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Aug 25, 2013 | 09:42 AM

08loryder

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Riding the Dragon

A bit of advice for anyone planning on making a trip to Tennessee to ride the Dragon. Be very cautious. Semi's travel that road and come around those curves on the wrong side of the road. Ride with some sense, it's a beautiful ride but has claimed more than its share of victims. It takes a long time to get an ambulance there to get you out. Just sayin'. Enjoy the ride, stay alive.

Aug 25, 2013 | 09:53 AM

Kawickrice

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I slayed the dragon 3 weeks ago. It will sharpen the riding skills for sure. What an adrenilin rush when you ride it hard

Aug 25, 2013 | 09:57 AM

ChickinOnaChain

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Advice I'll take with me if I'm ever in the area.

Aug 25, 2013 | 10:00 AM

45fan

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Great advice I will remember...

Aug 25, 2013 | 10:01 AM

300Slim

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Thanks for the advice. just looked at some photos just before this post and saw some s

cary $hit.

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Aug 25, 2013 | 10:10 AM

Dake

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It is a nice ride watch for people going full retard

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Aug 25, 2013 | 11:19 AM

Ray Lloyd

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If you do this ride really early in the morning, and I'm talking just as the sun comes up, you will avoid most of the retards and trucks. It makes for a much nicer, less crowded, safer ride.

I do the same thing in the mountains out west to avoid crowds, campers, trucks, etc.

Good luck, it really is a fantastic experience!

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Aug 25, 2013 | 12:09 PM

cHarley

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Originally Posted by bdtaylor1979

I would like to go there one day. All the accidents and stupid drivers make me nervous and I just don't know if I can make myself ride over 800 miles each way just to ride the dragon.

I ride 800 miles each way 2 or 3 times a year to visit not just the Dragon, but the many other roads with great riding in the area. Yea, it's worth it, especially if you spend the rest of the year riding the boring, flat, straight roads in the likes of TX or FL.