In all the "RUNS" over all the years , I've never got to run wide open for the length of the Dragon.
There is always a rolling Road-Block around one of the corners .
That's not to say we have never done stretches of it "Really Fast"
and maybe a little "Wild" ...
About 4 years back we got to run from the overlook almost all the way to Dragon Central (200-220 curves) with-out a road block ! My brother who lives there was trying to show me his power house bike (V-65 Honda) could leave the little Savages.
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Turns out that 100HP don't mean much in the twisties , but Tork and light weight does . I had to brake in the truns to keep from hitting him but didn't have HP enough between the turns to get ahead.
The next day I was in front and he was keeping up perty good till we came up behind a couple of 600cc sport bikes , the first one we came up on made the mistake of glancing in his mirrow to see what "What-The-Heck" had cought up with them , he drifted into the other lane a little --- That's when I shot past him !
He did his best to keep-up , and his buddy who seen me coming did his best to keep me from passing him. Well the "Buddy" had me running my best and I never gained or lost any ground to him ... Then we came up behind a PACK of Harleys ridding double --- so it was Race-Over , The first Sport Bike caught up ,... Then Brother caught-up with the rest of Our guys right behind him. But what a RIDE !
I like to have at least one RIDE like that every year !
There are some Dragon Runs on U-tube !
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDS4FfzXRzEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bi...