bike friendly lodging -- Austin/Kerrville area

[arcangel]

Howdy everyone-

Just discovered this site. A buddy and I are bailing early tomorrow and heading to Austin/Kerrville to ride the hill country. Any suggestions on bike-friendly places to stay? Kinda hate to do the motel 6 type thing (despite my cheapskate leanings), when/if there's some rustic lodge or interesting place to stay for under 80/nite nearby.

Anywho, loving this site, and look forward to maybe riding with some of you!

Oily side down,

chad

[Tourmeister]

Howdy,

:tab Need more lead time :lol: There are lots of cool places to stay. However, at this time of year, most of them are booked way in advance. The Fox Fire cabins a mile or so North of Vanderpool on FM 187, on the left, right after you cross the Sabinal river, is a perfect example. Ask for cabins 5 or 7, they are the best. But they are $125 per night I think. It is worth it though. You could also camp at Los Maples State Park. It is right there as well. If you stay in Kerrville, try the Econo lodge on Hwy 16 a mile or so South of I-10 on the left. Clean and relatively cheap. Inn of the Hills is right around $80 and they are pretty nice, very motorcycle friendly, great restaurant and bar with live music on site. There are more, but that is all I can do off the top of my head on such short notice, sorry.

[buck000]

Too little, too late for arcangel, but the Honda Sport Touring Assoc. (not to mention our own venerable Tourmeister? ) also frequents the Y.O. Ranch Resort (http://www.yoresort.com/), in Kerrville. I haven't stayed there, but it seems like a good place to stay if you are using Kerrville as a base for squidlike, er, sport-touring activities. :)

Note that if you go south on Loop 534 a few miles, there's a nice HonYamKawEtc dealer on your right.

[arcangel]

Sadly, due to the brutal ergos on my buddy's triumph daytona, we didn't make it down to Kerrville, but stayed in Austin & Round Rock. Rode Lime Creek Road--what a great stretch! Then took FM1431 to Marble Falls. We stayed in the Mountain Star Lodge, a new place off 620 in S Austin. $98/nite for double, very large, clean, quiet.