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Title: Tail of the Dragon at 120 mph
Post by: BigTed on June 30, 2014, 06:53:04 AM

Actually, the speed limit was 30 mph, video at 4x normal speed.  8)

1st June 2014, I hired a Kawasaki 1400GTR to ride i129, better known as The Tail of the Dragon.... 11 miles & 318 bends. See my trip report here (http://ozstoc.com/index.php?topic=7051.msg81760#msg81760).

Tail of the Dragon @ 120mph (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsvwMYCH5Fc#ws)

Title: Re: Tail of the Dragon at 120 mph
Post by: Totgas on June 30, 2014, 06:44:58 PM

all that way - and on the wrong side of the road!!  :thumb  :thumb  :thumb

Title: Re: Tail of the Dragon at 120 mph
Post by: HunterTodd on June 30, 2014, 07:05:16 PM

Just watching that I reckon it would be easy to stuff and end up on the wrong (left hand) side of the road on a bike.

I drove 6500 kays in Europe but you always have the cue of the steering wheel being on the left. On a bike you don't have that cue.

 I reckon on a winding road particularly when you are close to the centre line it would be easy to get confused.