Bit by the dragon

rider expecting a little more grip than was available at the time. asphalt was wet approaching TN state line. insulting comments will be removed.

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Sports

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• tail
• dragon
• 129
• deals
• gap

[ballparkweiner1]

It's an old scenic US Highway, not the Nurburgring. Go to the track you wannabe F-1, Super Moto Champions!!!!!!!!!! The best thing that could happen is to shut it down to any bike other than SAE and Metric Cruisers. Oh yeah, and anyone with a camera car filming them, or a helmet cam.

[odortiz]

@ballparkweiner1 where's your sense of adventure? when the nurburgring is opened to the public, it becomes a PUBLIC ROAD. the difference is, Germans know the consequences of getting it wrong, and pay the price if they do, where Americans always want to blame somebody else for being incompetent, and pay a lawyer to pass the buck. how about a little responsibility for our own actions? we know the risks and don't need another "mommy or daddy" to think for us.

[sentry964]

@odortiz I like fun as much as the next guy, but when riders start layin it down because of showing off, Big Brother steps in and kills it for rest. Far as I know no deaths have occured at Deal's Gap, but it could happen. Might be a mom yellin at kid in a SUV that gets in your lane (Been there, done that). Might be a couple kids in a Yota thinking they're the next Kenny Block. Remember it's not YOU that you gotta worry about. 20 MPH speed limit & speed cameras screw us all. Respect the Dragon.

[odortiz]

@sentry964 i agree with you. but the real problem is our society and big brother. i wish they would just post a sign up that said "you are on your own" and let nature take its course.

[banjea1]

amateur

[Nosteratees]

MotoGP weaving to warm up your tyres - Check

Knee out hanging off despite the fact that you're doing 35 mph - Check

Absolute inability to take even the easiest of corners - Check

Seriously, dude. Take up golf or something.

[TotalNekro]

Could happen to anyone. Maybe he should have leaned his body of more. Bad tires maybe, or too aggressive on the gas.

[AMDGuy64]

why wasn't he using the entire side of the road to his advantage?!?! Leaning way too much when it isn't necessary & not keep yellow to white & white to yellow rhythm to make turns

[AllyWheels]

Didn't lose grip at all. It was rider error.

[fatherdeth13]

@ Tzsims1: I thought Beginners end was the parking area right before Tabcat Bridge?

[MCXpress]

@odortiz Impossible; Taxpayers and all.. Appearantly some of us need "mommy and daddy" to think for them. :(

[imachynn]

did you kick down a gear just before flying of ? if so maybe that's, done too aggresively, what added to the grip slipping

[YbYBwRbY]

Is the rider OK? I know it's a bit after the fact but I've been down, too. Hope he's well, up, & riding. God bless!

[Buzzyinmich]

Looks like his peg or something dug and spun him. None the less, I hope the rider was alright. For those of you people bashing the motorcycle riders, you need to relax. The dragon was practically designed for motorcycles! :)