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Iconic US Trail Rides?

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Hi all - recently bought a 2011 TE449 and have one year left in the States before I have to head home (Oz). Expect to do plenty of riding next year around here (North Virginia), but before I head home would also love to do a 7-14 day trail ride somewhere. Have all the gear to camp out, basic repairs etc, but figure the biggest limiting factor on where I go will be the TE's fuel capacity (may try to carry some extra). Figure I can pretty much truck/train the bike anywhere and fly in/out, but I guess the less west the better on the wallet (maybe the northeast)?

Any 'must do' multi-day US trail rides (with fuel stops!) you'd recommend? Thanks for your help...
 
Have you been on www.advrider.com? They have so many amazing ride reports on there and lots of gps tracks posted. I have yet to go anywhere truly epic yet, but I have seen lots of cool places posted up on that site.
 
In addition to anything interesting you find in the US, you may also want to consider popping up to Ontario Canada for a few days this spring/summer/fall. We're about 12 hrs driving time north of VA. We have it all here:
Sandy loam singletrack (Recently hosted Peter Drakeford of Motorcycling Australia http://www.ma.org.au/ in Simcoe County; http://www.odsc.on.ca/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=18422&p=120042#p120042 )
Canadian Shield hard rock. - Come and ride the legendary Corduroy Enduro trails, Mazinaw area, Algonquin area or the Epic Calabogie area as part of the Ontario Trail ride series.(www.OFTR.ca)
And everything in between.

Perhaps a 2 week trip Sampling the US NorthEast and Ontario ???
 
Phoenix said:
Have you been on www.advrider.com? They have so many amazing ride reports on there and lots of gps tracks posted. I have yet to go anywhere truly epic yet, but I have seen lots of cool places posted up on that site.
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Good idea - have checked out photos etc on advrider, but must check out their gps tracks - thanks.
 
Slowpoke said:
In addition to anything interesting you find in the US, you may also want to consider popping up to Ontario Canada for a few days this spring/summer/fall. We're about 12 hrs driving time north of VA. We have it all here:
Sandy loam singletrack (Recently hosted Peter Drakeford of Motorcycling Australia http://www.ma.org.au/ in Simcoe County; http://www.odsc.on.ca/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=18422&p=120042#p120042 )
Canadian Shield hard rock. - Come and ride the legendary Corduroy Enduro trails, Mazinaw area, Algonquin area or the Epic Calabogie area as part of the Ontario Trail ride series.(www.OFTR.ca)
And everything in between.

Perhaps a 2 week trip Sampling the US NorthEast and Ontario ???
Click to expand...

Thanks Slowpoke, good point, hadn't thought of Canada. That South Frontenac area looks interesting (man you've got some water).
 
Actually The North Frontenac area is better - trailwise, all the way west to Simcoe, Dufferin & Grey Counties (West of Barrie) - depending on what type of riding you like & we do have a lot of lakes & I mean a lot!:) Many trails ride past or alongside lakes that are only accessible by bike/atv or air.
Pretty much anything North of Hwy 7 is wide open with a few areas south also.
Mostly hard rock logging roads & technical riding to the North and East from Peterborough and Sandy Loam to the west & Southwest from Peterborough to Barrie.
 
I live in the great north wet. A few years back my wife and I found ourselves in Moab Utah. "I know that isn't anywere near Virginia" but that being said if you could even just fly out and rent a bike jeep atv or anything literally hundreds of miles if not a thousand miles of trail. all with the most incredable scenery around each corner that you can imagine. That there would be some memories to take home with you.
Ironic that I live in a place that is almost a rain forest and Moab "hi desert" is my favorite destination
 
Thanks rt3856/all, checked out a few other similar posts and sites too - Moab looks like it gets the #1 from most so I reckon I'll start planning routes around that. Thanks again.
 
Try the Hatfield Mccoy trails in West Virginia. Not organized but lots & lots of good trails & close to Virginia.
 
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