2006 BEST IN TEXAS 5th Annual Readers' Choice Poll Results
Roads
The destination itself may be important, but often the destination is an excuse for the ride, and the ride is the road. How do you find the great ones? Like storytellers of ancient tribes passing on cultural stories from one generation to the next, motorcyclists gather in small groups to tell stories of the roads they have traveled and places they have been. Although that is fun, who has time? We have a TOP 10 list that is the combined expertise and knowledge of the motorcycle tribe of Texas. It's priceless.
Note: The print edition includes custom full-page maps, extensive photography and more detailed information.
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The Readers' Choice Awards are published annually in the February/March edition.
Top 10 Lodging
1 D’Rose Inn
2 Gage Hotel
3 Inn of the Hills
4 River Front Motel
5 Koyote Ranch
6 YO Ranch
7 Hotel Paisano
8 Indian Lodge
9 Guadalupe River Ranch
10 Camp Live Oak
Top 5 National Chains
1 Best Western
2 Motel 6
3 Holiday Inn
4 KOA
5 La Quinta
Top 10 Breakfast
1 Blue Bonnet Café
2 Koffee Kup
3 OST
4 Sunset Café
5 Cotton Gin
6 Newmans Bakery
7 Whataburger
8 Bowling Club Café
9 Lost Maples Café
10 King’s Café
Top 5 Breakfast National Chains
1 IHOP
2 Dennys
3 Cracker Barrel
4 McDonald’s
5 Waffle House
Top 10 Lunch & Dinner
1 Cooper’s
2 Hard 8 BBQ
3 Clark’s
4 Blue Bonnet Café
5 Salt Lick
6 Koffee Kup
7 Steel Horse Café
8 Grist Mill
9 OST
10 Vinny’s
Top 10 Dessert
1 Koffee Kup
2 Blue Bonnet Café
3 Lost Maples Café
4 Clark’s
5 Love Creek Orchards Cedar Mill
6 Cooper’s
7 Salt Lick
8 Royer’s Café
9 The Shed Edom
10 Steakhouse
Top 10 Bike Hangouts
1 Frio Canyon MC Stop
2 Strokers
3 Luckenbach
4 Blue Goose
5 Sonic
6 Hooters
7 Willhoite’s
8 Hills & Dales
9 Yankee’s Tavern
10 Duke’s Roadhouse
Top 10 Parks, Lakes, Attractions
1 Big Bend NP Study Butte
2 Palo Duro Canyon Canyon
3 Inks Lake SP Burnet
4 Lake Travis
5 Lost Maples SP Vanderpool
6 Garner SP Concan
7 Grand Canyon AZ
8 Lake Whitney Whitney
9 Canyon Lake Sattler
10 Caddo Lake SP Karnak
Top 10 Landmarks
1 Enchanted Rock Fredericksburg
2 Mount Rushmore SD
3 Alamo
4 Stonehenge II Hunt
5 Luckenbach Luckenbach
6 Chisos Basin Big Bend NP
7 Sam Statue Huntsville
8 Texas State Capitol
9 San Jacinto Monument La Porte
10 Cadillac Ranch Amarillo
Top 10 Texas Events
1 ROT
2 Lone Star Rally
3 IMS DFW
4 SPI Bikefest
5 MotoLiberty Daytona Watching Party
6 State HOG Rally
7 Big Texas Toy Run
8 Harvest Classic
9 SRV Benefit
10 RoadRunners Rally
Top 10 USA Events
1 Sturgis SD
2 Daytona Bike Week FL
3 Honda Hoot TN
4 Biketoberfest FL
5 Golden Aspen Rally NM
6 MotoGP CA
7 Wing Ding USA
8 Four Corners Rally CO
9 Las Vegas Bike Fest NV
10 Aspencash Ruidoso NM
Top 10 Domestic Brand Dealers
1 American Eagle H-D
