The Dragon, Big Rigs banned. Now I know why!

[Pterodactyl_imp]

This vid speaks for itself.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=em-s...cYe2Qjdyg4

As for Killboy, he did his best but when the planets are aligned only hindsight provides a solution.

Cheers

[the Ferret]

Yep physics, long trailer, short tight bend - no room for motorcycle

[jrns_imp]

This vid speaks for itself.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=em-s...cYe2Qjdyg4

As for Killboy, he did his best but when the planets are aligned only hindsight provides a solution.

Cheers

that was a sobering vid...

[Motogeezer1949_imp]

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.

[offroadfx4_imp]

Did he say he'd call for emt using satellite phone? Guess that is something to consider next trip.

[Pterodactyl_imp]

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

[Cormanus]

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.