2014: What did you do WITH your NC700 today?

[Fuzzy]

Sunny and high of 70F. Received an email that I needed to go to mill 65 miles way. Had to suffer and get paid mileage to ride my NC on some great back roads.

Railroad trestle on GA 16 northeast of Sparta.



And home in time for Super Bowl.

 

[Cagedodger]

Nice looking cases. How do you like them and what brand are they ?

I just put them on this last weekend so I haven't used them much. They're Pelican cases, pretty much indestructible. Or at least that is their claim. I'll let you know if I ever find out otherwise. I mounted some cases that I had laying around with a DIY kit from Caribou Cases to a Givi rack. They seem pretty stout.

 

[yearroundrider]

I got out for the first time with a friend that has been having back pain since last summer. He did good overall, saw him stretching during the ride a few times. Nice twisty roads with views of the puget sound here and there. Just shy of 100 miles with rain and sun at 45 F. Fingers were a bit cold, can't wait for the hand guards to get here. Sorry for all you that have to deal with snow in the winter.

 

[Fuzzy]

Weather forecast and radar showed rain 2 hours away so I suited up for 65 mile ride to Warrenton,GA. Started raining before I cleared my driveway. Had a nice ride anyway except a wet a$$ from my Tourmaster winter pants leaking.

Got away a bit later than planned for the 100 mile back road ride home. A bit tough riding into low sun, but after a while God blessed me with a great extended and changing sunset. Had to stop a few times for a picture.

Lake Oconee


Cattle shed.


Farm pond.

 

[SergeantChuck]

Rode to work just like any other day. Decided to do some geocaching on the way home. Took her down a very wet / muddy trail. Almost got stuck and laid her down softly. Those dang BT-023 are not good in wet soggy muddy grass. This is the first time I've dropped her but came close many times in the same conditions with these tires. I should have know better. No damage though. Just dirty as hell.

 

[turbodieseli4i6]

Don't expect any more from the PR3's then. I about dropped mine in some leaves just backing up. If I didn't do so much pavement. I would be following Northwest riders lead. May still if he's getting 10k with his tires.

 

[SergeantChuck]

Don't expect any more from the PR3's then. I about dropped mine in some leaves just backing up. If I didn't do so much pavement. I would be following Northwest riders lead. May still if he's getting 10k with his tires.

I do to many Hwy miles to get anything else. I knew better. Just pushing the envelope a bit.

 

[duk2n]

Taking advantage of a small window of good weather

 

[Deleted member 1183]

Rode to work just like any other day. Decided to do some geocaching on the way home. Took her down a very wet / muddy trail. Almost got stuck and laid her down softly. Those dang BT-023 are not good in wet soggy muddy grass. This is the first time I've dropped her but came close many times in the same conditions with these tires. I should have know better. No damage though. Just dirty as hell.

To be honest I don't think a tyre exists other than knobbies, that will deal efficiently with "wet, soggy, muddy grass". I always treat such conditions with the utmost respect, as they can spit you off any bike regardless of tyres or bike style .

 

[SergeantChuck]

To be honest I don't think a tyre exists other than knobbies, that will deal efficiently with "wet, soggy, muddy grass". I always treat such conditions with the utmost respect, as they can spit you off any bike regardless of tyres or bike style .

I knew better. Even had both feet down and prepared for the tires to slip but it happened so fast and the bike is still a little heavy. I was down before I could react and I was travelling under 7MPH. But your right, unless they are made for off road I should expect to slide.

 

[John Boy]

Dreamt about riding it once the snow is gone.

 

[Fuzzy]

APOLOGIZED to her.

Cold rain this morning and forecast to last all day so I drove my truck. Left work and it was 65F and sunshine (curse you Weather Channel).

Riding home with sun roof open just isn't the same. Recorded fewer miles than I would have on NC but seemed much longer.

When I got home I apologized to her and performed some cleanup and maintenance checks.

 

[Fuzzy]

Woke up Thursday to 34F but good PM forecast so suited up and headed northeast 65 miles to mill. Left my gloves in frunk and even with heated grips my hands never warmed up. (Note to self... gloves in house on cold nights.) Bank in Sparta, Georgia claimed 26F. Gretr ride home in afternoon.

Love what I find exploring back roads. No railroad track close by.

 

[Fuzzy]

Sunny skys anxd 65F so had to go for a Saturday ride.

Bridge over Murder Creek not inviting for traffic. Always wonder about the origination of names like "Murder Creek"?


This bridge closed too, but at least it is being repaired.