2 Austin H-D
3 Central Texas H-D
4 Mancuso H-D
5 Bell County H-D br />
6 H-D of Allen
7 Javelina H-D
8 Goe H-D
9 Cowboy H-D
10 Alamo City H-D
Top 10 Japanese Brand Dealers
1 Honda
2 Woods
3 DFW Honda
4 Al Lambs Honda
5 Alamo Cycle Plex
6 Destination Cycle Sports
7 Honda Suzuki North
8 Kawasaki
9 Joe Harrison Motorsports
10 Pasadena Honda
Top 10 European Brand Dealers
1 Lone Star BMW
2 BMW of North /European Cycle Sports
3 EuroSport Cycles
4 BMW of Hurst
5 AMS Alvarado
6 British USA/Gulf Coast BMW
7 BMW of North Houston
8 MPH Cycles
9 Ducati Austin
10 EuroShop of Waco
Top 10 Service Domestic Brands
1 American Eagle H-D
2 Alamo City H-D
3 Austin H-D
4 Strokers
5 Hog Alley
6 Republic H-D
7 Central Texas H-D
8 Mancuso H-D
9 Stubb’s H-D
10 Bell County H-D
Top 10 Service Import Brands
1 Lone Star BMW
2 DFW Honda
3 Zabor’s
4 Honda
5 Destination Cycle Sports
6 Eurosport Cycles
7 Alamo Cycle Plex
8 BMW of North
9 Kawasaki
10 British USA/Gulf Coast BMW South
Top 10 Building/Facility
1 Cowboy H-D
2 DFW Honda
3 Al Lambs Honda
4 Lone Star BMW
5 Strokers
6 Woods
7 Mancuso H-D
8 Legacy H-D Odessa
9 Austin H-D
10 Republic H-D
Top 10 Gear & Accessories
1 MotoLiberty
2 Cycle Gear
3 Lone Star BMW
4 Alamo Cycle Plex
5 J&P catalog
6 Kay’s Motorcycle Mania
7 Frio Canyon MC Stop
8 Plano Honda
9 Hog Alley
10 Rider Wearhouse (riderwearhouse.com) catalog
Top 10 Roads
1 FM 337
2 FM 170
3 FM 455
4 TX 118
5 TX 16
6 FM 335
7 TX 35
8 FM 4
9 FM 1431
10 Willow City Loop Willow City
Top 5 Big Bend Country
1 FM 170
2 TX 118
3 US 17
4 Chisos Basin Rd
5 US 385
Top 5 Gulf Coast
1 TX 35
2 TX 87
3 FM 149
4 FM 3005
5 Ocean Dr
Top 5 Hil Country
1 FM 337
2 TX 16
3 FM 335
4 FM 1431
5 Willow City Loop
Top 5 Panhandle Plains
1 US 83
2 TX 207
3 TX 70
4 PR 5
5 US 287
Top 5 South Texas Plains
1 TX 16
2 US 83
3 US 90
4 US 181
5 US 277
Top 5 Prairies & Lakes
1 FM 455
2 FM 4
3 FM 390
4 FM 315
5 PR 1
Top 5 Piney Woods
1 TX 21
2 US 59
3 TX 87
4 US 69
5 TX 7
Top 10 USA Roads
1 US 129 Deals Gap, NC
2 Talimena Scenic Drive OK, AR
3 US 550 CO
4 Blue Ridge Parkway NC, VA
5 Pacific Coast Highway CA
6 Natchez Trace AL, TN
7 Arkansas Highway 7
8 New Mexico 244
9 US 285 CO
10 US 441 NC, TN
Top 10 Bikes
1 Honda Gold Wiing 1800
2 H-D Road King
3 H-D Electra Glide
4 H-D Softail
5 Hon VTX
6 Yam V Star 1100
7 Kaw Vulcan 1500
8 H-D Dyna
9 BMW RT
10 BMW GS
10 Yam Road Star
Top 10 Widget
1 GPS
2 XM Satellite Radio Tunes
3 Throttle Rocker
4 Kuryakyn Chrome accessories
5 iPod/MP3 Tunes
6 Backrest Touring
7 Battery Tender Battery
8 Formotion Clocks
9 Radar detector
10 Sahara Wool Vest
Top 3 Categories we should have included in the Readers Choice Poll but didn’t
1 Best Magazine RT
2 Best museum Lone Star MC Museum
3 Best Club Southern Cruisers Riding Club
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