The lines are actually paint, akin to latex used for building exteriors, and yes they do not grip well like asphalt does. I have had that squirly slipping feeling several times on that dam paint, scares the bajeebies out of ya!
You’ll are scared to leave the comfort of your couch from what I’m hearing! What did someone lean to much on the same road you was on, oh poor baby, lol. Save it for the retirement home fellows.
@Itznun Yabizness Yep, I agree. That is why I avoid The Dragon on my bike and in my car as much as possible. Almost hit a few times by track-boy wannabees both on my bike and in my car. Last time was while on a date driving my S2000 back from the Cheraholla Skyway. Never again.
It’s hard for me to feel sorry for somebody that rides like that especially going into another lane if they want to kill themselves go ahead but don’t hurt or kill somebody innocent
Looking at the way he was riding at 1:20, 1:29, 2:04, 2:10 and 4:10 I'd say that what happened at 5:20 was inevitable. If anything had been coming the other way at 4:10 he would have been toast...any smart rider would have recognised that he was pushing his luck and backed right off, instead of trying to keep up. The cammer isn't much better, leaning over into the oncoming lane
He ended up in the oncoming lane early on. He got lucky no one was coming. He should have taken that as a hint, but he failed to recognize he was riding beyond his skill level.
I thought the same thing. Then again, a few years back, I fell in behind a Porche that was driven by a guy who obviously knew the road. I stuck with him for a mile, or so, and then thought better of it. An agile sports car with a good driver will always outrun a bike through twists.
I used to live in Mallorca, Spain. I used to ride a bicycle a great deal and drive a Renault 1.5 turbo diesel. One day I decided to take the car around a 55 mile route through the hills and along the cliff region of the island (South West corner) that I rode regularly on the bicycle. Met a sports bike and it turned into a speed fest. Speeds of 90-95mph, red-hot brakes, scorching tyres, 4 wheel drifts in a front wheel drive. I would win on the twisties and he would win of the straights. We had a chat in Spanish at the end. He enjoyed the route and was surprised I could keep up. I rung the neck of that poor little Renault. The bike rider was nowhere near leaning the bike as much as that nugget in the video, but we were going much quicker.
At 4:15 he took the turn wide into oncoming lanes. It was a matter of time. Doesn't have the counter steering down yet. Trying too hard to keep up with the yoyo in front of him who was seat shifting like he was on a track somewhere. Ride your own bike. Let them ride theirs. Catch up later. Live to tell about the experience.
Yep, that line cross was the que to dial it back a notch and find his own pace.. Ride his own line.. Oh well, it's one way to find your limit I guess. Glad he walked away.
I drove out there one day with hopes of seeing the tail of the dragon and NOPED right out of that area by Fontana Dam. Way too many reckless driver/riders. Even the guy in this video routinely crosses over the double yellow with his body. Just because your tire is in your lane doesn't mean your body is also. Downvote me into oblivion but these fuckers deserve what they get by putting others at risk.
I was watching & wondering like you, I am no "MaX WRiST" but I did..... →STAY AT A HOLIDAY INN LAST NIGHT← .....own a 750gs Suzuki w\Mukuni's, Big sprocket, FaT Dunlop Vance&Hines r header. I scraped a corner 3x's as I watched 2 riders in front of me on new-er Interceptors [Honda?] tail lights suddenly vanish [night time] ~ EXIT fast right in a challenging LEFT hand turn he he.... ....so yeah anyway even I noted the guy on point jumping -n- switching seat sides for the L\R corners & the main character is watching & following THAT GUY !! Both riders weight distribution physics understanding & implementation was [mostly] in LiMiT testing mode [ copy lol], whether they realized it or...........NOT !! What'd ya'all reckon the true cause of his FAIL was ?? How fast are these corners taken on avg.? 30-40mph tops with straights hitting 60-70mph [depending] ?? IDK just guessing. All that said I really wish 10-15 years ago I had found this road/run.......OAF now LoL One day you too will wake up finding yourself in some abused 60yr old body /;^) .....recovery is much much more pain full & way longer to NOT EVER really heal he he he ahhhhhhhhh man...... Always Forward ~ GOdspeed
Great example of why not to ride the Dragon. there are so many fun roads in that area where its much less likely your gonna catch a car or motorcycle to the face in a blind turn.
@@Dave-sw2dm When you go to places like this, speeding comes with the territory. I've had sport bike riders blow past me going way too fast, cross double yellows to pass people, etc. Yes it's stupid and dangerous, but that's the reality of the dragon. The police will be writing speeding tickets and impounding bikes there until judgment day, but it will not stop people who are determined to ride hard and push the envelope.
So I’ve been watching many of these ‘Tail of the dragon’ vids from the safety of my recliner.😂😢 How is this being filmed!? Best video recording I’ve seen!! 👍🫵
Dude bout got it awhile back, one less trash rider at the dragon. We keep it in between the mayonnaise and the mustard OK N props to the cager he was gettin it.
These guys are my worst nightmare, leaning in, or fully penetrating the oncoming lane. I try to minimize the risk of being killed, by riding early in the morning and if possible on working days.
Was he hurt?.... Looked like he might have... I see 20 comments, and not one person has asked if he was alright... I guess it doesn't matter, but, it was the first thing I thought about when I saw it... hope dude is alright and still riding.... you guy's ride safe out there....
Such a strange and selfish thing to do on the public highway. Motorcycles are seen, used and ridden very differently in the US to the way they are on Europe. Riders here (good riders) would pay to avoid narrow stretches of blacktop crowded with immature show-offs trying to prove something. This sort of thing would be much more fun and rather faster on a track. Doing it here is just going to endanger (and piss off) other road users. And.... At the end of the day, for all the posturing and knee-dragging, it wasn't that fast.
While I agree with your assessment of this road and the riders in this video, in the US, a 16 year old kid on the day he gets his motorcycle license to go out and buy a ZX-14 or ‘busa. No requirement to start on a 250cc bike and work your way up.
