Clovis
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Only two weeks to go, I can't wait!
Trip date: May 9 - 12th.
This thread will serve as the ride report for my upcoming trip to the "Coronado Trail Scenic Byway" in Arizona, better known as the "Devil's Highway" or "Devil's Spine".
The highway runs on Highway 191 between Alpine, AZ in the north (sitting at 8000ft elevation) and Clifton, AZ in the south sitting at 3700ft elevation.
The road features something like 1100 corners in 93 miles.
The spine is seemingly popular with motorcyclist only.
Think of Deals Gap but 6x as long with zero tourist and (practically?) no law enforcement (on the spine itself at least). The Arizona deportment of tourism reports that several hundred tourist travel the road each year.
Yep! No semi trucks, no RVs, no traffic, just the occasional motorcycle!
If it wasn't a 650 mile ride just to get to the top of the spine I would do it more often than once per year!
This year's trip will by my 4th. My first trip was in 2008 on my R1 and I returned in 2012 on my FZ6 and 2013 on my FJR.
4 trips, 4 years, 4 bikes. Quiet fun!
Two videos from the 2012 trip can be found here (on my FZ6)
In the first video, the first half is Colorado, specifically million dollar highway. The Devil's Highway actually starts at the 4 minute mark, after a stop by the local sheriff.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljkXdOmMinI
Second video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBzdhN0-jlQ
Here's a link, I encourage you to zoom in, especially around Clifton to see the curves...
http://mapq.st/1ih1Qlq
This year's trip will be done over 4 days and will total around 1700 miles. We'll have 4 riders. My buddy Jeff and I will ride down to Alpine in (hopefully) a single 650 mile shot from Colorado Springs and two of his friends will trailer their bikes to Alpine, AZ.
Having a truck is handy because crashing here means crashing 800 miles from home and the area is fairly remote with only the (very small) towns of Alpine and Clifton to offer service.
The idea is to ride to Alpine on day 1, spend days 2 and 3 riding the spine and day 4 riding home.
As a bonus, the ride there and back takes us through one of my other favorite roads, the million dollar highway.
Counting down!
Clovis
Trip date: May 9 - 12th.
This thread will serve as the ride report for my upcoming trip to the "Coronado Trail Scenic Byway" in Arizona, better known as the "Devil's Highway" or "Devil's Spine".
The highway runs on Highway 191 between Alpine, AZ in the north (sitting at 8000ft elevation) and Clifton, AZ in the south sitting at 3700ft elevation.
The road features something like 1100 corners in 93 miles.
The spine is seemingly popular with motorcyclist only.
Think of Deals Gap but 6x as long with zero tourist and (practically?) no law enforcement (on the spine itself at least). The Arizona deportment of tourism reports that several hundred tourist travel the road each year.
Yep! No semi trucks, no RVs, no traffic, just the occasional motorcycle!
If it wasn't a 650 mile ride just to get to the top of the spine I would do it more often than once per year!
This year's trip will by my 4th. My first trip was in 2008 on my R1 and I returned in 2012 on my FZ6 and 2013 on my FJR.
4 trips, 4 years, 4 bikes. Quiet fun!
Two videos from the 2012 trip can be found here (on my FZ6)
In the first video, the first half is Colorado, specifically million dollar highway. The Devil's Highway actually starts at the 4 minute mark, after a stop by the local sheriff.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljkXdOmMinI
Second video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBzdhN0-jlQ
Here's a link, I encourage you to zoom in, especially around Clifton to see the curves...
http://mapq.st/1ih1Qlq
This year's trip will be done over 4 days and will total around 1700 miles. We'll have 4 riders. My buddy Jeff and I will ride down to Alpine in (hopefully) a single 650 mile shot from Colorado Springs and two of his friends will trailer their bikes to Alpine, AZ.
Having a truck is handy because crashing here means crashing 800 miles from home and the area is fairly remote with only the (very small) towns of Alpine and Clifton to offer service.
The idea is to ride to Alpine on day 1, spend days 2 and 3 riding the spine and day 4 riding home.
As a bonus, the ride there and back takes us through one of my other favorite roads, the million dollar highway.
Counting down!
Clovis
