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OldSchooling on the "Trans Wisconsin Adventure Trail"
- Thread starter BeerTeam
- Start date
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .'59 Retractable
Still to come . . . the northern one third of the Trail!
If you liked this Ride Report
you may also like these other Ride Report I have done
I will finish the northern part of the trail one of these days. Until then enjoy the links
Trans Wisconsin Adventure Trail
Texas
Hawaii
Labrador
Wisconsin
Page
1 2008 Spring "Ride 4 Research" (Wabeno) Wisconsin Dual Sport Ride
2 2008 Road America Bike Week
3 2008 S & S Stroker Engine 50th anniversary
4 2008 Kettle Moraine Sport Riders Field and Forest Dual Sport Ride
5 2008 Field and Forest Dual Sport Ride/ Two Wheel Tuesday
6 2008 Very Boring Rally@Aerostich/AMA National Observed Trials Championship
7 2008 Brushpoppers Cow Patty Dual Sport Enduro
8 2008 Great River Road Run - 2008 Wild Goose Run
9 2008 Wisconsin Guzzi Rally/WI Dells Rally/BMWRA National Rally/Spring Crud
10 2008 - Wabeno's WI Big Woods Dual Sport Ride/ Pecatonica BMW Flea Market
Linkys
1. 2007 Wisconsin Guzzi Rally and Adventure Rider Doohickey Daze
2. Buell Homecoming
3. Wabeno's Ride 4 Research Dual Sport Ride
4. 2007 Wisconsin Dells Rally
5. Kettle Moraine Sport Riders Adventure Field and Forest Dual Sport Ride
6. Wisconsin Airhead Rally and Spring Slimey Crud Run
7. 2007 Great River Road Run and Fall Slimey Crud Run
8. 2007Hiawatha Rally
9. Tomahawk Wisconsin Fall Colorama Ride
10. Big Woods 200 Dual Sport Run
10. Uke's Harley Davidson Museum
2006 Ride Report
Linkys
Page:
1 2006Two Wheel Tuesday/Milwaukee
2 2006 Slimey Crud Run
32006 Great River Road Run
4 2006 Pecatonia Swap Meet & Wild Goose Run
5 2006 Hiawatha Rally
6 2006 Iowa Rally & Port Free Rally
7 2006 Wisconsin Dells Rally
8 Yankee Beemer Rally
9 Yankee Beemer Rally
I talked to the car owner's wife and was told her husband owned this car since they dated in High School. The car was parked in front of an old school house which also was in need of restoration.
The wife wished they had cash to restore the old girl.
The husband did not seem to be very happy with me taking interest in his old girl, so after a few minutes I resumed on the TWT
1957-59 Fairlane 500 Skyliner Retractable Hardtop with Continental kit.
The top mechanically retracted into the trunk, and was totally hidden from sight
Ford built 20,766 units. Restored price roughly $25,000
The wife wished they had cash to restore the old girl.
The husband did not seem to be very happy with me taking interest in his old girl, so after a few minutes I resumed on the TWT
1957-59 Fairlane 500 Skyliner Retractable Hardtop with Continental kit.
The top mechanically retracted into the trunk, and was totally hidden from sight
Ford built 20,766 units. Restored price roughly $25,000
Above: Old School-ing near Oxbo on the Trans Wisconsin Trail
Below: ATV route bridge over the Flambeau River in Oxbo, Wisconsin. Note: I'm off course
Below: ATV route bridge over the Flambeau River in Oxbo, Wisconsin. Note: I'm off course
Maps: Perkinstown to Oxbo
I had free camping at Hawkins City Park
Still to come . . . the northern one third of the Trail!
If you liked this Ride Report
you may also like these other Ride Report I have done
I will finish the northern part of the trail one of these days. Until then enjoy the links
Trans Wisconsin Adventure Trail
Texas
Hawaii
Labrador
Wisconsin
Page
1 2008 Spring "Ride 4 Research" (Wabeno) Wisconsin Dual Sport Ride
2 2008 Road America Bike Week
3 2008 S & S Stroker Engine 50th anniversary
4 2008 Kettle Moraine Sport Riders Field and Forest Dual Sport Ride
5 2008 Field and Forest Dual Sport Ride/ Two Wheel Tuesday
6 2008 Very Boring Rally@Aerostich/AMA National Observed Trials Championship
7 2008 Brushpoppers Cow Patty Dual Sport Enduro
8 2008 Great River Road Run - 2008 Wild Goose Run
9 2008 Wisconsin Guzzi Rally/WI Dells Rally/BMWRA National Rally/Spring Crud
10 2008 - Wabeno's WI Big Woods Dual Sport Ride/ Pecatonica BMW Flea Market
Linkys
1. 2007 Wisconsin Guzzi Rally and Adventure Rider Doohickey Daze
2. Buell Homecoming
3. Wabeno's Ride 4 Research Dual Sport Ride
4. 2007 Wisconsin Dells Rally
5. Kettle Moraine Sport Riders Adventure Field and Forest Dual Sport Ride
6. Wisconsin Airhead Rally and Spring Slimey Crud Run
7. 2007 Great River Road Run and Fall Slimey Crud Run
8. 2007Hiawatha Rally
9. Tomahawk Wisconsin Fall Colorama Ride
10. Big Woods 200 Dual Sport Run
10. Uke's Harley Davidson Museum
2006 Ride Report
Linkys
Page:
1 2006Two Wheel Tuesday/Milwaukee
2 2006 Slimey Crud Run
32006 Great River Road Run
4 2006 Pecatonia Swap Meet & Wild Goose Run
5 2006 Hiawatha Rally
6 2006 Iowa Rally & Port Free Rally
7 2006 Wisconsin Dells Rally
8 Yankee Beemer Rally
9 Yankee Beemer Rally
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judjones
Guest
Jim, thanks for a great report. The photos are terrific. I am looking forward to riding the Trans-Wisconsin some time soon.
