Cool video. You might want to wash the blood off your windshield from the pedistrian you hit.

Another video of the Dragon's Tail. This one might make you a little dizzy!! AWESOME footage.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGX6o2n8iTM

If that one didn't make you queasy - this one might!! Make sure your volume is up - gotta love the sound of tires squealing in the twisties!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFVooQ6QpYk

Thanks Mike for getting those on here for me, you rock!

Wow, thirty seconds into that first video and my motion sickness was already kicking in. I was beginning to think it might be fun to ride out with someone but that served as a reminder - no freakin' way.

These videos are great in 720p - I was leaning into the turns and had my foot planted on the floor (on the brakes....)!! These are better than any video game!

what you guys from the rest of the world miss out on is that us here in NC and eastern TN have lots of roads like this to drive. TOD is just the most famous (and unfortunately usually the most crowded). We go on drives up in the mountains fairly often that will make even the most hardened passenger a bit queasy. (I know, Nadine likes to drive too, so I spend 1/2 of any trip in the right seat!!) 2nd gear at most for 15+ miles.... You'll all really love the area...

Oh come on Chad, it will be well worth any sickness you may endure. Grab a ride with one of those okies & come on out.

You know if you don't you're going to have one hellofva party at your house that night and one big lot of folks with a hangover driving across Tenn. the next day......

Laf, said like a man who's never been seasick! I've rarely been more miserable in my life.

Bring your dramamine and lets drive!

Are there barf stations along the way?

What's the average speed in these vid's?

Have no clue, my speedometer doesn't work. Most of it was third gear with some of the tighter ones bringing you back to second.

Shoe.....you going to check into the caravan motel discount?....if not you'd better have plenty of beer and BBQ Wed. night.....

Yes, I will check a few places and see what I can come up with. Hopefully get a nice place at a good rate.

Hummm..
I'm remembering pretty much second gear in the Dragon. Prolly about 30 avg thru that stretch. After the left at Deals Gap store onto the Bender there are some stretches where third is appropriate. Say around 40 avg. The Skyway I would say pace picks up to maybe 50 avg with a lot of grade. This all depends on traffic. That vid was late in the afternoon on what had been a very busy day traffic wise in the area. It was a Sat in late summer. Really clean run only getting behind traffic twice.

Not sure of time in first clip but did anyone notice the two crotch rockets running as one coming down the mtn balls to the wall. Was kinda scary seeing them coming around a switchback running wheel to wheel and dragging a knee. Those dudes were flying!!

And Bob is correct that if you live in that area of the world every back road is a twisty......just ain't fair

Ya'll come now, ya here...............

Just not in the "hood".....

Come on now, JT....It is Memphis!!

Bring ur gun....

I'll try to keep up... I just need a little more horsepower. Then it'll be ok... oh yes.

What you NEED is a tracking device such as LoJack to put on your steering wheel!

True that. But I wouldn't NEED that if I didn't hang with a bunch of scoundrels!

so i live just that close to the dragon and even closer to vonore. any problem with just driving to meet everyone instead of stayin at the hotel. saves me a little money anyways
or is the money for something other than just hotel room?

No problem at all. Just make sure you arrive in time to leave on the run with the group. Hell, we might all come stay at your house so we can save money too! The registration fee is seperate from the hotel though. It covers your entry and also the awards banquet and a few other things.

ah, i just looked at the pricing stuff and realized how expensive it is. not sure i can talk my other half into 100$ for a get together.

That includes dinner for the awards banquet, also covers your entry for the car show and also putsyou in the drawing for all the door prizes. There should be lots of goodies given away thanks to our very generous vendors and sponsors. Also cover food Thursday night. With all the money you will be saving on hotelfees, should be well worth it. I hope you can talk her into it as this is going to be a great get together.


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Ron if you put more HP into your car, the Navy will be drafting you to power one of their aircraft carriers!

I'm thinkin' there's never enough horsepower... or brakes!!!!! And the dragon looks like the place to do some seriously spirited .

I believe Ron is on to something here???

I just found out the TN side of the Dragon will be open at 5pm on Friday.

http://www.tdot.state.tn.us/US129rockslide/default.htm
WOOOHOOO motorcycle ride this weekend!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That is a good thing because 2 Fridays from now Ken and I will bedoing preruns. Care to join us?

i'd be up for a run. although my 914 isn't registered yet so ill have to drive the Mini or the motorcycle.

