Alright here is a fun challenge for those who haven't done it. For your vacation pack your Harley with a plan to stay on the rode x number of days pick a direction and go.

No specific distance, no destination, just go.

For those that have post a short summary of what your trip was like to encourage others to do the same.

In 2013 I planned on a 10 day trip with the wife on our Dyna, We said East for our direction, I figured we would maybe make middle Tennessee or Kentucky and back, at most a 1000 miles. Boy was I wrong. We wound up at Robbinsville, NC, the Tail of the Dragon and back. We went to Graceland, and the Jack Daniels Distillery, neither of which were planned it was one of those ok let's go here on the fly trips.

2015 The wife didn't go to Atlanta on business with me, so we headed back to ATL, no plan after that, she said beach so we wound up in panama city beach warm emerald green water and white sugar sand beaches.

2016 We did a big trip but it was a planned trip a friend wanted to come along and we had a specific destination. Next year though northeast!

 

I'm gettin' a bit older now and some planning is necessary ... but ... my brother and I use to meet at my place, ride to the main road, flip a quarter ( heads one way, tails the other ) and away we'd go. Had some great rides.

 

Being centrally located, you can go in any direction. I can't really go West (unless Dyna's float!)
Altho I did go to the Big Island of Hawai'i in May/June and rode around the Island on a RG and the GF rode a Fatboy Low(which she really liked, btw!)

 

this is what i do every time i ride locally. it is fun to get lost and find my way back. this is a good way to learn the town roads around my town. when i go on long trips, i do plan. i do not want to be stuck some where on a bike not knowing where i am. no shelter from the elements. do not like sleeping on ground either. i must be getting old?

 

I remember (almost) some of those. Started out as a Saturday morning ride with no gear. Ended up rolling into town about an hour before I had to be at work on Monday morning.

 

Nope...I need a plan. Riding helter skelter, hither and dither isn't for me.

 

You're wife knew where you were going...

 

Just recently did a trip around Lake Superior by myself started in Toronto headed north got to Saulte Saint Maria in the first day and around the lake in three. Beautiful up there, 1900 miles 5 days. Camped in a tent Copper Harbour the rest of the time hotels, but great experience.

 

I'll point the bike and go but I have to decide first whether it's going to be an overnighter.

 

That's the best way to ride, and discover!

A couple times a year, we hit the highway for about 90 minutes. South of Cleveland. Get off and just ride. Each stop sign, we take turns who decides which way to go.

Left? Right? Forward?

We have ended up in Pa, or WV on a few occasions.