chickenwafer wrote:Nice man! How's DGRR?
Just got here today. In a word...HAMAZING! I forgot how much I loved this road, how curvy it was, and how freaking long it takes to drive through just 11 miles lol. I tried to get the GoPro working on the TN side on my way to the hotel in Robbinsville, but I forgot the memory card was full. ARGH!!! It's probably better this way. If I'd gotten to record I would have just been recording my school girl giggles and some profanities, such as "F*&^ this is awesome!" Might have also heard my driver's front tire chewing fender several times too. At least it's chewing the underside and not the lip. It's 30mph through pretty much the whole thing, and I think the fastest I got was about 45 on some of the straighter parts. I was also taking it a little easy on the straight parts though, I didn't want to be speeding too much if a cop went by. Not to mention it's been 7 years since I've driven this, and back then it was only a couple times so I need to learn/relearn the road. I'd rather not take a spill off the side of the mountain. In the turns I was usually doing about 30, maybe as low as 20 on the really tight ones. I think I may have seen about 4 cars on there though, all going the other direction. Never got stuck behind another car. I only went through it the one time today, from TN to NC. Once I got to the hotel I met some other guys here for the road. One has a Mazdaspeed 3 and is here with his group, and the other two are friends from Florida that have been here since Monday with their street bikes. During the week is definitely the time to come if you just want an open road. I might just have to come back again another year, but I'm going to need some people to come along, and that's where you guys come in.
I'm gonna hit up Cherohala Skyway tomorrow too. I'm going to TRY to get up around 6 (less than 5 hours from now) and shower, eat and hit the road early so I can get as much driving in as possible, because I have to leave by early afternoon so I can make it to Goldsboro to my buddy's house tomorrow night before it's too late. Friday I'm going to Pope AFB in Fayetteville to see my old friends, and others around town, and Saturday I'm hanging with the old rotary crew in Raleigh. I think I might come back and do some more driving Sunday HAHA.
Shadowden wrote:Ohlins...I can't contain my jealousy...
We'll see if it actually happens. My buddy told me he can get them for $2700 through his company. I really want some.
