Rode the Dragon and Cherahola Skyway today

[M109R]

I'm not about to advertise where my favorites are on the internet

That's sad. Why are you even on the forum if not to share your awesome finds and experiences. Like thousands of bikes are going to rush up to Alberta Canada and ride at the same time as you if you spoke of a good road.

Get real....

[Lion_Lady]

The Cherohola is AMAZING!!! Misjudged our track home from GA this past week, and completely missed it.

Dang!!!

Pam

[Relsek]

congrats BCS!

i wanna try the dragon sometime in the future.

it's too far though.

and...

Here's one from the Cherohala

[ZooTech]

the dragon, for those who dont know, is considered to be one of the best motorcycle roads on the planet. it 11 miles long, and has aproximatly 350 turns.

318 to be exact.

Has anyone else here ridden either road?

Yup

[ShawnKing]

Has anyone else here ridden either road?

Yup - several times. My wife did it 5 days after getting her license.

Throw Hellbender into the mix too. I prefer Hellbender to The Dragon. "Half the turns, twice the fun!"

[ShawnKing]

did the dragon about a month ago...was fun but on a big bike more of a workout than a joyride....enjoyed hellbender rt 29 coming off of it more...

Actually, it's US 28.

[ShawnKing]

I've seen so many videos of "aggresive riders" wobbling all over the double yellows to convince me that you are taking your life in your hands riding down there.

It can get squirelly down there but it's not as bad as its image.

I'm not about to advertise where my favorites are on the internet

Wow....so much for sharing with your fellow bikers. How would you feel if you asked for some advice and someone said the above to you?

[BigChickenStrips]

ok a few pics. i was trying to keep up with fuel injected bikes that are already 5 times as powerful as mine under good conditions and my poor little carbs werent liking the altitude (i'll use the choke next time) but here are a few of the pics i took.


from left to right the bikes are-
CBR600RR, gixxer 750 (dude's knee pucks were well worn), Ninja 636 (probably the next bike i'll buy), [background] Aparilla ??? with carbon fiber body and i believe some other "upgrades", Triumph speed tripple (with the cool "8" shaped lights), honda cbr929RR, and my little ninjette in the background [yellow], there were also 2 cruisers but the could nto keep up with us so we just met up with them at each stop and they didnt make any of the pics.

they were not big on stopping so i didnt get many good shots of the curves but i'll post a link to my pics from killboy and zee photo when they come in (if they dont suck)

i wasnt doing anyhting crazy when i went by killboy but i scraped serious peg after passing zee photo.


now- in no special order-

[dieziege]

my poor little carbs werent liking the altitude (i'll use the choke next time)

Glutton for punnishment, eh?

Choke enriches the mixture... altitude also enriches the mixture... too rich = bad. High altitude + choke = engine no workie.

My bike starts to have real troubles at about 5500-6000 feet...

[BigChickenStrips]

really? i thought the choke opened the "air thingy" (thats the technical term) and allowed more air into the mix? im probably wrong though.