Chad has done us a great service in putting this route together. Some of it will be familiar to anyone who has been dual-sport riding for a few years at events like Enduraid, or who has gone on the excellent rides led by Chad or Ernie Bell at GR3. But a lot of it is new to me.
Chad has done us a great service in putting this route together. Some of it will be familiar to anyone who has been dual-sport riding for a few years at events like Enduraid, or who has gone on the excellent rides led by Chad or Ernie Bell at GR3. But a lot of it is new to me.
N
nevada72
Guest
Your words and pics are 1st rate. You should write a book.
I thought I knew Wisconsin pretty well. You're showing me the B-side of everything I thought I knew about the state. Thanks!
I thought I knew Wisconsin pretty well. You're showing me the B-side of everything I thought I knew about the state. Thanks!
J
judjones
Guest
Yeah, in my book, any Beemer with disc brakes is a modern bike.
+++++++++Exact Center of the Northern Half of the Western Hemisphere
Just north of Thorp, you will travel past the 45 Degree Latitude,
but unlike many other places in Wisconsin there is no signage.
45 degrees north latitude and 90 degrees west longitude
is just 30 miles east of TW*T at Poniatowski, Wisconsin.
Exact Center of the Northern Half of the Western Hemisphere
A hemisphere halfway point occurs at only four spots on Earth.
Two are under water,
one is in northwestern China,
and the other one is just 30 miles east of the Trans-Wisconsin Trail
A hemisphere halfway point occurs at only four spots on Earth.
Two are under water,
one is in northwestern China,
and the other one is just 30 miles east of the Trans-Wisconsin Trail
++++++++++++++++++++++++Perkinstown Trail
The southern start of the Perkinstown Trail
is a few miles from Medford, Wisconsin
wisconsin/atvtrails
—Tombstone Pizza
What do you want on your tombstone?
When the Simek brothers, owners of the Tombstone Tap in Medford, Wisconsin,
started making pizzas in 1962,
they were simply looking for a gimmick to pull customers into their tavern
located across from the cemetery.
By 1984 Tombstone was one of the three largest frozen pizza manufacturers in the country
Tombstone was acquired by Kraft General Foods in 1986.
I loved the pizza before 1986 pepspizza.com
Medford is the County Seat of Taylor Wisconsin
taken from the Taylor County website,
and describes the Perkinstown Trail
"Taylor County's landscape was gouged-out from ancient rock and soil by the Chippewa Lobe of the Wisconsin glacier and filled with the soil and debris carried by its rushing meltwaters. While the earth's crust has risen 160 feet since its passing, the topography left by the glacier remains. Rivers rush along trenches carved by the ice, conical hills called kames formed by soil deposited by meltwater streams dot the countryside, rolling hills scoured from once towering mountains surround kettle lakes now filled with crystal clear waters."
The southern start of the Perkinstown Trail
is a few miles from Medford, Wisconsin
wisconsin/atvtrails
—Tombstone Pizza
What do you want on your tombstone?
When the Simek brothers, owners of the Tombstone Tap in Medford, Wisconsin,
started making pizzas in 1962,
they were simply looking for a gimmick to pull customers into their tavern
located across from the cemetery.
By 1984 Tombstone was one of the three largest frozen pizza manufacturers in the country
Tombstone was acquired by Kraft General Foods in 1986.
I loved the pizza before 1986 pepspizza.com
Medford is the County Seat of Taylor Wisconsin
taken from the Taylor County website,
and describes the Perkinstown Trail
"Taylor County's landscape was gouged-out from ancient rock and soil by the Chippewa Lobe of the Wisconsin glacier and filled with the soil and debris carried by its rushing meltwaters. While the earth's crust has risen 160 feet since its passing, the topography left by the glacier remains. Rivers rush along trenches carved by the ice, conical hills called kames formed by soil deposited by meltwater streams dot the countryside, rolling hills scoured from once towering mountains surround kettle lakes now filled with crystal clear waters."