@@cameltube-vk7el Yes... Strange. It's a public highway. It is strange to imagine or adopt or entitle oneself to the right to ride like that on the highway. Other people get hurt sometimes. The TT is just one of many road races across the UK and Ireland. These are organised races and the roads are closed. There are marshals and paramedics. These folk on the video are hooning on an open highway and... that is steange and selfish. If there is a real need to prove something, there are tracks that can be ridden. Excellent, grippy surface, plenty of run-off and corners/cambers specifically designed to test and amuse the rider. Riding like this on the highway is puerile and soppy and.... strange.
@@BanjoLuke1 @BanjoLuke1 Maybe it's your specific use of the word "STRaNGe" that scratches nails on the chalkboard in my meat-computer [brain BRaiN] & is where I start to CRiNGe or get hung up lets say↓....↓↓ → strAngE 1) Of, relating to, or characteristic of another country : foreign. not native to or naturally belonging in a place : of external origin, kind, or character →STRaNGe 2) Not previously known; unfamiliar. Not of one's own or a particular locality, environment, or kind; not native.Out of the ordinary or difficult to account for; unusual or peculiar. oR the understanding, perspective, & view colored for examples i.e. "....Motorcycles are seen, used & ridden very differently in the US to the way they are on Europe. Riders here (good riders) would pay to....." oK, so sentences from your 1st post hmmmm, ok maybe a small chip on your shoulder for the U.S. lol ...... 2nd-ly [secondly & well over all] again reads or continue as assumed to context & content. Believe that the U.S. to be unique in this ??? Really?? Note flag words "ENTITLE" "immature" "SeLFiSH" "prove, show-off".....ok noted & somewhat agree.... Saying that if your not from somewhere and experience an event that is basically common [even across water] it maybe & STRANGE fits that, i.e.→ UK vs. US ......? COMMON to both→ WE both have similar cars, drive on similar roads BUT !! UK [all across the pond] operates & is operating vehicles on the wrong side of the road-ways. They do drive correctly in the United States. THis is supported by the fact the US invented cars & mass produced 1st [FIRST] thus logically you know.....PRECEDENT [ likely find that it was about MONEY i.e. more cars ?? IDK or Uniqueness?] But its all fine, I care but it does not really matter right ? N O of course not [!] & you would agree ! [right?] I submit there is nothing strange STRaNGe strange other than about your perceptions preconceptions & descriptions.......not really sounding familiar with the cycle community[s] so I will just say the following !! So oKKK @BaNJo-LuKe1 THe type of bike operation in that video is not uncommon, neither is it for cars. Only this is not unique to just the UNITED STATES no no come on man REALLY ?? So your now advised to recognize beyond possibility & potentiality that regular motorcycle "HIGH - PERFORMANCE" level operations happen world wide[WW]....cars too!!! Now to be clear I agree with you as to aLL obvious & inherent danger that exists in street performance, again.....WorldWide! Recognize this & insert CARS & this becomes a way WAY serious issue→ CARS are also World Wide. To the actual experience, it is not like riding a track for speed, its either spontaneous during the course of a day or it is a regular event thing. Like a Friday night or Saturday meet up and see what happens !! But it is very common. It often just happens. This type of activity in cars & motorcycles has been a thing since they have been rolling on dirt roads. WHat has changed is HUMAN access to→ producing\viewing, the SPEED & CAPABILITY of access to content, variety of content and SOURCE.....input & output camera[s] & screen[s] locations!!. And I mean via picture, video & personally PERSONAL experience......that potentiality can & will affect view, → a persons view. Another aspect is that of the CAMERA, I submit that is possibly & potentially reason for increased FAIL by humans that would chose to "SHoW - oFF" or prove something or "see me" etc. etc. OR for any reason the camera creates powerful motivation for aLL types of imagined gains, fame, entitlement & increased EMOTION..... BANJOLuke, Humans are in need of how to "take personal responsibility" course. This gives weight to your points about the entitled selfish etc. Because I think we are reaping the pain of electronic communication & DATA to humans that were not prepared how to disseminate DATA & COMM'S properly and that is on top of all the PROGRAMMING & PROPAGANDA spewing out of EVERYTHING with a volt & SiGNaL from devices in hand on a desk or BOTH at the same time !!!!! THis information age was allowed to run wild with A LOT OF IT being hmmmmm in a word EVIL. Ok I felt like talking & maybe some one feels like reading ha ha...peace out !! Always FOrward ~ Godspeed
@@cameltube-vk7el Wow, golly gosh! I thought I could type on a phone screen.... That is quite an essay.... Chapeau! I am happy with the word "strange" as I use it. But I do understand the "grinding gears" quality of some words in some contexts. I can change it to "rum" or "odd". I am too old to ride now, but in my youth I rode a great deal on these small islands just off the coast of NW continental Europe. Also down across the Alps and onto the Balkans and down the spine of Italy. I am not immune to the perceived need to "scratch". My foot pegs stayed off the tarmac through lack of skill and courage, not a lack of foolhardiness. I've ridden in the US, too, but not much and not on "interesting" roads. And I've ridden with Canadian and US riders in Europe. The culture is not so different. A bike is a bike. Anyway.... It's just an opinion. Many of mine are wrong. And again, Chapeau to you for a mammoth typing effort. I shrink a little back onto my seat when a phrase or word like "Godspeed" comes across the pond at me.... Most of the religious types left the UK for New England some time ago and we are not comfortable with too much invoking of the name of the Man in the Sky. Anyway.... Feel free to insert "rum" or "odd" in place of "strange" and if you still ride, enjoy it for as long as you can. I still slightly miss it.
