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stp1971 · 10-03-2006, 07:30 AM

Gatlinburg, Tennessee with it's family friendly atmosphere. Lush landscape, natural attractions, scenic beauty, day and nightlife, numerous accomodations, and warm Southern hospitality.

But most importantly........ LOTS OF TWISTIES!!!!!

Gatlinburg was the scene of the 2006 Motorcycle-Journal.com Ride Days premier event. With well over 30 bikes riding as far away as Nebraska, Minnesota, Florida, Texas, and Missouri. We had a time tearing up the curves and banks of the Blue Ridge Parkway, the Great Smoky National State Park, Hellbender 28, and then to top it off not only rode US129,,but basically stomped that Dragon's ###!!!!!

So it is time again to start the preparation for the next round of events for the next Motorcycle-Journal.com events. But instead of just one ride we will probably have several rides happening throughout the world in conjunction with Ride Days. Not sure if the dates we can work up will be able to happen the same exact dates as the other dates but if not then we will make this one of the official events.

As some of you have already seen in the other thread there are several ideas popping around so this is my entry into the event calendar.

Sometime late June/ early July (dates to be determined) we meet up in Gatlinburg, Tennessee on a Thursday afternoon/evening. Everyone get together for a meet and greet and then let the party begin. NO WAY JOSE's better get that fountain ready for clothes washing again!!!!! Bring on the margaritas!!!

Then on Friday we can do one of two things. We can either run the official ride that day or make a short trip over to Maggie Valley to check the National Motorcycle Museum. Party some more Friday evening (the degree of partying to be determined by the next days events) then Saturday do whichever we did not do on Friday. Leave out Sunday morning back to our destinations.

I figure if we can meet a day early then that will allow more time to socialize as Don and others have suggested they would all like to do. Then if we can get everyone there that is coming by Thursday then we can do the official ride on Friday that way we can beat the weekend traffic on the roads. If not then we can always ride on Saturday as well. Maybe even make a short run over to the Dragon as well.

Once we have dates planned then I can call the Riverterrace Resort and see what kind of deal we can make with them again for this weekend. I will also try to get some restaurants lined up for evening dinner so that possibly we all can go eat and hangout together. Since Pete is in California we may not have a designated truck bed to haul 13 drunk people around in to and from the restaurant this trip unless S2design is up for it.

Rainman is on board with it as well as several other of the Misfits so we can help police the ride like last year that way we can try to keep everyone safe and everyone else can just enjoy the ride.

So let's get the ideas together on dates that we might think will work and see what we can do. If we can work it out then we should have an even better time and turnout then last year.

10-03-2006, 07:30 AM	#1 (permalink)
stp1971 May 2007 Member of the month Joined: Mar 2005 Bike: 2004 Suzuki Intruder 1500LC / 2005 Suzuki DL650 V-Strom Location: Douglasville, Georgia Posts: 7,817	2007 Ride Days Gatlinburg Edition Gatlinburg, Tennessee with it's family friendly atmosphere. Lush landscape, natural attractions, scenic beauty, day and nightlife, numerous accomodations, and warm Southern hospitality. But most importantly........ LOTS OF TWISTIES!!!!! Gatlinburg was the scene of the 2006 Motorcycle-Journal.com Ride Days premier event. With well over 30 bikes riding as far away as Nebraska, Minnesota, Florida, Texas, and Missouri. We had a time tearing up the curves and banks of the Blue Ridge Parkway, the Great Smoky National State Park, Hellbender 28, and then to top it off not only rode US129,,but basically stomped that Dragon's ###!!!!! So it is time again to start the preparation for the next round of events for the next Motorcycle-Journal.com events. But instead of just one ride we will probably have several rides happening throughout the world in conjunction with Ride Days. Not sure if the dates we can work up will be able to happen the same exact dates as the other dates but if not then we will make this one of the official events. As some of you have already seen in the other thread there are several ideas popping around so this is my entry into the event calendar. Sometime late June/ early July (dates to be determined) we meet up in Gatlinburg, Tennessee on a Thursday afternoon/evening. Everyone get together for a meet and greet and then let the party begin. NO WAY JOSE's better get that fountain ready for clothes washing again!!!!! Bring on the margaritas!!! Then on Friday we can do one of two things. We can either run the official ride that day or make a short trip over to Maggie Valley to check the National Motorcycle Museum. Party some more Friday evening (the degree of partying to be determined by the next days events) then Saturday do whichever we did not do on Friday. Leave out Sunday morning back to our destinations. I figure if we can meet a day early then that will allow more time to socialize as Don and others have suggested they would all like to do. Then if we can get everyone there that is coming by Thursday then we can do the official ride on Friday that way we can beat the weekend traffic on the roads. If not then we can always ride on Saturday as well. Maybe even make a short run over to the Dragon as well. Once we have dates planned then I can call the Riverterrace Resort and see what kind of deal we can make with them again for this weekend. I will also try to get some restaurants lined up for evening dinner so that possibly we all can go eat and hangout together. Since Pete is in California we may not have a designated truck bed to haul 13 drunk people around in to and from the restaurant this trip unless S2design is up for it. Rainman is on board with it as well as several other of the Misfits so we can help police the ride like last year that way we can try to keep everyone safe and everyone else can just enjoy the ride. So let's get the ideas together on dates that we might think will work and see what we can do. If we can work it out then we should have an even better time and turnout then last year. __________________ Biketoberfest 2006 flashback courtesy of Intimid8er: "Like you knew damn well you shouldn't eat something like that, but all be damned to hell, you were gonna eat it!" __________________ Last edited by stp1971; 10-05-2006 at 09:00 PM.