osbornk
Old man in the mountains
Ken,
I was related to Smiley, though distant...I have a standard GS with electronic suspension adjustment and a lower height seat....I am not very tall either...
About 2 years ago I talked to a gentleman who was with a group of 3 riders, 2 on BMWs, and 1 on a Suzuki Dual Sport (DR) on Route 83, that were stopped at some road work just out of Jolo WV headed up Bradshaw Mtn. going toward Grundy Va.. they told me that they where from Marion and they did that ride once a year...
I don't suppose you could have been one of these bikers???
There is a good chance it was CB and me. We would have been making our "backwards" circle of our usual 200 mile route. The ride normally starts in Marion, down to Chilhowie, over to Saltville, past Tumbling to Hayters Gap where we ride Rt80 to the Breaks for lunch. When we leave, we hang a left, go by the golf course on our way to Grundy where we pick up 83 up Slate Creek and go through Bradshaw, War, Cucumber on to Bishop to Tazewell and then back home. There are five of us in Marion that normally ride BMWs. However, one is a recent convert and it could not have been him. If one was riding a black R80RT or brown R1200CLC, it was me. It it was a blue GS1150 (At the time), it was CB. If it was a blue R1200RT, it was Joe and if it was a blue K75RT, it was Marvin.