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There is a Vstrom gathering just a bit west of you in the mountains at Iron horse motorcycle lodge on May 12 , 13 , and 14th. All bikes are welcome but of course we all have a soft spot for any Suzuki.

There is a gathering of Vstrom riders at the Iron Horse motorcycle campground in Stecoah NC May 12th through 14th. All bikes are welcome. Great riding and camping. The lodge cooks 2 meals a day and the food is great.

My name is actually Kathleen, and I live in north central Iowa. I own two bikes, my trusty moderately farkeled 2001 Suzuki DR650, and my 2015 BMW R1200GSW, still in the farkeling process. I have been riding since I was 16, and the only off road I have done was a little in Apple Valley, CA on the DR, and a little gravel road riding here in Iowa. I really want to do an off road course, Rawhyde or something similar real soon. I don't own these bikes to keep street tires on them! I commute 60 miles round trip to work when it isn't snowy and icy, last good ride was mid December, unheard of in Iowa, but hey, it's an El Nino year! My husband rides also, but he is my Chrome Cowboy, loving a shiny Road King. We are planning a trip late summer to the Canadian Rockies, which will have to be a road trip, me taking the GS.

I too was indestructible. In the last 2 years, I've managed to rip a bicep tendon off the bone and had carpal tunnel surgery. The brain is 20, but body is fully 47. Makes for good stories!

I hit a rooster pheasant long time ago riding a gravel road at night in Iowa. My head light lit him up and he jumped out of the ditch right into my path. I tried to turtle my head into my body but he caught me right square in the forehead. Almost took me off the back of the bike, a little 185 Suzuki enduro. Pre helmet required days and I was young enough to believe myself indestructible.

I have been to the Shenandoah valley. Nice rides there. Not too far from where I live. I have a son in Roanoke, his house sometimes serves as base camp for a riding/fishing expedition.