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Oldfeller--FSO Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline Hobby is now "concentrated neuropany" Posts: 12673 Fayetteville, NC Gender:	Re: 2013 Dragon Run (early summer) Reply #60 - 01/26/13 at 11:04:19 Likely it had a different name, but we've eaten everywhere up there more than several times. Shoot us a link so we can see what it used to be. There is a hotel and a BBQ joint actually at the dragon, but they have always been named separately in the past.
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rfbznb Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 108 laurel lake, nj Gender:	Re: 2013 Dragon Run (early summer) Reply #61 - 01/26/13 at 15:00:53 here is the link to the place http://www.dragonpittinnandbbq.com/
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MMRanch Serious Thumper Offline Evil flourishes if Good Men do Nothing. Posts: 5836 LYNCHBURG TN Gender:	Re: 2013 Dragon Run (early summer) Reply #62 - 01/26/13 at 21:50:26 Didn't we eat there last year ? There would be a gift shop accross the intersection ... The more rooms in the area the better the prices ought to be ! The BBQ was just fine and the guy cooking was very friendly .
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Re: 2013 Dragon Run (early summer)
Reply #63 - 01/27/13 at 00:33:05

Yep, we did.

I never realized the gift shop across the road had any rooms above it. $65 a night for two beds isn't really even as good as the Dragon Hotel 3 man room would be cost-wise (but for taking the wife it would be fine as it looks a little less spartan-basic).

But we guys LIKE spartan basic, right? Roll Eyes

MM and I stayed at the MicroTel in Maggie Valley once which was a very nice HotWire $29 room with a heated pool and a heated jacuzzi with hot waffles for breakfast the next day.

It done spoiled us, bad .....

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Reply #65 - 01/27/13 at 20:34:55

Hay ????

Why can't we stay in Maggie Valley and day trip to Dragon Central sometime ?

I've never tried to "Hot-Wire" more than one room but it might work ! Of course there is the charm of the campground and the campfire and the clubhouse , etc. (not to mention the campfire beverages ) to be taken into account . I did a HotWire in West Memphis for $29.oo too , turned out to be a nice motel w/breakfast tossed in to boot (we kept it for 2 days).

The wife woin't ride the bike that far and it ain't no fun by myself .

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Oldfeller--FSO Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline Hobby is now "concentrated neuropany" Posts: 12673 Fayetteville, NC Gender:	Re: 2013 Dragon Run (early summer) Reply #66 - 01/28/13 at 10:09:50 I keep saying the little trips are better than the big ones and that Hotwire trip we did was right much fun, wasn't it? Best trip we ever did was the one with you me and Lancer.
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Reply #67 - 01/28/13 at 21:28:03

I like them all ! They all have points I'll never forget. You remember that feller that brought the Venison wraped with backon

boy that was Good ! I think he brought his wife with him ?

There was some place we stayed that had fog so thick it made the road wet , it was surounded by high ridges (doin't have a clue where it was) but it was perty neet !

Mabbe I should write a book Grin

! That Hot Coco on top Mitchell is right up there with the best of em ! Cheesy

OF and it snowed some on our bare heads while we were drinking the hot coco

The Road to no-where !

That was some place everybody ought to see.

so many ! Hwy 80 , etc.

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Reply #68 - 01/28/13 at 21:44:08

Yea OldFeller

It may be a good thing you got a trailer. Seems like you and Lancer have been on all the trips I remember. We might have to haunt him out in Ok. after he settles in.

I'm thinking Sturgis this year . Any of you fellers ever been ? I understand there is plenty of camping space. I suppect Motel are hard to find and very pricey ... so ... a cot in a tent ? Huh

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Re: 2013 Dragon Run (early summer)
Reply #70 - 01/29/13 at 07:02:40

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I think 4.5 gallons and druelllll Tongue

. Is that the feller that cut the sides off and put spacers in ? I doin't trust my welding that well , but an extra two gallons

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Re: 2013 Dragon Run (early summer)
Reply #71 - 01/29/13 at 08:00:50

MMRanch wrote on 01/29/13 at 07:02:40:

Versey
I think 4.5 gallons and druelllll Tongue

. Is that the feller that cut the sides off and put spacers in ? I doin't trust my welding that well , but an extra two gallons

.

I would sure like to see this. I looked at a stock tank to see how easy it would be to cut the sides off and weld extensions......it is not as easy as it sounds. The tank is a compound curve and when you slide the sides out - the curves in both directions get weird and hard to blend back in. It would require a massive amount of shaping to get it right.

I did weld up the speedometer hole on a tank - but that only adds about a quart and you will have to move your speedo, neutral, high beam and turn signal lights somewhere else.

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Re: 2013 Dragon Run (early summer)
Reply #72 - 01/29/13 at 08:25:06

sieversavage did the vn750 conversion that gave ~4.5 gal

I think the guy's name was daniel, I called it a super tank cause he cut the sides and expanded it out, and it looked like you could stick the super emblem on it and it would fit perfect.

Personally, I'd look at the vn750 conversion or a gs1100 tank, there's one with the same style as the savage or a cafe style. and those would be ~5 gals.

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Re: 2013 Dragon Run (early summer)
Reply #74 - 01/29/13 at 11:34:19

You know, that's why I think that careful planning of a redux of "the best of the best" is a great theme for this upcoming trip.

Let's go on all the good ones again.

And if we decide we want to go to the knife works I know a way from where we are staying that only uses I 40 for just a few minutes before breaking out into a 32 mile long section of Dragon like road (even has a mile long bit of dirt road to keep it honest).

We can do a full trip just hitting the best of the best of the best.

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