Elephant Lake Road

**slowbird** · 07-17-2011, 08:01 AM

Thanks for the Routes V-Tom, and everyone else for their input.

Went for a nice 10 hour ride Yesterday to Elephant lake and back. About 700kms round trip.

Just as the Doc said, the new layer of road at Elephant lake is pretty weird. It also feels a bit like washboard at some parts but not quite. Still well worth the drive for the scenery and the great roads.
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**Amazon** · 07-18-2011, 09:22 PM

was on Elephant lake friday, and I thought the road was good, I didn't notice any bumps or weird stuff and I was taking it pretty fast, even swapped bikes and ripped it up on a CBR1000

**Dr.Manhattan** · 07-19-2011, 12:29 AM

Originally Posted by Amazon

was on Elephant lake friday, and I thought the road was good, I didn't notice any bumps or weird stuff and I was taking it pretty fast, even swapped bikes and ripped it up on a CBR1000

Depends on the tire you run. My Battle Ax BT002 which is an aggressive race tire was slipping all over that surface. Even at the last corner before the stop sign I took it at maybe 110 kph and the back tire slipped out. Was the same experience for my friend riding with me, I'll avoid that road till I do a tire switch.

**Amazon** · 07-19-2011, 01:22 AM

Originally Posted by Dr.Manhattan

Depends on the tire you run. My Battle Ax BT002 which is an aggressive race tire was slipping all over that surface. Even at the last corner before the stop sign I took it at maybe 110 kph and the back tire slipped out. Was the same experience for my friend riding with me, I'll avoid that road till I do a tire switch.

I have BT016s on my bike, not sure what was on the CBR, but I didn't notice any slipping on either bike

**windsurfnut** · 07-19-2011, 10:07 PM

BT-016's on my Ducati Monster S4R and it was glued. Mind you it took some substantial life out of the back tire!
WOOOO HOOOO!

**slowbird** · 07-20-2011, 12:03 AM

The paving is definitly not the smoothest job ever.

I had my GoPro recording ever since I got on 507, and as soon as I turned onto Elephant Lake Rd you can see it get a tad rougher. (not the entire road....just some parts)

As Dr mentioned...it's different depending on the tire...I'd says also depending on the bike, and the condition/setup of suspension.

Regardless.....fun fun road.

**TwistedKestrel** · 07-21-2011, 04:02 PM

Slowbird, that's your bike now? I don't know why I didn't notice sooner, that's my favourite year of VFR! Does your GoPro get good audio? It would be nice to hear that thing!