The Virginia Biker Network » movie http://www.vabiker.net Virginia Motorcycle News and Information Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:02:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Biker road trip like ‘living the movie’ http://www.vabiker.net/2008/07/biker-road-trip-like-living-the-movie/ http://www.vabiker.net/2008/07/biker-road-trip-like-living-the-movie/#comments Wed, 16 Jul 2008 02:10:27 +0000 Hersey http://www.vabiker.net/?p=187 SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK, Virginia (CNN) — We were parked at a peaceful, shady overlook beside Virginia’s Skyline Drive, admiring the green mountains and the river far below, when Keith realized he needed a new rear tire, and he needed it now. A bald tire is a serious problem when you’re traveling by motorcycle: We don’t carry spare tires, for obvious reasons, and a blowout on two wheels could be life-threatening.

Keith decided he could make it 100 miles to the Harley-Davidson dealership in Richmond, Virginia, as long as we kept it slow, so our seven bikes headed that way.

It’s been said that a great trip in a car is like watching a first-rate movie — but a great trip on a motorcycle is like living the movie.

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