Just ride within your skill level. Idk why dudes with sport bikes feel the need to treat twisty roads like they're on the track. Who cares if you're slower than your buddy when you still have your life and a working motorcycle.
well how else do you improve anything if you dont do something different ?? Normally that means outside your comfort zone. I hear & get the dangers common sense danger here but, most all, NO all the bike fails I know about the rider was injured even IF [big IF] they hit another vehicle [not another bike though] like a car sure. But its the race's on road track that get spectators hurt. So it really fun to do the twisty stuff on a road like this! That said, its easy to mess up when you follow someone "better" and their bike is "better" as I did often. It was the perfect storm, in my mind Like this was an "ultimate challenge!" IN my mind ! Skills→ Percentage %-wise I figured if he can make it so can I, or really it was "so can my BIKE" & it was up to me to rise up to the occasion and make it GAME MODE w\safety protocols & parameters OFF. It was a epic ride that first time! I pushed & did things I had never done only dreamed of it....I hit corners at like 50 braking late down to 30's.....left turn head down at handle-bar level, weight forward on the front tire, knee out & L E A N into the turn, lean more....S H I T lean even M O R E !!!!! Header scrapes again for 3rd time when the 2 [honda] $$ Interceptors vanished 1 -n- 2 PooF they wer gone [well in the muddy ditch] from the track or road. No I did not stop, I was now 6 bikes from the lead. FYI we started at a bridge with > 50 bikes, GO !! We set off across TAMPA BAY at the Gandy bridge hitting 120, 130+mph WHEW man ok ok. When we reached the other side & stop in the parking lot a 1\2 mile from "feet dry" [bridge end] we had cut the field in half. Off down Race Track road we go. Just about 3 miles to a area to pull over, we took roll call.......now down to 15-20 riders. "G O" We continued on through the cow zone [3-5 cows wandered onto the road at one turn, with out incident] this is when I lost the bike in front of me & then the next 2 bikes in front of him before we made it to the 24hr little store rendezvous point....roll call \head count hmmmmmm we were down to 9 heros. We had a drink& discussed the journey, the rider FAILS ....then the reveal !!!! Who were the boys in front of me the whole time setting the pace ?!?!? 4 four of them raced competitively Pro-Am W T F !!?? And I ended up out of >than 50 riders to 30 down to 7-8-or-9 at the AAR[after action report] WoW just WoW a dream came true. I rode my bike at the same caliber as them, I survived to tell the story. I had leaned my bike at an unreal angle, so much so that a racing header scraped 3x in that turn......MaX-Xtreme-PLAYER-level-engaged w\SAFETY oFF ....N O re-spawn real world lol] So, never again. I tried to ride the same road alone& I chickened out in the turn & almost dumped it. We had race around on these 2 lane roads from about 1 am to about 4. # riders in front of me slid off into ditches on 2 turns. My header scratched 3x's in one turn that 2 went off in front of me on new $$$ bikes $$$ but no one hurt.....really !! Some point a sheriff showed up when I was heading home alone. Pulls me over, tells me about the report of racing on Race Track Road......he gave me the DANGER speech and let me go.....said he hopes he dont have to clean me off the road. Peace Out ~ Always Forward ~ Godspeed
Gotta ride your own ride. Don't try to keep up to your demise. I hope he wasn't hurt too bad. It's really tempting there, really all over that area. You get people coming up from Florida and the Midwest that aren't used to the twisties and they just ride beyond their experience. Let's be careful out there.
My son has driven it twice and this type of garbage makes me hate being in that passenger seat. These clowns act like they are the only ones who deserve to be there and screw anybody staying on their side of the yellow lines.
Why in the hell are you guys all over the center line. May as we’ll go play Russian roulette with all cylinders loaded. That’s going to bite you hard one day
He was trying to keep up by letting it rip in the straights (of which there ain’t many/much on this road) which in turn caused him to blow the corners. There were so many things wrong with this video and rider, patches of wet road, touching and crossing the yellow lines, over exaggerated lean. Luckily he went off on the right side into the ditch and not into oncoming traffic. Leave a little for error. If you’re riding at 100% on the street, you’re doing it wrong. Have fun but save the super fun stuff for the track.
I have watched a few of these videos and it amazes me how many riders dont know how to go around corners. Is this the only winding road there is in america?
I. So damn confused!! Where was the camera? Was it attached to the second rider? In any event, it seems like they were trying to ride with skills they didn’t have.
Quit playing Marc Marquez and trying to drag your knee! You are not in a motogp race. Physics are involved when they hang off that far. Going 45mph in a turn does not warrant dragging your knee, lol!
I'm not here to critique your riding "skills". I just want to say that any one following reasons I would not want you in our ride group... you were barely able to control your bike, crossed the double yellow lines multiple times putting others at risk, and you didn't even stop for your riding partner that crashed. Completely irresponsible and reckless.
Love motorcycles and own a few, my 20 year old rides and if he does stuff like this the bikes are gone. We ride together a lot and at lean he is inside the yellow lines. With all that traffic you got no business riding like that.
I'm so glad someone else leans inside the lines. These fucking idiots think because their tire is inside the lane that's all that matters. Some asshole motorcyclist almost killed me on the blue ridge parkway while leaning into my lane. I hate these motherfuckers.
Glad I wasn’t up there that day meeting lead bike or the one that crashed in a corner while you where over yellow line . Both riding over there skill level! Looked like any good rider could have out timed you ona Goldwing or Electra Glide Ultra
It's a 30mph speed limit. Think of a stereotypical Harley buyer who has no idea what he's doing and makes this his first trip. He should have no problem on The Dragon.
It’s not hard. If you want to ride like an idiot, you better pay close attention, but ever since the 16-wheelers have been removed there is no difference to any other road. You see these guys and think everyone’s riding like this. It’s not. I’m from Nashville so it’s too far to make it on my supersport, so I’m there on my BMW K1600 and I’m not going that fast but am good in the corners and on the brakes and usually,just constantly passing people. Go and just ride within your limits and you’ll experience a world-renowned road and get some god experience and confidence. I highly encourage it. Ride your own ride though, not like this guy.
He was trying to keep up with his buddy who was obviously faster. Ride your own ride ppl its not a race track, and there's always someone faster than you.
Guys, why are you leaned so far over the centre line so much of the time !!!! ???? No part of bike or body should cross. I've been down there many times and it is NO PROBLEM to have fun on that road while remaining in your own lane. Sorry to be harsh but that's just plain stupidity. I get that "sometimes" you can see there's no oncoming. Just don't do it, it's too hard to correct that line mid-turn. Lol, you're getting trashed in the comments for good reason.