I have an extra antique tag you can toss on it. Or you can go register it. Do an antique tag and you don't have to pass inspection and you only have to pay once and it is good as long as you own it. The Mini is always an option.

tennessee doesn't have inspection's but they have a strange antique law where if you get caught driving during a weekday and not goin to a car meeting/show or getting it repaired you get fined.
i do have a tag on it but its from my fiat :X

I have one registered to a 914 and we will be on a club event.

BRAKES? We don't need no brakes, man. Just a stinking Horn and a Gas Pedal!

Money sent Clay. Any possibility of a registration update in the next few days?




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Earth to Clay, where are you Trunk Monkey?

Hello,

Just returned back to Florida from East Tennessee, my summer vacation was a covert recon mission to scope out the Tail of the Dragon and visit the beauty of the Mountains. We rented a cabin up in the hills over Wears Valley not too far from the Tail. On the way up we drove the family Honda Element, Front Wheel Drive, 5 Speed. We drove up after staying with freinds in Atlanta on Highway 68 which runs through Tellico Plains or something like that, 68 had lots of great twisties it was real fun to drive...or as much fun as you can have in an Element. After several days in the Hills we decided to drive to Marysville for supplies (Beer & Wine). On the way up I noticed the sign announcing that HWY 129 was open again. We went to Marysville and then decided to drive down 129 and check out the Tail of the Dragon. I said to my wife how much worse can it be compared to Highway 68????

Oh My God.......... just add 5000 feet and no guard rails, we drove from west to east so my wife in the passenger seat was on the side which looked down. This did not go so well for her. I had a great time driving but was watching for all the Crotch Rockets and pulling into the passing shoulders so they could enjoy. Everytime I pulled into one she about freaked. The road is the best in the country and I can't wait to bring my 914 in October, I cannot imagine how fun it will be in that car...on that road!!!!

If you have driven the road I saw something not to be believed, a guy was pulling a 30 ft trailer over the Tail of the Dragon...I can't imagine, hope he had lots of brake pad.

Words do not explain the road even the video's can not capture the whole experience, the Dam near the end is really cool.

Looking forward to October.

Vysoc

Glad you enjoyed it. Ken and I were to do some preruns this weekend but due to my car being dead we have rescheduled for August 13, 14 and 15 for our preruns.


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I am still alive.. but buried under here at work. I have to deploy a new email system for 15,000 (yea 15 thousand) mailboxes by September 3rd. So I am a busy guy. Plus fixing both 914s so we can actually make the event.

Update will be soon.. hopefully this weekend. there is a swap meet here in DFW this weekend, and I am loading up some 914 parts in the truck and taking them out to sell. Then coming home and finishing up the wife's 914.

Okay guys, I just received a phone call from a teener owner in New Jersey who is making plans to attend! This gives you northeast guys another car to convoy with so let's get out there & recruit some more folks. This is going to be one awesome event. Lots of goodies to be given away also. For all you member vendors out there, if you haven't heard from me yet you will be soon so go ahead and start boxing up lots of your best goodies for all these awesome teener owners to win.


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Another month has slipped quietly along which brings us even closer to the EVENT of the YEAR! Have you registered yet? Have you reserved your hotel yet? Have you even made plans to attend this exciting 914 event? MUSR 11 "Teeners on The Tail" Tail of the Dragon that is. Come one come all and enjoy some awesome driving roads, breathtaking views, super 914 friends, good food and lots of fun. YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS IT! Come and meet Buttercup, come and see if my ugly assed car does a 3peat for dirtiest engine bay. Just come and have fun. Whatever your reason JUST DO IT!.

All that being said, here is another shameless


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Called the hotel today to book a room for a couple of nights when we go to do the preruns in a couple of weeks. I was told our rooms for the ramble are slowly but surely being booked and are disappearing. If you are planning on attending this event which is only a little over a couple ofmonths away you might want to consider reserving your room pretty quickly before they are all gone.



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Shoe. Get this highlighted in Hot Pink or sick stand out color. The other events are in blue and we need to stand out. Ya'll have fun.

Had a chat with John Forbes at Black Forest Racing this morning, looks like a bunch of 914 owners from in and around Carolinas will be making it after all! He had a list of 11 (12 cars) that told him yes, they are going plus 3-4 maybe's. Not sure if they all signed up yet...would like to see an updated registration list Clay??

I'm still working on scheduling...hopefully we can make it.

Keep at it Bob, sure would like to have you, Nadine and Huey there.

Agreed, this needs to be hightlighted. I keep needing to come back to this thread to point people there, and can't find it easily.

Mods....PLEASE highlight this thread!!!

Why in the hell did I watch those videos ?? No promises, but I'm going to do my best to make it Donald