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Title: 2017 North Georgia Classic
Post by: dpippin on January 07, 2017, 11:43:12 AM
The 2017 North Georgia Classic will again be a Just For Fun event in Helen Georgia
Dates for this years event are April 21 thru 23 2017
Event motel will be the Quality Inn in Helen Georgia with all rooms recently renovated
A block of rooms is being held at a $89 rate for this event until April 7, 2017
Call 706-878-2268 and mention MSTA for your reservation
Thanks to event Coordinator Andray Hubble for volunteering to coordinate this event

Complete information is available on web site at http://msta-se.com/helen/ (http://msta-se.com/helen/)

hope to see you there

All SE Region event information can be found at http://msta-se.com/ (http://msta-se.com/home.htm)
Title: Re: 2017 North Georgia Classic
Post by: Brick on January 07, 2017, 02:08:08 PM
Got it! Thanks Doug!


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Title: Re: 2017 North Georgia Classic
Post by: ericlarsen on March 20, 2017, 10:18:33 AM
So who all is going? 
Title: Re: 2017 North Georgia Classic
Post by: donmoe on March 20, 2017, 11:08:28 AM
So who all is going?
I for one am very much looking forward to riding the mountains in that area!

  Don
Title: Re: 2017 North Georgia Classic
Post by: normkern on March 21, 2017, 08:18:59 AM
Jeff Dolence and I are going, arriving on Thur.

Norm Kern
Title: Re: 2017 North Georgia Classic
Post by: msgulfcoast on March 30, 2017, 08:43:41 AM
Looked at the dates from 2016 way back and guessed it would be the weekend of 14-16th in 2017....guessed wrong! :-(  Will be using my routes from the NGC way back in 2011 and checking out the area the week before since I asked for leave the wrong week!  Y'all have fun - wish I could hang around for 2 weeks but can't. 
Title: Re: 2017 North Georgia Classic
Post by: Andray on April 01, 2017, 11:10:04 PM
  This date was chosen because we/some wanted to get away from the 15-18 April weekend due to tax season ending, graduations, and proms.  Seems there are always conflicting dates for some of us.  Hope to see you at another event.  Ride safe,
Title: Re: 2017 North Georgia Classic
Post by: BikeGuy on April 12, 2017, 11:23:20 AM
My wife and I are going to be there. Coming down from Indiana.  The mountains should be beautiful this time of year and I love curvy road riding. We're actually going to be on vacation all week. Any other "must see " towns or areas anybody would recommend?
Title: Re: 2017 North Georgia Classic
Post by: normkern on April 13, 2017, 09:42:53 AM
  This date was chosen because we/some wanted to get away from the 15-18 April weekend due to tax season ending, graduations, and proms.  Seems there are always conflicting dates for some of us.  Hope to see you at another event.  Ride safe,

Then there's that little problem with Easter on April 18. A buddy who was excited to go on a dual-sport ride this Saturday had to cancel because his wife invited kids, grandkids and relatives this weekend- 39 people. NO WAY he will get to ride the Dual-Sport!

Norm Kern
Title: Re: 2017 North Georgia Classic
Post by: RichGrab on April 13, 2017, 03:27:04 PM
  This date was chosen because we/some wanted to get away from the 15-18 April weekend due to tax season ending, graduations, and proms.  Seems there are always conflicting dates for some of us.  Hope to see you at another event.  Ride safe,

Then there's that little problem with Easter on April 18. A buddy who was excited to go on a dual-sport ride this Saturday had to cancel because his wife invited kids, grandkids and relatives this weekend- 39 people. NO WAY he will get to ride the Dual-Sport!

Norm Kern
Correction Norm - Easter is this Sunday April 16th. :)
Title: Re: 2017 North Georgia Classic
Post by: Iguana Joe on April 15, 2017, 09:17:28 PM
Rich,

Norm was referring to Easter Tuesday the 18th...
Title: Re: 2017 North Georgia Classic
Post by: normkern on April 16, 2017, 11:07:11 AM
The numbers on my phone calendar are very small- misread it.

Norm
Title: Re: 2017 North Georgia Classic
Post by: Iguana Joe on April 18, 2017, 07:17:26 PM
You guys have fun this weekend and be safe down there! Anita and I wish we could be there.

Iggy Joe
Title: Re: 2017 North Georgia Classic
Post by: Brick on April 19, 2017, 11:39:00 AM
Is this Rally still going to happen? Now the forecast says 80% Friday, 50% Saturday, and 90% Sunday! That doesn't sound like much fun to me!!!


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Title: Re: 2017 North Georgia Classic
Post by: Brick on April 20, 2017, 08:54:11 AM
I just called and cancelled my room. With 100% chance of rain on Sunday... no I don't need to do that.
The person at the Quality Inn told me she had one MSTA member cancel who had a broken ankle and one who had a three month old bike that wouldn't start.
For you who do go... I hope I'm wrong. I've attended many a wet Helen event in the past.