What no broken parts for the tree of shame??. There is a ride that is more challenging than this tourist attraction. Travel 1/2 hour north west past Maryville to the Devils triangle. Tuff road.
@@PrinceCbass I can't seem to figure out how it's attached to your bike....I can see sometimes when the sun is right and the shadows right that it's on the end of a stick..?...how is the stick attached to the bike....at one point you did a wheelie in a vid and I could see nothing off the back of the bike....
@@MrCol916 the 3d cameras are weird devices. I haven't used one or edited the footage. it is attached with a pole mounted from the tailsection but you rarely see the pole in the video. I have seen footage of normal camera that films people with the 3d setup.
Cringed every time I saw him in lean across the the yellow solid lines
Mannnnnn I’m terrified of the painted lines out in my area. Q3’s are no good on them
If he would have been a smart rider and called it the day after crossing double yellow, but ego told him otherwise
@@joshkane534 bro facts!! Those raised ones terrify me that wheel shift makes my stomach turn on those reflectors
@@joshkane534 shit bro glad you’re good I bet that was scary af!!
The lines are actually paint, akin to latex used for building exteriors, and yes they do not grip well like asphalt does. I have had that squirly slipping feeling several times on that dam paint, scares the bajeebies out of ya!
Leaning over like that on those yellow lines is quite scary…..and dumb. Save it for the track eh.
You’ll are scared to leave the comfort of your couch from what I’m hearing! What did someone lean to much on the same road you was on, oh poor baby, lol. Save it for the retirement home fellows.
@Itznun Yabizness Yep, I agree. That is why I avoid The Dragon on my bike and in my car as much as possible. Almost hit a few times by track-boy wannabees both on my bike and in my car. Last time was while on a date driving my S2000 back from the Cheraholla Skyway. Never again.
That yellow paint can be slippery.
Oh jeez! How stupid. You'd be safer shooting heroin once you push it too far. I could bring you back from a dope hit. Save yourself son.
@@spaceexplorer6636 in one case some one was decapitated because they where leaning to much over the double yellows.
It’s hard for me to feel sorry for somebody that rides like that especially going into another lane if they want to kill themselves go ahead but don’t hurt or kill somebody innocent
The Dragon has a way of taking out the trash.
You could tell early on, that dude was riding beyond his skill level
His jacket let me me know he was thinking about going down
new rider here. how can you tell? and what did he do wrong
@@Astrojamus he was constantly going wide on tight turns, not slowing down enough before going into the turns
Kevin Schwantz was known for pushing the limitations. He did ok.
Agreed, at first I thought the video was about the lead rider, but watching the 2nd bike going wide on turns made me think his days were numbered
Looking at the way he was riding at 1:20, 1:29, 2:04, 2:10 and 4:10 I'd say that what happened at 5:20 was inevitable. If anything had been coming the other way at 4:10 he would have been toast...any smart rider would have recognised that he was pushing his luck and backed right off, instead of trying to keep up. The cammer isn't much better, leaning over into the oncoming lane
thank you for the time stamps
If you look @4:35 you see him approach two cars but only pass one, this is a CGI video.
Holy shit I didn't notice 4:10 could've been so bad... Never try to follow a faster rider than you, better be safe than sorry
Riding like a newbie.
@@rsmith3126 watch further you can see the second car is still in front of him
Save yourself some time. 5:20 low side crash. Don’t blink or you’ll miss it.
Thk you
At least put mark it a few seconds before the crash.
Yeah I missed it and had to go back and find it.
He ended up in the oncoming lane early on. He got lucky no one was coming. He should have taken that as a hint, but he failed to recognize he was riding beyond his skill level.
Way beyond his skill level.
Funny how dude is hanging over the side of the bike while he is barely keeping up with the car in front of him.
And his full racing suit ROFL.
I thought the same thing. Then again, a few years back, I fell in behind a Porche that was driven by a guy who obviously knew the road. I stuck with him for a mile, or so, and then thought better of it. An agile sports car with a good driver will always outrun a bike through twists.
I used to live in Mallorca, Spain. I used to ride a bicycle a great deal and drive a Renault 1.5 turbo diesel. One day I decided to take the car around a 55 mile route through the hills and along the cliff region of the island (South West corner) that I rode regularly on the bicycle. Met a sports bike and it turned into a speed fest. Speeds of 90-95mph, red-hot brakes, scorching tyres, 4 wheel drifts in a front wheel drive. I would win on the twisties and he would win of the straights. We had a chat in Spanish at the end. He enjoyed the route and was surprised I could keep up. I rung the neck of that poor little Renault. The bike rider was nowhere near leaning the bike as much as that nugget in the video, but we were going much quicker.
It looked like he was tiring. Riding that was tidy initially, became loose and at one point he strayed horribly into the opposite carriageway.
Sloppy riding but no crash!
I love how you called the road a carriageway. Beautiful.
@@motomike8536 Thank you Michael.
@@motomike8536 you must be from the UK 🇬🇧. Cheers 😉👍
of course he tired, he was needlessly climbing all over that bike!
At 4:15 he took the turn wide into oncoming lanes.
It was a matter of time.
Doesn't have the counter steering down yet. Trying too hard to keep up with the yoyo in front of him who was seat shifting like he was on a track somewhere. Ride your own bike. Let them ride theirs. Catch up later.
Live to tell about the experience.
Yep, that line cross was the que to dial it back a notch and find his own pace.. Ride his own line.. Oh well, it's one way to find your limit I guess. Glad he walked away.
The reason I never do group rides anymore, andI've been riding sports bikes for 20 years.
I'd like to take a slow ride on my Harley but those guys make it to dangerous.
Totally agree. I was thinking about going this summer.
It’s honestly not even worth it there’s guys out there doing time trials you can’t just enjoy the ride and scenery
Did it on my street glide in May... hit it during the week early in the day , no one else is out there.
