Kentucky trip

gassin up:
unsnap 2 mini RokStraps, move one end of Wolf Pro Dry bag to top of frunk, add fuel, re snap, no time at all

real easy

Headed to Kentucky and maybe West Virginia. Mike and I are going to explore twisted routes and camp as we go, probably 4,000 miles for me. Day one was 500 miles to Nashville. New First Gear Katmandu suit did great in the rain, new Teknic Chicane waterproof street boots kept my feet dry for the first time ever. More to come this week.
sunset after gas outside Alton Missouri

I'm in Somerset, KY if you come thru this area....you can look me up, will pm you my cell number...

330 twisted miles to Somerset KY,
Thanks Huck.

MY NC700X sniffs the tailpipe of an Italian Supermodel

We ride the Red River Gorge and camp at Lago Linda outside Beatyville

Tomorrow we go to Louisville for the supermodels first oil change

You're making me itch for some long miles and camping of my own...

Rtreat49 said:

330 twisted miles to Somerset KY,
Thanks Huck.

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Bummer, that I just missed you guys....but looks like you're having a good ride.....hope today's Thunderstorms miss you....

We danced between the raindrops all day. Light showers at campground before pulling out. Five minute heavy downpour on the way in to Louisville. Mikes oil changed at Commonwealth Ducati, they have two glorious showroom floors full of Ducati, MV Augusta, KTM, Triumph lust !!
Nice backroad route back to camp. No good pics from me.
Tomorrow we ride East to explore any road that looks good to us !

Today we broke camp and headed Northwest, 270 curvy miles to Charleston West Virginia

Sunset behind the motel on Kanawha River

and it looks like the oem Metzlers are very toasty at 3,700 miles, I need new tires before heading back.
Search function didn't show any milage numbers for factory tires.

wow, great ride. Thanks for bringing us along...

Tires are done before 4k miles?! Umm...have you been off road a lot or something? That seems very odd. I'm over 14k and my front still has a thousand or more in it. Rear came off at 8,000, more for being squared off than actually being out of tread.

A couple threads on tires: http://nc700-forum.com/forum/nc700-general-discussion/2957-tire-life.html
http://nc700-forum.com/forum/tire-tech-talk/1649-tire-mileage.html

My addition to the Metzler database:

My rear was replaced at 8800 miles, and my front was replaced today at 13,200 miles.

Less than 100 miles off road. Lots of twisty miles riding it like a sport bike

I picked up a Michelin Pilot Power today, not my preference but it's all they had that fit



270 miles in the afternoon and back to the motel in Charleston
Local new super rider Jan (?) showed us the great route


Summersville reservoir full of boats and Jet Skis


Hawks nest and New River Gorge




Kanawha Falls




Heading Southwest tomorrow working our way back to Tennessee

Nice ride! I was at the New River Gorge bridge about a month ago. That baby is Impressive.