For those of you that are interested but don't know what the Gap (The Dragon) is... http://www.dealsgap.com/ Or for even better pictures... http://www.killboy.com/

I'm trying to write this as best I can but be forewarned I'm pretty heavily drugged. I apologize ahead of time for any typos, bad punctuation, etc.

Twistiest stretch of road in the U.S. I've always been within 15 to 20 minutes of it when down there but had never went and actually run it. Finally did.

I have to say, I wouldn't want to ride it a lot. It got old quick. Now the roads around it, like usual, are what I go down there for and will continue to go down there for.

We will probably go back for a whole weekend in the near future. This weekend was kind of bad because I had an absessed tooth and I rode down on Saturday and came back Sunday.

I chewed up my tires pretty bad down the middle on the way there even though we took a lot of back roads to get there. The curves were good once we got well down into Kentucky passed bowling green. Then, once we got to the Gap I chewed up the sides pretty good. Not quite "race track" damage but had quite a bit of rubber balled up around the sides. What wasn't balled up had turned blue.

Took a few pictures but it was getting late by the time we got there so I didn't grab too many.

Washed and waxed before heading out.


Looking out the other side of the overlook.


Parked overlooking the lake and damn.








My Dad and his bike with the wife my wife sitting on the wall.


Another Busa coming out of the Gap.


My Dad and I. After the 400+ miles to get there and running the gap both directions I was TIRED. Never mind the fact I was hurting badly from an absessed tooth. I didn't take my medicine for several hours so that I wouldn't be fucked up while I ran the gap. Once we hit TGI Friday's though, drugs were happening. LoL


Sweet car (one of my faves) that was there. It had been parked on the other end at the Deals Gap resort but came down the road as we were getting ready to leave.

 

looks like a lot of fun. 6 hour drive from my neck of the woods, but id love to trailor down for the weekend and have some fun!

 

nice pics

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by RedStarGsr &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">looks like a lot of fun. 6 hour drive from my neck of the woods, but id love to trailor down for the weekend and have some fun!</TD></TR></TABLE>

I rode down there. It should have taken 6.5 hours to Marysville but with stops and stuff it took 8.

 

nice scenery!

 

I told my wife I wanted to ride the dragon, and she said "You wanna what!?" after I explained what it was, she said " NO you will die!" hehe Somehow someway I'll make it out there and tame the dragon one day.

 

Man, that looks sweet. I'll hopefully make it down there sometime this summer.

Right now my friends and I are looking a getting a cabin in the area for 3-4 days. The trouble for me is just finding a weekend to get away from work and house care.

The one weekend I have off I'm heading to the Honda Superbike Weekend at Mid-Ohio.

 

HA HA this must be the only time that it must suck to be from Cali!!! JK... I live only about 1.5 hrs from the dragon and let me just say that it kicks ***!!!! I have dirven it several times in the SOL and Coupe, and it is a blast. cant wait to take the bike up there

 

i would think turns would get old quick with a big *** 500 pound busa to throw around

 

Busa, 600... doesn't really matter. Its either going to get old or its not. I had a pillion on the back. She doesn't really change the ride up that much and she ways more than the difference between wet weights on modern 600 and a Busa.

 

nice pictures

 

man, i wish i lived near places like that. thats some really nice scenery! nice pics and nice bike!

 

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Thanks for the compliments on the bike but I can't really say I live near there.

400 miles ain't really "near".

 

which alpine stars jacket is that. thank is advance

 

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I couldn't tell you because that wasn't me.

I wear a hein gericke jacket.

 

Beautiful.

Nice bike, and that Cobra wasn't bad either.

 

Haha I got the same pics from last year when I went. Except we rode from SC, so it was quite a few miles before we made it to the Gap. Most fun i've had on the bike but I agree it's an exhausting experience and I was still a new rider so I was scared shitless.

 

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Looks like the GPU two-piece suit

Brian

 

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Don't know how far for you but it was 400 miles there for me.