Amateur hour on the weekends....
I drove out there one day with hopes of seeing the tail of the dragon and NOPED right out of that area by Fontana Dam. Way too many reckless driver/riders. Even the guy in this video routinely crosses over the double yellow with his body. Just because your tire is in your lane doesn't mean your body is also. Downvote me into oblivion but these fuckers deserve what they get by putting others at risk.
Had no business dragging knee and elbow in most corners, he got tired from constantly exagirrating the lean angle and sloppy
Dragging knees while his upper body is centered. Knee down and head centered. Lmao
Same thoughts, why is he riding like he's going 200 mph lol
I was watching & wondering like you, I am no "MaX WRiST" but I did.....
→STAY AT A HOLIDAY INN LAST NIGHT←
.....own a 750gs Suzuki w\Mukuni's, Big sprocket, FaT Dunlop Vance&Hines r header. I scraped a corner 3x's as I watched 2 riders in front of me on new-er Interceptors [Honda?] tail lights suddenly vanish [night time] ~ EXIT fast right in a challenging LEFT hand turn he he....
....so yeah anyway even I noted the guy on point jumping -n- switching seat sides for the L\R corners & the main character is watching & following THAT GUY !! Both riders weight distribution physics understanding & implementation was [mostly] in LiMiT testing mode [ copy lol], whether they realized it or...........NOT !!
What'd ya'all reckon the true cause of his FAIL was ??
How fast are these corners taken on avg.? 30-40mph tops with straights hitting 60-70mph [depending] ?? IDK just guessing.
All that said I really wish 10-15 years ago I had found this road/run.......OAF now LoL
One day you too will wake up finding yourself in some abused 60yr old body /;^) .....recovery is much much more pain full & way longer to NOT EVER really heal he he he ahhhhhhhhh man......
Always Forward ~ GOdspeed
There should be an annual competition between these clowns and the squids from Mulholland Dr ...... they should hire Snoop Dog to comment the event .
Great example of why not to ride the Dragon. there are so many fun roads in that area where its much less likely your gonna catch a car or motorcycle to the face in a blind turn.
Didn't seem to be much speed involved, but lots of leaning and straying of line.
Exaggerated lean angles at low speed, laughed out loud at the lean on the straight....🤪🙄👉👌
Speed limit is 35.
@@Dave-sw2dm When you go to places like this, speeding comes with the territory. I've had sport bike riders blow past me going way too fast, cross double yellows to pass people, etc. Yes it's stupid and dangerous, but that's the reality of the dragon. The police will be writing speeding tickets and impounding bikes there until judgment day, but it will not stop people who are determined to ride hard and push the envelope.
Throttle when you are happy with speed AND direction.
what kind of camera set up do you have?
So I’ve been watching many of these ‘Tail of the dragon’ vids from the safety of my recliner.😂😢 How is this being filmed!? Best video recording I’ve seen!! 👍🫵
Dude behind was victim of group ride skill deficit.
Great camera angle. Where is it mounted
Dude bout got it awhile back, one less trash rider at the dragon.
We keep it in between the mayonnaise and the mustard OK
N props to the cager he was gettin it.
O yea, our tree thanks u for the decorations lol
The wanna be race cagers (especially in $$$ supercars) are getting worse on there. Can't seem to stay in their lane especially in the corners.
These guys are my worst nightmare, leaning in, or fully penetrating the oncoming lane. I try to minimize the risk of being killed, by riding early in the morning and if possible on working days.
The best way to minimize not getting killed on a bike is, don't ride one. Even just going to get something to Eaton one these days is dangerous.
Was he hurt?.... Looked like he might have... I see 20 comments, and not one person has asked if he was alright... I guess it doesn't matter, but, it was the first thing I thought about when I saw it... hope dude is alright and still riding.... you guy's ride safe out there....
Putting everyone else's safety at risk!
Such a strange and selfish thing to do on the public highway. Motorcycles are seen, used and ridden very differently in the US to the way they are on Europe. Riders here (good riders) would pay to avoid narrow stretches of blacktop crowded with immature show-offs trying to prove something. This sort of thing would be much more fun and rather faster on a track. Doing it here is just going to endanger (and piss off) other road users. And.... At the end of the day, for all the posturing and knee-dragging, it wasn't that fast.
While I agree with your assessment of this road and the riders in this video, in the US, a 16 year old kid on the day he gets his motorcycle license to go out and buy a ZX-14 or ‘busa. No requirement to start on a 250cc bike and work your way up.
well there is the isle of man TT but I feel ya.......to call it strange though really ??
@@cameltube-vk7el Yes... Strange. It's a public highway. It is strange to imagine or adopt or entitle oneself to the right to ride like that on the highway. Other people get hurt sometimes. The TT is just one of many road races across the UK and Ireland. These are organised races and the roads are closed. There are marshals and paramedics. These folk on the video are hooning on an open highway and... that is steange and selfish. If there is a real need to prove something, there are tracks that can be ridden. Excellent, grippy surface, plenty of run-off and corners/cambers specifically designed to test and amuse the rider. Riding like this on the highway is puerile and soppy and.... strange.
@@BanjoLuke1 @BanjoLuke1 Maybe it's your specific use of the word "STRaNGe" that scratches nails on the chalkboard in my meat-computer [brain BRaiN] & is where I start to CRiNGe or get hung up lets say↓....↓↓
→ strAngE 1) Of, relating to, or characteristic of another country : foreign. not native to or naturally belonging in a place : of external origin, kind, or character
→STRaNGe 2) Not previously known; unfamiliar. Not of one's own or a particular locality, environment, or kind; not native.Out of the ordinary or difficult to account for; unusual or peculiar.
oR the understanding, perspective, & view colored for examples i.e. "....Motorcycles are seen, used & ridden very differently in the US to the way they are on Europe. Riders here (good riders) would pay to....."
oK, so sentences from your 1st post hmmmm, ok maybe a small chip on your shoulder for the U.S. lol ...... 2nd-ly [secondly & well over all] again reads or continue as assumed to context & content.
