bcdavis

Yep! I was there on that fun run...

Ron_H

Why not focus on roads that 928ers from the east and west coasts can use when traveling to Denver next year? For instance, you Socal guys can come up on Hwy. 12 in Utah and meet up with we Norcal guys in eastern Utah at the junction of 12 and I-70. And the eastern guys can plan their routes to meet up with guys in the middle as they all travel across the country.

Bill51sdr

Since I am a complete idiot when it comes to posting pictures here, I will email to the first volunteer 2 or 3 pictures of a road I drove in the Stelvio National Forest, in the Italian Alps. This road is off Keith's scale, at least a 4!! There was a Lotus Elise club from somewhere in England driving that road the day I was there and they appeared to be having a blast. The 928 would take up 3/4 of the width of the entire road if you attempted to drive one on this road, and in fact I did encounter a German kid who had just been given THAT DAY, a '94 GTS and he was out driving it on that road. Met him near the summit, not a lister unfortunately. He managed to get the brakes VERY hot and was allowing them to cool a while. My MR2 or Miata would have been perfect for this road, which in places resembled a common bike path here in the U.S. You listers in Nothern Italy... I envy you I'll be back soon!!

By the way, my Italian companion paid me quite a compliment, told me I drive like an Italian I told her Italian drivers have nothing on the driving assasins of SOCAL

928ntslow

I think that would be cool too, but it would be nice if this thread could still be kept for all roads around the continental US for 928'ers across the country. I am SURE there are some great roads in many states east and west, north and south!

Bill51sdr

Yep, was about to edit after re-reading the thread title and then reading your post... sorry 'bout that! Maybe for another thread some time...

Normy

-What about the Overseas Highway, US1 through the Florida keys. I rate this as a "1a", which means that its a "cruise" pike where the thrill is from the scenery, not the driving. That little "a" means there is a caveat here; In this case, you need to pay attention to the road too- there are a lot of old people who don't look before they pull out and idiots distracted by their cellphones or maps on their laps. Also, the police are all over the place: DON'T speed here- especially not in the key deer habitat on Big Pine key!

Why do you want to speed anyway? The whole point of the keys is to forget about silliness such as "schedule" or "pace".

-Nearly ANY back-country road in Western North Carolina. My parents live outside of Asheville, about 30 miles from 928 Specialists...and a trip to the local Piggly-Wiggly is nearly an autocross event. Even my dad's dodgy '96 Jetta is an entertaining ride on these roads! The holy grail of roads in this region, however is the Blue Ridge Parkway. 20 miles of this at 60 mph is sure to reduce your tread thickness....but increase your grin!

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Fogey1

Just about any road in the South East quadrant of Ohio, not to mention WVA and east KY.

The Devil's Backbone north out of Comfort, TX into the Hill Country.

The Big Bend area of West Texas.

The road to Los Alamos past Valle Grande in NM.

IIRC from almost 40 years ago, Colorado Springs back down to Boulder was a gas, gas, gas. You can get those old Plymouth Fury rent cars sideways pretty well. Which was a good thing because they sure didn't have much in the way of brakes after the first couple of hard pulldowns. I was on the way to war so I was already feeling reckless.

Speaking of which - Hue to Danang over the Hai Van(?) pass. My 356 trailing throttle oversteer training stood me in good stead in that clutchless M151 jeep.

NickT

I like route 402 in PA. Runs for 38 miles from Route 80 up to Route 84. All twisty windies, no lights, no stop signs and through a beautiful forest. The road speed limit is 45, but 60 is just perfect for the 928. My son loves coming with me on this road.

Bill Coleman

By coincidence Yahoo has a feature on the worlds best driving roads:
http://biz.yahoo.com/weekend/bestroads_1.html

John Krawczyk

Highway 80 in Western N.C. was a gas. So was the entire BRP on a weekday for that matter.

I have a nice road near my home called River Road that is pretty cool. If you live near Annapolis, you know the road.

For testing 0-100 mph times, the on-ramp from the light on Generals Highway onto I-97 north in Crownsville cant be beat. The exit ramp is a straightaway that runs about 1 1/2 miles. When no on is in front of me i can hit 120mph before braking to legal speeds to merge into traffic. The beauty of this ramp is there is no opposing traffic to cross into my lane, or intersections for a car to pop out in front of me. Just uninterupted straightway.

I think i do a video of this...

You know, whats good for a 928 is even better for a Ducati. I have no idea how im gonna get my 928 and Monster down to SITM next year.

AO

I found a pretty good site witha database of roads. www.motorcycleroads.com

928SS

angeles crest hwy is a hoot, aqua dulce cyn road is short but a neat twistie, some parts on the sierra hwy btween cyn country and acton are pretty cool...

for me, pretty much any road w/out a radar cop seems like it's just more fun for some reason....

Ed Scherer

Helen and I were in Estes Park, CO September 17 to 21. She had a few days of meetings to attend, so that gave me a little time to hit the twisties in the area. Drove the shark from the Kansas City area pretty much just so I could drive in the mountains.

What I found: Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park is pretty much a catagory 1/2. Really nice drive from Estes Park to Grand Lake via this road (did this twice, once with Helen and once by myself), the highest continuous paved road in the U.S. (IIRC, Mount Evans in Colorado has the highest paved road, but it's an out-and-back; I was on this a few years ago, but not in the shark).



Bear Lake Road on the south side of Rocky Mountain National Park was an absolutely stunning category 1 at this time of year because of the fall foliage.



Now, for some category 3 (maybe 2/3) action, head down a little farther south on Highway 7, and about halfway between Estes Park and Lyons (right after you pass the intersection to Highway 72), Highway 7 becomes nice and twisty as it parallels the Middle and then South Saint Vrain rivers. I was concentrating on driving more than photos, but here's one example of some of the milder part:



Other comments:

• power is down significantly at elevation (top of Trail Ridge Road is a little over 12000 feet elevation)
• throttle stuck three times while on Trail Ridge Road ; once actually at WOT (pulling out in front of a motorcycle, and then, whoa!!!) (details are probably best kept for another thread)
• at this time of year, Estes Park has a huge number of elk all over: in the fields, on the roads, in the grocery store parking lot, ..., wherever! Good idea to stay very alert while driving
• We had a 6 AM drive out of Estes Park on Wednesday morning while it was still dark. The 928 Specialists H4 Bi-Xenon HID lights I recently installed were absolutely wonderful in the dark mountain twisties! (remember the thread "H4 HID Conversion Kit Installed; Writeup Now Available" I posted about five weeks ago?)

Plenty more photos are available:

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mspiegle

Sorry to ressurect an old thread, but I kind of had an itch for a socal fun run and went searching for good roads.

I noticed nobody mentioned Tuna Cyn in Malibu. Its a little tight, but its only 1-way so you don't have to worry about opposing traffic. The only time i've been on it - I was in the process of learning how to drive my first 5spd car, so that might of made it a little more nerve-racking for me. I'll give it a 3.

There's also some parts of Palos Verdes, but there's lots of residential areas so it should be considered a low 2. Once you get out of the residential, its a high 2, but it doesn't last for long.

Another one is Trabuco in Orange County (I think?). Its similar to PV, but less residential area, so its a solid 2.

I also don't think I saw a mention for Mulholland. As you continue on PCH, if you make a right near Pepperdine, and a left on Mulholland, there's some really crazy stuff there. Definately a 3... I did this late at night and couldn't keep my car in my lane.

MBMB

Yeah, but take that out and it's sheer poetry. Whew. Splat.