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Title: Hell Roads - Tail of the Dragon
Post by: rktmanfj on March 03, 2012, 07:24:38 PM


Hell Roads - Tail of the Dragon (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K16YnmJN0fc#ws)
Title: Re: Hell Roads - Tail of the Dragon
Post by: racerman_27410 on March 03, 2012, 07:29:01 PM
there are just so many other good roads in that area..... the dragon is a joke now from what it once was.

i dont need a t shirt to say i had a good day of riding


KOokaloo!
Title: Re: Hell Roads - Tail of the Dragon
Post by: rktmanfj on March 03, 2012, 07:36:27 PM


That's kinda what I was thinking... it's changed so much over the years.     :empathy3:
Title: Re: Hell Roads - Tail of the Dragon
Post by: anson45 on March 03, 2012, 07:59:00 PM
Thanks for posting that Randy. I thought I wanted to try that on a quiet day, but not if there's big rig on it.
Anson
Title: Re: Hell Roads - Tail of the Dragon
Post by: Yamifj1200 on March 03, 2012, 08:11:27 PM
"the dragon is a joke now from what it once was"


Ah the old days, how nice it was back then....

(http://i662.photobucket.com/albums/uu349/Yamifj1200/Misc%20FJ%20pics/Thetreeofshamebackintheolddays-1.jpg)

(http://i662.photobucket.com/albums/uu349/Yamifj1200/Misc%20FJ%20pics/Theolddays.jpg)


Eric M

Title: Re: Hell Roads - Tail of the Dragon
Post by: rktmanfj on March 03, 2012, 08:39:53 PM
Quote from: anson45 on March 03, 2012, 07:59:00 PM
Thanks for posting that Randy. I thought I wanted to try that on a quiet day, but not if there's big rig on it.
Anson

There are signs at each end to warn the truckers, but every once in a while some knucklehead decides to try it anyway.

Sometimes, they meet other knuckleheads.

(http://i643.photobucket.com/albums/uu159/rktmanfj/two_meet_dragon.jpg)

Title: Re: Hell Roads - Tail of the Dragon
Post by: rlucas on March 04, 2012, 10:05:14 AM
Quote from: racerman_27410 on March 03, 2012, 07:29:01 PM
there are just so many other good roads in that area.....

I've always said the same thing, from my first ride on the Dragon. I'm not the fastest thing on two wheels, plus I have a very low tolerance for knuckleheads, crowds, squids, and general bad behavior. It's a cool stretch of road, but it's overpopulated, and that's what makes it dangerous.

Rossi
Title: Re: Hell Roads - Tail of the Dragon
Post by: moparman70 on March 04, 2012, 10:44:39 AM
this post tells of a truck ban so maybe the big riggers can't run anymore ... anyone know if its better from the truck stand point

http://www.fjowners.com/index.php?topic=5672.0 (http://www.fjowners.com/index.php?topic=5672.0)


Title: Re: Hell Roads - Tail of the Dragon
Post by: Capn Ron on May 13, 2012, 12:53:15 PM
Just ran The Dragon yesterday as part of my (now estimated) 10,000 mile trip.  It was everything they say it is and I had a blast.  I had the road to myself for the first 10 miles and only had a rabid pack of three motard riders catch up to and pass me in the last mile.  I stuck to their tail pretty well right up to the gas station.  What a blast!

Cap'n Ron. . .