Believe that the U.S. to be unique in this ??? Really??
Note flag words "ENTITLE" "immature" "SeLFiSH" "prove, show-off".....ok noted & somewhat agree....
Saying that if your not from somewhere and experience an event that is basically common [even across water] it maybe & STRANGE fits that, i.e.→ UK vs. US ......? COMMON to both→ WE both have similar cars, drive on similar roads BUT !! UK [all across the pond] operates & is operating vehicles on the wrong side of the road-ways. They do drive correctly in the United States. THis is supported by the fact the US invented cars & mass produced 1st [FIRST] thus logically you know.....PRECEDENT
[ likely find that it was about MONEY i.e. more cars ?? IDK or Uniqueness?]
But its all fine, I care but it does not really matter right ? N O of course not [!] & you would agree ! [right?]
I submit there is nothing strange STRaNGe strange other than about your perceptions preconceptions & descriptions.......not really sounding familiar with the cycle community[s] so I will just say the following !!
So oKKK @BaNJo-LuKe1
THe type of bike operation in that video is not uncommon, neither is it for cars. Only this is not unique to just the UNITED STATES no no come on man REALLY ?? So your now advised to recognize beyond possibility & potentiality that regular motorcycle "HIGH - PERFORMANCE" level operations happen world wide[WW]....cars too!!! Now to be clear I agree with you as to aLL obvious & inherent danger that exists in street performance, again.....WorldWide! Recognize this & insert CARS & this becomes a way WAY serious issue→ CARS are also World Wide.
To the actual experience, it is not like riding a track for speed, its either spontaneous during the course of a day or it is a regular event thing. Like a Friday night or Saturday meet up and see what happens !! But it is very common. It often just happens.
This type of activity in cars & motorcycles has been a thing since they have been rolling on dirt roads. WHat has changed is HUMAN access to→ producing\viewing, the SPEED & CAPABILITY of access to content, variety of content and SOURCE.....input & output camera[s] & screen[s] locations!!. And I mean via picture, video & personally PERSONAL experience......that potentiality can & will affect view, → a persons view.
Another aspect is that of the CAMERA, I submit that is possibly & potentially reason for increased FAIL by humans that would chose to "SHoW - oFF" or prove something or "see me" etc. etc. OR for any reason the camera creates powerful motivation for aLL types of imagined gains, fame, entitlement & increased EMOTION.....
BANJOLuke, Humans are in need of how to "take personal responsibility" course. This gives weight to your points about the entitled selfish etc. Because I think we are reaping the pain of electronic communication & DATA to humans that were not prepared how to disseminate DATA & COMM'S properly and that is on top of all the PROGRAMMING & PROPAGANDA spewing out of EVERYTHING with a volt & SiGNaL from devices in hand on a desk or BOTH at the same time !!!!! THis information age was allowed to run wild with A LOT OF IT being hmmmmm in a word EVIL. Ok I felt like talking & maybe some one feels like reading ha ha...peace out !!
Always FOrward ~ Godspeed
@@cameltube-vk7el Wow, golly gosh! I thought I could type on a phone screen.... That is quite an essay.... Chapeau!
I am happy with the word "strange" as I use it. But I do understand the "grinding gears" quality of some words in some contexts. I can change it to "rum" or "odd".
I am too old to ride now, but in my youth I rode a great deal on these small islands just off the coast of NW continental Europe. Also down across the Alps and onto the Balkans and down the spine of Italy. I am not immune to the perceived need to "scratch". My foot pegs stayed off the tarmac through lack of skill and courage, not a lack of foolhardiness.
I've ridden in the US, too, but not much and not on "interesting" roads.
And I've ridden with Canadian and US riders in Europe. The culture is not so different. A bike is a bike.
Anyway.... It's just an opinion.
Many of mine are wrong.
And again, Chapeau to you for a mammoth typing effort.
I shrink a little back onto my seat when a phrase or word like "Godspeed" comes across the pond at me.... Most of the religious types left the UK for New England some time ago and we are not comfortable with too much invoking of the name of the Man in the Sky.
Anyway.... Feel free to insert "rum" or "odd" in place of "strange" and if you still ride, enjoy it for as long as you can. I still slightly miss it.
What's the name of the camera your using to chase you..love how it looks back as u come out of turns..I'm old and just learning about al this tech sht
I was scrolling to see if dude answered, I have the same question
Just ride within your skill level. Idk why dudes with sport bikes feel the need to treat twisty roads like they're on the track. Who cares if you're slower than your buddy when you still have your life and a working motorcycle.
well how else do you improve anything if you dont do something different ?? Normally that means outside your comfort zone. I hear & get the dangers common sense danger here but, most all, NO all the bike fails I know about the rider was injured even IF [big IF] they hit another vehicle [not another bike though] like a car sure. But its the race's on road track that get spectators hurt.
So it really fun to do the twisty stuff on a road like this! That said, its easy to mess up when you follow someone "better" and their bike is "better" as I did often. It was the perfect storm, in my mind Like this was an "ultimate challenge!" IN my mind !
Skills→ Percentage %-wise I figured if he can make it so can I, or really it was "so can my BIKE" & it was up to me to rise up to the occasion and make it GAME MODE w\safety protocols & parameters OFF. It was a epic ride that first time! I pushed & did things I had never done only dreamed of it....I hit corners at like 50 braking late down to 30's.....left turn head down at handle-bar level, weight forward on the front tire, knee out & L E A N into the turn, lean more....S H I T lean even M O R E !!!!! Header scrapes again for 3rd time when the 2 [honda] $$ Interceptors vanished 1 -n- 2 PooF they wer gone [well in the muddy ditch] from the track or road. No I did not stop, I was now 6 bikes from the lead. FYI we started at a bridge with > 50 bikes, GO !!
