Deals Gap and the Tail of the Dragon. Has anyone ever been?

Re: Deals Gap and the Tail of the Dragon. Has anyone ever be

Check this guy out, can you say amazing!
You can here the pegs scrapping on the chase bike, nearly every turn.
Enjoy.
Dragon's tail 1800 goldwing

 

If you love it, why are you whining about it?

Actually, not only is it the same topic, it answers the original question. And I suppose you missed all the forum posts that urge new users to... wait for it... search the forums to see if their question has already been answered.

On the contrary -- it's a common and accepted practice. The OP could have done this had he found the old thread first.

But, if you're really that upset about what I post, then feel free to click on that big X in the upper right hand corner of your browser.

 

Re: Deals Gap and the Tail of the Dragon. Has anyone ever be

Hound, been over those 2 highways you spoke of many times. I lived on ether side of the "Kanc" 3 years in Conway and 6 years in the Lincoln area. It is a great ride. I found NY highway 7 out of Troy leading to VT hw 9 to Keene NH. I traveled this in Sept this year on my BMW. What a great ride.

 

Re: Deals Gap and the Tail of the Dragon. Has anyone ever be

I'm glad others here have had the opportunity to ride this great road.
You lived right in Conway so it was in your back yard, SWEET!
IT's a whole long days ride for me.
I've even camped near the Woodstock end and made a loop out of it ending back at the campground, much easier on the butt.
Yes, RT7 out of Troy is a great ride.
When I'm heading to Maine I take RT7 from Troy to Rutland or RT4 out of Fort Ann to Rutland.
7 is a much nicer ride, as 4 has been under constrtuction for years.
I see VT RT9 you found is called the Molly Stark Trail, looks beautiful.
I'm already planing a trip for next season, I've friends in Portsmouth who ride should be great.
Thanks for the heads up.

 

Re: Deals Gap and the Tail of the Dragon. Has anyone ever be

Ridden the Dragon many times, as has my wife, on cruisers. If you drive like a fool then it's dangerous. 7-9 folks killed each year. If you just cruise it at a moderate speed then it is easy and fun. Just be aware of the speed demons coming up from behind and let them pass. In my experience semi's are escorted by police and they go ahead of the truck to slow or stop oncoming traffic. I don't know how a semi makes some of the curves. The weekends are very crowded, so try it during the week for a fun ride.

 

damn, neat lookin stretch of road!

 

oilheadron,CBX, and I KZ650B2, rode the dragon last fall. He has ridden the dragon many times but this was my first. It's an awesome ride, just don't get cocky and never avert your attention from the road. It's a long way to the bottom in some spots.

 

Been riding up there going on twenty years now. One thing about the Gap is that when you take young Newbie sportbikers up there they sometimes think that their latest and greatest rocket will insure that they can keep up with the older experienced guys on older standard bikes or sport tourers or whatever. Nowhere near it. You can tell them for SIX MONTHS before they go to ride their own pace and don't try to keep up with ANYBODY who knows what they're doing up there. BOOM, crash, you have an Aprilia sticking its' clutch lever 15ft up the cliff above Gravity Cravity and then falling down on the rider. Or a guy makes it the very first few curves on The Foothills Parkway (another awesome highspeed curvefest) headed toward the Gap, highsides, and fractures his back (not seriously, fortunately). Or a guy leaves the store on the Gap and blows right through the FIRST curve at the top of the hill and the bike is under about 10ft of water with the headlight still on. And then there was the time....on and on. :lol:

 

And then you're up there for the umpteenth time and know you're a pretty good rider and some 70 year-old dude flashes by you on an ancient clapped-out Concours or whatever, grinding everything on both sides, and disappears like you're standing still. G-D it!!!

 

The Kanc! Damn I haven't been up to the white mountains for about 4 years now. I bet the MT Washington auto road would be one heck of a trip on the bike.