Wonderful report Rob,
Riveting detail in your tale of the Tail of the Dragon. A bucket list entry 4 me.
What I wasn't clear about was whether u rode the tail in both directions. Also, did the hoons cause u any dangerous moments? How crowded was the run, ie, did u find yourself ahead of or approaching group riders?
Nicely done fotos as well. The video will be something special regardless of the sound quality - you could put in a backing track from Dragon - "Magic" would work:
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=etVrSRffK4U&feature=kp as would many of other Dragon tracks. Only a suggestion as these things take enough time to produce in any case.