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New guy, and y'all lied to me already! (Read 228 times)
justin_o_guy2
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Re: New guy, and y'all lied to me already!
Reply #15 -
03/09/15 at 20:12:11
Once upon a time, I could have done that..
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dontwannapickle
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Re: New guy, and y'all lied to me already!
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03/09/15 at 23:30:37
I swore off the Dragon after that weekend. Seems no matter how careful
you
are, some crazy can come around the curve at any time and take you out with 'em. Heck, in just one west-east pass through there I passed three wrecks and had a guy come across at me with his footboard throwing sparks! Came around a left-hander to see another guy going the opposite way in the ditch mangling his (sneakered) feet up between his Vulcan and the cliff on one side and the roadside on the other.
I do realize that the fact y'all are on Savages does indicate a very different mindset from that other group I rode with.
(few more posts and I kin PM!!)
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MMRanch
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Re: New guy, and y'all lied to me already!
Reply #17 -
03/10/15 at 09:26:40
Dontwantapickle
If ya put taller shocks on the rear then it not only raises the back but it also takes some of the RAKE out of the front effectually raising it too. Then you don't drag so much and it might surprise ya how far you can lean over before anythings drags or tires slip.
The S-40/Savage 30-HP rating is enough to keep up with almost anything on roads like the Dragon. I've got a brother who lives in that neighborhood and always has 100HP+ bikes , well he rides with us most years and keeps up most of the time.
All that said : I'm still not going around blind curves faster than I can stop in the distance I can see ahead.
It just ain't smart.
Heck we saw a bear in the road one year.
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Re: New guy, and y'all lied to me already!
Reply #18 -
03/10/15 at 17:16:45
MMRanch wrote
on 03/10/15 at 09:26:40:
I'm still not going around blind curves faster than I can stop in the distance I can see ahead.
It just ain't smart.
Heck we saw a bear in the road one year.
Always a good plan. Ride safe!
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Re: New guy, and y'all lied to me already!
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03/10/15 at 19:34:25
We don't go there to actually ride "The Dragon" itself.... heck, when I went we didn't even go there... well I didn't.. the guys went on the last day.
Most times the trips are trying to find new roads were the crazies are not riding and stopping at interesting finds and food joints.
I'm looking forward to the Texas run because it is new roads and putting a face to the names, and THAT is what the trips are really about.
If you go in June you can go early to MMR's place and shoot some bull.... well shoot and bull... I don't think the cow's are targets.
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MMRanch
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Reply #20 -
03/10/15 at 21:56:41
now that ain't just shooting the bull !
heck the last one I sold was just short of $2,000.
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