Help, Planning a Blue Ridge Parkway Trip

[storysunfolding]

when I was a student at UVA.

Sidenote- Uva grad of 2005 majored in Economics and Bio with a minor in chemistry. UTS, Sigma Chi, APO, PSP, UVa Catering, Bartender at St. Marteens. Any chance I know you?

[bandit600]

when I was a student at UVA.

Sidenote- Uva grad of 2005 majored in Economics and Bio with a minor in chemistry. UTS, Sigma Chi, APO, PSP, UVa Catering, Bartender at St. Marteens. Any chance I know you?

Comp Sci Major, minor in Comp Engineering 2002. CS101 TA, been to plenty of UTS parties on the corner of Shamrock & JPA, celebrated my 21st birthday at St. Maartens, ECON201 w/ Leonard Mirman, never understood why people worshipped Elzinga... Pretty slim chance we crossed paths?

[drrick]

If you get a chance eat breakfast at The Corner Kichen in Biltmore Village Asheville, NC.

One of my favorite breakfast places in the USA. (I once drove 3 hours out of my way to eat here)

[bandit600]

If you get a chance eat breakfast at The Corner Kichen in Biltmore Village Asheville, NC.

One of my favorite breakfast places in the USA. (I once drove 3 hours out of my way to eat here)

Thanks I checked out their website and a lot of others said the same in reviews. Will definitely try to check it out... unless it's so popular there's a long wait. Thanks for the tip.

[JC Viper]

I've been meaning to go on a long distance ride especially now that I picked up the new GoPro HD Motorsports Hero. Problem is my gas gauge is a POS in which it would stay past F until about 40 miles or so and then the needle would drop quite a bit if I accelerated. Once I'm back to cruising the needle goes up so I'm not even sure how far this thing can go without filling up. Plus it seems no one around here sells a universal inline fuel filter for bikes as mine has collected quite a bit of sediment (just noticeable amount of grains but still).

What speeds are you planning on hitting on the ride? My max is 80 - 85 as gas mileage becomes a concern past that.

[bandit600]

I've been meaning to go on a long distance ride especially now that I picked up the new GoPro HD Motorsports Hero. Problem is my gas gauge is a POS in which it would stay past F until about 40 miles or so and then the needle would drop quite a bit if I accelerated. Once I'm back to cruising the needle goes up so I'm not even sure how far this thing can go without filling up. Plus it seems no one around here sells a universal inline fuel filter for bikes as mine has collected quite a bit of sediment (just noticeable amount of grains but still).

What speeds are you planning on hitting on the ride? My max is 80 - 85 as gas mileage becomes a concern past that.

I would only go 80 on a super slab highway. Once we're on the BRP I don't plan to do too much over 60 unless there's a clean line of sight to the curves ahead. In anycase, I can't ride for much longer than a 100 miles without needing a stretch break anyway and I get about 150 miles to a tank so I usually end up filling up every 100 or so.

I'm looking at 4-5 days (on or around a weekend) either a week or 2 weeks past Labor Day. Was planning to be flexible on the dates to side with good weather...

[drrick]

You may have trouble hitting those speeds anyway, except in short stretches. It is a fairly curvy road for one. You will want to see the sights for two -- not as cool going by in a blur. Thirdly, espeically around labor day, there will likely be a lot of RV traffic and it can take a while to pass them.

[RockBottom]

I rode all of Skyline Drive last Saturday. The road is in good to great condition, but a lot of the overlooks are closed. Traffic was heavy but there are plenty of spots to pass. Took about 4 hours to do it all. Deer all over the place--had four encounters and almost bagged an 8 point buck the hard way. The lodges on Skyline looked nice.

BTW, if you intend on doing 60 on the BRP, be prepared to contribute heavily to the Virginia state budget deficit.

[bandit600]

Sweet pics !! I hope to produce some similar pics in September for my trip.

Did you actually go on the Blue Ridge Parkway or just the Skyline Dr section. You're right that side is more heavily traveled due to it's proximity to DC and Maryland and yes the Park Police will give you a ticket.

I thought those aspects get better after you cross south of I-64 and it becomes the Blue Ridge Parkway...?

[storysunfolding]

BTW, if you intend on doing 60 on the BRP, be prepared to contribute heavily to the Virginia state budget

Not possible since it's federal land

Seriously though so long as you aren't harassing other travelors, railing on blind turns or endangering others most rangers don't care. .net has a group run through skyline every week with no issues on leathers only rides.

It's even more slack on the bro