New to the St Louis area

[JRotten]

Well, it finally happened. After riding the famed roads of California for over 20 years, I had to move. I am now living near St. Louis MO, and after a brief time settling in, I need to find some roads that I hunger for. So far what I have learned is there is not much here that will allow me to thread my bike through corners and switch backs.

I have seen quite a bit of sportbikes but from what I can see, their rear tires show syptoms of no lean wear. Most of their tires are resembling a car tire (square to the sidewall). From what I know, I might have to travel to the Ozark mountains in Missouri or to the Applaichians mountains of Tennessse and North Carolina.

The sad thing before I came to southern Illinois, I had put a brand new set of Michelin Pilot Power on and only got a few days of riding on them in the Napa/Berryessa area before packing up. I don't want to see the my new Michelins see the fate of what I have seen so far (square to the sidewall).

Is there any roads with any appeal (beside clover leaf on-ramps to the highways) that can fulfill my desire to carve turns at one's desire. If so, please for the love of God, let me know. You might just make a new best friend.

[russhuber]

JR, I suggest you go a few miles southwest of St. Louis and ride the letter roads, A, TT, Z, etc. I never found any interesting roads in southern IL either. Russ

[reg71]

I just moved to cali after growing up in MO. you will not run out of roads to run there. there is a group of sportriders from the southern illinois/southern missouri area that get together and ride about every week. they are a casual group. i.e. no name no dues etc but meet pretty regularly. they have a tendency to shun speed limits, though and might not be the type of group you want to ride with. If you are interested, I can give you the e-mail for a friend that used to ride his GSXR 1000 with them until he sold it fearing his own demise in their riding style.

[JRotten]

Thanks,

Any group of riders contacts you can forward to me will much appreicated. The forecast for this weekend is great and I will go and check out those letters roads (A, TT, and Z). Still, I search...

[reg71]

Okay, here is my friend Taylor's e-mail: tntstudios57@yahoo.com. At least I think that's what he's using now. It used to be bulletbike57@yahoo.com but he dropped it when he started a photography studio. He's still located in Cape Girardeau and should be able to tell you where those guys meet and such.

[fisch]

http://www.midwestriderz.com
A great site for finding sport bike riders in the area, I ride with a group that love twisties. In fact we all just had to put new tires on our bikes, mine had about a third inch of tread left on the corner.

[OFNA]

We need to hook up when its warm. I'm based out of breese...

[mech2006]

Are you all riding this weekend?

[JRotten]

Wish I could ride any weekend, but I am working 7 days a week until Mid-March. The weather was nice on Sunday and I was really bummed out from it.

Anyways, I usally hook up with some of the people from STLAR and ride some ripping roads. Some of these roads are just as sweet as the ones I rode in Cali. If you are in the area, pm me and I will give you a list of some must ride roads.

[OFNA]

Looking to take advantage of the 70 deg weather, I took a nice evening ride. It was great to take her out after a long time in the garage. I think I came close to breaking the land speed record on New 50. To humid for twisties....

[OFNA]

JRotten... have you been riding lately?

[XBMWRDR]

I live in Fairview Hts and ride the twisty roads of So. Mo. The MO-STL-HSTA have rides every weekend. They are a mature group and friendly group. Be prepared to ride 200+ miles if you ride with them.

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