The Dragon

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  1. TheRex

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    Dragon Oct 3-5 in Robbinsville, NC....reservations can be made at Microtel
     
    #1 TheRex, Oct 10, 2003
  2. fez

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    can you supply more information about it, Directions, what "The Dragon" is, meeting spot?
     
    #2 fez, Oct 10, 2003
  3. Matt

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    check out this site....

    www.tailofthedragon.com

    basically, its 318 curves in 11 miles....with numerous elevation changes, fun times with good people :)
     
    #3 Matt, Oct 10, 2003
  4. fez

    fez The Arabian Sensation

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    er, so how fast can you legally go on this road?
     
    #4 fez, Oct 10, 2003
  5. TheRex

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    11 miles 318 curves doesnt merit much room to speed i dont believe...next weekend will be my first time there so im lookin forward to it....
     
    #5 TheRex, Oct 10, 2003
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    yeah didnt they up the 5 0 there though? I was reading somewhere that they increased the police count.
     
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  7. TheRex

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    i dunno, but i do know theres a map floating around somewhere that shows where most of the cops sit, and the possibility of the area being radar enforced

    (here it is)
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    how pretty ;)
     
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  9. TheRex

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    well, its too bad that more people didn't show up. that road is nasty mean, but fun as hell
     
    #9 TheRex, Oct 10, 2003
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    Any Dragon trips coming up? Haven't been there for a long time.
     
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    you just missed like two in february
     
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    318 is the most heavily patrolled highway on the east coast.
    and i thought it was a major biker zone.
     
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    Lol I think Top Gear actually did an episode where they went to one of the supposed Worlds curviest mountain roads. The "tail of the Dragon". only to be met with 25 mph speed limits haha :rofl:
     
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