Guy Boutin's Motorcycle Touring and Travel Pages

Adventures in Sport Touring with the Honda ST 1100, 1300 and the BMW 1200RT

Exploring North America...One Road at a Time

                                North Carolina

The Blue Ridge Parkway (2001)-  Located mostly in North Carolina, this road runs the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains.  It is especially good from Cherokee to Asheville.  Smooth, quiet, and scenic.  Nice round curves, and plenty of them. You will lean so much on the Parkway, you may actually grow fatigued of being sideways so much.

North Carolina SR 28 (2001)-  A great ride from Fontana Village down to Franklin.  Lots of twisty S curves with various degrees of leaning.  Some are tight, others are more sweeping.  Excellent road surface and a good way to top off after tackling the Dragon.

North Carolina SR 12 (2004)-  Threading the Outer Banks of North Carolina, this is a fine road for scenery and viewing the Atlantic Ocean.  It will take you past sand dunes and cat tails, and quiet fishing villages.  Urban sprawl picks up in the Kill Devils Hills area so be forewarned.  Ferries link the islands in several places.  If you're looking for something different, SR 12 is the ticket.  No leaning, but if you've wondered what a old time beach road feels like, it can't be beat.