April 19th ride to the GA mountains

[ibppjr]

Who's in?

I was going to Barber, but I think some heavy duty mountain blastin' is in order.  

A few of us are heading north from Coweta Co, it'd be cool to meet up with some others up north at some point, like lunch somewhere (I hear TWO has good burgers).

[jeremy556]

I will probably be up there if the weather is good; same as every other weekend.

[Sign Guy]

Looks like there are 4 of us now committed. Two Futura's (assuming Clint brings his) and two Ducs (ST3 & 4). We are going to leave from the Honda Safety Center and then heading out at your own pace. I'll need to know about how many for maps. It is a great ride. Search Dream House 500 and you'll want to go. Come on chime in guys!

[evilted]

What time are you guys starting from the HREC in Al'fretta'?

That's a Saturday, so I need to be home by 3 p.m. to make a guitar lesson, which means somewhere not too far from 400 in Dahlonega at 2 p.m.

[ibppjr]

I'm an early riser and would like to get a good jump on the day.  Maybe 8-9am...what say you other guys?  Some of us have a 60 mile ride to get to Alpharetta so that would be a pretty early start.

[atwowheelguy]

I would love to join you, but I got some free tickets and a free bed 3 miles from Barber that weekend. Let the others who join you know what the Dream House 500 is all about. Our Routemaster has again agreed to produce another great route this year. The lunch catering volunteers and the band are back on board, too. I haven't heard any dinner suggestions better than the steak and chicken grill, so we'll probably do that again, too. Don't know yet if we'll have the $1,000 gift certificate again, but we're working on it. It'll be Saturday, October 4 this year. Same start location and time.

Come again and bring the folks who join you for the ride on the 19th.

http://www.dreamhouse500.com

[Sign Guy]

I'm with you Paul we need to be leaving HSS NLT 9:00. Didn't get a chance to put the general route together today it will now be at earliest Tuesday. I knew a few sections we were on (Helen to Suches and north) but the rest of the time I hadn't ridden any of those roads.

[atwowheelguy]

What time are you guys starting from the HREC in Al'fretta'?

That's a Saturday, so I need to be home by 3 p.m. to make a guitar lesson, which means somewhere not too far from 400 in Dahlonega at 2 p.m.

This is a 300 mile route through the twisties. At the '07 500, departure was about 7:30 - 7:45 a.m. I rode the Adventure Tour route, and we didn't get back until after 5:00 p.m. I understand the Sport Tour Riders beat us back about 20 minutes. I expect you will be abandoning the route early if you have those time constraints. Come back on October 4 for the '08 500 when you have time to enjoy the full pleasure of a new route.

Check a ride report: http://www.sport-touring.net/forums/index.php/topic,16287.0.html

[evilted]

Yep, with a stop for lunch ~300 miles in North Georgia generally means 6 hours of riding from garage door to garage door, so it's likely I won't be able to hang around for the full ride unless it ends up back at the HREC at 3 or so, in which case things will work out perfectly.

This is a 300 mile route through the twisties. At the '07 500, departure was about 7:30 - 7:45 a.m. I rode the Adventure Tour route, and we didn't get back until after 5:00 p.m. I understand the Sport Tour Riders beat us back about 20 minutes. I expect you will be abandoning the route early if you have those time constraints. Come back on October 4 for the '08 500 when you have time to enjoy the full pleasure of a new route.

Check a ride report: http://www.sport-touring.net/forums/index.php/topic,16287.0.html

[ibppjr]

Yep, with a stop for lunch ~300 miles in North Georgia generally means 6 hours of riding from garage door to garage door, so it's likely I won't be able to hang around for the full ride unless it ends up back at the HREC at 3 or so, in which case things will work out perfectly.

Come on and ride with us until you have to bail!  I don't think that anything we're doing is set in stone, other than the time we plan on leaving the HSS.

[2wTraveler]

I really would love to get up there, but I am also headed to Barber. There should be enought STn riders in the area for us to have a regular group headed for the mountains. I make it up there most every weekend.

[atwowheelguy]

I really would love to get up there, but I am also headed to Barber. There should be enought STn riders in the area for us to have a regular group headed for the mountains. I make it up there most every weekend.

It would be great to get up a group of STn riders for the Dream House 500 in October.

[Sign Guy]

This is a very rough outline of the areas the ride will cover. Turn by turn maps obviously will be provided.

Alpharetta to Coal Mtn.,
Around Lake Lanier,
North close to Negro Fork Reserve in SC,
Helen to Suches,
West close to E. Ellijay
South to Dawsonville
back to Coal Mtn.

Total mileage including back to Alphretta is 300+ miles.

I think we should go ahead and set a rain date of the next Saturday 4/26.

Maybe we pull the ETD in a bit earlier lets say 8:00-15. What do you guys think?

[ibppjr]

Sounds good to me

[ibppjr]

 :thumbsup:Current weather forecast for North Georgia on the 19th is sunny skies and mid 70's.

BRILLIANT!!!!

[ibppjr]

Okay, meet up at Alpharetta @ 8:00am, we'll head out about 8:15am.  

I'm estimating at least a dozen riders as of right now.

[Clint64]

8 am sounds good to me.  Are we taking the same route that was used for the Dream House ride last year?

Clint

[ibppjr]

Our destiny is in the hands of Sign Guy...

[atwowheelguy]

Our destiny is in the hands of Sign Guy...

The author of the Dream House 500 Sport Touring Route is a fellow by the name of Mike Knowles. Also known amongst sport touring aficionados as "Magellan". Enjoy.

[ibppjr]

The author of the Dream House 500 Sport Touring Route is a fellow by the name of Mike Knowles. Also known amongst sport touring aficionados as "Magellan". Enjoy.

Thanks.  And I agree with you that getting a group of ST'ners together for the ride in October would be a good deal.