My best friend owns US129Photos.com
If you decide on pics from him, shoot me a PM first.
I'll get him to add you a Dragon logo to your pics, if you'd like.
Something like that.
My sig pic is from the Dragon and he did all the photoshop work to it.
I think he did an excellent job.
BTW...I live 20 minutes from the Dragon.
Anyone coming up, shout at me.
I'll probably be ordering a few from each of the 3 photographers that got photos of my car. I actually saw your sig photo on his website and immediately recognized it! I'm a designer so I prefer to start with plain images, but I do appreciate the offer. My thinking is that it's much easier to add later than to remove it. I just want a nice wallpaper for my computer and maybe a poster printed, but I have relationships with my own printers that I like to give my business to. While the work to the photos isn't my personal taste, it is REALLY well done.
Did TN ever finally do something about semi's trying to use that road? I remember when we lived in TN years ago my father-in-law went through it on his bike and warned me about them coming into the wrong lane or being stuck. This was about 4 or 5 years ago though so it could have changed since then.
There are PLENTY of warning signs for truckers up there and on the way up. Part of the problem is that once you're up there, there's NO turning around. Not even with a 1000-point turn. The only places trucks could turn around are about a mile before it starts and in the parking lot of the gift shops at the very end.
Watched the vid. Why on earth are big rigs allowed on that road?
Beats me. There are signs, but I would think that truckers that have been driving for their whole life that are a little more skilled might not understand the gravity of the situation they're about to encounter. They really need signs with a tally of the number of trucks that have gone down. Even if the trucks were at a CRAWLING pace, there's just not enough room up there. There's hardly enough room in some turns for a mid-sized SUV to get through without putting some tires on the outside stripes.
Stupid bastard brought that shit on himself.
He asked for that.
Absolutely. Clearly not experienced. Plenty of bikers pass in turns (because it's pretty much all turns), but never in a blind turn turning to the outside on a cruiser. Would I be concerned about his/her wellbeing? Yes. Would I feel bad for him/her? Meh.
Some of us have been on it in Mustangs and it is as the video shows.
I rode bikes for many-many-years and I can tell you that some of those on The Tail are CRAZY !!!
It's a fun 11-miles with just a little common-sense ............
Terry
BTW, We did meet a Semi on the way back down the Tail !!!
I would've shit my pants if I met a semi halfway through a turn, and I was pacing myself the first time through to get a lay of the land. I think it takes more than a "little" common sense. Lots of people just passing through laying on their brakes all the way through. Sure, you think you're being responsible keeping your speed down, but by mile 8 your brakes are loofas at best.
