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Hell Roads - Tail of the Dragon - tony_d123 - 02-03-14


Apologies if this has been posted before, I just watched it on Discovery


Hell Roads - Tail of the Dragon

Re: Hell Roads - Tail of the Dragon - Frosties - 02-03-14

Love it - 318 bends in 11 miles  :lol :lol :lol .


You'd just love to ride it, even the name is great - just wouldn't do it on a Harley..... :rolleyes .

Re: Hell Roads - Tail of the Dragon - stevierst - 02-03-14

I'd love to ride it. You'd be knackered after that much concentration though!

There's a YouTube clip of two goldwing riders on it scraping the boards on every bend, they really hustle that road, impressive!

Re: Hell Roads - Tail of the Dragon - Dead Eye - 02-03-14

Yeah, uhh, no way. Not riding that. Even if the road was closed to all other traffic, I'd still have some serious misgivings about it on two wheels... I'd probably be comfortable driving it though

Re: Hell Roads - Tail of the Dragon - Gary - 02-03-14

Id love a go on that! Wouldnt take long for your tyres to get warmed up and you'd be set!

Re: Hell Roads - Tail of the Dragon - Skippernick - 02-03-14

Is that a Fazer at 1 minute!!!

Re: Hell Roads - Tail of the Dragon - devilsyam - 02-03-14

na its fun ridden it 5 times now once with kosmic

this was last years run not the bear

Bear on the tail of the Dragon


Re: Hell Roads - Tail of the Dragon - Dead Eye - 02-03-14

My main concern is everyone else on the road - especially oncoming trucks etc

By myself I'd probably be ok as long as I was in the right mind... occasionally I feel disconnected a little bit where I just can't get the timing on shifts right, or the speed for a corner (90% of the time its too slow, not too fast, thank god). But its fantastic when you feel totally in sync with the bike Smile My worry with a road like this is the former, obviously.

Re: Hell Roads - Tail of the Dragon - devilsyam - 02-03-14

Not many trucks on the dragon now a days biggest problem is hurley s they just don't do curves

Re: Hell Roads - Tail of the Dragon - Dead Eye - 02-03-14

Yeah, having another biker coming at you head-on on your side of the road is somewhat disconcerting Tongue

Re: Hell Roads - Tail of the Dragon - devilsyam - 02-03-14

[Image: s33pll.jpg]

Kosmic on the dragon

Re: Hell Roads - Tail of the Dragon - Hiswitsend - 02-03-14

Quite an old clip, but and great riding :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nrMQ3QwyPo&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Re: Hell Roads - Tail of the Dragon - Kosmic Kartman - 02-03-14

(02-03-14, 09:00 PM)devilsyam link Wrote: [Image: s33pll.jpg]

Kosmic on the dragon

Yeehaa!

There's a few other roads out that way that are also pretty entertaining.  :lol

One of the best biking hols I've had to date.

Re: Hell Roads - Tail of the Dragon - bristol banger - 02-03-14

I rode the Dragon last year with devilsyam, good fun but my favourite road was the cherohala skyway. The scenery was outstanding and when I stopped for a smoke I was amazed at the lack of other road user's.


Steve