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Motorcycling Guides and Trips in Michigan
Below are popular Motorcycling guides in Michigan that you can use to plan your next adventure. You can download guides, including a detailed map, description and points of interest for a small fee to your iPhone or Android.
Trips
First Attempt with iPhone 3G GPS
River Spring Estates, Michigan, United States
Motorcycling | 18.0 miles
Motorcycling | 18.0 miles
I'm still getting a feel for my new MP3 250. I'm getting a better feel for the corners and really enjoyed the hills and curves of the Livingston Street pass on the way toward the lake, but the gusting winds on Shawnee are truly kicking my butt.We also saw in the manual that the scooter requires premium fuel (which is not what we were told at the dealership). I had a chance...
The long way to Hell, stopping by Ottawa for Canada Day, and then Hell Michigan on Independence day
Iron Butt Trip Yooper Madness 1,000 July 22, 2011
Lansing, Michigan, United States
Motorcycling | 1,188 miles
Motorcycling | 1,188 miles
This was a planned Iron Butt ride sponsored by Capital City Harely Davidson in Dimondale, outside Lansing. An Iron Butt ride is one that meets the Iron Butt Association rules, this is considered a beginner ride, SS1000 or Saddle Sore 1000. The ride must be 1,000 miles and it must be completed in less than 24 hours.The ride must contain proof, receipts dated with the time and location to prove you did...
I had been planning thistrip for months, but you could also say I had been planning it for 3 years. In 2008 I thru-hiked the Appalachian Trail from Maine to Georgia...but I missed some miles along the way. Most of them miles I made up shortly after finishing, but there was 20 miles in Maine and New Hampshire that was a little hard to get to.And thus the genesis of this trip....
Did alot of traveling the past few days, we have gone from 100 degree heat in SD to over 500 miles of rain and storms through Minnesota and Wisconsin.. At Fond du Lac Wisconsin, the weather cleared up and we had a nice cruise from WI to MI across Lake Michagen on the SS Badger ( last steam driven ferry )..we have found some really nice backroads along the Lake and are now in Traverse City...
Well, Michigan was a big suprise for us..I always think of Detroit and Flint...did not realize how beautiful Northwest Michigan is...Lots of, Wineries, great motorcycling roads, M- 22, 31 and 119.. and neat litlle towns along the way....AND Great Food.. in Boyne City, we found a European Cafe on the bay "Sante"...They had Mussels just like what we get in Beligum and Netherlands... desserts that were out of this world and great Wine.. a ...
2 R6's, a GSXR 750, and a ZX-6R. Up to Otsego, and then Gun Lake for lots of fun riding!
This was a Iron Butt certified ride and I decided I wanted to try and see if I could make it. The goal was to ride the perimeter of the Michigan Lower Peninsula in less than 24 hours and return to the starting point. The ride was mapped as 1,014 miles. I also had another 200 miles when adding in the ride to and from home.It started out easy but then got...
This was a planned Iron Butt ride sponsored by Capital City HD in Lansing. An Iron Butt ride is one that meets the Iron Butt Association rules, this is considered a beginner ride, SS1000 or Saddle Sore 1000. The ride must be 1,000 miles and it must be completed in less than 24 hours.The ride must contain proof, receipts dated with the time and location to prove you did not short cut...
