The Tail of the Dragon

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The Tail of the Dragon

Post by ninja zx10r » Wed Mar 21, 2007 12:04 am

The Tail of the Dragon at Deals Gap, with 318 curves in 11 miles, is America ’s number one motorcycle and sports car road. The nearby Cherohala Skyway is quickly becoming number two with its remote 60 miles of scenic mountain highway. The area also has other roads less traveled, but just as exciting.
Come and discover them all.

http://tailofthedragon.com/pics/tos1_sm.jpg
Tree of Shame at the Crossroads of Time near Deal's Gap. Parts of bikes slain by the Dragon.
http://tailofthedragon.com/pics/logoflagnew_sm_gray.jpg
this trip will be for may if you thing you can with this curves you shoul go
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea ... =969698150
and ofcurs the bad side of the trip
http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?doc ... 9&hl=en-GB
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Post by beercap » Wed Mar 21, 2007 5:34 am

Something seriously unsafe about allowing an 18 wheeler
on tight roads as the Gap without following a flag vehicle way ahead...

There is something very wrong about it ...

Good videos :neutral:
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Post by Blizzard_1708 » Wed Mar 21, 2007 6:12 am

the warning vid is nice information to know.
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Post by Firewa11 » Wed Mar 21, 2007 6:49 am

Yeah, I've heard that the road itself is getting tore up in the corners by cruisers grinding pegs, not to mention the 18-wheelers and such. If they would close off the road for sportbikes only, starting out in groups every XX minutes, that would be super sweet!
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Post by ZX9R » Wed Mar 21, 2007 8:11 pm

DarcShadow Could run blocker or something...
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Post by DLSGAP » Mon May 14, 2007 11:34 am

Deals Gap? Been there .. done that.. lol

I grew up at the Gap....
When a semi truck comes through now because of the popularity of the road... if any regulars are up there one of them will escort the truck across the mountain to warn oncoming traffic.
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Post by beercap » Mon May 14, 2007 11:59 am

Here is a full run of the Gap in Style (on a 999)... :-)

Enjoy :neutral:
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Re: The Tail of the Dragon

Post by DLSGAP » Mon May 14, 2007 12:50 pm

ninja zx10r wrote:The Tail of the Dragon at Deals Gap, with 318 curves in 11 miles, is America ’s number one motorcycle and sports car road. The nearby Cherohala Skyway is quickly becoming number two with its remote 60 miles of scenic mountain highway. The area also has other roads less traveled, but just as exciting.
Come and discover them all.

http://tailofthedragon.com/pics/tos1_sm.jpg
Tree of Shame at the Crossroads of Time near Deal's Gap. Parts of bikes slain by the Dragon.
Oh...if you look close on some photos of the TOS, the old ZX7 upper cowling on that tree... :(
its mine... er used to be.. Also, on the bulletinboard in the store at Deals Gap... http://www.dealsgap.com/SubID1/dealsgap_085.htm about 1/3 of the way up on the right side... theres a white and blue Ninja 600r (old school ninja) that was mine too...
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Post by DLSGAP » Mon May 14, 2007 12:52 pm

beercap wrote:Here is a full run of the Gap in Style (on a 999)... :-)

Enjoy :neutral:
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how bout this one...
edit: crap, can't post video... heres the link... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEj7-JHW3-8
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Post by JP636 » Mon May 21, 2007 11:47 pm

Leaving in 5 days! :biker:
Just gotta do an oil change and I'm ready. Got the gear list and cabin. Just need to pack and buy beer!
Ima grip and sip.
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Post by JP636 » Mon May 21, 2007 11:49 pm

Firewa11 wrote:Yeah, I've heard that the road itself is getting tore up in the corners by cruisers grinding pegs, not to mention the 18-wheelers and such. If they would close off the road for sportbikes only, starting out in groups every XX minutes, that would be super sweet!
That's called a track day :)
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