Riding Deals Gap in January

oldgeezer

Continuous heavy rain mixed with fog, gusting cross
winds, wet leaves, and random road debris made
for a surreal and interesting riding experience. Except
for a Porsche 911, BMW, Mini-Cooper, and Mustang,
I was completely alone on the road. And the only bike.

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Doug

PJNXX

Nice pics. How did the bike perform in the rain on those tight twisties?

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-Paul

lacombe75

nice pics

oldgeezer

Well, Paul, my Michelin Pilot Roads had about 6500 miles on them,
so I was riding about as fast as your grandmother could jog through
those twisties. The wet asphalt wasn't so much the problem - but
all those damned wet leaves laying everywhere. Actually the Pilot
Roads are pretty good in the wet, but I've heard the Pilot Powers
are even better, and give about the same mileage.

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Doug

XXSTAR

nice pix Doug, hope we can go up in March or April.I would like to do Booger Hil too, Ron

Venus97

Nice pictures, I recognize those areas! I'm looking forward to mounting my new Pilot Roads amd heading over there in the Spring, Summer, and/or Fall!

mish

What kind of seat is that. It looks very comfortable

oldgeezer

It's a Corbin and it's the best investment I ever made on this bike.

The stock seat was sheer torture after about 200 miles, but typically
I can now do 400 mile sunday rides (just for fun) with no problem.

There is no way I could enjoy this bike as much as I do without the
Corbin seat. Sargent makes a good seat too.

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mish

Thank's I will have to look into getting one.

MrBadExxample

You have better luck than I do at self portraits. Usually it's:

1. set up the camera
2. set the timer
3. run back into the picture
4. error happens (camera slids off it's perch OR walk up to camera thinking it didn't work, snaps photo OR forgot to turn on the flash OR head not in photo OR something else)
5. repeat

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ConqSoft

Maybe he has a photo crew?

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pnelson32

Nice pics! I bet it was awesome! Beautiful country out there! If I ever make it out there for the Tail of The Dragon, I'll look you up!

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-Paul in Dallas

WOLFCHIEF

Yeah, those wet leaves out here in the wnc mountains can sure ruin your day. Why did you choose such a crappy weather day to ride the tail? There were so many other nice, warm days out here this january!!! Great pics!!!!