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The Dragon, Big Rigs banned. Now I know why! - Pterodactyl_imp - 06-23-2015
This vid speaks for itself.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=em-subs_digest-vrecs&v=icYe2Qjdyg4
As for Killboy, he did his best but when the planets are aligned only hindsight provides a solution.
Cheers
RE: The Dragon, Big Rigs banned. Now I know why! - the Ferret - 06-23-2015
Yep physics, long trailer, short tight bend - no room for motorcycle
RE: The Dragon, Big Rigs banned. Now I know why! - jrns_imp - 06-23-2015
(06-23-2015, 10:32 AM)Pterodactyl_imp Wrote: This vid speaks for itself.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=em-subs_digest-vrecs&v=icYe2Qjdyg4
As for Killboy, he did his best but when the planets are aligned only hindsight provides a solution.
Cheers
that was a sobering vid...
RE: The Dragon, Big Rigs banned. Now I know why! - Motogeezer1949_imp - 06-23-2015
There's a bunch of Dragon crash videos. It was also the subject of a Hell Roads episode - Hell Roads - Tail of the Dragon. Easy to find, Well worth watching.
RE: The Dragon, Big Rigs banned. Now I know why! - offroadfx4_imp - 06-23-2015
Did he say he'd call for emt using satellite phone? Guess that is something to consider next trip.
RE: The Dragon, Big Rigs banned. Now I know why! - Pterodactyl_imp - 06-23-2015
While on the subject of Dragon crash videos I have one on my GoPro from the rally. Well, not quite the crash. Let me explain. On the Monday following the rally Cormanus and I decided we would have another look at the Dragon. As we made our way up, Cormanus was leading, I noticed a small group of "sporties" rapidly closing from behind. Not wanting to spoil anyone's fun I pulled to the right, as did Cormanus shortly thereafter. About five or so corners later, maybe even that corner shown in the semi video (I will have to have a close look), we caught them up. Not hard to do really as they had come to a complete stop. One of their number had become part of the scenery by running wide on a leftie and planting himself into the embankment. His two mates were rendering assistance, so Cormanus and I went around them and entered a small pullover around 70 meters up the hill. Cormanus went back to see what the situation was and I started to wave at bikes and cars to slow them up. Those blokes were taking up more room than was advisable on the Dragon. To cut a short story even shorter, the rider was slightly damaged, shocked but OK, the bike was damaged but sort of rideable. They regrouped and proceeded at a very sedate pace back to whence they came. Cormanus and I mounted up and enjoyed our Dragon experience.
Cheers
RE: The Dragon, Big Rigs banned. Now I know why! - Cormanus - 06-23-2015
Ouch! So glad those beasts are no longer allowed on the Dragon.
[url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K16YnmJN0fc]Here's the Hell Road episode. Check out the stack at 6:07.