wanna ride the back of the dragon?

derf · 11-04-2012, 08:12 PM

http://www.roadrunner.travel/2012/11...of-the-dragon/

Gas Man · 11-04-2012, 11:22 PM

Yes please!!!

Adeptus_Minor · 11-05-2012, 12:53 AM

It depends... will state & local law enforcement be lining up for the ticket revenue?

LeeNetworX · 11-05-2012, 08:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Adeptus_Minor

It depends... will state & local law enforcement be lining up for the ticket revenue?

It's in Virginia - don't know about the rest of you but that's the last place I would ever consider speeding.

fasternyou929 · 11-05-2012, 09:54 AM

I've always enjoyed that stretch of road more than Deal's Gap, mostly because the traffic was sparse. There goes that...

If they're going to start advertising it though, they need to spend some serious resources upgrading the road. As much as I enjoy riding it, its lack of a paved shoulder results in gravel in MANY of the turns, especially downhill rights.

CasterTroy · 11-05-2012, 09:58 AM

We moved the annual rally for the TLR site from DG to Marion in 2003 for this very reason. Then it got to where they'd repave with tar and gravel, then paint like 6 months later.

Turbo Ghost · 11-05-2012, 11:52 AM

It's a great ride but, there are sections you have to stay wide in right-handers or you'll hit your helmet on the rock-cliffs! They have a rally there every year now. I can't think of the name of the place that puts it on though. I've got it in my favorites at home.

Sean · 11-06-2012, 11:12 AM

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Originally Posted by LeeNetworX

It's in Virginia - don't know about the rest of you but that's the last place I would ever consider speeding.

SRSLY

They'll string you up for 10 over. Over 80mph is automatically reckless driving, even where the speed limit is 70! Fuck that noise!

Particle Man · 11-06-2012, 11:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Sean

SRSLY

They'll string you up for 10 over. Over 80mph is automatically reckless driving, even where the speed limit is 70! Fuck that noise!

Indeed. Eff THAT.

fasternyou929 · 11-06-2012, 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Sean

SRSLY

They'll string you up for 10 over. Over 80mph is automatically reckless driving, even where the speed limit is 70! Fuck that noise!

I think the speed limit on that road is still 45 or 55, a speed you could only maintain speed for part of one corner.

Until they wise up and ratchet down the speed limit like Tennessee did on 129, anyway.

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CasterTroy ................ Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: NC Posts: 3,028	We moved the annual rally for the TLR site from DG to Marion in 2003 for this very reason. Then it got to where they'd repave with tar and gravel, then paint like 6 months later. __________________ “Being tolerant does not mean that I share another one’s belief. But it does mean that I acknowledge another one’s right to believe, and obey, his own conscience.” Viktor Frankl

11-05-2012, 09:54 AM	#5
fasternyou929 SFL Expatriate #2 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Raleigh, NC Moto: CBR1000 Posts: 2,043	I've always enjoyed that stretch of road more than Deal's Gap, mostly because the traffic was sparse. There goes that... If they're going to start advertising it though, they need to spend some serious resources upgrading the road. As much as I enjoy riding it, its lack of a paved shoulder results in gravel in MANY of the turns, especially downhill rights.

11-05-2012, 11:52 AM	#7
Turbo Ghost Movie Star Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Kingsport, TN. Moto: KLR650 Posts: 682	It's a great ride but, there are sections you have to stay wide in right-handers or you'll hit your helmet on the rock-cliffs! They have a rally there every year now. I can't think of the name of the place that puts it on though. I've got it in my favorites at home.