evansaero

So I just finished an article from Men's Journal where a Porsche Cayman S took on the Tail of the Dragon.

All I can say is Awesome.

Quote: "The Tail of the Dragon turns some 300 times in 11 miles, making it the best auto agility course this side of Nurburgring."

Being from out west and moving out to VA almost 5 years ago I have never heard of this place.

Has anyone been there and can talk about their experiences.

I must do this road trip. It might be worth a sick day or two!!!

Video
Killboy.com

Riad

Last year there was talk about getting Rennlister's to go there. There's apparently an Inn that's pretty awesome.

evansaero

I believe it's called Blue Waters Mountain Lodge that sits on the shore of a 2800-acre Santeetlah lake.

Riad

That's it. Something I would certainly be into doing in the future.

Oscypek

i say we organzie a huge rennlist trip over there. that would be pretty fun and dangerous

Alan C.

If any of you have not seen this piece of road here it is:



I plan to there on Aug 7-8. I'm hoping it will be a bit less crowded mid week.

vove

I keep hearing people rave about this 'dragon'.

yvesatlanta

Yeah - but it's getting crowded. No need to go there on a weekend. You'll only be slowing down the hundreds of bikes.
Take some time off in the middle of the week and cruise it early in the morning.

Speed TV actualy did a special on it in their new "superbike" show.
For those of you that have bikes : leave the Porsche home and take the R1

ZX9RCAM

I am an "ex" sportbike rider so I had heard of the Dragon &
always wanted to go there.

I flew to Virginia & hit it on my way back to Houston in my new (to me) 996.
It is all they say & more, half-way up I was wondering if it would ever end, lol.
There are some crazy fast bike riders there......

johnny1423

you can check it out here
http://tailofthedragon.com/

Par911

I wonder how crowded it gets with the motobikes, and bicycles that enjoy the road also. Any concerns of wildlife jumping into the road?

Tim Wasmer

I went there a few months ago when picking up my 993TT. It was awsome. We hit is mid week thus not crowded. You will hone your skills on this road. Just watch out for the police

kristap

We go at least twice a year and take a group of friends. It's always a good time even when the weather turns rainy and the police step up patrols. The past couple of our trips have really been affected by larger and larger groups of bikes ... not sport bikes but those big ole cruisers ambling through the turns. One of the big auto mags (C&T or MT or ?) did an article on it recently and consequently, traffic took a significant turn for the worse. In response to which .... TN state troopers increased patrols not just on the usual approaches but actually ON the dragon! Hadn't ever seen that before and it made one particular turn an experience I am not likely to forget.

ps - if you go, do not cross the yellow! Lots of blind turns and lots of bikes coming the other way.

pps - Killboy is a photo group that has at least one station midway up the dragon and takes pictures of most everything. Their site is neat, check out the store, but you have to see his 'best of' pics at the Tail of the Dragon motorcycle lodge http://www.killboy.com/

pl

here is the event calendar.
so many bike events!
nothing about porsche!

Dutchie in NC

We should get a group of rennlisters together and drive this... How far is it from Charlotte?