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Texas Outdoors: Motorcycling through the Twisted Sisters

Once you start down the Twisted Sisters, there are only two ways to go: back from where you came, or twist the grip and make the loop.

For a lot of people, a bike ride through the Texas hill country is relaxing - but I like a different kind of bike. A wind-in-your-face, rumble-in-your-ears, power-between-your-legs ride.

This is the Twisted Sisters motorcycle ride, where you'll see some of the most beautiful country in Texas: huge hills, steep drop-offs, and an uncountable number of curves.

KENS 5 production manager Randy Oates and an old friend, Frank McCall, joined me. We met up in Bandera and headed north.

The route makes a loop, from Medina on 337 to Vanderpool, through Leakey, to camp wood, then up 335 to 41, across to 336, then back down to Leakey. 

But you better be ready for a ride. 

"It's not 60 miles an hour for 80 miles," Oates explained. "It's 35- to 10-mph turns. It's going to take a while."

Once you begin, there are only two ways to go - back from where you came, or twist the grip and make the loop.

And you don't want to get in a hurry. Along the way, on each of the "Sisters," signs show just how wicked they can be.  

"Enjoy the scenery, but don't enjoy it too much or you'll become part of it - because it's dangerous!" Oates said.

There are hairpin turns and in places barely enough shoulder to pull over if something does happen. 

It's amazingly peaceful, but you better stay on your toes because the Twisted Sisters can quickly put you on your back.

"I know it's the best road in Texas to ride on," McCall said.

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