Andrew Shadow
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Remember Simon Says from your childhood? How about applying it to motorcycle riding?
Last night I was sitting out on the back patio enjoying the beautiful weather and sipping on a beer. I was thinking that I should go somewhere, but where? I have ridden all over North America but I know that there are more places that I have not been to than I have been to. I decided this is something that should be thought about while riding. Since I only had one beer, I suited up and headed out. While I was riding around with no destination in my mind I realized that I don't need a destination, I just need somewhere to ride. I thought that I should leave my trip planning to all of you. Between everyone on this forum, you know all of the best motorcycling roads in every part of North America. That thought led me to the next thought below.
I would ask for where to go from where I currently am at that moment. Someone on this forum would provide me with a location to ride to and GPX route file to get me there. I would head for that location following that person's route. Once I get there I will go to the next location that had been posted by someone else along with their route to get there. This is the Simon Says part. You tell me where to go (so to speak) and how to get there and that is what I do.
I don't know how I would manage it though, or what limits I would want to put on it.
- Do I always accept the first location/route posted?
- Do I look through everything posted and choose the next location/route that I want?
- Do I accept back-tracking? (I am not sure that I would want to spend two weeks going back and forth in the same general area.)
- Do I accept multiple locations/routes consecutively from the same person or make it like a tag game where someone else has to post first?
- Do I accept only locations/routes that I can reach within one day of riding from where I currently am? ( i.e. Do I let you guys send me all the way to New Mexico before I accept the next route to Newfoundland, then the next route to the Ozarks, etc.?)
- Do I only accept suggestions that include a route in the form of a GPX file? The reason for this is the fun factor. If I have a route that I just plug in to the GPS and follow I will never know where I am heading to next until I get there. If I have to plan out a route myself, than I will know in advance where I am going to.
- How long do I want to be gone on this adventure?
- Do I want to restrict it by either distance or region/s?
I thought this could be fun as I would be heading somewhere different everyday, I would never know where I am going to next or how I am getting there, and most likely I would always be on a good motorcycle road based on the knowledge of this forum.
This is all just a thought that I had while riding around in the dark last night. Don't know if I will ever do it or the conditions of how I will do it if I ever do.
Has anybody ever heard of such an idea?
What suggestions would you incorporate?
Is this a crazy idea?
Last night I was sitting out on the back patio enjoying the beautiful weather and sipping on a beer. I was thinking that I should go somewhere, but where? I have ridden all over North America but I know that there are more places that I have not been to than I have been to. I decided this is something that should be thought about while riding. Since I only had one beer, I suited up and headed out. While I was riding around with no destination in my mind I realized that I don't need a destination, I just need somewhere to ride. I thought that I should leave my trip planning to all of you. Between everyone on this forum, you know all of the best motorcycling roads in every part of North America. That thought led me to the next thought below.
I would ask for where to go from where I currently am at that moment. Someone on this forum would provide me with a location to ride to and GPX route file to get me there. I would head for that location following that person's route. Once I get there I will go to the next location that had been posted by someone else along with their route to get there. This is the Simon Says part. You tell me where to go (so to speak) and how to get there and that is what I do.
I don't know how I would manage it though, or what limits I would want to put on it.
- Do I always accept the first location/route posted?
- Do I look through everything posted and choose the next location/route that I want?
- Do I accept back-tracking? (I am not sure that I would want to spend two weeks going back and forth in the same general area.)
- Do I accept multiple locations/routes consecutively from the same person or make it like a tag game where someone else has to post first?
- Do I accept only locations/routes that I can reach within one day of riding from where I currently am? ( i.e. Do I let you guys send me all the way to New Mexico before I accept the next route to Newfoundland, then the next route to the Ozarks, etc.?)
- Do I only accept suggestions that include a route in the form of a GPX file? The reason for this is the fun factor. If I have a route that I just plug in to the GPS and follow I will never know where I am heading to next until I get there. If I have to plan out a route myself, than I will know in advance where I am going to.
- How long do I want to be gone on this adventure?
- Do I want to restrict it by either distance or region/s?
I thought this could be fun as I would be heading somewhere different everyday, I would never know where I am going to next or how I am getting there, and most likely I would always be on a good motorcycle road based on the knowledge of this forum.
This is all just a thought that I had while riding around in the dark last night. Don't know if I will ever do it or the conditions of how I will do it if I ever do.
Has anybody ever heard of such an idea?
What suggestions would you incorporate?
Is this a crazy idea?