Motorcycling the wonderful Appalachian Mountains
of Southwest Virginia

Aerial photograph of the North Fork and Den Hill Road area near Blacksburg

Twin Valley Riders is the motorcycle club for sport-touring enthusiasts of the Roanoke and New River Valleys of Southwest Virginia. We are chartered as BMW-MOA Chapter 284, however, we are an all-marque sport-touring club. Our members ride a wide variety of motorcycles from European and Japanese sport-tourers to vintage beauties, dual sports and everything in between. Anyone who loves to ride, whether your style involves scraping pegs, casually gliding through scenic river valleys or jumping logs and gettin’ muddy, will fit right in with this bunch of fun-loving riders. Excursions tend toward moderately spirited, and invariably cover the serpentine backroads and breathtaking scenery of the Appalachian Mountains.

Twin Valley Riders is the proud host of the Twin Valley Rally. The inaugural event in 2010 was a wonderful success and we plan to do it again each year on or about the third weekend in September. The activities are held on Blue Ridge Parkway at Meadows of Dan, Virginia. This year’s rally featured sport-touring and dual-sport rides, great camping, blues and bluegrass music, an adventure-touring slideshow of Hank’s Alaska trip, a delicious catered BBQ dinner one night and Jimmy’s Famous Stew the other. We had nightly fun and antics around the campfire––and Smores, thanks to Doug and Robin. We had a wonderful group of guests from all over Virginia and neighboring mid-Atlantic states. Start planning now to join us next September.

The Blue Ridge Escarpment - The orange dot is where the fun happens!

The Roanoke and New River Valleys lie across the Eastern Continental Divide in the Ridge-and-valley portion of the Appalachians west of the Blue Ridge and east of the Allegheny Plateau. The Roanoke River flows easterly and drains to the Atlantic Ocean by way of the Albemarle Sound in North Carolina. The New River flows north from its headwaters in the mountains of North Carolina, cutting through the rugged, eastern escarpment of the Allegheny Plateau before making its way to the Gulf of Mexico via the Ohio and Mississippi. Elevations within the two watersheds range from 297′ on the upper Roanoke River to 4348′ atop Salt Pond Mountain in Giles County. The fascinating geography and mountain heritage of the Appalachian Mountains offer a lot more than great motorcycling roads.

Twin Valley Riders always has exciting activities on the calendar, and always a great bunch of people to ride with. Overnight excursions, shorter and longer day trips, camp-outs, tech workshops, tire changing sessions, regular breakfasts meetings, malt therapy sessions and social gatherings are all part of the fun. Visit our forum to learn more about the club and find out what’s going on right now. Come on out and enjoy the ride.