My friend had a "tupperware" bike. It was not anything I would like but he loved it. I never rode it or I might have changed my mind. He lived 90 miles from work and rode that thing every day unless there was snow and ice. He had owned Yamaha's and a BMW's and he preferred the Honda.
Oh Yeah?! He has about 5 grand in Olins suspension on that Goldwing. Also its got a lot better ground clearance as well. We followed him while he was filming people.
True, dat. His daily routine was punking all the sporty squids ("Can you keep up?!" was the quextion), plus taking their money ($20ish) for a DVD-R of them running the Gap. Had a 10X10 easy up at the store with a sign, "Video your Dragon Ride, $20, GL parked next to it. Dude also did an Iron Butt by just going back and forth on the Dragon...
Third curve in he's got both tires on the centerline, with the bulk of his bike and his body hanging over into the oncoming lane. I watched no further.
Fb- I'm with ya. Despite having done the Gap MANY times at *** speed, I was always mindful of sightlines and gap for error. Throughout its 11 miles, there are many places you can gamble and shoot, bang you're a hero at the end. I ground down my toe sliders and pegs with glee there.
Paint: Racers know when to use it, generally at the lowest need for grip. He's already plotted line from memory. One of my buddies was GM at the store, rode a Repsol CBR with some nice leathers, with a back patch that said "LOCAL"... the Gap was his commute to work and back. I'd gauge my skill riding my XB9SX by how many turns I could keep him from passing, then watch him fade forward quickly. Time elapsed, not dead.
I've seen some things. Escorted semi's through, at 20MPH. Been blessed to ride with and know many gifted, great riders. Yellow Wolf included.
Don't close your eyes.
Fun times!
(Message edited by 86129squids on December 03, 2016)
When I had my Pacific Coast, I rode up to the Gap, saw some guys offloading some vintage bikes at Tabcat bridge, recognized them. They had 2 RD60's and 1 YSR50.
The RDs were early '70s, built to race... "street legal with taillight"-giggle. The YSR was pretty much stock. I watched the guys bump-start the RDs, and off we go, up the Dragon, slowly. This is N to S 129, approaching Calderwood Dam overlook.
Slowly. About 6, 7 turns from the overlook, we go downhill. Those itty bitty bikes became lithe darts that I couldn't quite follow with my arrow. Once on the pipe, GONE.