Not On My Bucket List

[tyronewildman]

Last week, spent 3 days & 2 nites riding the NC/TN twisties. Me on my ’04 FJR and 19 yr old grandson on my ’02 S3T Buell. Rode a little faster than usual staying with grandson who has been riding for a year. For the 1st time, I scraped both pegs numerous times. This is probably cause I usually ride my Buell in the mountains & this is only 2nd or 3rd time for the FJR in the mountains. The following was not on my “LIST” to do, but: Going up thru Deal’s gap, we caught up & passed 2 guys on sport bikes!!! Probably wouldn’t have happened if I was by myself. Grandson doesn’t think about that horse that could be standing in the road just around the bend in a tite blind curve. I’ll be 72 in a couple of months & still remember, ½ way thru a tite blind curve, in Deals Gap, that dead tree that was falling across the road.

I don’t remember if it made any noise as it hit, but it took 6 or 8 of us to break off part of it. Last day we rode up the Gap & swapped bikes & rode down the Gap just to show grandson the difference between the 2 bikes. Before riding US 28 down to SC, he told me that he could take the FJR thru the turns just as fast but it was harder to ride. I told him that's why I take the Buell for the twistie rides. If I could only have 1 bike it would have to be the FJR, but I can have all I want----Hee, Hee, Hee

Later,,, De

 

[Bugnatr]

Think of how bad that tree would be at night. Clear cut, it's the only answer to this problem.

 

[DaSpyda]

Passing on the Dragon???

Pardon me for saying this: you're an idiot.

 

[tyronewildman]

Passing on the Dragon???
Pardon me for saying this: you're an idiot.

Now, Now, Don--You may have passed judgment too quickly. The 2 guys on sport bikes pulled over to the side & motioned us by before we passed them. Normally, I'm the one who pulls over & motions faster riders by. The speed limit on the Gap is 30mph and we never went over 35 on it. Going fast straight doesn’t impress me, Catch me in a turn & I’ll be impressed….Later,,,De

 

[DaSpyda]

...we caught up & passed 2 guys on sport bikes!!!

Sorry, I read that and then spouted my opinion. If they pulled to the side and you didn't cross the centerline, well then, you're a-okay and I give you props for skillful riding!