We have a few fellows here working on and riding motards.
Re DS ... there are a few here. We had a DS forum, but the three or four of us that posted in it could not breathe enough life into it to justify the real estate.
I have been thinking about getting a KTM once the 950S bikes start showing up on the used market. Great "big DS bike" according to everyone that has ridden one. Now that the twins have been outlawed from Dakar maybe KTM will spend some time and money on the 640 and bring it back to the states. I would get one of those in a heartbeat if they started importing them again.
Have you seen the
Trans-America Trail website. Now
that sounds like a really fun ride! There is a nice route that runs N/S through Oregon that I found on the
Oregon Off-Highway Vehicle Association website.
I have come to really value my
Roads of Texas for all the great opportunities to explore. I am sure they have a Tennessee version. Couple that with my GPS and I am good to kill a good part of any day between point A and point B when point B doesn't know when I am going to arrive and whether or not I went through C, D, E, and perhaps F on the way to B. :yeehaw: