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One more note on accessories, I am the type of person that truly believes you get what you pay for. I had been pondering for some time what luggage to buy i.e. tail bag and tank bag. I did alot of research and ended up with a Nelson-Rigg duo from New Enough. Excellent quality and functionality. Fully expandable and stable at triple digits. Could'nt be happier and under $200 for both.
So at 7:00 PM after work on Friday we headed out to Suches, GA. from Kingsland, GA. (three miles from the Florida line on the east coast.)
We would travel 400 fun filled, freeze your butt off, miles up I-95, west on 16 to I-75, then I-85 to GA.400 and on to the mountains. The trip up was fairly uneventfull other than going through Atlanta.
It was midnight on a Friday night........in Atlanta. Bad freakin timing to say the least.We had just cleared downtown and Bobby was ahead of me about 100 yards. Now I don't know if any of you have experienced this before but I kept getting the feeling that I was getting crowded even though everything seemed to be ok in front of me, beside me, and behind me. Just a bad feeling. The closest cage to me was on my left but a little behind me. A few seconds later something told me to look back again. Sure enough, the cage on my left was about a foot away from my left pannier....with two idiots inside the cage laughing as if to see how close they could get before I noticed. I changed lanes to get away from them hoping they would carry on to what ever ghetto they stumbled out of. They did, but not before the passenger rolled down his window and flipped us the bird. ***? Every blood vessle in my head was about to explode and as pissed as I was I knew I better just press on so we did.
The temp. got down in the 30's and I don't know what the windshield factor was but to tell you the honest truth, I was pretty comfortable. We were both layered fairly well and the heated grips absolutely rock! They were so warm I wore street gloves. Yeah, Bobby was jealous. As a matter of fact the only thing he complained about was how cold his hands would get. Bobby has a GSXR but had always trailered his bike to the mountains, never riding the entire trip up and back. To tell you the truth, I had my doubts as to wether he would be able to ride that many miles in three days on the gixer. He proved me totaly wrong. He added a taller windshield and added some new Heli-Bars that raised them up 2 inches and 1 inch back. Doesnt sound like much but it make a drastic improvement in riding position for a trip this long.
One note about gas mileage. Bobby's gixer is a 750 and holds almost the exact same amount of fuel as mine. The Sprint gets about 70 miles more per tank than the GSXR. Hard to believe. Just goes to show how good our mapping in the Sprints really are.
Anyway, it's a little after 1AM and we start up the mountain. Bobby is leading the way. There are a few fawns in about the third curve there to greet us, standing by the road grazing. Just gotta love the feeling you get when deer are on the road side at night. Great is'nt it? LOL.
We start going through some tight sections and Bobby starts pulling away. I had to slow wwaaaaayyyyyyy down because of these dam* headlights. Guys, if you havent gone through the twisties at night on your '05 or newer Sprint, don't. It's extremely dangerous. As soon as you start to turn in the lanes disappear. If the the powers that be in the US ever tested this scenario I doubt we would see Sprints until it's fixed. Yes, it's that bad.
We arrived at Two Wheels Only around 2AM. We signed in at the door and up we go.If you've never been to T.W.O. it's a very unique facility. It's set up like a Bed and Breakfast for motorcycles only except there are atleast two beds per room and they also serve lunch and dinner. It's a popular spot for locals as well. Locals and other riders just passing through stop to eat. Buell also rents the entire facility every march for there "Demo Days". Yes, we will be there.
T.W.O. is also very close to everything like Cherahola Skyway, Tellico Plains, Blood Mountain, Helen GA., the Dragon, Deals Gap, and Delonoga GA. Everything is kept on a tab until you leave. They also have camping spots out back and it's owned by motorcycle enthusiests. Oh, and the food is absolutely awsome.
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