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3 McR Points

Motorcycle Type : Other

Completely concur on Hwy 140. Well worth the drive. Two add one of time permitting: (1) stop in Paisley at the Paisley Saloon. Oldest bar in Oregon and fun biker-meet-local place. It's also owned by a biker that discovered then bought the place a few years back after riding through the area. (2) if on an adventure touring motorcycle, I highly recommend taking NFD 22 from LaPine, which heads due east and is a beautiful narrow road through forest area. It's completely paved until it ends 20 miles at NFD 18, at which point it's gravel. I took that south for 18 miles straight into Fort Rock. The gravel is in excellent shape and, in summers, a great ride. I passed one car over the entire hour and the scenery is stunning.

0 McR Points

Motorcycle Type : Touring

Thankls for the heads-up on 140. We are doing this route this weekend and will add in your suggestion.

0 McR Points

Motorcycle Type : Sport - Touring

You missed the best road in the area. 140 from Lakeview to Denio Junction. It's like being on the moon. But be ware, top off in Lakeview, you may not have another chance for 200 miles.

0 McR Points

Motorcycle Type : Sport - Touring

I was not in love with this route. In all fairness The Outback Scenic Byway was day four of a 1,300 mile ride that consisted of Oregon Hwy 101 and CA 299, those are hard to compete with. Maybe I was spoiled by that. So I'll go with a 4 instead of the 3 I thought about rating it.

My riding partner (on a 2001 H-D cruiser) started in Alturas and rode to LaPine today. Silver Lake to LaPine was better than Alturas to Silver Lake. It was just a lot of straight shot riding and sage brush for me and H-D felt the same. I did enjoy looking at the farms and old barns along the way and the occasional creek the road occasionally followed. We found gas in Silver Lake for the H-D who is hyper vigilant about topping off after running dry last year but still brags about getting 45 miles per gallon this trip. Lakeview had 3 gas stations to offer.
On the bright side I know what's here now the next time I plan a route.
Happy riding!

519 McR Points

Motorcycle Type : Touring

Rode this about 7 or 8 years ago. Fairly quiet, relaxing ride.