I have been a member of Wild Guzzi
forum for a while now http://wildguzzi.com/forum/
I have enjoyed the topics and discussions that can be found there. I
have seen riding opportunities but haven't been able to go. The Virginia Guzzi group had a lunch gathering
scheduled and the stars, the moon aligned for me... Brisk weather was
to be on this day leaving out @ 07:30 at a balmy 34 degrees, that
soared to 54 degrees later on that afternoon on this 400 mile round
trip ride. I have ridden NC 158 and was familiar with this route. I
had never rode on US 29 past Danville VA before. Nice thing is it's
seemingly not a heavily traveled for a Saturday. Between Danville and
Lynchburg 29 is kind of a boring ride, but after Lynchburg it becomes
a riders four lane road going up over and down through various
valleys and up again with curves and scenic vista's. About 18 miles
from my destination. It is necessary to take VA-6 a two lane road
into the mountains to the town of Scottsville. While riding along VA-6 I noticed a road sign that really caught my eye... Walton's Mountain Museum, I have always enjoyed that wonderful show and wanted to visit this place as well but I knew I had a full day already so that's for another ride on another day. Scottsville VA is a very
picturesque inviting place situated adjacent the James River approximately 100 plus miles to Washington DC. We dined at Amici's Italian Bistro
http://www.amicisscottsville.com/
food and service was great. I met some really nice folks riding some
cool old and newer Guzzi's One gentleman rode in from Maryland on his
old Guzzi with 71,000 plus miles. One gentleman was riding a cool old
Norton. There were a couple of married folks with their his and her
Guzzi's. I had the newest Guzzi there a 2012 Norge. Many were
smoking it over and asking questions etc. I have to take a brief
moment and speak about the power delivery of that wonderful Guzzi 8V
GT 1200 power plant with great motor vibes and power when and where you need it. You have to ride a Guzzi to know and understand this.
The Norge is a very comfortable, great handling, surprisingly quick
motorcycle and it does many things well. I can't really say enough
about what an enjoyable event and ride this turned out to be. This is
the furthest I have ridden in one day arriving back in Winston Salem NC at dusk. A very satisfying day.
