ragtop69gs

Going from the dragon to New Bern, NC we have no set plan or route, except that we're going to spend the night somewhere, about half way to New Bern. A ride thru Maggie Valley don't sound bad it'll give us a taste of the area for when we go back to spend some time around there. I think the second route I posted will be the one we take, maybe with a little tweaking if there's a MUST TAKE road that does not take us to far off course. Thanks for the help with this leg of the ride.

Guess I should not have laughed at ya.... Ground is white here now too! And to add insult to injury, we have been without power since 10 am

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LED or Stock bulbs?

How's THIS route look? Any better?

Randy & Eck , thanks for the tip on the cabins, we're booked for 1 night. When we're done with Cherohala and the dragon we are headed east to the coast, how does THIS route look to cross NC. What should we expect traffic wise if we take my proposed route ? Is it a nice ride or should we avoid any areas ?

You'll probably get more input if you post this in First gen tech section.

ME TOO

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Plan is to ride from Paris to Tellico rest up and hit Cherohala and the Dragon first thing in the morning. I had to ride from Cooke City to West Yellowstone in the dark, it was not something I'd want to do again, them Bison just appear out of nowhere! They blend into the darkness real well. The following year I almost got caught in the dark there again, wasn't my fault this time... who would have figured we'd get slowed down in August by a snow storm barely made it out of the park before dark.

When we go, that's our goal... smaller house, bigger garage and hopefully no close neighbors !

On the way home we're going to do the rolling thunder run to the wall. So we'll be heading north out of New Bern.

We try to do about a 60/40 split, surface hwy/ interstate. Scenic routes are always prefered, interstate in between, if it's not to far out of the way.

OK Lenny, you convinced us to add another day and do it all I'll take a look at what you suggest but don't think time will allow it on this trip. We have been thru Little Switzerland before (in the cage) and would like to see it again on the bike. Another to add to the future rides down there. We will be going down there a few times a year now that the grandkids are living down there.

After B2MOM & Dad's M&E we are heading to New Bern, Nc. to visit the grandkids, while on the way, we are planning to ride either the dragon or cherohala skyway (don't have time for both) I'm looking for guidance on which one to ride. We will be in the area mid-week so traffic on either should not be an issue. It will be the wife on her trike and me on 2 wheels. We both like the twisties, but also like scenic rides too. Opinions please. Then on to Rolling Thunder on the way home.

You did a fine job, not a spot of fluid got loose, nice packing . Now comes the fun part, getting those bars and cables installed. Thanks again. Now lets pray for some nice riding weather.

Please DO

Are we still looking for a clown ? I think there's one in Ravenna, Mi. , I think he goes by the name of Clownpuc :rotfl: Let the search begin!!!

A day is a day is a day.... You called it, I'll ride it My pockets will be full that day ! Great idea Eck.

I'd like to give a big and to Sundayrider (Scott). He very generously sent me a set of cables and wouldn't accept any $$ for the parts and shipping. I owe you an Ice Cream and a Barley pop when we get a ride in this spring.

That's always a possibility, one that will be looked at. I think most of the gas came out the overflow hose though, because I had the air boxes off and looked down the carb while it was overflowing and there was barely a dribble of gas coming from the needle. The idle circuit was spitting a little gas too. The plugs were fouled pretty good from turning it over with the straight seafoam in the carbs.

Dirty injectors ?

Well I think the seafoam soak did the job. Came home today and drained the carbs, flushed with gas then filled them up. Ran it thru 3 heat cycles with no problem. Put in new plugs and am now washing the K-&-N's , I'll put it all back together tomorrow and hope for the best. Next up is waking the trike from it's almost 6 month nap.

I have the Flanders bars on the wifes trike, I really like them but don't want to spend that much again if I don't need to.

I've got my fingers crossed that it does. With a little luck they'll fill all the jury slots early and let me out of here before lunch and I'll be able to work on it today.