Drama Queens....LMAO

 

Everyone is acting like moving a few feet to the side and letting someone slide by is some kind of life altering move that they have to make. Lots of hard asses talking about beating some *** because someone wants to move by them. Sounds like the guy trying to pass in this instance was a douche, but a lot of that internet tough guy attitude coming from a lot of members here too.

 

LOL! You're right -- too early for me, obviously needed more coffee.

 

It can be, if the squid you are letting slide by clips you. I have no problem with close quarter riding, if it's someone I know. People get to places like The Dragon and suddenly want to live a fantasy of dragging pegs through the place, I get that. Problem is, lots of them have no ****ing idea what they are doing and nobody wants to be collateral damage. Too many people up on Deals Gap now to get all racer most of the time. I first went there in the nineties and it was a much more doable scene. fewer folks and most who went there knew the deal on how to ride.

 

make it Community Coffee, dark Roast.....

 

If I am riding at or slightly above the posted limited and you want to go faster . That is your problem not mine period. Now if I chose to ride slower by all means I will let you by. Because you have some thing to prove riding faster on a public road I am not required to assist you with it.
Sadly this is why we need more LEO on Roads like the dragon. It is not some leathered up sport rider private track.

 

Anyone that rides the Dragon knows that they are going to encounter faster riders. It's a given, it's not a surprise. Some riders want to prove how fast they are, and some riders think "I'll be damned" if I'm going to let some hot dog blow by me on their Ninja 250.

Personally, I skip the Dragon. There are so many other beautiful roads in the area where I don't have to deal with either form of head case.

 

I've never been there, but I've read the tales, saw the photos, and it's really not on my "Bucket List" of places to ride. But I have to ask, what is the attraction that can't be found anywhere else? Are the turns broad enough to go WFO on a sport bike?

Being in California, there are some roads that are popular for the squid riders who are pretty much what makes Angeles Crest Highway a place to avoid on weekends

 

Very true

 

Mike ... there aren't very many spots where a crotch rocket can get into 3rd gear if they're really on the pipe ... as far as the intrigue, it's just one of those "Bucket List" rides. Something like 318 curves in 11 miles ( someone will correct me I'm sure ) Tail of the Dragon ... been there, done that ...probably wouldn't do it again.