The Traveling Roadeo

The Traveling Roadeo, or "7 states and 2300 miles in 4 days".

I needed another motorcycle like I needed a hole in my head, but heck, what does "need" got to do with it!!!

Jody and I left my place at 0500 on a Thursday morning with the intention of making a marathon road trip to Tennessee to pick up a new 2008 CBR1000RR and get a couple days of riding in the Tennessee mountains.

Along the way we hooked up with a few OA members - zrxrob, Luke, Thunderbolt, smart3900, and eatmoretwinkies.

Along the way we made a couple of "night time strafing runs" in the dark back to the hotel in Chattanooga after a day of riding braving the 40 degree temps and indiginous wildlife along the way.

All in all it was a good trip, albeit on a very tight schedule.

Tennessee and Georgia roads rock and so does the new CBR.

I am nowhere near articulate enough to put into words how good the new bike is to do it justice.....so I won't even try.

Unfortunately, being on such a tight schedule did not allow much time to stop and take pictures.....and believe me there were a lot of scenic opportunities worthy of stopping........but we just did not have the time.

So, here are the few we did take.

Jody and Joe on the Cherohala Skyway

ZRX group ride

luke, zrxrob, thunderbolt, and jm1

Radiator repair at Signal Mountain

Radiator repair in Cleveland

Thunderbolt on the Cherohala

ZRX group

At the hotel in Chattanooga

Fresh from the dealership at the hotel