Dragon not so nice guy
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From: Texas
California State Route 49 is all mountain riding. All 295 miles of it, and twisty as all get out. I have been told by some that it puts the Dragon to shame, but I can only go by what others say. I have only ridden 49 and not the Dragon!
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In a similar situation, I'd probably let him pass. I have nothing to lose by letting him go and nothing to gain by holding him up.
I had a young buck come up against me wanting to start a fight. I kindly told him it was going to end one of two ways.
He either kicks my a$$ and gets the honor of saying he beat an old dude or I kick his and he has to live down getting his a$$ stomped by an old dude. Either way he has nothing to win. He left it alone..
I had a young buck come up against me wanting to start a fight. I kindly told him it was going to end one of two ways.
He either kicks my a$$ and gets the honor of saying he beat an old dude or I kick his and he has to live down getting his a$$ stomped by an old dude. Either way he has nothing to win. He left it alone..
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From: Michigan 15 Minutes East Of Hell
I cringe when people want me to take them to the dragon. Lemme give you some directions from here....
On the other hand I love the Cherohola. A lunch ride would be a burger at the Beach in Tellico, over the Cherohola, a cold beer at the Highway 64 gym in Murphy, along the Ocoee through Reliance and back to the Billarosa for a cold 420 on the veranda.
On the other hand I love the Cherohola. A lunch ride would be a burger at the Beach in Tellico, over the Cherohola, a cold beer at the Highway 64 gym in Murphy, along the Ocoee through Reliance and back to the Billarosa for a cold 420 on the veranda.
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From: Michigan 15 Minutes East Of Hell
LOL @ this thread. ALL of it. Between the tough guys and the wannabe Valentino Rossi's here, I have enough laughs to last a week or more.
I'm so glad I learned the other roads in that area. The roads I ride now make the Dragon's Tail look like a straight line. You guys have fun with all the other traffic and semis. I go the other way instead.
Probably because it's the most overrated road in all of the southeast.
I'm so glad I learned the other roads in that area. The roads I ride now make the Dragon's Tail look like a straight line. You guys have fun with all the other traffic and semis. I go the other way instead.
Probably because it's the most overrated road in all of the southeast.
Perhaps. But when you have deal with semis lurking around corners, sportbikes on your ***, and grandma and grandpa in the Winnebago in front you, it makes the ride a little less enjoyable. So I avoid it completely.
As for the original topic, personally, I could give a rat's *** if you're behind me or not. I'm going to ride my own ride at my own ability level. If there's a turnoff that I can safely pull into to allow you to pass, then cool. But you expecting me to pull over on a road as twisty as the Dragon with drop-offs on the shoulder is just foolish. It's not a racetrack - it's a public highway.
And please don't get off your bike to approach me about it afterward, unless you want me to stomp your ***.
As for the original topic, personally, I could give a rat's *** if you're behind me or not. I'm going to ride my own ride at my own ability level. If there's a turnoff that I can safely pull into to allow you to pass, then cool. But you expecting me to pull over on a road as twisty as the Dragon with drop-offs on the shoulder is just foolish. It's not a racetrack - it's a public highway.
And please don't get off your bike to approach me about it afterward, unless you want me to stomp your ***.
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When I see the sport bike guys and the faster adventure tour guys come up behind me I just slide right and wave them past in my lane, there's plenty of room for 2 bikes side by side briefly.
I rode sport bikes for most of my life until recently and remember just how bad it sucked to overtake a group of road hogs that refused to give me room to pass. Let everyone ride their own ride, it costs you nothing to slide right and let the fast guys go by. As a matter of fact it still sucks I hate over taking a group of HD's running staggered formation when they should be strung out single file in the fun stuff.
We rode Moonshiner 28 all the way down to Walhalla SC. What a great road to ride.
I rode sport bikes for most of my life until recently and remember just how bad it sucked to overtake a group of road hogs that refused to give me room to pass. Let everyone ride their own ride, it costs you nothing to slide right and let the fast guys go by. As a matter of fact it still sucks I hate over taking a group of HD's running staggered formation when they should be strung out single file in the fun stuff.
We rode Moonshiner 28 all the way down to Walhalla SC. What a great road to ride.
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So the OP was traveling in excess of the posted speed limit and another biker comes up behind and demands OP get off the road so speed racer can pass? And some on this thread say speed racer is in the right?
Speed racer has no right or expectation of private use of a public road. It's not his race track so he's just going to have to get used to the fact that he's got to share public facilities with, wait, here it comes: the Public!
And other posters deriding OP for forcing others to ride his ride? Yet they're going to force others to ride their ride? What hypocrisy.
Speed racer has no right or expectation of private use of a public road. It's not his race track so he's just going to have to get used to the fact that he's got to share public facilities with, wait, here it comes: the Public!
And other posters deriding OP for forcing others to ride his ride? Yet they're going to force others to ride their ride? What hypocrisy.
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From: Southern IL
I was just there last week. Weekends it is busy! I had no problems with anyone. Sure, I got passed a few times. "I rode my own ride" and had a good time. The "sporties" would stage on some of those pull offs and wait till they could jump out and not worry about someone slow them down. As it is a public road I felt no obligation to alter my ride. You want to break the law and get someone killed it is on you. Some of those guys would be leaned over so far that if they meet a truck they would loose their head. lol I did notice several TN State Troopers on some of those pull offs later in the week. Was told they do that from time to time for a reality check when it gets out of hand. The Moonshine 28 is a great ride. Definitely more scenic. The Cherohala Skyway is very nice with a higher speed limit and a lot of great sweepers. It was a good time.
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So the OP was traveling in excess of the posted speed limit and another biker comes up behind and demands OP get off the road so speed racer can pass? And some on this thread say speed racer is in the right?
Speed racer has no right or expectation of private use of a public road. It's not his race track so he's just going to have to get used to the fact that he's got to share public facilities with, wait, here it comes: the Public!
And other posters deriding OP for forcing others to ride his ride? Yet they're going to force others to ride their ride? What hypocrisy.
Speed racer has no right or expectation of private use of a public road. It's not his race track so he's just going to have to get used to the fact that he's got to share public facilities with, wait, here it comes: the Public!
And other posters deriding OP for forcing others to ride his ride? Yet they're going to force others to ride their ride? What hypocrisy.