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Offline BigTed

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Tail of the Dragon at 120 mph
« 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.

Tail of the Dragon @ 120mph
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Re: Tail of the Dragon at 120 mph
« Reply #1 on: June 30, 2014, 06:44:58 PM »
all that way - and on the wrong side of the road!!  :thumb  :thumb  :thumb
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Re: Tail of the Dragon at 120 mph
« Reply #2 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. 
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