I am very happy to be living in North Alabama. We have a very active group of riders and year round riding weather. While we can ride year round it can be a little marginal for longer rides in the winter months unless you are a real hard core cold weather rider. My normal rule of thumb is to look for days it will get above 50 for longer rides. We finally had that forecast last Saturday so I set up a ride. While we have some good DS in Alabama we often go just across the state line into Tennessee.
Our meeting spot was at the only gas station in the tiny town of Taft. We had five riders show up.
The dual sport riding in the area wouldn't satisfy the hard core "dirt bikes with lights" crowd but I like the mix of paved and gravel roads. Many of the paved roads are what I call "paved goat trails" Yes they are paved but also narrow, rough and often not what most people would want to ride their street bikes on. We headed of on a nice twisty road. We don't ride like we are in a parade. Everyone rides their own pace and we wait at all turns. I take advantage of those stops to take pics.
Sometimes I take pics while riding.
Or I take pics over my shoulder while riding. This can be tricky when bouncing around on a gravel road.
Our meeting spot was at the only gas station in the tiny town of Taft. We had five riders show up.
The dual sport riding in the area wouldn't satisfy the hard core "dirt bikes with lights" crowd but I like the mix of paved and gravel roads. Many of the paved roads are what I call "paved goat trails" Yes they are paved but also narrow, rough and often not what most people would want to ride their street bikes on. We headed of on a nice twisty road. We don't ride like we are in a parade. Everyone rides their own pace and we wait at all turns. I take advantage of those stops to take pics.
Sometimes I take pics while riding.
Or I take pics over my shoulder while riding. This can be tricky when bouncing around on a gravel road.