We set off across TAMPA BAY at the Gandy bridge hitting 120, 130+mph WHEW man ok ok. When we reached the other side & stop in the parking lot a 1\2 mile from "feet dry" [bridge end] we had cut the field in half. Off down Race Track road we go. Just about 3 miles to a area to pull over, we took roll call.......now down to 15-20 riders. "G O"
We continued on through the cow zone [3-5 cows wandered onto the road at one turn, with out incident] this is when I lost the bike in front of me & then the next 2 bikes in front of him before we made it to the 24hr little store rendezvous point....roll call \head count hmmmmmm we were down to 9 heros. We had a drink& discussed the journey, the rider FAILS ....then the reveal !!!! Who were the boys in front of me the whole time setting the pace ?!?!? 4 four of them raced competitively Pro-Am W T F !!?? And I ended up out of >than 50 riders to 30 down to 7-8-or-9 at the AAR[after action report] WoW just WoW a dream came true. I rode my bike at the same caliber as them, I survived to tell the story. I had leaned my bike at an unreal angle, so much so that a racing header scraped 3x in that turn......MaX-Xtreme-PLAYER-level-engaged w\SAFETY oFF ....N O re-spawn real world lol]
So, never again. I tried to ride the same road alone& I chickened out in the turn & almost dumped it. We had race around on these 2 lane roads from about 1 am to about 4. # riders in front of me slid off into ditches on 2 turns. My header scratched 3x's in one turn that 2 went off in front of me on new $$$ bikes $$$ but no one hurt.....really !! Some point a sheriff showed up when I was heading home alone. Pulls me over, tells me about the report of racing on Race Track Road......he gave me the DANGER speech and let me go.....said he hopes he dont have to clean me off the road.
Peace Out ~ Always Forward ~ Godspeed
Hey brother do you have a new channel? Your body positioning is so impeccable i love watching your videos
Gotta ride your own ride. Don't try to keep up to your demise. I hope he wasn't hurt too bad. It's really tempting there, really all over that area. You get people coming up from Florida and the Midwest that aren't used to the twisties and they just ride beyond their experience. Let's be careful out there.
How was this filmed? Thanks!
I live about an hour away and riders like this are why I have zero interest in riding the Dragon.
My son has driven it twice and this type of garbage makes me hate being in that passenger seat. These clowns act like they are the only ones who deserve to be there and screw anybody staying on their side of the yellow lines.
There a plenty of superb biking roads right where I live, no need for me to temp fate.
It's on my list, heard great things about it.
how are u filming ur self like that? is a drone, what is it? looks awesome!!
360 camera on a stick
This is hilarious and pathetic. There was a car in front handling the road just fine the entire time.Straddlers just ruining everyone's day
This is the coolest camera angle ever- what type of camera can take angles like this?
How and with what is this filmed? I saw one comment about mounted on a stick but at times you can see the whole bike and no stick.
Wanna know that also mate, it's dope
Most likely an Insta 360. It digitizes the stick out.
@@thefather414 THAT would explain how the road is warped in most of the video!!!!
The black car ahead of ye all…👍
Hey man may I include the crash in a compilation? It'll be credited and linked back to your channel
Hey mate, all good to use the clip for my compilation? Full credits will be given to you, of course!
Where and how did you have the 360 camera installed? Did you use a factory produced mount and stick or something custom?
Why in the hell are you guys all over the center line. May as we’ll go play Russian roulette with all cylinders loaded. That’s going to bite you hard one day
I don't think this is a real video, it seems to be a video game or CGI. @4:35 he's behind two cars that pull over, but only passes one car.
4:50, THE OTHER CAR IS STILL A HEAD OF HIM.
I’ve ridden US 129 four times, we always came in from Tennessee since we were staying in Pigeon Forge. Luckily we’ve never witnessed an accident.
He was trying to keep up by letting it rip in the straights (of which there ain’t many/much on this road) which in turn caused him to blow the corners. There were so many things wrong with this video and rider, patches of wet road, touching and crossing the yellow lines, over exaggerated lean. Luckily he went off on the right side into the ditch and not into oncoming traffic. Leave a little for error. If you’re riding at 100% on the street, you’re doing it wrong. Have fun but save the super fun stuff for the track.
Lead bike is following cars. How often do you need to get knee down following cars? Hmmmm.
Imagine the fun you would have blasting round a track with your mates..risking your neck and not even triple figures
What track? There is no tracks around there.
What type of car was that in Front of you guys the black one
Mazda rx8
How are you filming?
I have watched a few of these videos and it amazes me how many riders dont know how to go around corners. Is this the only winding road there is in america?
look at a map, look at the mountains...so no
It's gotten worse with cagers who can't stay in their lane in the corners.
It's one of the only roads at this level of consistent turning, for this long.
Its the only one with a gift shop, far better roads leading into this one
I. So damn confused!! Where was the camera? Was it attached to the second rider? In any event, it seems like they were trying to ride with skills they didn’t have.
However that filming was done, it was fantastic!👍🏻
360 gopro
Was that Brian in the Rx-8? He’s pretty damn quick.
Very quick
@@justyourlocalhoons9299 No, you're just agonizingly slow!
What camera films those 180 angles and rotates?
360 cameras like the insta360 let you do that.
They should name him flappy fin. That rear fin is waiving like a fish out of water.
Why are they hanging off the bike like that at such low speed?
they suck at riding.
Wth ki da camera is that too get those shots of riding anyhow????
Been over dragons tail once,don't consider the risk worth the reward to do it again..
Quit playing Marc Marquez and trying to drag your knee! You are not in a motogp race. Physics are involved when they hang off that far. Going 45mph in a turn does not warrant dragging your knee, lol!
It does if the corner is sharp enough
@@lovelean2925 no, he's referring to GTA.... he's the bestest!
You can always tell those who are going to crash at US129 - the smell of new leathers.
On what is this filmed exactly? Don't understand the technical aspect of it, but it looks great.
360 action cam mounted on a pole.
It’s ass hats like this that makes it hard for us local guys to ride the dragon and enjoy it
This is NOT how you ride at all. Smh
Overcompensating from the start
I'm sure his girlfriend has seen that too
I didn't know they made 360 potatoes that recorded in 480. People still have CRT's in their house?
