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Deals Gap Pics

Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2011 4:13 pm
by hudson
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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Re: Deals Gap Pics

Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2011 4:37 pm
by dougie
Nice pics, and nice machine. :D

Re: Deals Gap Pics

Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2011 5:05 pm
by Kurt in S.A.
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.

Kurt in S.A.

Re: Deals Gap Pics

Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2011 7:28 pm
by ME 109
Sweet bike Hudson, in what looks to be perfect airhead country.

Re: Deals Gap Pics

Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2011 9:19 pm
by Deleted User 62
Excellent!

Re: Deals Gap Pics

Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2011 10:26 pm
by vanzen
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.

Re: Deals Gap. Is that a clothing store?

Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2011 11:05 pm
by Chuey
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.

Chuey

Re: Deals Gap Pics

Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2011 3:47 am
by SteveD
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?

Re: Deals Gap Pics

Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2011 1:30 pm
by boxertwinjeff
It's interesting to admire my Graceful 'ol girl from a different perspective,. thanks Hudson, really nice photos!

Re: Deals Gap Pics

Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2011 1:54 pm
by hudson
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