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my GF and i wanna hit up the biltmore house, then perhaps goto the gap.

so i may be plannin a trip then.

3/26/2007 8:05:22 AM

We didn't do under 80 and still took forever!

3/26/2007 8:07:39 AM

my 20 dollar rear plugged tire held up the whole WAY

oh yah we had to stop every 90-100 miles for my ghey bear sprockets gas mileage FTL but the sprockets were good for the dragon. I wish we stayed longer or trailered bikes so we woulda had more energy to run the dragon

3/26/2007 8:14:07 AM

at the end of the day it was still fun as hell and an adventure. Great meeting all of you!

3/26/2007 8:17:10 AM

any word on jbaz?

3/26/2007 8:30:07 AM

non here. I'm thinking he either is going to be calling from his cell for a ride home or from the county jail to be bailed out...which would mean he won't have his cell phone on him and would only call someone who's number he has memorized. He was riding about 1.5 ft away from my bumper with no headlight or anything...cop seemed pretty pissed having to use his siren and all.

3/26/2007 8:32:24 AM

i wonder if he rode with us bikers if it woulda saved him.

3/26/2007 8:42:27 AM

i was thinking the same thing. I was trying to get him to pass me and ride infront of me with you guys. Cause tailgating a foot away is probably worse than riding with a busted front end in a group of other bikes.

3/26/2007 8:43:27 AM

I got one video almost done uploading to youtube. Rob said he had a really cool video to upload too. I'll post mine as soon as its LIVE status

3/26/2007 8:50:49 AM

Yeah it was crazy. I managed to bent my rear lower control arm pretty bad. Used a jack to semi-straighten it, drove back 350 miles in that condition. Fortunately the car drove fine, except steering wheel was at 45 degree angle in order to go straight. Laid bike, lost wallet, broken suspension, bad transmission, ticket, broken camera ….this trip was a bad omen, but fun nonetheless. You all realize we drove 32 hours in 2 days?

Mark nearly gave me a heart attack with trail braking 1 inch away from the edge of the cliff. Great driver and great car.[/evo respect]

Bikers …I don’t know how you all did it. I was tired as hell, I cant imagine how I would feel after being on a bike that long.

Overall, 5 tons of fun, but very exhausting.

Thanks everyone who helped out.


I'll be uploading pics later tonight...

3/26/2007 9:03:54 AM

3/26/2007 9:06:14 AM

^ aint working, glad yall are ok for the most part.

3/26/2007 9:16:27 AM

^takes a bit for it to actually be LIVE status...although the upload is complete.

youtube FTL

3/26/2007 9:58:12 AM

I don't think I'd call it trailbraking as much as I'd call it going into a turn way to hot and braking midway while turning and almost losing complete control.

Being 2 feet from the rear bumper and observing the whole thing gives an entirely different perspective.

Any other car and that would have been 3 fatalities.

GG Jeff for NOT HAVING THE CAMERA READY ON TIME there though.

[Edited on March 26, 2007 at 9:59 AM. Reason : >.<]

3/26/2007 9:59:13 AM

we aren't talking about that one turn. that was going in too hot because i didn't realize the turn was as sharp plus there was a dip and change in elevation so giving steering input + fully compressed springs = bad idea.

trailbraking is what i've been doing all day sat. and sunday to help rotate the car. you should try it out sometime although i would recommend it on track first

3/26/2007 10:05:19 AM

Dude yes, you were definitely the only one trail braking this weekend.

Though I shouldn't talk, I pulled the same shit and almost wrecked on the skyway in the middle of the night.

3/26/2007 10:13:28 AM

well it sounded like you didn't quite understand what trailbraking was and were jumping to conclusions misunderstanding i guess.

3/26/2007 10:14:29 AM

No I thought we were talking about that specific turn haha, not the whole thing.

Cause that time I definitely could almost read the serial number on your exhuast =P.

I think we didnt get pics of the two coolest things to happen

You tripoding and Tjoshea's brakes catching on fire.

3/26/2007 10:20:39 AM

no no...we got pics of the brake fire! haha turned out good too lol

just so happens that the person with the camera that has those pics is MIA

[Edited on March 26, 2007 at 10:28 AM. Reason : fda]

3/26/2007 10:27:48 AM

SWEET

3/26/2007 10:38:17 AM

lol nice

i need to order new pads today -- at least my rotors dont feel warped at all - idk what else could have been damaged

[Edited on March 26, 2007 at 10:40 AM. Reason : .]

3/26/2007 10:39:38 AM

the enviorment.

any word yet on what has become of JBaz?

[Edited on March 26, 2007 at 10:45 AM. Reason : fda]

3/26/2007 10:45:08 AM

Makes me wish I had a job and a car.

3/26/2007 10:49:16 AM

thought you had both? the audi would have been fun still.

3/26/2007 10:50:54 AM

fwd + stock suspension + needs alignment + warning beads + me = death

plus i i will barely be making rent this month so i cant afford to spend $100 for a trip

[Edited on March 26, 2007 at 10:52 AM. Reason : ]

3/26/2007 10:52:00 AM

Quote :

"Bikers …I don’t know how you all did it. I was tired as hell, I cant imagine how I would feel after being on a bike that long."

this trip improved my skills A LOT imo ... well the dragon did. also i feel pretty dogged today but not sore which is really good.


we need to plan ahead a lil more maybe make it a 4 day trip or something if we're going to do it again.

