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03-20-2007, 07:09
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Re: Tail of the Dragon (Deals Gap) March 23rd - 25th
High of 78 on friday and 81 on saturday. 
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03-22-2007, 07:04
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Re: Tail of the Dragon (Deals Gap) March 23rd - 25th
8 more hours and myself and Daxman are westbound and down...
Boy do I need this vacation... 
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03-22-2007, 07:25
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Re: Tail of the Dragon (Deals Gap) March 23rd - 25th
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Same here, been a hectic last couple of weeks. 5pm can't get here fast enough!
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03-22-2007, 08:42
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Location: North of Atlanta
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Re: Tail of the Dragon (Deals Gap) March 23rd - 25th
You guys heading out today? hmmm
I'll probably wait until tomorrow. I need to change my oil and won't have time today... |
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03-22-2007, 13:12
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Feedback Score: 4 reviews
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Location: Miami, FL. US
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Re: Tail of the Dragon (Deals Gap) March 23rd - 25th
Well you guys have fun and be safe!!
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03-22-2007, 20:10
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Re: Tail of the Dragon (Deals Gap) March 23rd - 25th
Doesn't look like we'll be leaving until early to mid afternoon now. Darn slackers! lol
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03-22-2007, 21:10
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Feedback Score: 16 reviews
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: SoS Twin Turbo with built 3.5L here we come!
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Charlotte undergoing major surgery. Ahania is now prowling the roads of S. Florida! |
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03-23-2007, 08:31
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Location: Villa Rica, GA
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Re: Tail of the Dragon (Deals Gap) March 23rd - 25th
Would love to go... darn that having a baby in the next week...
I guess you can say that I am having my own adventure this comming week
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03-24-2007, 06:15
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Location: Greenville, SC
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Re: Tail of the Dragon (Deals Gap) March 23rd - 25th
I saw 5 or 6 of you guys on Friday morning around 11 heading into NC as I was heading the other way. Nice sounding exhaust on the lead car. I was in a silver 2004 M3.
You guys sure looked good! BTW - I'll be eating dinner tonight (Saturday) at Sullivans around 7. Stop over and say hello - I'll have a black BMW cap on. Last edited by ondrovic; 03-24-2007 at 06:36. |
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03-24-2007, 07:53
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Charter Silver
Feedback Score: 9 reviews
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: 30 miles from The Dragon. On the TN side of course
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Re: Tail of the Dragon (Deals Gap) March 23rd - 25th
Yes, I saw you. You were leaving (so it appeared) as we were just coming in. Very nice car! It was a very nice day. I hope you got some nice runs in???
We will look for you tonight at Sullivan's Take care
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03-24-2007, 13:33
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NSXPrime.com Champion
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Re: Tail of the Dragon (Deals Gap) March 23rd - 25th
I got a message from my brother in the BMW that there was a crash between an NSX and a biker but it appears both drivers are okay. Hope everyone is all right.
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03-25-2007, 10:40
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Re: Tail of the Dragon (Deals Gap) March 23rd - 25th
yup. that was me. Sjones will probably be putting some pics up in the next few days. Biker hit a curve too hot, and got into the oncoming lane. Sjones ran off the road to avoid him, and the biker used my NSX to slow himself down..
www.tailofthedragon.com on the first page 24 March. Don't know how long the picture will be up though... Good to see and meet some new faces, bad that we met under those circumstances....
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03-25-2007, 11:14
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Location: Greenville, SC
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Re: Tail of the Dragon (Deals Gap) March 23rd - 25th
Sorry about the car but I'm glad you're alright. It looked pretty bad when I passed a few minutes after you were hit.
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03-25-2007, 18:10
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Re: Tail of the Dragon (Deals Gap) March 23rd - 25th
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 I was behind a biker on the Dragon a couple of years ago who high sided off the road and down a ravine killing himself. The Dragon can bite pretty hard when it wants to!
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Charlotte undergoing major surgery. Ahania is now prowling the roads of S. Florida! |
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03-26-2007, 00:08
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Re: Tail of the Dragon (Deals Gap) March 23rd - 25th
It was nice to meet a few of you from here but very unfortunate about the bike/car crash. I am glad everything seemed to turn out okay.
I'll keep a better eye out on here for future trips Ray
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03-26-2007, 01:40
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Re: Tail of the Dragon (Deals Gap) March 23rd - 25th
It's good to see you guys didnt get hurt. Was the guy on the bike ok?
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03-26-2007, 07:38
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03-26-2007, 08:48
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Charter Gold
Feedback Score: 17 reviews
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Location: Cary, NC to MS
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Re: Tail of the Dragon (Deals Gap) March 23rd - 25th
definitely an unfortunate incident. Glad everyone walked away from it though. The guy was definitely not in control of his bike...... Here are a couple of pics that i took.
  Here's the bike  
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03-26-2007, 08:49
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Location: North of Atlanta
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Re: Tail of the Dragon (Deals Gap) March 23rd - 25th
He was actually hanging around w/ us that night at the bon-fire. He had an arm in a sling but appeared to be ok, sling aside.
I saw the pics and some video of the wreck (after it happened) and the NSX looked pretty beat-up. But I'll tell you that this is why it's best to hit the dragon early on Sat before the crowd gets there and take the skyway for the late morning to afternoon and then hit the dragon later in the evening. Too many people w/ a high mix of inexperienced dragon'ers. The dragon bites so hard that if you don't really frequent it, it can be disastrous even for the most experienced riders/drivers if you push it very hard... Glad all are ok. What's the status on the NSX though? |
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03-26-2007, 20:21
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Feedback Score: 2 reviews
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Location: Raleigh, NC, USA
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Re: Tail of the Dragon (Deals Gap) March 23rd - 25th
Will find out tomorrow what the insurance adjuster says... This is going to turn into a major PITA I am afraid, regardless of what happens...
Just glad to know there are some really good people out there...
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03-26-2007, 21:01
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Re: Tail of the Dragon (Deals Gap) March 23rd - 25th
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03-26-2007, 23:04
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Re: Tail of the Dragon (Deals Gap) March 23rd - 25th
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I'm so sorry to hear that this happened. I was talking with James today about it. I have pretty bad luck with many things, chances are this would have, could have happened to me had I gone. Hopefully, the results of all this will turn out good.
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03-27-2007, 13:04
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Location: Raleigh, NC USA
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Re: Tail of the Dragon (Deals Gap) March 23rd - 25th
Tom,
Sorry to hear about your accident. Now you can try to update your front end with a nice front bumper from SOS and maybe do a headlight conversion. http://www.scienceofspeed.com/produc...ront%5Fbumper/ Good luck and can't wait to see what you do to it... Steve
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03-27-2007, 14:14
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Location: North of Atlanta
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Re: Tail of the Dragon (Deals Gap) March 23rd - 25th
Killboys' Friday pics are up...
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03-27-2007, 21:24
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Location: Knoxville, TN
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Re: Tail of the Dragon (Deals Gap) March 23rd - 25th
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