West
Virginia Sport Bike Roads West
Virginia Sport Bike Roads | Start At | Finish At | Highway(s) | Submitted by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grafton | Redhouse, MD | US50 | YT K | A terrific road with something for every sportbiker (tight twisties and high speed sweepers) |
| Redhouse, MD | Lewisburg | US219 | YT K | I consider this the "Blue Ridge of WV". What's goin on here, are you WV sport riders trying to keep this a secret. This may be the best 300 miles (round trip) of sportbiking in the country! It has everything, sweepers and tight stuff, fine surface (watch for gravel in some corners) and accurately marked corner speeds (relative of course!!) |
| Huttonsville | Junction US 250 & US 220 | US 250 | Motorcyclist Magazine | See p. 44 of the 8/92 issue |
| Elkins | Harrisonburg, VA | US 33 | Joe Drummond | Over 50 miles of good sweepers and tight twisties. |
| White Sulphur Springs | Lookout Mountain | Rt. 60 | Mike T | 60 miles one way. Once you get out of the town of White Sulpher Springs, Rt. 60 is mostly 55 MPH. It is an excellent mix of sweepers and twisties, and it culminates on Mt. Lookout with ten miles of 30% grade switchbacks with a truck lane and no traffic! It was unfortunate that I hit this section after dark. It made the trip worthwhile! Watch out for a few unmarked curves along the way, and some deceptive 35MPH curves. Perfect asphalt, few towns, no lights or stops. |
| Beckley at corner of Interstate 77 and route 19 | Princeton | Rt. 19 | Johnnie Phatt | Follow Rt. 19 south out of Beckley and hang on through to Princeton, West Virginia--about 30 miles of good quality two lane pavement that runs right beside the Interstate 77 but is largely deserted when I was on it. Sadly I was in my Pathfinder when I discovered this one but now that summer is here I am on my way back |
| Huntington | Rt. 10 | Hamfist2@aol.com | Head south out of Huntington on Rt. 10. This is a good road unless you get stuck between semis or dump trucks. This is a tight twisty road with little traffic and lots of good views. | |
| I-81 and WV 901 (exit 20). | Rt. 9 & I-81 | Rt. 901 & Rt. 9 | Art Clark | This is about 50 miles of as good as it gets! Excellent road surface, each turn cut from a perfect spiral, very few off-camber or crested turns, (did I mention an excellent road surface?), wonderful elevation changes. It has it all, sweepers, twisties (more sweepers than twisties but still enough to drag a few parts), long up and down hill straights to ring your engines neck on, accurate corner speed signs and road signs (well accurate for the quadra-cycles anyway). We road it on a summer weekend (Saturday around noon and again around 5 PM) with little or no traffic at either time. Couple of great little places to stop and eat along the way. Really a good ride. Start at Interstate 81 and WV 901 (exit 20). Head west on 901 (about 5 miles). 901 is tight and technical but has a pretty poor surface so be careful! Turn north on 9 and wick it up on the sweepers! Follow 9 all the way to WV 29! Note: don't head south on 9 cuz it sux! Don't know what them WV boys do for fun but I can tell ya ... a few of 'em what build roads MUST ride sport bikes! |
| Summerville | Lexington, VA | Rt. 39, 219/55, 39/55 | Karen Sawyer | West Virginia Route 39 from Lexington, Va. to Summerville, WV. 150 miles of the best riding in the east. Traverses the Allegheny Mountains through Washington National and Monongahela National Forests. The road starts out tracing the Calfpasture River and threads through a series of small hills and valleys passing thru Rockbridge Baths, Warm Springs and Minnehaha Springs to Marlinton, WV. Follow 219/55 south to pick up 39/55 the rest of the way to Summerville. This roads goes across the ridges so there are many slow speed switchbacks along with some nice high speed sweepers. Surface conditions are excellent with some gravel on inside turns. Much of this route is totally covered by the tree canopy, so it's like riding through a green tunnel. So nice you'll want to turn around and ride back the other way. |
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