrees). However, the Saturday was also nice with a high of around 65 and clear blue skies. I took the Vulcan out after doing some checks (cold weather always plays with the tire pressures, so added air to the tires) plus checked it over good. Headed out to Suck Bang Blow (previous post) to meet up with some friends for a ride. After lunch there, we decided to head to Morrow Mountain which is just outside of Albemarle, NC, and is a great park with some fine views of the Carolinas. It also tends to attract motorcycles.
Terry (at left) and Phil (at right) are seen here in this photo at the start of the ride. Both ride Yamaha's (actually Star Motorcycles now, though a division of Yamaha) and are good friends. Terry has a V-4, while Phil and I have V-twins. My bike though is a Kawasaki Vulcan 1500. Rode out to NC-49, though the neat town of Mt. Pleasant, NC, and then up NC-73 to Morrow Mountain State Park. Not a long ride, but really scenic. There was a pretty good breeze but nothing that caused us any problems along the way. I lead the way, and we all made it to the top of the mountain with no problems; enjoying some of the twisty roads to the top along the way.
As you can see here, a lot of bikes were at the top. Great variety of motorcycles which is always the case; Sport bikes, cruisers, and even a few customs were to be found up there. Enjoyed meeting with the bikers, talking about the bikes and all of us marveling over the weather. It has been a cold wet and sometimes snowy winter this year, and the good riding days have been few and far between. So it was great to be up there and to be able to enjoy riding without having to be too heavily bundled up. It was fun watching bikes come and go as well, in an on-going changing of the guard during the time spent there. The views were nothing short of remarkable as well.
Bike that caught my eye while I was there was this Triumph Bonneville. They are a brand that came back from the dead, and has been very successful in doing so and they have a number of neat models including this classic. Course, they are greatly improved over the old 70's Triumph was new electronics (a weak point on the older ones) and improvements in manufacturing. Good to see this old British brand on the roads again, and was great to hear this vertical twin motorcycle engine again. We got back safe and sound from the ride which in my case from door to door was just short of 92 miles on a very fine winter's day. I am looking forward to the next one!
January 29 was a beautiful day; talk about a perfect weekend (actually it was even better on Sunday, January 30....over 70 degrees). However, the Saturday was also nice with a high of around 65 and clear blue skies. I took the Vulcan out after doing some checks (cold weather always plays with the tire pressures, so added air to the tires) plus checked it over good. Headed out to Suck Bang Blow (previous post) to meet up with some friends for a ride. After lunch there, we decided to head to Morrow Mountain which is just outside of Albemarle, NC, and is a great park with some fine views of the Carolinas. It also tends to attract motorcycles. 
Terry (at left) and Phil (at right) are seen here in this photo at the start of the ride. Both ride Yamaha's (actually Star Motorcycles now, though a division of Yamaha) and are good friends. Terry has a V-4, while Phil and I have V-twins. My bike though is a Kawasaki Vulcan 1500. Rode out to NC-49, though the neat town of Mt. Pleasant, NC, and then up NC-73 to Morrow Mountain State Park. Not a long ride, but really scenic. There was a pretty good breeze but nothing that caused us any problems along the way. I lead the way, and we all made it to the top of the mountain with no problems; enjoying some of the twisty roads to the top along the way. 
As you can see here, a lot of bikes were at the top. Great variety of motorcycles which is always the case; Sport bikes, cruisers, and even a few customs were to be found up there. Enjoyed meeting with the bikers, talking about the bikes and all of us marveling over the weather. It has been a cold wet and sometimes snowy winter this year, and the good riding days have been few and far between. So it was great to be up there and to be able to enjoy riding without having to be too heavily bundled up. It was fun watching bikes come and go as well, in an on-going changing of the guard during the time spent there. The views were nothing short of remarkable as well. 
Bike that caught my eye while I was there was this Triumph Bonneville. They are a brand that came back from the dead, and has been very successful in doing so and they have a number of neat models including this classic. Course, they are greatly improved over the old 70's Triumph was new electronics (a weak point on the older ones) and improvements in manufacturing. Good to see this old British brand on the roads again, and was great to hear this vertical twin motorcycle engine again. We got back safe and sound from the ride which in my case from door to door was just short of 92 miles on a very fine winter's day. I am looking forward to the next one!
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