60+ year old thread.

Pisgah in native language means "mountain", so "Mt. Pisgah" translates to "mount mountain".

Go figure!

Sounds like a fun road, I should drive down in my '79 RX-7 just for the thrill!

 

Personally, I'm sort of tired of the NPS ignoring the shenanigans on the parkway. I hate loud Harleys. I hate loud cars. I go up there to escape the city, not have the city come to the parkway. I never see any Rangers patrolling.

People don't respect anyone anymore. It's all about me. Me. Me.

I have driven a big portion of the parkway, I've driven over from App State. I usually drive between Brevard and Waynesville the 2 spots I like hanging out in.

When I go up to the Parkway it's to read, take a nap, make a cup of coffee or photograph sunsets.

 

You guys know what model this bike is? I don't.

Hint - 1947, near Munich, Germany. German bike or British?

 

Ear of corn without the husks on the BBQ? That's the way I do it.

 

Piece of Artwork!

 

69’ R50 , with factory side car mounts , not all of them had the mounts . He rubs it my face once in awhile
Had the gas tank glove box

 

Morning kids

 

Welcome to the thread. Nice work on the flooring.

@wdb thank you for the pictures.

Good morning. I have a funeral today. My cousin passed last week. He was 4 years older than me. I did not know he had been in poor health for the last couple of years.

 

Sorry for your loss

 

Good morning all.

 

WERA as well, raced for 2 years, endurance mostly, some sprints, we where (WERA) was the 1st organization to race @ Road America, we were there !!

 

Well good morning. Gonna get up there when I take the dogs out again. Till then. Black Rifle coffee time. Man that stuff is good. Black. Doesn’t need anything!

 

Good morning

 

Afternoon all:

Sorry to hear about the loss of your cousin Tom, condolences to you and the family.

WTH, little Switzerland of America with a Mt. Pisgah, Jim Thorpe Pa. is called the Switzerland of America and also has a Mt. Pisgah, them darn Indians were all over the place!

 

Gonna be the hottest day of year

94°F or so coming up

we went to the beach

 

Down to 97 here today, I’m breaking out my parka and gloves

 

Oh, I get it, I'm not talking about hooning on the BRP itself. Too dangerous with all the tourists. Technically, NC 151 runs a short way as part of the BRP, from the intersection of the BRP and US 276, but a few miles north of the Pisgah Inn it drops down the west side of the mountain and comes out in Candler on US23.The drop down the mountain is steep and as crooked as any road I've ever seen, many times it is too narrow for cars to pass, so you sort of have to plan the run. It's more fun going up than down, and probably marginally safer too. As for no rangers patrolling, I've had two speeding tickets (both while on a motorcycle) issued by Park Rangers on the BRP. Since they are Fed officers, the ticket is also federal and the third ticket entitles you to a mandatory Federal Court appearance. My first ticket was south of My Pisgah and the second one was near Peaks of Otter up in Virginia.

I never raced at Road America, but the Grand National Finals were held at Road Atlanta when I was racing. I went as far north as Nelson Ledges Ohio, where we had the 24 Hrs of Nelson race. I also raced at Summit Point, WV, Roebling Rd, GA and Talladega Motorsports Park. I got to put my own bike on the track at Watkins Glen one year when California Superbike School was there after an SCCA car race. Running on the Glen was wild and sort of hairy, much of the track didn't have runoff spaces and there was unpadded Armco there. That was the only time I ever redlined my bike in high gear, I had the speedo unhooked but I figure I was doing about 150-155 down the back straight. Back then there was no chicane at the end to slow you down for the long carousel right hand turn.

 

Giving Appaloosa a try. Movie came out 2008.

 

61 in SLC UT

Recently sold a Gen 2 taco and replaced it with a Gen 3 2023 TRD Off Road DCLB

Build so far…
Mickey Thompson Baja Boss AT
New bumpstops front and rear
Bed liner
Bed cover Bakflip
AC plug in cab
Diode dynamics fogs and Cali Raised bumper light bar
Deaver progressive leaf springs
Bilstein 6112/5160
Blue Sea 12 channel fuse block and circuit breaker
Kicker smart amp, sub woofer, and speakers
LED inside lights
Seat jackers w molle mount bar
Hitch mounted running light, pulsing brake light and backup light
TRD front skid plate
Window tint
Clear rock guard
Mud flaps
Window rain guards

Next week putting in ARB brushless dual compressor and a 33 gal fuel tank





my old gen 2

 

Summit Point was our home track, raced @Roebling rd, Pocono this was the course



had a deer on the track on Long Pond straight, very scary at 145-150
there was Mid-Ohio as well