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

                                  Ohio

Ohio SR 26 (2004)-  This little road might possibly be the most challenging road I'd ever tackled.  Three weeks prior to the morning I came through the highway was flooded by a nearby creek.  Debris and sand littered the tight curves, and blinding hills.  Dense woods guard 26 and the curves offer very limited sight.  Road surface ranges from poor to good.   Intense lean angles was out the day I came through, but you might have better luck.   There are a number of good roads in Southeast Ohio, I'm sure many are just as fun as 26, I plan on checking them out in the future.

Ohio SR 800 (2004)-  After the intense ride in the Ohio Hills I picked this route to take me north, and I enjoyed it very much.  Not as twisty as 26, but still fun.  The highway rolls and climbs through Ohio farmland and past wood frame white houses.  It passes through tidy villages, that on the day I passed through, were decked out in fall colors.  The ride passed quickly on 800.