Nice license plate display on the lead bike...you actually get away with that shit?....looks like your tail section is about to fly off!
No signs of mirrors either. HMMMMM?????
He think's he's a moto GP racer.........
@@djmerchant tHese "NO MIRROR" GUYS ARE SUCH A BUNCH OF POSERS.
Ambitions confused with capabilities, can anyone tell how this was recorded?
Probably on a 360 degree camera, which is mounted on a pole attached to rear of the bike.
I'm not here to critique your riding "skills". I just want to say that any one following reasons I would not want you in our ride group... you were barely able to control your bike, crossed the double yellow lines multiple times putting others at risk, and you didn't even stop for your riding partner that crashed. Completely irresponsible and reckless.
"I'm not here to critique your riding skills" - immediately begins critiquing riding skills....
Good thing he went off the road instead of sliding into the other lane. That's how these squids kill people.
Posted a video where he couldn't even keep up with a car 🤣
New guy, new bike, new leathers, new camera, new crash.
Like cyclist who pack up and block traffic, this is why people hate motorcycle riders. Been riding since the 1970's and still no damage. Seen plenty.
Love motorcycles and own a few, my 20 year old rides and if he does stuff like this the bikes are gone. We ride together a lot and at lean he is inside the yellow lines. With all that traffic you got no business riding like that.
I'm so glad someone else leans inside the lines. These fucking idiots think because their tire is inside the lane that's all that matters. Some asshole motorcyclist almost killed me on the blue ridge parkway while leaning into my lane. I hate these motherfuckers.
Love those Smokey Mountains
I’m glad I live there, I’m saving up for a dc2 integra😏
I think this is a video game. Car disappears, camera floating behind the rider, anyone explain the disappearing car? 4:35
Glad I wasn’t up there that day meeting lead bike or the one that crashed in a corner while you where over yellow line . Both riding over there skill level! Looked like any good rider could have out timed you ona Goldwing or Electra Glide Ultra
ROFL a goldwing?
The rider right behind him just kept goin
I don't get it. Why do this on a road not meant for it? Why risk life and limb?
This is what happens when you turn in too early, never turn in early on a road like that.
I'm not even at a riding level that I'd want to ride Tail of the Dragon lol
Just take it slow
It's good that you can admit that. Have personally witnessed deaths there over the years. Usually caused by guys outriding their ability.
It's a 30mph speed limit. Think of a stereotypical Harley buyer who has no idea what he's doing and makes this his first trip. He should have no problem on The Dragon.
It’s not hard. If you want to ride like an idiot, you better pay close attention, but ever since the 16-wheelers have been removed there is no difference to any other road. You see these guys and think everyone’s riding like this. It’s not. I’m from Nashville so it’s too far to make it on my supersport, so I’m there on my BMW K1600 and I’m not going that fast but am good in the corners and on the brakes and usually,just constantly passing people. Go and just ride within your limits and you’ll experience a world-renowned road and get some god experience and confidence. I highly encourage it. Ride your own ride though, not like this guy.
No one says you have to ride like that idiot in the video. Just take your time and enjoy it.
More money than brains. Nevermind the guy that wrecked I can outride Mr video guy with my ultra classic. Take a lesson.
Counter steering. You can't muscle motorcycle handlebars like a steering wheel....
He was trying to keep up with his buddy who was obviously faster. Ride your own ride ppl its not a race track, and there's always someone faster than you.
hey man, Is it okay if I use it in compilation? you will be credited in the video and description .
Go ahead man!
Touching painted lines on damp pavement at extreme lean angles. Total lack of good sense. Recipe for disaster.
Guys, why are you leaned so far over the centre line so much of the time !!!! ???? No part of bike or body should cross. I've been down there many times and it is NO PROBLEM to have fun on that road while remaining in your own lane. Sorry to be harsh but that's just plain stupidity. I get that "sometimes" you can see there's no oncoming. Just don't do it, it's too hard to correct that line mid-turn. Lol, you're getting trashed in the comments for good reason.
That was all fresh paved in august 2016....looks poor now
It’s pretty obvious he doesn’t belong on a motorcycle!
What no broken parts for the tree of shame??.
There is a ride that is more challenging than this tourist attraction. Travel 1/2 hour north west past Maryville to the Devils triangle. Tuff road.
How on earth did you get that footage......do you have a drone following.....?
360 degree camera
@@PrinceCbass I can't seem to figure out how it's attached to your bike....I can see sometimes when the sun is right and the shadows right that it's on the end of a stick..?...how is the stick attached to the bike....at one point you did a wheelie in a vid and I could see nothing off the back of the bike....
@@MrCol916 the 3d cameras are weird devices. I haven't used one or edited the footage. it is attached with a pole mounted from the tailsection but you rarely see the pole in the video. I have seen footage of normal camera that films people with the 3d setup.
@@MrCol916 check out this video at about 3:45 and he talks about the mounting and footage.
czcams.com/video/yJ656ulYdP8/video.html
Where on earth is the camera filming this? 🤔 Hope your boy is OK, strange crash, wasn't even going fast 🤷
Keep hugging that yellow and you'll be a statistic sooner or later.
The dude on the yellow bike needs to learn how to drive between the lines. I wonder if he was ever able to color within the lines in kindergarten?
Maybe the R6 rider is fatigue.he always crossed the double yellow line
What about those guys on bicycles?
They should be banned along with the semis. They are a real hazard.
I thought I was quick till I went racing...I was wrong
Camera details please!???
No way that was a drone, was it???
Brah, 360 camera on a stick...the back and forth is done at time of editing...
Still wondering how it was filmed.
Newbie to camera tech.
It is a 360 degree camera. Look'em up.
fun but not worth the risk....push the limits on corners on a track probably a better idea if you like that sort of thing
Help MR Wizard. I don't want to be a rider anymore. Tris a dazle dumb time for this one to come HOME
Why don’t these guys just take this to the track and stop putting everyone else in danger
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Magnifique vidéo
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