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One Harley on the Tail of the Dragon Today...me! (photos)

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Old 01-19-2010, 09:46 PM
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Good on you! As I understand it, 318 curves in 11 miles, WOW! Hope to do it someday.
 
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Man those are some cool pics. We rode across the skyway and the dragon a couple of years ago in early March. When we were in Tellico Plains is was just a nasty light rain, when we got to the top of the skyway we had 2 inches of snow on the road. Made me pucker!
 
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Old 01-19-2010, 10:19 PM
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Awesome. I want to do the dragon next summer. Now I'll be able to find this thread. Thanks for the great trip report.
 
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Old 01-19-2010, 10:54 PM
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Cool! Glad to hear you made the trip. The weather couldn't have been better. I was thinking about making the trip to dragon today but I went to the dealer to cash in some christmas gift cards and got stuck buying stuff and didn't have time before work. The cherohola is my favorite ride and pairing it with the dragon makes for one hell of a day!
 
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Old 01-19-2010, 11:12 PM
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Great pictures Captain! I've been on the Dragon multiple times so I know you had a great time. The only thing that surprises me a little is that you were the only Harley. Last time I was there, the Harley's were coming out of the woodwork, definitely outnumbered the other brands!
 
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Nice pictorial documentary CaptainChet!
Thanks for sharing!
I bet riding those 30 plus miles on that black ice sent the pucker factor off the chart. Glad ya made it safe and had a wonderful time.
 
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Thanks for the great pics!
Hopefully me and my Bro will make that ride this Summer.
 
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I have to agree with most of the posts here, nice report with the pics and with the GPS route track thrown in to boot. Good Job!!!!!!
 
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Old 01-20-2010, 06:09 AM
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Trucks are the most intimidating thing about the dragon.

 
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Old 01-20-2010, 06:29 AM
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Nice pics. Now I am looking forward to get the bike out of hibernation
 


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