Trip to the Dragon March 11th

[NC2.5i]

Alot of people are planning a trip to the Tail of the Dragon in Deal's Gap Tennessee on March 11th. This is a great opportunity to meet car enthusiasts from the region. Here is the info straight from the organizer about it.

PLEASE REFER TO THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE FOR DETAILS
www.wncrides.com/dragontrip.html

If you have any questions or for an email of the directions, please email me at eric@wncrides.com
Also, post any questions or any information you need here as well.

[wagonman]

I will be there, and hope some legacy's come out. This is also posted on nasioc and rs25.com. Come out and join a group of enthusiasts and have a good time.

[ADirtyLegacy]

cant make it..ill be in Atl for a bday party, but i'll be at the May event.

Kenda:dm:

[GTBoxer]

Do they block off the road at all to oncoming traffic? I have always wondered that. I don't think I will be in town. If you do the rain date, then I might be game. Thanks for the info!

Chris

[NC2.5i]

I do not think they block the road. This will not be a drive where you push to the limits. Too Dangerous. any other questions fell free to ask or email the organizer at eric@wncrides.com

[IAHAWK]

I'm Jealous...

[NC2.5i]

come on out and join us!

[wagonman]

It is a public road, and always is. Its a great road to go and drive and on see the sights!

[IAHAWK]

I was out there a year ago for a motorcylce rally. Awesome roads!! Its a 12 hour drive for me from Iowa. Have Fun!!!

[NC2.5i]

12 hours from Iowa? what part? i made it to NW Iowa from Western NC in 22 hours

bump for the day. i will bump it every few days for a while

[IAHAWK]

Free bump...

12 hours from Iowa? what part? i made it to NW Iowa from Western NC in 22 hours


22 hours....I can get to Florida in 20!! I live in the Quad Cities, where I80 and I74 come together along the Mississippi. It would take me about 4-5 hours to get to the NW corner of Iowa, so not sure about the 5-6 hour difference. Maybe you took a different way. Anyway, have fun on the Dragon and be safe. A guy was killed(on a bike) the weekend I was there...scary!!! Oh and stay on your side of the yellow lines...scares the hell out of us bikers!! :-)

[ADirtyLegacy]

Free bump...



22 hours....I can get to Florida in 20!! I live in the Quad Cities, where I80 and I74 come together along the Mississippi. It would take me about 4-5 hours to get to the NW corner of Iowa, so not sure about the 5-6 hour difference. Maybe you took a different way. Anyway, have fun on the Dragon and be safe. A guy was killed(on a bike) the weekend I was there...scary!!! Oh and stay on your side of the yellow lines...scares the hell out of us bikers!! :-)
keep your head and knees on your side of the yellow line!! scares the hell out of us car drivers!! :D i about took off some dude's head in June last year b/c of that.

Kenda:dm:

[NC2.5i]

Free bump...



22 hours....I can get to Florida in 20!! I live in the Quad Cities, where I80 and I74 come together along the Mississippi. It would take me about 4-5 hours to get to the NW corner of Iowa, so not sure about the 5-6 hour difference. Maybe you took a different way. Anyway, have fun on the Dragon and be safe. A guy was killed(on a bike) the weekend I was there...scary!!! Oh and stay on your side of the yellow lines...scares the hell out of us bikers!! :-)


well it was in a 15 passenger van with my dad driving. we also went north through kentucky to indiana, illinois, wisconsin, then decorah

[meier motor sports]

i wana go!

[NC2.5i]

i think there are some clubrsx guys from the chicago area coming. you could get up with them and come on down!

[melayout]

Hey NC2.5i,

So is there a group from the Triangle heading out and are we supposed to make overnight arrangements there or is it a same-day round-trip?

[NC2.5i]

i believe it will be an overnight thing. I am not sure about a group from the triangle. There may be some guys from clubrsx in the triangle area going but i am not sure right now. I will not be in Raleigh at the time because it is spring break. there will be more details to come but you can email the event organizer at eric@wncrides.com for more info. he knows alot more than me about what is going on

[IAHAWK]

keep your head and knees on your side of the yellow line!! scares the hell out of us car drivers!! :D i about took off some dude's head in June last year b/c of that.

Kenda:dm:

Were you there for the Subaru rally? Thats when I was there and it was a subaru that about hit me. They came over the yellows. :-)

[ADirtyLegacy]

Were you there for the Subaru rally? Thats when I was there and it was a subaru that about hit me. They came over the yellows. :-)
i was there the first wknd of June last wknd. I think Susuki was having ther event there also and some dude was in a full lean coming aorund a corner. His bike was on his side of the road, but his head and knees were on my side of the road. it was scary!

Kenda:dm:

[NC2.5i]

bump for the webpage being up but not completed yet

[NC2.5i]

http://www.wncrides.com/dragontrip.html
(http://www.wncrides.com/dragonrun06.html)

[NC2.5i]

bump for the super bowl and the upcoming week

[NC2.5i]

did i mention that the person that drives the farthest gets a free tank of gas? everyone chips in a dollar to give that person some free gas.

[GraysonSubaru]

Do they block off the road at all to oncoming traffic? I have always wondered that. I don't think I will be in town. If you do the rain date, then I might be game. Thanks for the info!

