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Post the "#1 Top Riding Road in your State", maybe get a COG Shirt or Hat (COMPLETED)

Wandrng

Wandrng

Just a nerd who rides
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Post your opinion of "The #1 Best Riding Road In Your Home State" and you will be included in the random selection to maybe get any one COG Shirt in the store or the COG Splat Baseball Hat (Black/Kawa Green only) and/or a COG Variety Sticker Pack.

Please post at least the Name &/or Number of the road AND the state
It would be awesome if you give a brief description of the road and why it's the best

The opportunity for post submission ends on 12/31/24 at Midnight CST
First name selected randomly, will get any one COG shirt* in the store OR the COG Splat hat (they chose one) and a sticker pack
Second name selected randomly will get the shirt or hat NOT selected by person above and a sticker pack
Third name selected randomly will get a sticker pack
Everyone else gets some level of fame and notoriety, and the feeling of their opinion being heard, only

To qualify:
  • Must be submitted/posted by closing day, 12/31/24 at Midnight CST
  • The road must be located in your home state
  • Only one posted submission of a road per member will qualify (feel free to add as many as you want in the same or separate posts, but only the first will count)
  • The first road you mention will be considered your #1 Top Road submission
  • SPECIAL KUDOS: adding a brief description of the road would be cool and we'll thank you.
  • SUPER SPECIAL KUDOS: post a photo with your submission (It might even get you something extra if you're randomly selected)

Let's hear about those awesome roads. Ride More local roads.

How to add photos to posts
(Trial Memberships must link to photos only)

* shirt selected must be in the current store selection and available in the size needed. Some shirts, like the CMA or CDA shirts may be excluded as they require additional memberships or participation in other COG functions.
 
Highway 49 between Coulterville and Bear Valley in California (Near Mariposa)

16 miles of heavenly curves on a well maintained road with almost zero traffic. It seem like a completely different road in the opposite direction, so you can ride it twice, immediately. (Really, you can ride it a hundred times and still not be tired of it) And it's pretty scenic.

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Where to start???
My favorite:
Richard B Russell Scenic Hwy -> GA 180 WolfPen Gap Rd from Helen GA to Suches GA. Same road, two sections, ends/starts at site of Run With The Wolf fall rally.

Then there’s The Dragon. US 129, 12 miles, 318 curves. Robbinsville NC
 
Hwy 542, the Mt. Baker Highway to Artist Point.

The ride usually starts on Hwy 9, going through idyllic farmland before you meet up with Hwy 542 near Van Zandt. If you've ever wanted to know where Wiley E. Coyote got his things, the town of Acme, WA is on the way. You start with miles of sweepers that bring a smile to your face. The ride seems effortless as you flick the bike from one side to the other. Always with another turn ahead.

You'll pass through towns with names like Glacier and Glacier Peak as you follow along the North Fork of the Nooksack River. If you watch your GPS, there are places where the river comes up close to the road. All have a pull off, making them a good stop for a break, lunch...or as a destination of their own. They are that beautiful.

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Google Street View

This is one of those rides where you can get distracted and end up exploring the area. Nooksack Falls beckons, as does Excelsior Pass Trailhead.

And now you need to settle down and pay attention. You'll get a pretty sharp turn to wake you up. A bit of a straight...and then some of the tightest technical road you've ever encountered.

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Some of the turns are so tight, the recommended speed is doubtful for a motorcycle. This is definitely one of those roads where you need to decide which you'll focus on...ride it slow enough to take in the scenery. Or ride it faster to experience the road. Or...ride it several times to do both and just soak up what you're riding through.

And the scenery! Oh my gosh!! If you make it to the end of the road at Artist Point, you'll stop in a parking lot. To your left is Mt Shuksan, up close and in your face. To your right is Mt. Baker. And for those with aging knees, there are fairly level trails going off in each direction. Spend some time there. Eat your lunch and enjoy views that stretch into Canada.


Chris
 
Washington Highway 20, the North Cascades highway. At the west end Hwy 20 starts at a ferry dock in Anacortes, and it goes east all the way to Idaho. Hwy 20 will take you over many mountain passes, and if you ride it you will experience Puget Sound, mountains, high desert and alpine forests. It's not a day ride unless your idea of a good day is about 16 hours.
 
State Road 135 beginning in Nashville, Indiana by Brown County State Park and going south is a wonderful road to ride. The scenery is beautiful, especially when you go west on 700 North. You have the opportunity to ride through Brown County State Park.
 
Wandrng said:
Please post at least the Name &/or Number of the road AND the state
It would be awesome if you give a brief description of the road and why it's the best

To qualify:
  • SPECIAL KUDOS: adding a brief description of the road would be cool and we'll thank you.
  • SUPER SPECIAL KUDOS: post a photo with your submission (It might even get you something extra if you're randomly selected)

Let's hear about those awesome roads. Ride More local roads.

