Deals Gap Pics

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hudson
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Deals Gap Pics

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Hey Guys - Since everyone helped me sort out my /5, I wanted to share some pics of my trip to The Dragon & Cherehola Skyway (North Carolina, USA). Thanks again!

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Nice pics, and nice machine. :D
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Cool shots...shows the front suspension in compression going around the turns. When I rode the Dragon a couple of years ago, I was pretty worried about the coppers, so I basically did the speed limit. I considered the whole thing kind of boring...yawn.

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Sweet bike Hudson, in what looks to be perfect airhead country.
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Excellent!
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Kurt in S.A. wrote:Cool shots...shows the front suspension in compression going around the turns.
"In compression'"

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... past the apex ?

Musta been a Winnebago just ahead, out of frame.
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Handsome bike. I like your smile in that one shot, looks like you're having a good time.

I know a guy named Gordon who wears those padded under garments when he wears jeans. He was hit by another rider on Deal's Gap and it injured him in a way that would have been prevented if he'd been ATGATT. The oncoming rider was on Gordon's side of the road.

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Great pics Hudson.
Gotta work on the exits maybe. ;) I see the brakes are off, so maybe under acceleration the rubber cow has raised it's rump a little, and the lean is contributing?
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It's interesting to admire my Graceful 'ol girl from a different perspective,. thanks Hudson, really nice photos!
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hudson
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thanks guys. Yeah I still need to polish up my entry and exists. I don't get nealy such practice because I don't have roads like this in the area I live, so I am constantly learning when I go out to such areas that are known for these type of roads. Practice makes perfect. I remember one turn I would negoitiate incorrectly and say to myself "yeah that was bad. concertrate to be better at the next one." All in all though, it was joy! :D :D
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