Southern Michigan Tour via Route 12

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Average Rating - This road has been rated by 3 visitors

State: Michigan
Date Submitted: May 1, 2008
Submitted by: LFoler
Motorcycle Road Length: 260 Miles

Written Directions

The best place to pick it up is New Buffalo, MI goes right through it. New Buffalo is a great town just off Lake Michigan and is less than 2 hours from Chicago. You can pick up route 12 in Chicago as well.

Scenery

Nice rolling open country roads, some small towns, but not too many to kill the ride.

Road Quality

Road quality was very good when I last road it last summer '07. Will be riding it again in a few weeks.

Roadside Amenities

Enough places to stop along the way for most anything. Also, Dearborn, MI is home to the Ford museum. This is where Henry Ford moved Thomas A. Edison's Menlo Park, NJ lab to as a tribute to his friend.

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Reviewed by Guest on April 5, 2010 (0 out of 0 members found this review useful.)
Creator: brj1974
motorcycle_year: 1993
motorcycle_make: Harley-Davidson
motorcycle_type: Touring
Comment: Not quite sure what problems Will had in the village of Jonesville but I have lived here for 35 years and have been riding for 17 of them and have only had one motorcycle related problem in this town. There is one lone state police officer who has a hard on for bikers, which is weird as he himself rides a bike. The community has developed a reputation as a dining destination in recent years with several different establishments to choose from and every single one of them is motorcycle friendly. So if Will's problems were with the aforementioned single state cop, please don't let that be a deterrent as this is actually a friendly town. And like any other community, if you mind your manners chances are you won't get messed with. And for everyone's information, the previously mentioned police officer only harasses people wearing what are deemed "illegal" helmets.
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Reviewed by Guest on March 25, 2010 (0 out of 0 members found this review useful.)
Creator: RG
motorcycle_year: 2004
motorcycle_make: BMW
motorcycle_type: Sport-Touring
Comment: the old Chicago route. The first road between Detroit and Chicago. Spent my formative years riding this road on the back of my brother's '58 Duo-Glide. Our parents had a cottage in the Irish Hills, (near Michigan International Speedway). Just enough twists and turns to keep you awake but mostly its a historical road through southern Michigan.
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Reviewed by Guest on November 9, 2008 (0 out of 0 members found this review useful.)
Creator: WILL
motorcycle_year: 2005
motorcycle_make: Kawasaki
motorcycle_type: Cruiser
Comment: Take the US-12 route it is awesome. Just don't stop in Jonesville. Not a very friendly town for bikes and bikers
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