How to add photos to posts
(Trial Memberships must link to photos only)
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Cmon, guys. So far only @dgold has gotten me excited. The rest is just ho-hum. As they say:

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Hi, I am Bodo (COG # 3999).
My road of PA is Rt. 282 (Creek Rd). Because it's only a few miles from where I live, and it leads to my local motorcycle dealer (Cycle Max). It goes along the creek and therefore has beautiful scenery natural turns.
Best regards and ride safe,
Bodo
 
I live in Southern California and we are lucky that we can ride just about every day! There are also terrific roads here. Check out these roads!

Angeles Crest Highway! Highway 2 Connecting Wrightwood to the east to La Canada/Flintridge to the west with many different roads to turn off of Highway 2 and enjoy even more fun riding! 1500 ft Elevations to over 8,000 ft. G1 classification from Butler Maps= The Best Roads for motorcycles.

Montezuma Grade from the town of Ranchita ( Elevation 4200ft) to Borrego Springs (Elevation Sea level) A terrific road of about 25 miles on County Route 22! When our group goes we just ride it down and then up. Then do it again and again! Sooo much fun, so many curves, and usually lightly traveled! G1 also!

I have more to add and I will try to post some pictures soon.
 
Hwy K east of Ellington MO
Pack your swimsuit and lunch. Stop at the Black River on the of Hwy K at county road 452 there is a restroom and 3 camp sites
and a old boat ramp you can get into the river at.
It's a blacktop road.
 
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Indiana State Road 229, between Oldenburg and US52. Sweepers and some nice twisties, some with elevation change - in Indiana! Only negative is that it's 10 miles long, and 1.5 hours from our house.

Other great roads in Southern Indiana, near Tell City, but I Bud needs to jump in because I don't know which roads they are.
 
Konehead34 said:
...sorry but south georgias good roads got moved to north Georgia for the backyard national. They haven't moved them back...lol
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They must do that frequently... every time I ride through south Georgia they were up north.🤔
 
Jorge said:
Indiana State Road 229, between Oldenburg and US52. Sweepers and some nice twisties, some with elevation change - in Indiana! Only negative is that it's 10 miles long, and 1.5 hours from our house.

Other great roads in Southern Indiana, near Tell City, but I Bud needs to jump in because I don't know which roads they are.
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Well - I've already found a couple of new roads to add to my destination roads list based on recommendations here. Looked up the curves on Maps and they look fun.

Let's see more! Tell us all what's good in your home state!
 
It’s not particularly challenging or twisty, but California’s Highway 1 (PCH or Pacific Coast Highway) north from Cambria through Big Sur, Carmel, Santa Cruz and all the way to Pacific has enough amazing ocean views, classic bridges and variety of ranch land, forests, and beautiful beaches to keep me coming back. The fact that I can be riding it 5 minutes after the leaving the house makes it a personal favorite.
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santacruzrider said:
It’s not particularly challenging or twisty, but California’s Highway 1 (PCH or Pacific Coast Highway) north from Cambria through Big Sur, Carmel, Santa Cruz and all the way to Pacific has enough amazing ocean views, classic bridges and variety of ranch land, forests, and beautiful beaches to keep me coming back. The fact that I can be riding it 5 minutes after the leaving the house makes it a personal favorite.
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For anyone that has never visited California, the views along this route are incredible. I also have twisted roads within a couple of minutes, but not with views like this! 👍
 
As a transplant, I love Texas, but it was blessed with land for cotton growing, cattle raising, and oil and gas drilling & pumping, not really for motorcycling. Because of it's sheer size it happens to include some acceptable twisties along the Rio Grande river, in the Davis mountains, and in the central Texas Hill country. The rest of the state does have a lot of curves if you zoom in and look close, but 99% of those curves are just 90 degree turns that respect property lines (Texas is very respectful of private property) and the remaining are mostly exit ramps. For motorcycle roads it can't compete with Arkansas and certainly not California, to name just a couple.

However, I just can't let Texas
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go unrepresented here so I'll submit the Basin road in Big Bend National Park. It has slow speed limits and it's only 6.4 miles long, but it's one of my favorites in the state.
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The nearby River Road (aka El Camino del Rio; aka Texas FM 170) has it's fans as well.
 
For Arkansas it's hwy 123 from Haggerville to Western Grove, 65 miles of continuous curves & virtually no traffic. Second would be hwy 341 also known as Push Mountain Rd., no traffic but only 20 miles long.
 
In Oregon, just west of Portland, my favorite stretch was Old Germantown Road on to Skyline, between NW Cornelius Road in Hillsboro and NW Cornell in Cedar Hills. Only 18 miles, but it was fun both going uphill this way or going back down. Traffic was minimal except during certain times during the work week. A ton of curves, many of which were blind, and I don't remember ever coming across sketchy surface conditions.
Also when you made it up to the intersection at Cornell Road, you could continue a good ride in any direction.
 
