2008 fatal head-on crash on the Dragon US129 in Tennessee USA. It is almost common to find cars, trucks, bikes and cop cars in your lane every day on the Dragon, both on "straights" and in blind curves, so beware target fixation, inability to countersteer (steering like a car or trike, or locking arms), and fear of lean angle by inability to drag a knee or scrape floorboards at any speed. "Failure to maintain lane" is a popular traffic ticket for crashes on the Dragon, with 636 curves and 36 cops per every 22-mile lap. Every ride on the Dragon is like a racing school requiring maximum concentration, no matter how slow you go, even when there's no other traffic.
Cruiser crash on the Dragon, lack of ground clearance, not hanging off, reduced throttle in curve, no practice draggin metal in a parking lot, plus little safety gear:
http://dragonaters.blogspot.com/2010/08/slayerhater-meets-dragon.html
Court says Deals Gap Dragon speed limit is 65 mph
THP Trooper busted for perjury at speed trap
THP trooper paid over $100,000 salary
http://dragonaters.blogspot.com/2011/03/court-tdot-say-dragon-speed-limit-is-...
Speed limit 65 MPH on the Dragon at Deals Gap Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdfq1qFX-qs
Speed limit 65 MPH on the Dragon at Deals Gap Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9sW9n4je3c
TDOT Safety Audit Review bans business on US129 at Deals Gap Dragon
http://dragonaters.blogspot.com/2011/02/tdot-safety-audit-review-bans-busines...
Biker tickets increase 11,400% on the Dragon at Deals Gap, death rate increases 1,000%
http://dragonaters.blogspot.com/2010/09/police-state-checkpoint-on-dragon-at....
Dragon CLOSED for 2010
http://piratenews.org/Deals_Gap_Dragon_Closed_2010.html
Dragon Death Map: 5 fatal crashes in 2009
http://www.tailofthedragon.com/maps/map_deaths.pdf
http://www.thedailytimes.com/article/20091006/NEWS/910069997#
How to drag a knee on the Dragon at 21 mph. Proof that dragging a knee is neither "speeding" nor "reckless driving", and a required skill on any motorcycle to be able to know how to steer quickly in an emergency.
Strap-on knee sliders
http://leeparksdesign.com/eshopprod_cat_530-3637_product_843579.Total_Control...
Motorcycle suspension alignment using strings, trammell bars and laser beam prove motorcycles may have defective suspension design so beware right hand curves. Setting alignment to zero toe just made it worse. Tire runout versus wheel runout affects alignment so spin wheel and take multiple alignment measurements to get the average. Sag was set front and rear with rider weight, using settings from SportRider magazine. Tire pressure must be lowered below 34 PSI Hot Front and Rear on any curvy road or parking lot to practice.
Deals Gap Store
http://cafepress.com/dealsgapdragon
Free Deals Gap Wallpapers, Biker News, Ticket Defense Info
http://DealsGapDragon.com
"One of the problems with the CBR600 is that it isn't straight. Our ZX9R is the same. The front and rear wheels can be out of line by as much as 10mm."
-Performance Bikes, The Setup, June 2000
"We typically find wheels are 3-4 mm out of adjustment, with one example of over 20 mm. Anything over 10 mm and the customer tends to come back simply unable to believe that we haven't rebuilt the whole bike, as it's been totally transformed back into the neutral handling bike the manufacturer intended. The system can also detect other issues like frame damage, that might otherwise go undiagnosed."
http://www.maxmoto.co.uk/lasertrack.shtml
Sportbike Setup Guide
http://www.sportrider.com/motorcycle_suspension_guide/index.html
This video was censored and deleted from SportRider magazine forum and banned from all future posts, and threatened by ban at TriumphRat.net.
http://forums.sportrider.com/70/7838620/tech/video-wheel-alignment-methods-ti...
http://forums.sportrider.com/community/08/index.html?message=banned
http://www.triumphrat.net/triumph-supersports/122265-suspension-alignment-pro...
Bassic: Tranquility Bass
http://www.lindhe.com
Dagas: Peer the Ionized Clouds
Nebra Skydisk mix by Cardamar
http://www.reverbnation.com/dagas
http://www.cardamar.com/mixes.html
http://forums.di.fm/chillout/nebra-skydisk-mixed-by-cardamar-127560/
http://www.chilloutmixes.com/index.php?page=2
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racing school on a public road?...ok
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Most racing schools start out much slower than highway speed. Race schools teach concentration. By default all highways are 'racing schools', with high crash rate due to driver incompetence from lack of training, lack of focus, defective road design, defective vehicle design, slow rescue time, zero first aid by police, and medical malpractice. The most dangerous part of any crash is the hospital, where doctors kill 2-million Americans every year. Only 5000 riders die every year.
operationnorthwoodz 1 year ago