Hawk Twins

[ben2go]

Nice bikes and good ride. My GF and our son are from high mountain coal minig villages in Perry county KY. Lots of good gravel and backwoods riding around there.

[BlackBike]

Looks like quite an adv! Welcome to the club.

[Sport Rider]

that looks like a lot of fun. I'm looking at trying out some of the Trans America Trail here in NC. looks similar to the route you have.

this guy isn't the original one, but he's mapped routes through NC which cross I-77 just north of where I am. I'm trying to plan some day rides for the routes between I77 and the NC/TN border.

https://sites.google.com/site/gpskev...-america-trail

[Huck369]

Where are you located?
I'm down in Somerset, Kentucky, and have ridden a few sections of the K.A.T. It's a great route for sure.

[emptyschmitz]

Originally Posted by Huck369

Where are you located?
I'm down in Somerset, Kentucky, and have ridden a few sections of the K.A.T. It's a great route for sure.

I'm actually up by Richmond, IN but we have lots of friends through the vintage moped clubs and our closest pals are in the Louisville crew. Went with a few of those guys out to Colorado and ran that BDR with them. My first trail ride and the only other dirt experience I had at the time was someone's lot behind their house! I feel like I did pretty good, very glad I did it on an XL250! Light bikes on trails are the way to go.

How gnarly are the single track sections of the KAT if you have done any?

[Huck369]

I've done some of the "Hard" sections in my area, and think the Hawks should do fine on them, since they are basically a dirt bike with lights....some narrow sections...but if you run the Main sections, instead of the hard sections, most Adventure bikes can handle it.

[countryboy]

Originally Posted by emptyschmitz

I'm actually up by Richmond, IN but we have lots of friends through the vintage moped clubs and our closest pals are in the Louisville crew. Went with a few of those guys out to Colorado and ran that BDR with them. My first trail ride and the only other dirt experience I had at the time was someone's lot behind their house! I feel like I did pretty good, very glad I did it on an XL250! Light bikes on trails are the way to go.

How gnarly are the single track sections of the KAT if you have done any?

I live on up in Columbus Indiana and am looking to do the same thing for my wife and I for her birthday. taught her to ride on an old Yamaha ttr225 that I rode a little to hard and sold lol. definitely curious to see how your bikes turn out cause I can't wait to order mine!

[emptyschmitz]

Originally Posted by ben2go

Nice bikes and good ride. My GF and our son are from high mountain coal minig villages in Perry county KY. Lots of good gravel and backwoods riding around there.

We'll be riding with good friends that live in Louisville that are also a mix of experienced trail riders and newbies. From what I've researched of the trip its a lot of that sort of riding with some single track mixed in here and there. It will be a great time!