Month: October 2019

Looks like Killboy and 129photos finally posted their October 9th photos. Those guys are good. Notice the GoPro mounted at the center of the roof.

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Scroll down for a 720i version of the video, with a touch of emo-grunge…

Thousand Foot Krutch Lyrics

“Adrenaline”

Touch the ceilin’, act like how ya feelin’
Gonna rock it ‘till the wheels comes off
And keep it reelin’
No mistakin’, people shakin’
And soon we’re gonna break it
‘Till the last one stands because they can’t take it

Touch the ceilin’, act like how ya feelin’
Gonna rock it ‘till the wheels comes off
And keep it reelin’
No mistakin’, people shakin’
And soon we’re gonna break it
‘Till the last one stands because they can’t take it

The rush is like nothing
It gets your blood pumpin’
When you flip the switch, it comes on
It’ll trail you, derail you
Hammer and nail you
To the point where you need to explode

Let’s put the pedal to the floor
Here it comes, lets go
Wind it up and let it go
We’re gonna watch it blow

If you want it, then we got it
We won’t let up, ‘till we get enough
Adrenaline overload
If you need it, then we bleed it
Make some room, here comes the boom!
Adrenaline overload

And we won’t let it off
There’s nothin’ that can stop it
Until we’re in the coffin
If you want it, we got it
So let’s get it started
Adrenaline overload

Touch the ceilin’, act like how ya feelin’
Gonna rock it ‘till the wheels comes off
And keep it reelin’
No mistakin’, people shakin’
And soon we’re gonna break it
‘Till the last one stands because they can’t take it

Touch the ceilin’, act like how ya feelin’
Gonna rock it ‘till the wheels comes off
And keep it reelin’
No mistakin’, people shakin’
And soon we’re gonna break it
‘Till the last one stands because they can’t take it

It will stop at nothin’
To make you feel somethin’
‘Till you feel like that’s what you need
But proceed with caution
‘Cause you can get lost
And not everything is what it seems

Let’s put the pedal to the floor
Here it comes, lets go
Wind it up and let it go
We’re gonna watch it blow

If you want it, then we got it
We won’t let up, ‘till we get enough
Adrenaline overload
If you need it, then we bleed it
Make some room, here comes the boom!
Adrenaline overload

And we won’t let it off
There’s nothin’ that can stop it
Until we’re in the coffin
If you want it, we got it
So let’s get it started
Adrenaline overload

If you want it, then we got it
We won’t let up, ‘till we get enough
Adrenaline overload
If you need it, then we bleed it
Make some room, here comes the boom!
Adrenaline overload

And we won’t let it off
There’s nothin’ that can stop it
Until we’re in the coffin
If you want it, we got it
So let’s get it started
Adrenaline overload

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Just gonna leave this here…

Piece of cake. In a car. Is it tough? Meh. There are much tougher roads in Simi Valley. 318 turns is tough, but the worst parts are not as bad as its rep. Still worth it though.

Definitely a tourist attraction, and a good ride to test your skills. If you take the right line around the turns, and you keep your head on a swivel, you should be fine. If you ride like an idiot you might be enshrined on the Tree Of Shame.

On one of the dry runs a tow truck was brought in to bring a bike up from roughly 60’ off a cliff. The rider climbed up and was crediting his air bag vest for saving his life. Hope to post the GoPro clips soon.

There are some interesting shops in the area, particularly the south end of ToTD. I rewarded my 2016 Honda CR-V with a Dragon US 129 badge. I just have to come up with a clever story about how I earnest earned it.

The ”YNP” badge next to it was from my last real vacation, when I bravely drove through the woods at Yosemite National Park, much to the chagrin of Park Rangers who tried in vain to stop me. I bravely defended myself against rabid man eating squirrels (I swear they were big!), and fought off waves of flying blood sucking penetrating drones (military code name MOS-key-toes).

There are some nice shops at the South end of ToTD. Don’t miss this one, apparently owned by Mister Dragon himself.

Not a fan of the insensitive “killboy” logo which is shockingly sexist, toxically masculine, politically incorrect, and seems to imply that the dragon will not killgirl.

I mean really, what would @AOC say?! Makes me want to retreat into my safe space! #tongueincheek

Found some interesting artwork at the South end of the road. I understand Mister Dragon has a penchant for eating plasticky South Eastern motorcycles (rice rockets). Apparently American Iron motorcycles taste too much like greasy chrome.

Here is a piece of today’s route. Not sure how to edit it down to just the ToTD road.

Jumped in the car around 0800ET and got to the hotel around 1800ET. I guess that’s not too bad, considering I stopped a few times for food and gas. I’m about 16 miles from Tail Of The Dragon.

I’m staying at Luxbury Inn & Suites in Maryville, TN. The rooms were marked down from $129 to $79. Pretty good deal considering its newly renovated and who doesn’t like hot breakfast. 🙂 The manager told me I can come down twice, its from 0600ET thru 0900ET.

Gonna get some rest, then tomorrow I’m going to enjoy a nice English Breakfast before heading out. I need to find a GoPro mount that’ll attach to my sunroof, or window, or (gasp) suction cup on hood or door. I really want to catch ToTD on video.

Just for kicks, I captured the drive:

If you’re reading my blog, you might remember a failed shift linkage on my 2016 Street Bob (FXDB) caused me to cancel the final leg of my three week vacation back in August. So I didn’t get the chance to do Tail Of The Dragon. On the bright side, I ended up trading up to a 2019 Road Glide (FLTRX). I planned to do it a few months ago but delayed the purchase due to my relocating to Florida.

I got home safely after the vacation, but the adventure wasn’t over. Unpacking the bike, I got careless and twisted my ankle in the garage. At first I thought I’d shake it off, but after a few hours I realized I needed to get it looked at. So I went for a bite and then headed to the Emergency Room. The doctor confirmed I had a broken Fibula, and had a nurse put a fiberglass half cast on my foot. The doctor gave me the name of a local Orthopedic Surgeon.

On the way home I wrestled with the idea of nominating myself for a Darwin Candidate award. I called Aetna, since I don’t usually take recommendations from hospitals I never went to. Aetna recommended someone in the area. After some researching found he was one of the most successful and popular Orthopedic Surgeons in the area. He put me into a walking boot, anticipating 4-6 weeks to heal (clean break). I wasted no time and purchased Amazon Prime so I could watch some movies, and treat myself to Mayans M.C. once it comes on.

Fast forward to this week. I took my final X-Ray, and went to DMV to pick up the tags for the new bike (which Rock City Harley-Davidson paid for). I had a few more vacation days to burn up before the end of the year, so decided to take them now. I’m heading out early tomorrow to scout ToTD by car. This way I can take advantage of the Fall weather, hoping the road isn’t covered in leaves. Wouldn’t want to my car to be taken out by one of those race bike adrenaline junkies.

Bed time…then up early, and 600 miles to ToTD. Along the way I’ll try to reign my desire to start modding the new bike. The two things I have in mind are Lower Fairings (HogWorkz) for protection against rain and rocks, and 12″ handlebars (KST Kustoms) because I need to go up a bit and the grip angles are causing wrist discomfort.