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Hello all,
just hoping if you guys would wish me luck, as im jetting over to the USA with a few friends soon, i mean, too late to go back now, im in the blooming departure lounge :), as of the day after tomorrow me and 2 other fellas will be supermotoing over the "dragons tail",
If you comment.watch this thread, as wjen im back.from the ride i will update you with some pictures,
If i survive that is :) :riding::mwink:
Grins* then looks on with disdain, feigned with jealousy* that sounds like fun... I have read heaps about the dragons tail on various motorcycling websites/forums/threads (e.g. ADVrider, yamahasupertenere and many others).
No matter what, bloody well enjoy your time there, and for farks sake... this thread is useless without photos!
Hey bikerdoc,Quote:
Originally Posted by bikerdoc
I will most definately be posting, i just rang the hotel we will be partying in and they have a free wifi connection, airplane was delayed, so still in the. Departure lounge :) its like sardines in here !!!
Oh, and here is a quick pic just to get you guys coming back, here we go.!
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"318 bends in 11 miles, thats some intense sh+t :) :)
which departure lounge you squished into then... and did you ask her Dads permission first ;)
and look at that you bastard, rubbing salt into the wound of my eye with that cheap overhead map shot... yeah go on, grind it in while you are at it... bugger!
seriously though, have a great time but do be real safe... watch out for those BIG rigs who have no choice but to swing wide to get round some of those tight hair pins, there have been many a nasty accident on some of those bends; equation motorcyclist + truck = truck wins.
I'll be keeping my eyes peeled for your report.
Will you be posting on ADVrider at all?
Hey bikerdoc,Quote:
Originally Posted by bikerdoc
I will be sending you a PM when i get there, where are you from buddy ?, and dont worry, i have got myself a gopro hero so i will be taking a video of the full 11 miles, and i will then post it from the hotel lounge/hospital.... LOL !!
And i will post every pic on this thread, a few of them will be us lot pissed in the bar but apart from that :) brilliant :)
So, where you from, your location thingymobob is confusing haha ?!!! IMHO
P.S : haha, permission was asked :),hahaha !!!
Yeah no worries PM received and replied too already. Good job with GoPro, and if the first few takes don't look that shiet-hot, then no worries turn 'er round and take footage riding back the way ya came.
PM sent.
Do enjoy the Dragon's Tail, and wishing you good weather. As for bikerdoc's warnings about truc, er, lorries, this is indeed a legitimate concern. Another great danger there is squids -- not the seafood but the obscenely underskilled yet overconfident riders blasting up the Tail on kilobikes. There are probably more rider-inflicted accidents on that stretch than anywhere else in the US. OK, Mulholland Drive in LA probably has more, in a far shorter stretch. But just sayin' -- watch your back on the Dragon's Tail.
By the way, what will you and your mates be riding?
cheers
Hey there, seeing as bikerdoc and the guy that posted last have both asked, this is what we will be riding ::
Me (george "chuckles" williams) : ktm 950 sm
Jack "doof" deaufsonn : husqvarna 570R
Robert "pillow" jackson : suzuki drz400
Haha, i thought seeing as i am themost experienced rider, (12 years), on a supermoto anyway, i would get the bigger cc :) haha,
I hope you approve of the bikes, unfortunately i will be leaving my china moto at home:(, im going to miss her, but ill give her a nice cuddle when i gethome haha :), if. You guys or any new posters have any questions, just pm me, i will be happy to answer anything :), haha, plane is delayed, AGAIN, for 30 mins, so be quick if you have anything :). Haha :)
Sounds good. Have fun and take it cool.Quote:
Originally Posted by lsmhooligan
Watch out for crazy people! If you are coming to Arizona, or Southern California, let me know.
HELLO ALL
Currently sat in my hotel bar, chilling after doing the dragons tail, we had a few near misses, but all is good.:),
TRUCKS ARE BASTARDS
Did you do any
http://i634.photobucket.com/albums/u...0premsa201.jpg
Yesterday it was 38 degrees and sunny, today its 24 and freezing rain and snow!
Robbinsville, NC (28771) Weather
http://www.weather.com/weather/right...+NC+28771:4:US
Chilling? I would think you got chilled to the core ridding ?
Most of US129 is in Tennessee and the speed limit was 55mph but I read that they changed it to 30mph and set up speed traps along its way, guess you did not see any? The entire path is 318 miles, which would take 8hrs at 40mph.
I think if I was ridding through the Smoky Mountains I would rather do that in the spring or fall, the summer if not too hot, but in the dead of winter, no thanks. When it gets that cold hyperthermia can occur.