That is spooky, the Dragons Tail is in Maryville Tennessee where my brother laid that 1997 GL1500CT down and took out the windshield headfirst.
He has family that works at a store there, I believe the bottom end of the tail. He had even told his wife that day "I am probably going to lay it down today" He is gung ho! and knew he was going to push it hard. While typing this I am ordering a windshield for his bike #64100-mz0-700.
While in central Florida in a huge traffic jam he told me of many a Harley that overheated, he loves the reliable Valkyrie. Apparently a Fla. cop chased a Harley rider too his death, which they are not supposed to do because high rates of innocent civilians dying in the process.
He took his cycle up the emergency lane where he could see police were working to cover any and all evidence of misbehavior and thus the traffic jam.
They were actually changing the crash scene covering up the skid marks etc.