I have a couple of YouTube videos or riding - but not of the build.

Here I am on my Savage Cafe' bike chasing Stewmills and MMRanch.  In the first video Stew is in front of me on his Savage in the first part of the video, at about 7:50 I pass Stew and catch up to MMRanch on his 883 Sportster.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eu-2kNjUHsE


DragBikeMike:  If you happen to see this - maybe this will help you to understand why most of my riding is done at part throttle, and I very seldom use full throttle.  It is the curves that provide the thrills, and going fast on the straight sections just makes it so you catch the slow cars and trucks sooner!   Most of my riding is done between 2,500 - 4,000 rpm.

DragBikeMike:

That video is at the Tail of the Dragon.  The north end is in Tennessee and the south end is in North Carolina.  The road is 11 miles long and there are 318 curves.  Some of the curves are tricky as you can't see around them, and they are decreasing radius and the speed you enter may not be the speed you can keep all the way around.  Those curves catch a lot of bikes and cars by surprise, and it is pretty common for a few crashes each day.  This area of the Blue Ridge Mountains has some very fun roads and although the Tail of the Dragon is the most famous.....there are others that are just as nice.  The majority of slower traffic does pull over and let you pass - however not everyone does and although you can get past most of them.........it becomes a problem when you have a slow car in front and 2-3 more behind them.  I used to let that bother me - now I just turn around and enjoy the curves again by going back the way I came.......then turn around and ride back.  I go there to ride the curves.....and they are fun in either direction when you don't have a schedule to keep.  A lot of the slower bikers will wave you past when they see you come up behind them.