'nuff said.

Just ride safe.

I missed not being there too, but apparently I lack the needed skills and I ride much to slowly to ride with you guys.  I'll stick with the "old, slow guy" roads and only plan on taking my "walker wheels" off during the  "slow folks days" at the Dragon each year.

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ToyMaker I've been wanting to take the Sportster on a road like the Dragon sometime....
Maby we can do a Dragon Riders thing where it doin't matter what you ride .  
But I doin't want to bring a big bike on what OldFeller is talking about  @#$$@!!!%^^%  , I doin't think anybody would except a couple of "crouch idiots" it would be BAD and I'm not sure they could keep up.

Toymaker, MMRanch is speaking of keeping up with what happens when I "disappeared" on you several times riding at full rate, and HELL NO you wouldn't want to be on a Hurley of any kind trying to ride around traffic at that pace.   Or a Kawachunkie either.    

       <shudder>


Once again -- The Dragon Run doesn't change.


we have always had other bikes welcome during Dragon Week.    Toymaker is welcome on his Kawachunkie as he always has been, as is Rocket Phil and is whomever riding whatever that gets brought along as a friend.   Dragon Week is not restrictive, we just stress that only the last few days are the "beginner friendly" days (and it really will be safer for the beginners because I will be drawing off all the frogs with me -- you'll have totally  frog free days)


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Kel, we will jell the date for the Black Line Ride after the first few days of the next Dragon ride is over.   I'd just plan to go to the first days of Dragon Week as normal, taking the whole week off. Heck, we may jest quietly ride on away from the group at one point in time and jest go Black Lining for the last few days of the week while they are dealing with "Safe Day Saturday and Sunday" and all the newbies mechanical errors and learning curves and stuff.

Really, it's not like they can keep up with us anyway to see where we are going,  to them we simply "disappeared for hours" they get left so far behind.    'Cept this time it will be that we "disappeared for a couple of days".   There won't be all that many of us and the inflow of newbies will greatly outnumber us anyway so we won't be missed for much.

The announcement for the Black Line Ride could be as simple as a heads up that we're leaving on this next run.   Then you could decide if you wanted to go or not, load a couple of days worth of stuff up in your bags and RIDE.   After the first small town the ones who cannot keep up would be self-separated anyway.


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You would expect the number of Black Line capable riders would increase naturally each year as the tadpoles grow up in skill level to be full blown frogs, and the ones who were marginal last year might be capable of making the ride this year after a few days of early Dragon Week hard practice.

If you are considering going Black Line, try practicing passing things with very hard short accelerations around your  home town jest to get a feel for that particular action.   You can do that legally anywhere and then you can practice high speed sweepers and fast curves up on the Skyway during the first days of Dragon Week.


Mod and tune your bike.   Replace your brake pads and tires and any other wear related item well before Dragon week so they can seat in good before action week.

Being that the 4th is monday, I would expect the 2, 3 and 4th to be the busy weekend.  And the weekend before to be the light weekend.

someone should be in contact with the gap resort to know for sure.

I would like to, as you say, let's see what comes about.

Planning on a road trip, I have my eye on a trailer and looking for someone to share the cost with.

MMRanch wrote on 08/08/10 at 12:14:32:

My Dad's place is a mile and a half on the other side of Highway 80 from where you got off the Parkway. Thats where I spent my summers growing up and where I learned to ride.