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Title: Tail of the Dragon
Post by: ShowBizWolf on June 13, 2016, 06:36:45 PM
My friend messaged me on fb earlier and showed me this... I'd never heard of it before!! Her and her man rode it and she was like omg it was scary as sh*t!
(https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t34.0-12/13444356_1097549096950477_2106742760_n.jpg?oh=e19ec5140c1fa488c1170482cea18194&oe=57628B5D)

She told me it was on the show Hell's Roads which I will have to look up on google... but woah looks like a hell of a ride!

Parts of bikes that didn't complete the whole road... "The Tree of Shame"
(https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t34.0-12/13435813_1097552633616790_991514142_n.jpg?oh=38bb470dffeb24e2e6c1c1978ca91d9b&oe=5761C700)
Title: Re: Tail of the Dragon
Post by: gsJack on June 13, 2016, 07:32:14 PM
 JP and I rode to Knoxville for the Honda Hoot back in 01 and returned over the Dragon aka Deals Gap and back up the Blueridge Parkway on way home.  Great roads and fun riding, we returned to ride the area again in 02, 03, and 04 with a group from another forum.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v443/jcp8832/dragon01.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v443/jcp8832/jackjohnBRPhighburp04.jpg)
Title: Re: Tail of the Dragon
Post by: lucas on June 13, 2016, 08:08:55 PM
No Gain

Tree of Shame

& a lot of PAIN!!!!
Title: Re: Tail of the Dragon
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on June 13, 2016, 09:29:10 PM
Ive ridden it many times. on my gs,. ( will find the photo from killboy.com and post it. along with annie. my 03 sportster i had in o4 i believe. its FUN. find the youtube vid of an ex georrgia hp givin it hell on a goldwing. also traded ( i.e. we switched bikes) y gs for a run on a `41 jockeyshift ( believe a panhead.) FUN. YOULL SEE in my pic i wasnt going too fast. ( beside the killboy photographer was aq TN HWY PATROLMAN. anyhoo will find the pic and post tomorrow.
Aaron
Title: Re: Tail of the Dragon
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on June 15, 2016, 10:04:58 PM
I rode it after getting off work 3rd shift at a store.
(http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k2/yamahonkawazuki/highresnekkidness2.jpg)
Aaron
Title: Re: Tail of the Dragon
Post by: ShowBizWolf on June 15, 2016, 10:20:17 PM
AWESOME!!!!  :D
Title: Re: Tail of the Dragon
Post by: Big Rich on June 15, 2016, 11:03:55 PM
My brother in law goes down with his dad every year. I've never been, but I've heard it can be a real cluster f**k sometimes! To prove that point, here's a 2000+ page thread on ADVRider with stuff that can go wrong:

http://advrider.com/index.php?threads/killboy-failure-dragon-fest.454662/
Title: Re: Tail of the Dragon
Post by: rscottlow on June 16, 2016, 08:24:08 AM
My brother is headed down there in a couple of weeks with his Miata. I'm sure that once he returns, he'll be wanting to take a bike trip in the near future.
Title: Re: Tail of the Dragon
Post by: Tekime on June 16, 2016, 11:23:07 PM
This ride looks amazing, but I've also heard it can get swamped with traffic and cops. I've considered making a trip; hopefully someday will hit it!

Quote from: Big Rich on June 15, 2016, 11:03:55 PM
My brother in law goes down with his dad every year. I've never been, but I've heard it can be a real cluster f**k sometimes! To prove that point, here's a 2000+ page thread on ADVRider with stuff that can go wrong:

http://advrider.com/index.php?threads/killboy-failure-dragon-fest.454662/

Woah. If the remaining 2,326 pages of that thread are anything like the first two...

Real friendly lot at ADV  ;)
Title: Re: Tail of the Dragon
Post by: Big Rich on June 17, 2016, 12:51:57 AM
Meh.... they're not all bad. But when you get over 200k people with 200k different opinions, sometimes there is clashing. My advice for that thread? Just scroll thru and look at the pictures. There is some CRAZY stuff that rolls thru the Dragon on a weekly basis.
Title: Re: Tail of the Dragon
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on June 18, 2016, 11:39:35 AM
YUP lol