guess this road......

[GTM®]

Well, Daniel, I still think Todd should get at least partial credit.
The road spur to the top of Winding Stair Mountain does not, at least in my Google Maps search, have a name. OTOH, the long ridge road that extends from Talimena State Park in Oklahoma to Mena, Arkansas, is SR 1 on the Okla. Side and SR 88 on the Arkansas side. In Oklahoma, SR 1 is called Talimena Scenic Highway and, in Arkansas, SR 88 is -- drum roll, please: Skyline Drive!
Yes, that's me {below]... on Todd's LeMans, but I was too busy screaming in my helmet while trying to keep Todd and Richard Rodriguez in sight ... witness Todd having time to take this pic (and probably smoke a cigarette!) before I came into view. So, a great road -- as were so many out there -- but I don't know where.

Bill, thanks but no, my guess was referring to Skyline in VA, but good to know if money were on the line, I may have made a buck.

Actually, I had time to do a valve adjustment. :huh:

The pic posted of you above was on Mesa Grande out of Mt. Palomar/Lake Henshaw... one of my all-time favorites in East San Diego Co.

Last year I spent a few days on the Cherohala pass for/with Victory... a few days in the rain, and one with a TN Titans Cheerleader on back (tough day I tell you);








Now, here's one for guess;



AND for Jam's original post... I have no idea!

 

[kiwi dave]

My guess Bill is Ortega Highway 74.

Oops! Posted before I saw Todd's post. Wrong anyway.

 

[GTM®]

My guess Bill is Ortega Highway 74. Oops! Posted before I saw Todd's post. Wrong anyway.

Heh, yep, I was going to say I posted on it above, good guess though! We did Ortega en route to the photo snapped above, and then south through DeLuz to Fallbrook (another slice of heaven).

 

[jamileh]

OMG - you guys are hilarious!!!! I had/have no guesses re any of your roads, since I have not had YET had the pleasure of riding in any states other than CA, OR, NEV, and AZ. (PA briefly in my teens but that was mostly joyriding my bro's or my neighbor's moto in our neighborhood...). And haven't ridden many of the best roads in the SoCal area......

Now, Todd, you have NEVER disappointed me before about ANYTHING, but I guess there is a first time for everything. I was sure you would have guessed my road as soon as you saw the post. You sure you don't know????




OK - Prefumo Canyon/See Canyon Rd, out to the coast, west of SLO. (Central Cali coast, for the out-of-staters....) Surely you've ridden it before, Todd? tho it would have been far too tame for you, i agree, so maybe you don't even remember it.....

 

[GTM®]

OMG - you guys are hilarious!!!!
Now, Todd, you have NEVER disappointed me before about ANYTHING, but I guess there is a first time for everything. I was sure you would have guessed my road as soon as you saw the post. You sure you don't know????
OK - Prefumo Canyon/See Canyon Rd, out to the coast, west of SLO. (Central Cali coast, for the out-of-staters....) Surely you've ridden it before, Todd? tho it would have been far too tame for you, i agree, so maybe you don't even remember it.....

Ah HA! Yes I recognize it now! See Canyon, YEP! I almost forgot about it:

 

[Daniel Kalal]

Those are pretty healthy looking mountains in the background. Is it the southern end of the Sierra Nevada? If so, then this would be from the California side and in the morning. If not, then it could be anywhere so far as I can tell...

 

[GTM®]

Those are pretty healthy looking mountains in the background. Is it the southern end of the Sierra Nevada? If so, then this would be from the California side and in the morning. If not, then it could be anywhere so far as I can tell...

Good guess, invert yourself along a W->E axis and you've arrived; 39.2822,-119.6275

 

[Daniel Kalal]

I am hopeful that this one will be easy. It's the end-point of one of the best roads in the United States, and is like nothing you'll have ever seen anywhere else.

 

[GTM®]

Dan, my guess is it's either southern Utah or AZ near the Grand Canyon. The landscape hints to that anyway. A little hint?

 

[Daniel Kalal]

Dan, my guess is it's either southern Utah or AZ near the Grand Canyon. The landscape hints to that anyway. A little hint?

If I told you I took this photograph with Kodachrome, that would be a great hint (even though I didn't--it was shot with a cardboard disposible camera).

If you search for the top scenic highways in the U.S. you'll find several lists, but this highway will likely always be one of the top 5 (alonng with Highway 1 the Blue Ridge and Going-to-the-Sun)

 

[mohawkeye]

That sure looks like Hwy 12 in Utah. It's been too many years since I was on it (lots of tar snakes [which should be gone now] in some great sweepers, and some pretty large mule deer late in the afternoon).

Yeah, I was too unsure of myself to respond a week ago, and I just read your post #11 at https://www.guzzitech.com/forum/169/6214.html?p=46881#p46881

 

[Daniel Kalal]

That sure looks like Hwy 12 in Utah.

A winner! Highway 12 is simply stunning. It even has its own web page: http://scenicbyway12.com/
My previous hint had to do with the fact that the photograph was taken near Kodachrome Basin state park.

This one is in north america:

 

[mohawkeye]

Sorta reminds me of Icefields Parkway. In 1998 my wife & I rode from Glacier NP first up to Moraine Lake AB, and from there up the Parkway to Jasper, stopping on the way for a short tour of the Columbia glacier. After a night in Jasper we wound our way through BC for a few days on Vancouver Island, then back down the coast to SoCal. 5,500 miles over 3 weeks, always around 250-300 miles/day; it was her first long m/c trip and she loved it.

Wish we'd taken more pics, but it *was* fun.

 

[Daniel Kalal]

Sorta reminds me of Icefields Parkway.

Not just sorta. Exactly.

 

[Daniel Kalal]

I'll offer up another one, but then somebody else needs to step in.

That place on the horizon is well beyond a simple motorcycle destination; it's an event. Big. But, I find this road far better simply because it's not there. So what road is this?

 

[GTM®]

I'll offer up another one, but then somebody else needs to step in. That place on the horizon is well beyond a simple motorcycle destination; it's an event. Big. But, I find this road far better simply because it's not there. So what road is this?

Big as in a Moto event can I assume? If so, it looks like something in South Dakota, yes?

 

[Daniel Kalal]

...like something in South Dakota, yes?

Yes; but, we'll need a highway number to declare a winner. We're not too far from the center of all 50 states, but too many people from that place couldn't behave themselves so all signs were removed and fences put up. sigh...

 

[GTM®]

Highway 12/Alkali or 34?

 

[jamileh]

Just wanted to say what a great picture that is of you, Todd, on Prefumo/See Canyon Rd - you, the grass, the Jackal, the spot (now having been there).... way cool.
I'm out of my league on the rest of this thread, but it's fun to look at and read.... Keep it going!!

 

[Daniel Kalal]

ok. that was US-85.

This one should be really easy (if you've been there...)