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2012 Tail of the Dragon Trip (6/25-7/1) (Read 11339 times)
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Re: 2011 Tail of the Dragon Trip
Reply #300 -
07/03/11 at 02:06:04
What are you proposing then? Aug 8th through Aug 13? Or what?
What sort of trip are you proposing? Going where, doing what?
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Anyone got a ride report on the current ride?
Verslagen is alive and posting, but he could do that from anywhere with cell phone service since he has him a fancy phone.
Lancer isn't gonna say much (never does).
Al hasn't had time to get back home and get unpacked yet -- but he will have pics and video to share if there is any to be had.
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Re: 2011 Tail of the Dragon Trip
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07/03/11 at 20:14:26
I just got home (5 hour ride Dragon to House)
OldFeller there was some guy saw on the Dragon calander that we would be there. Well he was looking for the "Short White Guy on the Grandmaw's bike" he also had one of those water-cooled Harleys ! The good part was he couldn't remember what color you bike was (did remember it was "LIGHT" colored. Not sure what he had in mind ?
The first trip there was a two state trooper (one bike , one car. ) the car showed up behind us on the northend then followed allmost to the gas station on the north end , like he was daring us to do 42 in the 40 on the long stretch at the bottom. We made perty good time after we passed them and by time that trooper cought up with us (and maby the only reason) we had come up behind some full-dresser types , and they were riding 1 mph under the limit. So I for one said "Thank Goodness for Baggers".
Al took some vidio. and I'll fill in more detail later , its late and I haven't seen my wife since Tuesday so you know what I'm up too !!!!
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Re: 2011 Tail of the Dragon Trip
Reply #302 -
07/03/11 at 20:28:16
MMRanch wrote
on 07/03/11 at 20:14:26:
it late and I haven't seen my wife since Tuesday so you know what I'm up too !!!!
ducking?
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Re: 2011 Tail of the Dragon Trip
Reply #303 -
07/04/11 at 02:13:51
Sounds like one of our past customers did him a Hurley "upgrade" and wuz lookin' him a rematch .....
A Vrod would do a Savage right smartly in any kind of straight section, but there aren't very many straight sections up at the Dragon.
Most likely he'd turn loose those them hundred plus Vrod HP and exit right off the side of the mountain (taking me with him with my luck).
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Reply #304 -
07/04/11 at 05:54:39
MADE IT!! I got home at 1:53 AM monday. Total of 19 1/2 hours from leaving the parking lot at deals gap to my driveway. That was pretty good.
Now, about the dragon.....
The weather was great.
Beer was great.
Roads were great.
People were great.
(not neccessarily in that order)
That covers it.
I will add some details later(with video & photo). I have to unload the truck and get some laundry started.
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Re: 2011 Tail of the Dragon Trip
Reply #305 -
07/05/11 at 06:45:42
Serenity
We finally found the rain , Saturday we did ("The Full Day of Twisitys") ride. Well the rain allmost cought us at the south/west corrner of the ride , somewhere around Cashiers. We took 64 over to 276 north , it was twistieeee. There was a slew of trafffic going south on 276. It was allmost like we had missed the party and were meeting the folks going home. Come to find out 276 is the road comming off the souther end of the parkway. Once we passed the parkway the other side was a bumppy rollercoaster. There is a motorcycle only campground on the north side, that where I meet Lancer and OldFeller for the second ride last year.
My ride to town is leaving , got to go.
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07/05/11 at 09:36:29
MMRanch, My apologies to you and your brother for not sticking around sunday morning to say goodbye but I wanted to get an early start. Had a great time though. Videos will be up when I get a chance to edit and upload.
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07/05/11 at 10:24:35
Well, I made it home at 7PM Saturday, just following my nose and heading away from the sun. The week was great fun, really just 6 of us members and a couple of crashers: MMRanch's brother Kent, and Bigzuk's galpal Becky. My little bike is just purring along even after 1500 miles for the week.
All you girls and boys who are "dragon-curious", make plans to come next year. Or there is shaping up to be some kind of gathering later this year, though sounds like somewhere besides the Dragon. It's really great to put names with faces and shoot the sh!t with new and old friends. I highly recommend the therapeutic benefit of Savage Week at Deals Gap!
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07/05/11 at 11:21:17
Yes, it was a great time. Nice to meet up with everyone and see bigzuk's new 4 wheel mod'd zuk.
And special thanks to lancer for lending wheels to me.
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Reply #309 -
07/05/11 at 11:34:12
Picture on 7/1 start on page 19 or no. 792
http://www.photoreflect.com/store/Orderpage.aspx?pi=1WPV003I060791&po=791&pc=...
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07/05/11 at 11:56:47
Thanks, Versy. For the rest of you, I'm number 796 through 799.
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07/05/11 at 12:18:44
here we are also
http://www.129pix.net/jps/store.jsp?act=showgroup&clid=3001&gid=1495&eid=152&...
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Re: 2011 Tail of the Dragon Trip
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07/05/11 at 15:36:44
Here's another one from earlier in the week
the first photo starts on 139
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Re: 2011 Tail of the Dragon Trip
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07/06/11 at 08:35:45
verslagen1 wrote
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Yes, it was a great time. Nice to meet up with everyone and see bigzuk's new 4 wheel mod'd zuk.
And special thanks to lancer for lending wheels to me.
Thanks Versy, It was great to see you and the other Wild Savages. Here is the 4 wheel Suzuki with the extra storage unit that tamed the Dragon
http://www.129pix.net/jps/store.jsp?act=preview&iid=30021309554405949&clid=30...
#487 & up.
And here is the Suzuki 2 seater w/o the extra storage unit.
http://www.129pix.net/jps/store.jsp?act=preview&iid=30041309398007013&clid=30...
Same speeds, & drive with or w/o. And to answer Becky's question, NO I can't turn the "storage unit" over!
Thanks to all for letting me tag along.
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07/07/11 at 06:14:06
Love the pics! Ok, now the stories.... tell me the good stuff!
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