The end of the summer is a great time to get out and ride. For the last few years I have taken a week in September to just hit the road in search of whatever is out there and this year was no different. Last week I headed out across PA and then cut down into Ohio, West Virginia, and Kentucky in search of twisty two lane blacktop and found plenty of it out there. Here are a few pics from that trip.

Directions.

Surveying the damage from my first time laying down the cycle. Panic stop for kamikaze dog. Dog and I are fine though the 599 has a few new scars.

Fresh pavement.

Tunney Hunsaker Bridge, WV

Mountain passes kick ass.

The road less traveled.

The full collection of color photos can be found here.

Tom

Our good friend Aaron Buckley got married this past weekend. Psyched for him.
A handful of us rode cycles out to the wedding.
Few pics below recap the adventure.

Pack all your shit up.

Get directions ready.

Wait for the rest of the guys to show up.

Ricky’s new beast! Wasn’t dialed in yet, so he borrowed his friends BMW.

Hog?

Ryan.

Dialing in a stretched to fuck chain.

Lunch on campus of West Virginia University… Babes.

Rest / stretch stop.

Arrived at Aarons! Hog Haven!

More babes.

Other friend Ryan arrived from Chicago.

Dude on dude to get lunch.

Timing check.

80′s porn mag on side of road.

Real shitty Super 8.

More wedding pics on “I like the weekend”.

Juston Stens is a Philly dude who has made it out to some of our Thursday rides on his 650 Triumph. He was the original drummer for Dr. Dog and has now started his own solo project under the name, “The Get Real Gang”. He recently took off on his old cycle to travel and record with different artists across US. He hit us up to let us know his plans knowing we’d appreciate that he was doing it all on his Triumph.

“This August I will embark on my most creative and ambitious project yet. I will ride my motorcycle across the US visiting friends/musicians for a few days at a time to co-write and record one song at each stop using only the gear/instruments that are available, ultimately creating an album. I am looking forward to collaborating with some of my favorite song writers and musicians and meeting more along the way. I will leave Philadelphia with a batch of tunes in my head, but I hope discover new things at each step of the journey and write new songs as I go.”

August:
NewYork,NY ( Brian Nichols )
Cambridge,MA ( Drug Rug, Sue Bell, Jesse Gallagher of Apollo Sunshine )
Kent,OH ( Jessica Lea Mayfield )
Chicago,IL ( John Stirrat of Wilco / Autumn Defense )
Nashville,TN ( David Vandervelde, Courtney Jaye, Dan Auerbach of Black Keys,Richie Kirkpatrick )

September:
Chattanooga,TN ( Those Darlins )
Asheville,NC ( Floating Action )

October:
Memphis,TN ( Jody Stephens of Big Star )
New Orleans,LA ( Generationals, members of Giant Cloud )
Lafayette/Shreveport,LA ( Brass Bed, Brittney Maddox of The Peekers )
SanAntonio,TX ( Hacienda )
Austin,TX ( TV Torso, Agent Ribbons )

December:
Tucson,AZ ( Bradford Trojan )
Long Beach,CA ( Delta Spirit )
SanFrancisco,CA ( Jeremy Black of Apollo Sunshine )

Good luck man!
Juston Stens Tumblr

-Adam

Hittin’ the road with the Harley and my buddy Dennis for a month.

PHL-Asheville-New Orleans-Austin-NM-Sedona, AZ-Yuma, AZ-Baja Cali-SD-LA-SF-Grants Pass, OR-Reno, NV-Las Vegas-Boulder-?-Aaron’s Wedding. I’ll see y’all there.

This is as far as I’ve “planned”. I’ll take to the slab to make up time, but I plan on diverting and getting lost on the smaller routes.

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I’ll update as I go.

Later,
Devyn

Tom planned a 300 mile day trip riding all the twisty back-roads of southeast PA.

Tom, his buddy Kevin from Connecticut, me, and Justin went to it. There was a good chance of rain all day, but we said fuck-it. All brought our rain suits. I still heavily recommend the $20 Coleman rain suit from Walmart. It’s pretty much amazing. I forgot my bubble-shield, fuck. The day started out dry, but continued to get gross and wet the longer we went on.

At one point I rode Justin’s Speed Triple. I did a hundo on it. Felt like I was going 40mph.

So, I basically cheated death.

20 mins after the below pic was taken, we’re cruising some twisty’s, and the roads were real wet. Looked like glass in some spots. I run the Avon RoadRider tires. I guess my rear tire is pretty bald in the middle. We came up to an opposite banked left sweeping turn. Everyone in front of me leaned into it, so I also went to lean and instantly felt the bike sliding. I slid right off the road. Basically, I guess my rear tire didn’t hold and I just slid straight. I put my left foot down to try and counter-balance the slide. I slid off the road into the dirt bank on the right. I monster-trucked through it, and held on. Fortunately I held on and got back on the road, but if there would been a ditch, or gaurd-rail there, i’d be fucked. It was pretty scary. I’m ordering a new rear tire first thing tomorrow.

Pretty sure if I hadn’t riden bmx for the past 17 years I would dumped it in the dirt because it got pretty sketchy. BMX skills son.

-Ed