Riding the Most Twisty Road in SW Florida

Tail-of-the-Dragon it is not, by any measure. But for south Florida, particularly south of I-4, this might be the best we got. For those of you who live in the region, take the Sarasota I-75/University Parkway exit. Turn left on Desoto Road. This is it (Longwood Run). When you get to the Tabernacle Church, take the driveway back around to the entrance to Desoto Road again, and again........

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• FJR1300
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• cruising
• scenic
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[BIWOZ]

Wow, your roads are about as "curvy" as ours! :-)

Great clear video; what sort of camera are you using?

[hornet224]

Sony DCR-38 + wide angle lens. Uses the Mini-DV tapes that you can record over and over, unlike DVDs. Camera mount is a customized Tech Mount system w/GPS.

[tmbevtfd]

@hornet224 - what's the music you're using in this vid? Thanks.

[tmbevtfd]

@photoimely - yea, I think so. Email me at moto-resto@tampabay.rr.com. I recently took a ride with my club and I used the tracks to create a route on my GPS. I could send you both the tracks and/or the .GPX file(s). It's a good starting route and as you go along, you'll see a whole bunch other roads to traverse in that area.

[photoimely]

@tmbevtfd Hi, can you give me some more details please how can I find that road at Dade City? Thanks a Lot !

[tmbevtfd]

Brooksville/Dade City area has much curvier and older/narrower roads. I mean, really twisty. Nearly some switchbacks.

[hitekhillbilly531]

Your right, definately no tail of the dragon. Did it 2 times in the rain at the Rumble on the Dragon this year. Planning on bringing my bike down to visit family next month. May have to try that one but its across the state from where I will be .

[SouthKorea1991]

Honore ave. off of Lockwood Ridge is pretty curvy as well, but watch out for police because the road is only 35 mph, so i have to go bout 70 to get the feel of the curves =P, I'm still trying to find some decent roads here in Florida perhaps ill try this place out.

Thanks for the video!

[vinvcm]

Great Job !

Love to see your camera setup

[BIWOZ]

Thank you for the reply. I guessed you had to have some sort of "special" mount, because the video was so stable. And I've been told that without an absorbent mount, "ordinary" video cameras won't last 12 months without shaking themselves to pieces. Anyway, congratulations -- you've done a great job!