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Old Jul 5, 2016 | 08:50 PM
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I am renting a Road Glide to see if it's the bike I want. I live in central Texas and am looking for suggestions on a day ride, somewhere to spend the night, then head back. East Texas and panhandle is a little bit cooler right now (temperature wise) so that would be nice.
 
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Old Jul 5, 2016 | 09:55 PM
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I would check out Austin then head to Corpus Christi. Stay the night then, Ride the coastal road north a ways then, Cut back to Central Texas.
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Old Jul 5, 2016 | 09:57 PM
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We'll be leaving from Austin. I did think about the coast but just not familiar with the areas down there.
 
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Just spend the night in Bandera. Ride the hill country.
 
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Just look at a map and follow a road. Or ride around the hill country like previous post said.
 
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Three sisters is nice but would rather go somewhere a few degrees cooler.
 
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Old Jul 6, 2016 | 03:45 PM
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You'll be hard pressed to find anything a few degrees cooler in TX this time of year.

East TX is pretty nice if you get on the FM roads - Tyler, Nacogdoches, Lufkin, Lake Sam Rayburn and Toledo Bend.
 
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Good luck with the Road Glide. I personally would not have one.
Nope, I got two.
 
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when I lived-in that corner of the world, we did a lot of great little FMs between Sam Rayburn and Toledo Bend. Gonna guess those hills continue west of Sam Ray.... Lufkin, Crockett. Lot of hotels in Lufkin Area. A few little touristy places to stop over there too

Ya may want to get on a big slab road tho and do them 70ish mph speed limits y'all got for a while... just to see, check out the cruise control
 
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Originally Posted by teedubbyaw
........not familiar with the areas down there.
That, Grasshopper, is exactly why that is the perfect place to go!
 
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