Print

Please login or register.
1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever
Login with username, password and session length

[Tillerman1664]

Looking at doing a ride this August, will leave the D.C. are head to Toledo, up through Michigan. Cross over to Wisconsin, through Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota. We will spend a day around Mt Rushmore and the Bad Lands, then to Wisconsin for a day at the museum and home, I mapped it around 4000 miles give or take and I have 11 days. Any advice, things to see places to see and go, Ideas?

Thanks.

[Hotrod50]

Go over to Devil's Tower in Wyoming when you visit Mt. Rushmore.  It's really neat to see it appearing on the horizon.

[Hotrod50]

pic 1

[Hotrod50]

2

[Hotrod50]

3

[Hotrod50]

4

[bikerbum11]

Looking at doing a ride this August, will leave the D.C. are head to Toledo, up through Michigan. Cross over to Wisconsin, through Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota. We will spend a day around Mt Rushmore and the Bad Lands, then to Wisconsin for a day at the museum and home, I mapped it around 4000 miles give or take and I have 11 days. Any advice, things to see places to see and go, Ideas?

Thanks.

I publish a motorcycle guide to the U.P. of Michigan and we're currently working on the 2010 edition. They will be ready April 1st and can be picked up at the Michigan Welcome Centers or on our website. This will help you get across the U.P. with some good roads to ride and places to stay.
Northern WI has some great roads but I'm not sure the route you want to take or your time frame.
Go to Crazy Horse Monument in the Black Hills, Ride the Iron Mt Hwy, Needles Hwy, Spearfish Canyon, Ride the road to Nemo and make a stop in Sturgis to check things out.
If your looking for more info, I'd be happy to pass along anything I have from previous trip out there.

[Gettinold]

I publish a motorcycle guide to the U.P. of Michigan and we're currently working on the 2010 edition. They will be ready April 1st and can be picked up at the Michigan Welcome Centers or on our website. This will help you get across the U.P. with some good roads to ride and places to stay.
Northern WI has some great roads but I'm not sure the route you want to take or your time frame.
Go to Crazy Horse Monument in the Black Hills, Ride the Iron Mt Hwy, Needles Hwy, Spearfish Canyon, Ride the road to Nemo and make a stop in Sturgis to check things out.
If your looking for more info, I'd be happy to pass along anything I have from previous trip out there.

Whats the website. 

[16HD117]

Looking at doing a ride this August, will leave the D.C. are head to Toledo, up through Michigan. Cross over to Wisconsin, through Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota. We will spend a day around Mt Rushmore and the Bad Lands, then to Wisconsin for a day at the museum and home, I mapped it around 4000 miles give or take and I have 11 days. Any advice, things to see places to see and go, Ideas?

Thanks.

Order one of these:

http://www.madmaps.com/roadtrips/products/view/51/


They also have other maps you may be interested in!

http://www.madmaps.com/roadtrips/categories/

[16HD117]

This link might help too.

http://www.motorcycleroads.us/regions/sd_black.html

[bikerbum11]

Whats the website. 

www.motorcycleuppermichigan.com

[OhioDave]

www.motorcycleuppermichigan.com

I used this guide last year and found it very well put together and informative.

[Grizzly]

By far, one of my best experiences in the Rapid City area was our visit to Crazy Horse.

Not to be missed!

[Tillerman1664]

Wow! Thanks guys! I think, however, I need to clarify a little bit.

I took a trip, actually my first trip, to the Black Hills area and on to Colorado in '06. In fact, this is the reason I have the bike I do now. I was absolutely heart broken that my wife didn't get to see all of these areas with me. So yes, the plan is to spend at minimum a day, if not a day and half or two in the Black Hills, Rapid City area, Badlands, etc... to show her everything I can.

What I'm particularly interested in is what Gettinold spoke of. The plan is that from Toledo we are going to work up 75, pick up 2, and head West possibly working to Route 8 in Wisconsin into Minniapolis, across Minnesota, thru Bismarc, ND and then South to the Black Hills. I'm definitely picking  up the guide for the Michigan area. Again, what I'm looking for is Wisconsin, Minnesota, and North Dakota. Once we leave South Dakota, we'll take 90 back out to Milwaukee and would like to stop and see the museum. I planned for a day in Milwaukee around the museum, but I don't think the meuseum is going to take a day to see. So I could tag that time back to Black Hills. A lot of my time is going to be dependent on the travel between Toledo and Bismarc. Again, I have 9 days to get from Toledo, around the loop and back to Toledo. It's going to take me atleast a day to make Toledo or a little further. Historically, I try to do my trips - ride until I get tired, no destination for the day, if there's something we wanna see than we stop and see it, with of course the exception of the time to be spent in South Dakota.

[bikerbum11]

I used this guide last year and found it very well put together and informative.

Thanks, I'm glad it was usefull. 2009 was our first year publishing the guide and we're making alot of changes for 2010 so it's easier to use and follow.