Chris

No, it is a two lane (one each way) and they never block the road. I think there has only been one or two times they have and it was for movie stuff. This is a public road..highway actually. It can be very dangerous if you push your car/bike too hard. I know of people that have died up there (most of them on bikes). It is a lot of fun and I go up there a couple times a month since I live fairly close, but for those that do not know the road, it is fun, but as you will read in the site, the dragon does bite!!!!

I will be there!!!!!!!

[NC2.5i]

bump for some more interest please

[GraysonSubaru]

I will be there...just not in a subaru. probably the bike.

[GraysonSubaru]

i can probably get a couple people from work and our area that have subies to go too

[NC2.5i]

that would be great. tell everyone you know that would like to come

[NC2.5i]

bump for it being a month from now

[NC2.5i]

bump

[PGT]

I'll be at Lake Lenore from May 2 through the 6th. I'd like to hit the Dragon on the way back north, but will have two kayaks strapped to the roof. Top heavy much?? :laugh:

[GraysonSubaru]

wont be bad. if you look at their site, there has been a lot worse on there. you would be fine...

[GraysonSubaru]

For anyone staying over, you can contact the little hotel there at the end (carolina side) and reserve rooms that way. I think the site is www.tailofthedragon.com (http://www.tailofthedragon.com).

Recently renovated and now has a little place to eat with pretty good food. plus that is where everyone stops after their runs through the dragon so you will see some crazy stuff come through...oh yeah, the tree of shame is right there too :)

If you want to stay on the TN side...maryville isnt that far away in TN from the dragon.

[NC2.5i]

thanks for the added info

[NC2.5i]

bump again

[GraysonSubaru]

how many are in so far??? any ideas?

[NC2.5i]

i dont really know how many. you can email the organizer to find out if you wish. eric@wncrides.com

[swede978]

I'm in! Almost ready to install the new suspention when it warms up for a few days!

[NC2.5i]

Great!

[GraysonSubaru]

I will be there..probably on the bike.

if the weekend is nice weather, killboy will be there taking pictures. He takes pictures and posts them on his site and you can purchase them on a disc. they are sorted by date. www.killboy.com (http://www.killboy.com/). He usually has a few different photographers at different parts of the Dragon.

I have some he took when I was on the zx9R a couple years ago just cruising through before I wore a lot of gear to go through it. (had on my draggin jeans, gloves, tennis shoes, padded jacket with armor, etc). Only thing i really wear different now is that I have better footwear that I ride in and a couple diff. jackets I flip flop between wearing.

here are two of the pictures I found that he took:

[NC2.5i]

that is a sweet bike. i think eric (organizer) has been in contact with killboy to hopefully have him take pics

[GraysonSubaru]

that is the old ZX9r. I sold that one last year. just bought a 2005 ZX6r though..lighter and probably just as fast. wont have to fight it or lay any big "darkies" going into the corners now.

[NC2.5i]

awesome

[NC2.5i]

bump to the top

[NC2.5i]

bump for the trip being 2 weeks from now

[swede978]

Cool

[NC2.5i]

bump

[NC2.5i]

bump for meeting place update!!!!!

[NC2.5i]

bump for next weekend

[GraysonSubaru]

here is a video i found on google made by some guys on the dragon to give you an idea of what it is like..

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7807426598410354434&q=deal%27s+gap

another:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5376230578176333598&q=deal%27s+gap

[GraysonSubaru]

bump for it being in a couple of days!!!!
havent decided if i will come on the bike or in the wrangler yet..... should be a great day -- 70 or so outside!!

[NC2.5i]

i think you should bring an 06 sti if you work at a dealership lol.

its looking like its going to be great weather

[GraysonSubaru]

I thought about bringing the used one down, but will either bring the wrangler or the bike...havent decided yet.

[NC2.5i]

so how was it?

[GraysonSubaru]

kind of sucked to be honest. not one LGT, a couple of wrx's, Z's, protege's, and a couple of other misc things. there was another group from NC there ..most of them in 2006 WRXs or STIs. Two 2002 models were also in that group. they were pretty cool. i snapped a few pictures, but very few of the group from here and the clubwrx that went because it wasnt all that exciting. I had a good time hanging out with darrel from killboy.com though. i will post some pictures tomorrow...

[NC2.5i]

did you see the guys from wncrides and clubrsx?

and what color is your bike? there may be some pics on wncrides of it

[GraysonSubaru]

did you see the guys from wncrides and clubrsx?

and what color is your bike? there may be some pics on wncrides of it

i saw a few RSX's and celica's that was in that bunch. I wasnt on the bike, i was in a black Wrangler.

Killboy had two camera's going up there on Saturday so he should have those up available to view later in the week (www.killboy.com)

[NC2.5i]

yea that was the group that organized the meet. i would have come in the 2.5i but i had previous commitments.

[NC2.5i]

pics of this weekend can be found here ----->http://www.wncrides.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2610

[ADirtyLegacy]

i know a couple of WNC guys were down here in Charlotte auto-xing this wknd. i hope to make the big meet in May..but it looks like work *might* thrown a kink in that plan!!

Kenda:dm: