Order of ride should then be Dave in Front, Oldfeller, MM and then Kent.

Kent may surprise us as the Triumph speed triples get good marks for handling.  

However, what is Dragon dangerous is the Speed Triples can easily pull a second gear wheelie ..... lots of power lots & of low speed gearing.   They can also pull a stoppie (good brakes, lighter weight bike).  

Neither are good safety characteristics up on the Dragon.

Just tell him the truth, Dave is somewhat dangerous to follow in the curves as he has a "very specialized Dragon bike" and he likes to ride it fast and I am always pushing at my limits out on a road like Cherohala Skyway.


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MM can't lead, he has to take third so he can protect Kent from the rest of us.

Dave will go first on the curvy roads and he will do his normal excellent job.

If you can see me beginning to struggle some (kiss the yellow) then he is getting in the groove and is getting to going pretty good.

Then you slow down and protect Kent.

Very simple, very neat.

It will work good on Fontana Dam Road or Hwy32  or the Dragon.    

Built in curvy road protection ......

It will break down when we go off adventuring, when the GPS man will need to lead to keep up with the turns to get there.   Kent takes second place then so he can follow you as you don't speed for much when you are navigating.

Kent will only see me in the distance 2 up from him, or gone, or suddenly appearing right up behind him, depending on if I am playing around with him or not.

Kent has done this before like 3 times, so this is not new to him.   His new bike is plenty capable, he just needs to learn to ride it.    And he will.


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You put me in front and Dave second, then I go too fast and Dave keeps up anyway ....

All you see is Dave loafing along and you try to keep up with Dave ....

Kent gets pulled in over his head because you though Dave was loafing and you made assumptions.

You know better than to trust me in front of you with nobody in front of me -- WFO   (if we are in NC that is)

I ain't worried about killing you or Dave ---

Kent is 5 years since the last time he went out with us anywhere and believe it or not we have gotten a little faster/better in the last 6 trips.

Last time we stayed at Dragon lodge (3 years ago ???) I was following Zuk in and we passed 8 items on one (1) leg from the overlook down to the lodge.  

(my personal best to date)

Kent ain't seen us ripping through lines of traffic or passing trucks.

You said it, we go skin the boy up and it's your arse that's grass wid yer wimmen folk.

And what the heck are you doing scenting them roses and then trying to locate them visually when you are supposed to be riding a motorcycle ????

Mebbe we should be worried about you ??


   Ooooh --- look at that nasty looking torn up dirt embankment.  

It has a broken tree stump sticking out of it with a piece of jacket cloth caught on the broken shards from the last idiot that got visually fixated on it and ran right up onj it.

Let's see, what color was that jacket ..... dark blue with stri   <BAM>

Dave you've  gotten a lot quicker about getting around those corners.  OldFeller You didn't see him this last time out.   If ya take your eye off him for a minute , then ya have to hunt-em-up to see him again.
 
It may be ridding the ST-1100 for a while then getting on a lighter bike thing.   I know what happens when I do the switch from a 500 lb machine to a 350 lb 'er.   The back tire tends to loose traction on stops and turns.     And "It feels like I'm riding a toy !  

Oooh!  I am afraid.....Very Afraid!  If I fall over, I owe it to my wife to give up riding.  She wants me to grow old with her.

MM was telling me about the back of his bike slipping around.....I have not been there and don't wanna' ever be there.

I don't speed up over the speed limits on the straight sections....just try to Boogie through the turns.  I try not to ride faster than my Guardian Angel can Fly!

Seriously, the only time I rode faster than MM the last trip was when we were on 32, and he was smelling the flowers and let me get a long way ahead of him.  He can get that Sportster to hustle around the turns on the Dragon....the only thing slowing him down is the stuff scraping when he leans it way over.

Dave

Oldfeller--FSO wrote on 08/11/14 at 10:38:47:


Yep....I got a picture when I stopped to let MM catch up!

I remember that road:  seems like it goes on forever , riding in the shade and curves , it was a really nice place to put a road !    Makes me smile just at the thought of it .  

I got this one is why Dave had to "Wait-up"