3/26/2007 11:00:51 AM

For anyone not graduating (State grad is May 12), I'm planning to go Friday May 11 to about Monday May 14 and camp somewhere out there. I need to plan in advance b/c I couldn't come with ya'll this past weekend b/c I need two weeks notice to take off work. Just a thought for planning ahead

3/26/2007 11:05:21 AM

im really glad we didnt run into this:



middle of the page story...

http://www.tailofthedragon.com/

3/26/2007 11:06:04 AM

I'm here and still alive. Apparently, someone on the highway called in of a few bikers racing a red car. The trooper went after me and I pulled over. He was pissed and he pretty much had his hand drawn on his weapon the whole time he approached me. He said he could have thrown me in jail for reckless driving, running with no headlight at night, improper use of vehicle, and some other shit. I just explained to him that I wrecked the bike earlier that day and was trailing the red car for wind protection. He cited me with just following a car to closely and being prudent...

While he was there, I also took a few pics with flash and that also pissed him off... :p but I got some cool pics. I also made him wait there an extra 15 mins because I worked on my bike, adjust the chain, lube it up, bleed the brakes a bit. And he had the nerve to ask me "is that thing safe?" haha I'm thinking, I don't give a fuck right now, I just want to get home anyway possible.

After I got on, I almost had a few truckers sideswipe me near chapel hill area. Damn scary shit. After I pasted chapel hill, the whole highway cleared up really fast. Not a good thing when you have no fucking headlights. I prolly was going 45 the rest of the way home. And taking off-ramps at night is prolly the scariest shit I've ever done. Couldn't see shit. And then I got pulled again by a cary cop on us-1. I showed him my previous ticket and he let me off with a warning. He also said I was nuts.

Fuckin A. This trip has been a bitch and a half. I'm taking work and school off today and tomorrow just to get my balance back.

3/26/2007 11:16:17 AM

glad to hear you made it back in one piece. Could have gone a lot differetly

i hope taking a day off work and school doesn't include uploading the pics =P

[Edited on March 26, 2007 at 11:25 AM. Reason : fda]

3/26/2007 11:24:48 AM

^^Glad to hear you didnt get killed or setting in a cell ^ That vid looks fun as hell

3/26/2007 11:33:13 AM

hehe yeah...Rob (Soundboy4) says he has a really badass video chase-cam style of me and him.

3/26/2007 11:35:23 AM

really glad you're ok Jeff

3/26/2007 11:35:42 AM

w00t! That should be good!

3/26/2007 11:36:09 AM

all our cars/bikes need a good wash. My front end and windshield is covered in insects and bikers

3/26/2007 11:38:27 AM

BTW, thx Johanna for reminding me about the back protector at cycle gear. Pretty sure that paid in full yesterday.

I was lucky enough to wreck at the right spot. Any later and I would have hit some trees, any sooner and I would have hit the rocky wall. Thank god for dirt. I was just glad after that wreck that I didn't crack another engine block, but I have the extra one good one at home...

I have over 3GB of pictures from this weekend alone. Takes so much time to go through them.

3/26/2007 11:41:52 AM

burn them to a DVD unsorted or i can bring over a blank DVD for you to burn them too.

then i can pick up the $20. Engin, Tim, and you still owe me for the room

[Edited on March 26, 2007 at 11:43 AM. Reason : fda]

3/26/2007 11:42:46 AM

i think im gonna hit the docs tomorrow for a check up. I can't tell whats hurting and whats just sore...

3/26/2007 11:53:02 AM

it's JoHannah - get it right or just call me Hanya! haha j/k glad you bought it though; none of us need to be having broken bones if we can prevent it

3/26/2007 11:56:07 AM

need to get ahold of that photographer at the curve that I wrecked at. He said he got some good pics of me before I wrecked...

I still don't know why my front tire slipped out under me at the exit of the curve. I was looking ahead at the next curve too. Then all of a sudden I feel the bike slip and goes sideways. Thinking the whole time, please please, don't break the engine.

[Edited on March 26, 2007 at 12:08 PM. Reason : ]

3/26/2007 12:06:37 PM

Sounds like I missed a fun weekend, lol I was flying back from CA on Saturday...ugh.

Anyone still planning on coming up this way this coming weekend? I might be able to round up some local bikers to go, we've been thinking about a trip that way for a while.

3/26/2007 12:14:27 PM

this is how u keep ur bikes safe at night






does anyone know where my liner for my jacket is? i put it in someones car. did u accidentally pack it up Jeff when u put the gear on ur bike?

[Edited on March 26, 2007 at 1:03 PM. Reason : d]

3/26/2007 12:58:12 PM

^ HAHAHAHAHAHA Tr00 tr000

3/26/2007 1:12:13 PM

nope, but I have someone else's toothbrush from the cabin. Don't think they want it back now that the wd40 sprayed all over the inside of my saddle bags. Using it to degrease the engine now...

3/26/2007 1:22:53 PM

1st pic I've uploaded, going through them now.

3/26/2007 1:40:26 PM

damn you are a crazy bastard for having no damn light!

3/26/2007 1:43:54 PM

that's dumb that the cop let u drive home with no lights. if u killed someone it would have been his fault.

3/26/2007 1:52:23 PM

I AM PRETTY PISSED OFF YOU DIDN'T CALL ME JEFF TO LET ME KNOW YOU WERE OK! I CALLED YOU TWICE!

3/26/2007 2:08:10 PM

if I killed someone? Pretty sure I would be the one dead with all the damn cars and big rigs almost side swiping me. Riding 60 some miles in darkness is definitely something I won't do again...

I left the cell phone in the pack and went straight to bed in full leathers. thats how dead tired i was.

[Edited on March 26, 2007 at 2:09 PM. Reason : ]

3/26/2007 2:09:09 PM

I CALLED LATE IN THE MORNING...

3/26/2007 2:11:33 PM