Touring
Your Touring Style
Motorcycle touring is about compromise. You'll have to decide which compromises are best for you. In this web site I'll tell you what compromises I've made and why as well as what I've tried and abandoned because it didn't work. You can decide what to use and what to ignore.
My Style
Some people tour to go see the sights and play tourist, some to get someplace and then see specific people or things, some to explore. You can tours to visit historical markers -- and take a picture for a collection. What ever works, do it! My style of touring is to ride the motorcycle, period. I don't much care where I go or what I see as long as I'm riding. Sure, I try to go different places and see different things. I prefer good twisties and nice scenery just like everyone else but I'm there to ride and that takes first priority. For you newbie’s, this is not the way most people ride.
The second characteristic of my style is that I hate Highways and crowds. This means that I avoid Highways, large cities and tourist areas like the plague. The destination is the road.
There is always some one to talk to in fuel stations or restaurants along the way someone will ask me about my bike and then ask where I'm going. The answer is "That way (pointing in the proper direction) because I see a cool mountain over there and from the map it looks like there may be some nice twisties.
Keep all this in mind while reading what I have to say because your style will most certainly be different than mine. Take what you read here with a grain of salt.
