Dragon Tail

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Pics from the Dragon Tail. 11 miles and 318 curves.

 

[Gorilla]

OUCH

 

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[ol' school]

Bunches of ouches!!! :seestars:

 

[Zammy]

Damn, some of them are hard to look at.

 

[paws]

As tragic as these pics are the pics themselves are awesome.

 

[rhino 2]

Thats why people go to the Nascar races.....No gore no go!....:xzqxz:...

 

[paws]

I found it interesting that a couple of riders actually were tossed UP and summersaulting into the air. I had it in mind that a mc crash would generally throw the rider through the windshield or off to the side as shown in at least one of the pics.

 

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[paws]

The Killboy.com photographer must have a direct line to the emergency response system...plus, I’ll bet these wreck photos are probably used in insurance settlement cases.

 

[Sidecarbill]

Lots of folks with trikes like to brag they can keep up with the two wheelers. I don't have that inferiority complex myself. But I will say you're gonna get hurt just as bad when something goes wrong. When you're on the ragged edge bad things happen quick.

 

[David357]

I am with you on those thoughts 100% Fuzzy. There are just too many folks on the Dragon who ride or drive beyond their limits, capabilities and common sense even at the posted speed limits.

I ride the Dragon just about yearly. Every ride requires your 120 % attention to the roller coaster ride you are participating in from start to finish.



This is a pic from 2015, one year before the CSC conversion and 8 weeks after major abdominal surgery, taking it easy on the Dragon. Yes, that is a car tire on the rear with an Avon Cobra on the front. But tires cannot replace knowing your limits, good capabilities and common sense.

Ride Safe EveryoneThumbUp

 

[paws]

Maybe they should designate certain style riding days on the Dragon... Scenic days to not exceed x-mph and Speed Demon days to tempt fate. That way the county could save money by not having extra first responders on the payroll EVERY day.

 

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[ISP-FL]

This will be the third year that we will be in the area of Deal's Gap. Each year between late summer and early fall we stay someplace in the area with 2 other TG couples. The Dragon is only a minor ride for us and to be honest last year we did it a couple times just because we were going from point A to point B and it was the best way to get there.

For us there are better roads to ride than the congested Dragon. We will be there again in October and who knows we may skip it all together this year.

 

[Wmitz]

Earlier this year I was riding the dragon, rescue squad, police and riders were helping to retrieve somebody who went off the edge down the embankment. Don’t know if they made it, and the last time about 4 weeks ago some idiot in a sports car looped it into a ditch backwards, no injuries, but they were waiting over an hour for a tow truck. Sports car enthusiasts are just as dangerous, as they have a tendency to shorten the corners as well.

 

[WalterM817]

It’s tempting to look at the pretty trees etc. but as mentioned before you need to watch that road completely. If you spaz out at scenery for even a second or two you may end up as part of it.

It can be ridden safely but so many of the corners and curves are so sharp you can see your tail lights just ahead of you. Can’t let attention wander. Of course you have the boy racers trying to do time trials through there as well .

It has to be ridden to be believed for sure but you absolutely have to concentrate to get through it with a large bike.