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markbvt

They left out the Blue Ridge Parkway, which easily eclipses many of the roads they did include.

--mark

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Devon2000TBS

true! it does have a strictly enforced maximum speed limit of 45 mph, however

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JamieC

Wow, there are some great suggestions here and pictures! My company, Compacc is doing a great series on the top motorcycle roads. There are so many roads to choose from, we had to divide it by regions.
The top 20 in the Southwest area:
http://blog.compacc.com/2011/07/top-...the-southwest/
The top 20 in the Midwest:
http://blog.compacc.com/2011/07/top-...n-the-midwest/
The top 20 in the West: http://blog.compacc.com/2011/06/top-...s-in-the-west/

markbvt

Yeah, but that's fast enough to nearly scrape pegs on many of the corners.

--mark

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Bennington Triumph Bash, May 31-June 2, 2013

CharlieM90

Interesting list and article. A little surprised Blue Ridge Parkway didn't make the list. But maybe it's over-traveled/named too much.

Living in N.GA in the U.S. I'm a little spoiled by all the great roads here in N.GA/NC/TN we have within an hours ride or so from my house. But some nice out-of-the-way roads for me (i.e. not near my part of the country) that I've found on my '99 Sprint have been:

Rt 100 in Vermont
Rt 125 in Vermont
Hwy 28N/Hwy 30 through the Adirondacks from Schroon Lake over to Speculator NY
Rangeley Lake Byway in NW Maine.
All kinds of backroads in Central/North NH and VT.

sleepyjohn

Just read this thread and was like others, what about the Blue Ridge? Obviously as I read i'm not alone in that! lol If you take the BRP south you can get on hwy129 at Deal's Gap and make up for that 45mph speed limit on the Dragon's Tail. 318 curves in 11 miles, as they say, of hauling A** and scraping pegs! Close to it is the Pig's Trail, Arkansas hwy21 I believe, and most of the roads north of I-40 in Arkansas. The three sisters, hwys335-336-337 & a little hwy41 tieing them together at the top, in the Texas Hillcountry. Nothing like bluebonnets, twisties and dodging deer on a spring morning! lol Hell, riding to work on the freeway is better than not riding at all.

Slarti

Must admit I am loving the roads here in Austria (No we do not have Kangeroos) Once away from the Autobahn's the roads get wonderful good surfaces generally and some of the views are amazing followed by some really great places to Eat and then there's those curves that take you round Mountains with 300-400ft drops off to one side... that is one way to get your concentration back...

w8d4it

Lived in Europe for several years, been to every state, been to every Canadian province. The best road is always the one I'm on. Memories are great but there is nothing like real time riding.

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Luziana_Geezer

You are 100% correct on that, although it peaked at #68 and was on the Billboard charts for only one week on 11/17/1962.