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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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  • 10 minutes is by far the best part

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  • What time does that song start on the mix?

    I can't find it, and it's REALLY good :[

  • Rubbish of the worst order.

  • "Ratings have been disabled for this video."

    Gee, I can't understand why. LOL

  • Misleading video. Filled with mostly crap. You don't practice putting your knee down at 20mph; there is absolutely no need for it and sets you up in a terrible way in case there is low speed drama. It's also a pretty stupid way to waste good riding time.

    And if you take this long and have to do this much bsing to make sure your wheels are aligned... maybe you shouldn't be aligning them yourself. It takes 10 minutes and an eyeball to align a wheel nearly to perfection.

  • wtf ...............

  • i THOUGHT ME FUKKIN EYES WRER GOING MAD WITH FKIN BOREDOM THEN I REALISED I WAS JUST BORED FKIN MENTAL

  • Would love to see a more detailed video on the alignment steps...

  • @brownwings00, stop abusing the caps lock.

  • is the reason why the ratings for this video are turned off because the title is misleading and you knew people would watch this video expecting to see a crash and when they realized what was going on the video would get 72,000 dislikes?

  • @brownwings00 listen to how to talk u fucking moron

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