Detour took me on some new roads so actually a blessing today.

Pulled into driveway and noticed odometer at 9,999 I will see if fifth digit works next ride.

 

[IronButt84]

Atop a radio tower off Castle Hot Springs Rd near Wickenburg Az about 2 weeks ago,

 

[Old Can Ride]

Atop a radio tower off Castle Hot Springs Rd near Wickenburg Az about 2 weeks ago,

That is a great adventure picture, gravel and mountains.

 

[johnakay]

well here is your answer now Fuzzy....

How Murder Creek got it's name
By By LYDIA GRIMES Feature Reporter
I told you a story last week about the cat fight and how Brewton became the county seat of Escambia County. I thought I would continue with another story that you may or may not know.
There is a little creek flowing between the towns of Brewton and East Brewton with the ominous name of Murder Creek. It was so named because of a gruesome act that occurred there many years ago.
During the Revolutionary War, Colonel Alexander McGillivray formed a friendship with many royalists who supported the King of England. One of those he became friends with was Colonel Joseph Kirkland of South Carolina.
In 1788 Kirkland and some others who had remained loyal to the king were wanting to resettle in Spanish Louisiana. To be able to get through the Indian Territory they required passports which they planned on getting in Pensacola.
They stopped by the home of their old friend, McGillivray, who lived on the Coosa River. When he learned where they were going, he offered to provide them with a guide. This would assure the Indians that they were friends, as it was dangerous to travel without the chieftain's protection.
Colonel Kirkland and his party had a lot of silver in their saddlebags to use in their new home. They traveled toward Pensacola and met a group of traders who were on their way back from the coast on a trading expedition. The Kirkland party had no way of knowing that the group they just met was made up of several outlaws.
It was late in the afternoon so after separating, the two groups made their camps a short distance from one another. Kirkland and his party made their camp on the banks of a creek near a trading path. They placed their saddlebags under their heads for pillows and settled down for the night.
The other party had decided that they wanted the silver and anything else that the other group had. They made up their minds to backtrack, rob and kill the settlers. Sometime about midnight, the trading party slipped across the creek, stole the guns and killed every one of Kirkland's group except three blacks, one of which was McGillivray's guide. They burned everything except the clothing the unsuspecting group had on. They then made camp nearby and slept a peaceful sleep next to the carnage.
When McGillivray heard about the attack he sent some men to help capture the murderers. One man called Cat was captured and reportedly led to the site of the murders and hanged while he was wearing some of the dead men's clothes. He begged for mercy but none was given.
Afterwards the little creek that had been known as Aloochahatcha (Luko Hatchee) Creek became known as Murder Creek after the terrible massacre that took place there on the banks near the present site of Brewton.
I wanted to tell you that I have been doing a story for Progress about the Bank of Brewton and in talking with Eddie Nall from the bank, I was given a copy of a map made in 1869 right after Escambia was made into a county. This map shows many streets that were never made and some that were renamed. It was a very interesting piece of historical material that I had never seen. It only strengthens my thoughts that there is still plenty of undiscovered materials waiting to be uncovered in someone's dark attic or trunk somewhere.

 

[SergeantChuck]

Atop a radio tower off Castle Hot Springs Rd near Wickenburg Az about 2 weeks ago,

Nice photo. I'd love to ride places like that.

 

[Fuzzy]

Thanks John. I have a problem with the story in that the creek location in story is Brewton, Alabama 300 miles away from Putnam County, Georgia. You inspired me to do my own internet search and I found multiple postings of exact same story for my Murder Creek but they don't make much sense as it is 150 miles off the path from anywhere on the Coosa River to Pensacola. Maybe true for one of the creeks but not both. We have an official answer, but maybe not the correct one.

There is another local story of a landowner who kidnapped people to work his farm then murdered them and dumped bodies in the creek. Doesn't hold much water with me.

 

[bamamate]

Thanks John. I have a problem with the story in that the creek location in story is Brewton, Alabama 300 miles away from Putnam County, Georgia. You inspired me to do my own internet search and I found multiple postings of exact same story for my Murder Creek but they don't make much sense as it is 150 miles off the path from anywhere on the Coosa River to Pensacola. Maybe true for one of the creeks but not both. We have an official answer, but maybe not the correct one.

There is another local story of a landowner who kidnapped people to work his farm then murdered them and dumped bodies in the creek. Doesn't hold much water with me.

I was scratching my head on that one too. Too lazy to pull up a map but I didn't remember the Coosa going into Georgia so I was wondering if you rode to Bama but it didn't sound like you went on that long of a ride.