The Tail of The Dragon

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Take a look at this.  6 Minutes of uneasy watching!

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[snoopy]

     Theres a few of these ..people missing the bends ect    

[Rhosyn]

Don't think I'll be putting that route on my places to visit list. 

[Don]

Deadliest road in the world. You just got to ride it haven't you.... its know an ambition... :-)

[Lunkhead]

There's a cracking lack of skill with many of those riders and drivers. Too fast to be able to stop - or cope with the unexpected, no cornering ability, etc etc.

It's much like many roads in Wales, but unusual in America which are usually wider and straighter. Aparrently it's swarming with police on weekends, much like the A470. You don't need to kill yourself on any road. I've been round the TT course many times on Mad Sunday, I've been overtaken by lunatics and also by people who look like they know what they're doing. There's always somebody faster unless your name is Stoner.

Don't get sucked into a duel, ride at your own pace. If someone is riding quicker on a moped, let them carry on - it might be Spies or Edwards.

/ I noticed that most of those incidents were on right hand bends. Anybody ever wondered why NASCAR racers only turn left?

[BadHarry]

Nice Rd 

[trafford davies]

Daft Yanks

[red]

last Summer my hubby did that road - he says it's every bit as scary and exciting as it looks. they did it on a Sunday and was packed with other bikes.- big bike meeting place
the memorial that is mentioned is called the Tree Of Shame and hanging from it all sorts of bike parts, with also a warning notice to beware of falling items
the photographer takes loads of pics and had his own web page for you to buy pics of yourself

don't plan on doing it myself any time soon as I don;t like bendy roads   

[ireland.1495]

Deadliest road in the world. You just got to ride it haven't you.... its know an ambition... :-)

Sound like a plan

[pugsly]

Not for me... Unless I used one of these 

Too many things stacked against you, I could have just as much fun on a safer road.

And I've ticked enough boxes on the stupid list of biking anyway!

There's another youtube clip of a guy riding Deals Gap on a Gold Wing, it's unbelievable.

[Mucky Duck]

I would love to do that road. I'm not a speed freak, but no slouch either, in fact......don't laugh........I have been overtaken by a lunatic on a pushbike on the twisties leading off of the Black Mountain on the Llandovery side when I got caught up in a cycle race over the mountain..   

[Lyndon]

I am sure there is a youtube footage of a guy on a Goldwing on that road scraping the pegs more and more and more and more and then HEELLLLOOOOO trees

I didnt see any cyclists on that road though, it must be heaven 

[yoyo]

Those lorries cause havoc! I'd be too scared to press on in case there was one blocking the road around some blind bend!

[Bloke]

There was a video of a rider v rider crash on youtube, guy lost it on a corner and his bike flew across the road and took out a rider on the opposite lane.

That's what i'd be afraid of, the idiots having not done any training (not required in america can learn on any size bike) and trying to keep up with their buddies.

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[Lyndon]

I would love to do that road. I'm not a speed freak, but no slouch either, in fact......don't laugh........I have been overtaken by a lunatic on a pushbike on the twisties leading off of the Black Mountain on the Llandovery side when I got caught up in a cycle race over the mountain..   

Shhhhh, you cant call cyclists lunatics ffs, there are people on here who marshall for them, I know of atleast three, mind you I did feel sorry for you when you said you got cought up in a cycle race