Wandrng said:
Please post at least the Name &/or Number of the road AND the state
It would be awesome if you give a brief description of the road and why it's the best

To qualify:
[*]SPECIAL KUDOS: adding a brief description of the road would be cool and we'll thank you.
[*]SUPER SPECIAL KUDOS: post a photo with your submission (It might even get you something extra if you're randomly selected)
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Silverfoxx said:
Hwy 60
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Because he's been with us less than a year, I'll help the guy out.
S'foxx, you'll be on your own in a few weeks, your one year forum newbie rating will be over.

Joined
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Of course I'm making some assumptions.

Highway 60, Georgia

https://maps.app.goo.gl/zKzgjcyT8e7xFypu9

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This video picks up where the Indiana 66 video ends at the junction of Indiana 66 and Indiana 62. If you turn left at this intersection, you'll end up in New Albany just across the Ohio river from Louisville, Kentucky. We'll turn left and travel west towards Evansville.

 
Wandrng said:
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Post your opinion of "The #1 Best Riding Road In Your Home State" and you will be included in the random selection to maybe get any one COG Shirt in the store or the COG Splat Baseball Hat (Black/Kawa Green only) and/or a COG Variety Sticker Pack.

Please post at least the Name &/or Number of the road AND the state
It would be awesome if you give a brief description of the road and why it's the best

The opportunity for post submission ends on 12/31/24 at Midnight CST
First name selected randomly, will get any one COG shirt* in the store OR the COG Splat hat (they chose one) and a sticker pack
Second name selected randomly will get the shirt or hat NOT selected by person above and a sticker pack
Third name selected randomly will get a sticker pack
Everyone else gets some level of fame and notoriety, and the feeling of their opinion being heard, only

To qualify:
  • Must be submitted/posted by closing day, 12/31/24 at Midnight CST
  • The road must be located in your home state
  • Only one posted submission of a road per member will qualify (feel free to add as many as you want in the same or separate posts, but only the first will count)
  • The first road you mention will be considered your #1 Top Road submission
  • SPECIAL KUDOS: adding a brief description of the road would be cool and we'll thank you.
  • SUPER SPECIAL KUDOS: post a photo with your submission (It might even get you something extra if you're randomly selected)

Let's hear about those awesome roads. Ride More local roads.

How to add photos to posts
(Trial Memberships must link to photos only)

* shirt selected must be in the current store selection and available in the size needed. Some shirts, like the CMA or CDA shirts may be excluded as they require additional memberships or participation in other COG functions.
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I love riding Blue Star Highway from Holland, MI through South Haven, to just north of St. Joseph. There is a mix of wonderful curves mixed with quaint towns that line the East shore of Lake Michigan.
 

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arkkornkid said:
In Oregon, just west of Portland, my favorite stretch was Old Germantown Road on to Skyline, between NW Cornelius Road in Hillsboro and NW Cornell in Cedar Hills. Only 18 miles, but it was fun both going uphill this way or going back down. Traffic was minimal except during certain times during the work week. A ton of curves, many of which were blind, and I don't remember ever coming across sketchy surface conditions.
Also when you made it up to the intersection at Cornell Road, you could continue a good ride in any direction.
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These are my old stomping grounds, I grew up at the bottom of Germantown Road. I miss these road’s.
 
This is the last video for this thread. It completes a loop that begins at my home in Tell City, Indiana. I will most likely continue with more twisted road videos on my YouTube channel @Paulsvideos. Like and subscribe. I need a new job!🤑

 
Last day to share your favorite road in your state with all of COGdom and get yourself in the running for the shirt, or hat or stickers.

I find it cool to learn about new roads from the riders that enjoy them. They go on my list of roads to include on the way to destinations (like national rallies).
 
Alrighty

And the super sorcery magic bubble is coughing up numbers now....

The Shirt Choice goes to - Cobber

The Splat Hat goes to - Funsize

Sticker Pack goes to - Just Cliff

Congratulations All - and thanks to everyone that participated in the December Random Selection event.
Now we all have 23 new road recommendations to file into our "Ride This Road" systems!

(winners, I'll hit you up via DM conversataion bout your win)
 
Wandrng said:
Alrighty

And the super sorcery magic bubble is coughing up numbers now....

The Shirt Choice goes to - Cobber

The Splat Hat goes to - Funsize

Sticker Pack goes to - Just Cliff

Congratulations All - and thanks to everyone that participated in the December Random Selection event.
Now we all have 23 new road recommendations to file into our "Ride This Road" systems!

(winners, I'll hit you up via DM conversataion bout your win)
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Congratulations winners!

And only to my own fault: my submission for CT remained in draft form and not submitted… 🤨, was looking for better road pictures.

Our submission in tabular form was/is:

CT-7 (western CT runs
North and South through hill country and woods)
CT-197 (Northeast CT travels through twisty back country roads and amongst state parks)

In CT there are many MANY nice roads however one needs to embrace the smaller back country roads - which in their own right offer lots of roller coaster roads with corners and transitions coming up quickly.

Wayne, Carol & Blue
 
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