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Title: Re: 2017 North Georgia Classic
Post by: HawkGTRider on April 20, 2017, 10:28:06 AM
The first "HSTA" event I ever attended was STAR '93 in Helen. There were a couple of really nice days and at least one rainy day. The Totes outlet just up the street was doing a booming business in rubber boots and such.
Title: Re: 2017 North Georgia Classic
Post by: Brick on April 20, 2017, 10:52:20 AM
The first "HSTA" event I ever attended was STAR '93 in Helen. There were a couple of really nice days and at least one rainy day. The Totes outlet just up the street was doing a booming business in rubber boots and such.

Yes that is the first STAR I attended. Was wet. Corbin seats was there. Patricia and I rode down from Ohio. We purchased a Corbin Gunfighter seat for the Concours. Half way home Patricia told me to stop and buy her a pillow for the seat. It truly was hard! Also you loose 4" from the back seat for the hinge. We sold that seat pretty quickly!


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Title: Re: 2017 North Georgia Classic
Post by: ericlarsen on April 20, 2017, 03:10:50 PM
I just called and cancelled my room. With 100% chance of rain on Sunday... no I don't need to do that.
The person at the Quality Inn told me she had one MSTA member cancel who had a broken ankle and one who had a three month old bike that wouldn't start.
For you who do go... I hope I'm wrong. I've attended many a wet Helen event in the past.


I checked to see if the BMWOA was having their Georgia Mountain rally the same weekend.  Anytime we had the NGC event the same dates, it rained all weekend (to soak all the BMW campers) The BMW event is in a couple weeks though.   
Title: Re: 2017 North Georgia Classic
Post by: donmoe on April 21, 2017, 11:45:19 AM
I checked to see if the BMWOA was having their Georgia Mountain rally the same weekend.  Anytime we had the NGC event the same dates, it rained all weekend (to soak all the BMW campers) The BMW event is in a couple weeks though.
Actually there is a BMfWMOA rally (http://www.bmwmoa.org/event/fontana17) happening this same weekend at the Fontana Village Lodge. There probably aren't that many campers there.

     Don
Title: Re: 2017 North Georgia Classic
Post by: dpippin on April 21, 2017, 04:45:40 PM

Yes that is the first STAR I attended. Was wet. Corbin seats was there. Patricia and I rode down from Ohio. We purchased a Corbin Gunfighter seat for the Concours. Half way home Patricia told me to stop and buy her a pillow for the seat. It truly was hard! Also you loose 4" from the back seat for the hinge. We sold that seat pretty quickly!
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Yea I remember that Corbin brought their big long trailer to sell seats at the STAR in Helen. We used to have vendors attend STAR.
Anyway they were very upset with whomever gave them directions to Helen because they were routed on US129 better know as Deals Gap and had an awful time getting their long trailer through all the curves.

Doug
Title: Re: 2017 North Georgia Classic
Post by: HawkGTRider on April 21, 2017, 11:38:18 PM
The first "HSTA" event I ever attended was STAR '93 in Helen. There were a couple of really nice days and at least one rainy day. The Totes outlet just up the street was doing a booming business in rubber boots and such.

To expound slightly on STAR '93 in Helen being a bit wet, there were some very fine dry days as well. And while I rode some in the rain, riding less in the wet gave me the opportunity to hang at the rally site and get to know more people. I came away from the event determined to attend more events because of the fine people I met. There is an upside to a rainy day if you're with friends or if you have the opportunity to make new ones.
Title: Re: 2017 North Georgia Classic
Post by: ericlarsen on April 24, 2017, 03:15:01 PM
Good weekend in Helen.  16 souls by my count.  Those who made it were treated with excellent riding Friday and Saturday.  Sunday brought liquid sunshine, but was worth it.  The North Georgia Classic seems to have a rain day or two.  In the 21 years I've been going there, only 3 have been rain-free. 
Title: Re: 2017 North Georgia Classic
Post by: normkern on April 25, 2017, 10:59:56 AM
I just called and cancelled my room. With 100% chance of rain on Sunday... no I don't need to do that.
The person at the Quality Inn told me she had one MSTA member cancel who had a broken ankle and one who had a three month old bike that wouldn't start.
For you who do go... I hope I'm wrong. I've attended many a wet Helen event in the past.

Brick,

Sunday was indeed a frog-strangler. Jeff Dolence and I rode 480 mi home to Dayton, OH in it. Light rain, wet pavement about 100 mi to Cleveland, TN. Once we got on I75, it was downpour and fog most of the time to Lexington, KY, about 250 mi. North of Lexington it quickly dried out and got nice.

OTOH, we had perfect weather going down on Thur and riding on Friday. Saturday, all you needed to do was stay a bit south of Tellico Plains and you were good to go.

From where you live, you could have enjoyed Thur and Fri, ridden an eastern route on Saturday and just gone home rather than come back to the hotel. You would have had some rain from about Waynesville, NC to home. 90 mi or so?

Norm
Title: Re: 2017 North Georgia Classic
Post by: Brick on April 25, 2017, 12:09:06 PM
Yea that sounds about right. Oh well my loss.
To make up for it I'm going to Galen's Staunton Stomp this Thursday- Sunday.


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Title: Re: 2017 North Georgia Classic
Post by: RIDEMYST on April 26, 2017, 07:08:42 AM
Anybody take any photos at either this year's NGC or back in 1993?
The galleries are available for uploading your pics for both events! -JEP-
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