Hi all my name is Brian and am new to this site.
I bought a new 06 Sprint ST back in June. Sunset Red. I am also new to the world of sport touring. Come from the v-twin world.
Anyway this bike has been unlike anything else I have ever been on. I 've put about 6300 mi on it as of the Sat. after Thanksgiving.
The last ride I went on,11-25-06 was to an out of the way little Park by the name of Pike Lake. I have been riding and hunting in and around this part of Ohio for 20 some years. With that said I am still,at 47 finding little twisties and obscure places in this part of the state.
Knockemstiff Ohio is one of those places.
Over the past couple of years I had heard about KS and this year I had started out on 2 or3 other rides to go there. Somehow I always seemed to get distracted or sidetracked. Which for me is not that hard to do.
Anyway my brother-in-law and I started for KS and actually went right through the middle of big beautiful downtown Knockemstiff proper. At the time though we didn't know it. Apparently the corp. signs for Knockemstiff are a real hot item with the youth in Pike and Ross counties. JR. and I came in from the north and the sign on that side of the town had been removed. So we went right through town and didn't even know it. Two important things to consider here. One-- The town or "burg" consists of only a handful of houses at best, and Two the tax base in KS would probably be small enough that the lose of a corp sign might create a financial emergency in the right situation. Just kidding.
The ride of the 25 however found a friend of mine, Rick and I coming in from the South. The corp. sign was a little battered from whatever but for the most part was intact and in place.
Seriously though it was an awesome day of riding in southern Ohio on what I think are some of the best roads in our part of the state.
Rick has some pics of that ride in this forum.
If anyone out there ever gets in our area, central or southern Ohio, and wants to go out for a day of great riding weather permitting just give a shout.
Brian
I bought a new 06 Sprint ST back in June. Sunset Red. I am also new to the world of sport touring. Come from the v-twin world.
Anyway this bike has been unlike anything else I have ever been on. I 've put about 6300 mi on it as of the Sat. after Thanksgiving.
The last ride I went on,11-25-06 was to an out of the way little Park by the name of Pike Lake. I have been riding and hunting in and around this part of Ohio for 20 some years. With that said I am still,at 47 finding little twisties and obscure places in this part of the state.
Knockemstiff Ohio is one of those places.
Over the past couple of years I had heard about KS and this year I had started out on 2 or3 other rides to go there. Somehow I always seemed to get distracted or sidetracked. Which for me is not that hard to do.
Anyway my brother-in-law and I started for KS and actually went right through the middle of big beautiful downtown Knockemstiff proper. At the time though we didn't know it. Apparently the corp. signs for Knockemstiff are a real hot item with the youth in Pike and Ross counties. JR. and I came in from the north and the sign on that side of the town had been removed. So we went right through town and didn't even know it. Two important things to consider here. One-- The town or "burg" consists of only a handful of houses at best, and Two the tax base in KS would probably be small enough that the lose of a corp sign might create a financial emergency in the right situation. Just kidding.
The ride of the 25 however found a friend of mine, Rick and I coming in from the South. The corp. sign was a little battered from whatever but for the most part was intact and in place.
Seriously though it was an awesome day of riding in southern Ohio on what I think are some of the best roads in our part of the state.
Rick has some pics of that ride in this forum.
If anyone out there ever gets in our area, central or southern Ohio, and wants to go out for a day of great riding weather permitting just give a shout.
Brian
