Here is a great road in blount county TN / robbinsville NC. http://www.tailofthedragon.com, http://www.killboy.com

The dragon is a very sweet road. I live in West TN. About 6 hours from you. We head out to pigeon forge occasionally.

Been there.Absolutely the most sickest place i've ridden yet.318 turns in 11 miles,just look out for on coming traffic on those hairpin turns.

I slayed the dragon on my F3 for the first time last may. Positively the best strech of tight twisties ive been on yet I live in nashville so its only about 3 1/2 hours away for me. Quick tip...stay in pidgeon forge at thier cheaper hotels there (2 king or queen + pool for about 30 a night on non holiday times on average) its about a half an hour away from the dragon plus you can hit the other activities when the sun goes down.

HELL GYEA!!! i just got back from slaying the dragon. That is one sweet pice of road!![sm=drooldude.gif] super tight turns![sm=smiley20.gif] Ihave to go back !! and one who want to go like at the end of March or early April dropp me a aline. we can all make a trip out of it!!!
Make it a CBRFORUM FIELD TRIP!

I'll definitely be heading out there a few times this summer...i'll let you know so maybe we can meet up...later

So we should probably set up a ride in early april.

So then the Dragon isnt for the faint of heart or a beginner?

hell no, but if you take your time and ride smart then your fine. i have been there three times, none yet with the cbr, but i am going to plan my next trip soon. i plan to camp this time and bring my white water gear as well and spend a week up there.

Haven't ridden there yet, but I would absolutely love it. If the weather gets a little warmer I might take ride out there. It's about an hour and 15 min from me. If everyone is getting together to to go, let me know... I'm in!!!

i think that i will be going on june 9-11, yeah that what my plans are. i will be bringing my gs500f to meet up with another board i visit. so this will be the first time i take it up there (the cbr f3 that is) should prove to be a lot of fun. plus if it rains i will be bringing my white water gear and do aome rafting this time.


but i will be willing to come up at any time. this cbr is the best damn thing i have ever ridden. i would love to do a long trip like that on it, and it being faster than a car when i hit the moutain i guess i could leave cola S.C. and be there in 4 hours or less as is on the truck is 5 1/5 hours.

I'm going with a group over Easter Weekend. Anybody going?

Upon entering it I see that it's my first post on this form. Wow, thrilling

where u all riding from???

we're comming from various parts in VA. We plan on staying in Fontana Villiage this time. This is going to be my third time running it, but the first time we're bringing more than six people. So far we've got about ten people comming with a real mix of bike types and skill levels. If anyone is interested in meeting up somewhere around there let me know, and I'll try to make it happen.

coming from opposite direction...i'm going in june but if i wanna run up in april i might do that as well....i plan on doin some photography of the bikes for a few hours BUT i heard their is only actually one place where you can pull off and park
-Anyone know?-

You can get off of the road in a quite a few places. Just because most people skip over the shoulder on their way out (when people wreck) doesn't mean there isn't one. The only thing that I would caution you about is not to appear that you may have wrecked in any way. Before you know it there will be 20 people slowing down to see if you are OK or need help . You should check out that Killboy's website. He gets great shots, I'm sure he'll tell you where to get the best pics, he seems like a pretty nice guy. When you go up there don't miss the rides in and around the Dragon. The scenery is breathtaking. I'm going to be putting the pics I take on my Myspace page.
Later,
Dan

I'm going to the Dragon next month, from may 14-18 with my crew from SoFla. I've never been there before, but damn it looks like soooo sweet!! I can't wait! :D After that I'm continuing on a massive roadtrip, to Cheaseapeake Bay, VA to go across the 20 mile bridge, then some backroads through VA and WV, up into Ohio to visit a friend there, over to Chicago to visit my mom, central IL to see my sister, then make my way back home, stopping in Atlanta to see another friend. Should be a good 4000 miles or so on the bike in 15 days!

i'de venture to say it's going to exceed 4k miles
1k to the gap from central florida
1k from gap to va-wv
about 6-700 miles i think to IN but more to Chi-Town
then all that times 2

i'm so jealous
last time i was there was in the spring of 04 ...

Maybe I'll just work doubles 3 days and take 4 days off next week....

ok i am buying a tent and going SIMPLE AS THAT!

Just wanted to plug Wheeler's Cycle shop and put out an update on the Dragon. You can get your machine dynoed at Wheelers for $20.00!!! I've never seen it so cheap (mine came in at just over 94hp to the wheel). Also a great place to wash your bike for free and get parts and Dragon stuff. Great people!!!

This year at the Dragon we started seeing the police in the corners. Usually they wait at the overlook and clock people comming out of the last straight. Be careful, they are using bike cops throughout the Dragon on the pullovers. Saw quite a bit of enforcement down by the water on the way to Wheelers. Bikes pulled over and written everytime I went down there. Enforcement starts at about Tapaco Lodge all the way to Wheelers. When you see the police, it's a good time to hit one of the secondary roads or take a break.

Also checked out Whya road (I know that's not the spelling but can't find the correct spelling now that I want to write about it). Turns and road conditions are sub standard when compared to the Dragon. I talked to one of the locals fishing and he said that there is a turn by the school on that road that goes up to a mountain lake. Sounds beautiful, might be a good place to do a picnic and swiming. Saw the waterfall from the lake cascading down 90+ feet into the river in the valley, one of the best pics we got.

If you haven't done this road you should. It's great!!! Just keep in mind, ride 80%, it's not a track. Stay humble and keep your bike shiny.

Later,
Dan

Anyone new planning a trip to he dragon should visit their website to get the latest info

tailofthedragon.com
dealsgap.com

Rode the CBR1000rr from Michigan to the dragon last year, will be doing it again soon.

Not long ago, (May 19-24), three of us went to tour GA, TN, SC, and NC. It was absolutely the most awesome time I ever had on a motorcycle. I took my 94 CBR1000F-R. It had only 6,800 miles on it. We stayed in Clayton, GA just across from screamer mountain. SR73 west (or east) out of clayton was a great warm up road on the way up to two wheels only just outside of 180 going up or down blood mountain.

My friend and I, trailered the bikes down from Central New York, and my older brother trailered his 05 BMW R1200s, and 02 Aprilia Mille Factory R up from Sarasota Florida. We not only did the gap 5 or 6 times on second day of our trip, and about 8 times on the second day of our trip. The first day we even did it in the rain. Tires make a huge difference in how your confidence can be established. I went with a new set of Bridgestone BT014 Ultra High Performance. Even though my bike is 100 lbs heavier than either of my brother, or my friends 97 TL1000S, it stuck.

We ended up doing many other roads like weeyah road, sr73, sr180, cherohola skyway, and even up into gatlenburgh (spelling??). Total miles were 1,043 in 4 days on sport bikes. My bike, besides my brothers beamer was the most comfortable bike I have ever had which I felt had a good all around package of comfort, power, and handling.

I am planning to go back down at the end of august because I am an official twisty junkie now. I have only found 2 roads within a 100 mile radius of where I live that is about only 40% of the intensity and focus levels that the above roads require.

I miss that place...must be M.S.D. disease. (MOUTAIN SEPARATION DEPRESSION)... HAHAHAA.

where in ny, lived and born in cortland/groton/homer

ORIGINAL: TwistedCBR

where in ny, lived and born in cortland/groton/homer


I'm just outside of syracuse in a little town called kirkville. My family sewed roots in a town called chittenango. Cortland is a hop, skip, and a jump away. even more fun if ya take all the back roads.

tooooo many bugs up there :) and deer and fields and horses and sheep and i could go on if you want