I just got back from a 6 day 1800 trip on my 99 ZX6r. I left from St. Louis with a friend and we traveled to Eastern Ky (Hazard) then on to Va, Found many fun roads in western Va. We went to the highest point in Va. Next we got on the Blue Ridge parkway and traveled to Cherokee NC. on thru the Smokies. Back home we went across clinch Mountain in North eastern Tenn then thru the new tunnel at Cumberland gap.
The bike ran great no problems, I had a set of soft saddle bags from Eclispe that worked great. The only part that I had trouble with was a sore butt. I used a gel saddle pad that helped a lot as the seat on a 6R is very hard. We traveled only two lane roads and tried to find the real twisty ones. We did Deals Gap in the Smokies which is still my all time favorite road. I have been riding the gap road since I was 16 I am now 52 and it is still a thrill. Overall it was a great trip that flew by. We stayed at Motels every night and split the cost. The bike often got over 50MPG. The total cost was about $400.00 for everything. We are going to do a trip next year the same week, I cant wait.
The bike ran great no problems, I had a set of soft saddle bags from Eclispe that worked great. The only part that I had trouble with was a sore butt. I used a gel saddle pad that helped a lot as the seat on a 6R is very hard. We traveled only two lane roads and tried to find the real twisty ones. We did Deals Gap in the Smokies which is still my all time favorite road. I have been riding the gap road since I was 16 I am now 52 and it is still a thrill. Overall it was a great trip that flew by. We stayed at Motels every night and split the cost. The bike often got over 50MPG. The total cost was about $400.00 for everything. We are going to do a trip next year the same week, I cant wait.
