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derf
11-04-2012, 07:12 PM
http://www.roadrunner.travel/2012/11/04/virginia-state-route-16-becomes-the-back-of-the-dragon/
Gas Man
11-04-2012, 10:22 PM
Yes please!!!
Adeptus_Minor
11-04-2012, 11:53 PM
It depends... will state & local law enforcement be lining up for the ticket revenue?
LeeNetworX
11-05-2012, 07:27 AM
It depends... will state & local law enforcement be lining up for the ticket revenue?

It's in Virginia - don't know about the rest of you but that's the last place I would ever consider speeding.
fasternyou929
11-05-2012, 08:54 AM
I've always enjoyed that stretch of road more than Deal's Gap, mostly because the traffic was sparse. There goes that...

If they're going to start advertising it though, they need to spend some serious resources upgrading the road. As much as I enjoy riding it, its lack of a paved shoulder results in gravel in MANY of the turns, especially downhill rights.
CasterTroy
11-05-2012, 08:58 AM
We moved the annual rally for the TLR site from DG to Marion in 2003 for this very reason. Then it got to where they'd repave with tar and gravel, then paint like 6 months later.
Turbo Ghost
11-05-2012, 10:52 AM
It's a great ride but, there are sections you have to stay wide in right-handers or you'll hit your helmet on the rock-cliffs! They have a rally there every year now. I can't think of the name of the place that puts it on though. I've got it in my favorites at home.
Sean
11-06-2012, 10:12 AM
It's in Virginia - don't know about the rest of you but that's the last place I would ever consider speeding.

SRSLY

They'll string you up for 10 over. Over 80mph is automatically reckless driving, even where the speed limit is 70! Fuck that noise!
Particle Man
11-06-2012, 10:13 AM
SRSLY

They'll string you up for 10 over. Over 80mph is automatically reckless driving, even where the speed limit is 70! Fuck that noise!

Indeed. Eff THAT.
fasternyou929
11-06-2012, 10:39 AM
SRSLY

They'll string you up for 10 over. Over 80mph is automatically reckless driving, even where the speed limit is 70! Fuck that noise!

I think the speed limit on that road is still 45 or 55, a speed you could only maintain speed for part of one corner. :lol:

Until they wise up and ratchet down the speed limit like Tennessee did on 129, anyway.
tommymac
11-06-2012, 11:13 AM
SRSLY

They'll string you up for 10 over. Over 80mph is automatically reckless driving, even where the speed limit is 70! Fuck that noise!

I have heard virginia is one of the worst states for speeders. it sounds like a great idea and would make the trip to the gap a lot more fun/bearable but amonster speeding ticket from an over zealous VA cop isnt worth it.
askmrjesus
11-06-2012, 12:04 PM
The "Back of The Dragon" ?

Have we completely run out of things to name curvy roads after?

How about: THE WORM OF DEATH!

JC
LeeNetworX
11-06-2012, 12:21 PM
The "Back of The Dragon" ?

Have we completely run out of things to name curvy roads after?

How about: THE WORM OF DEATH!

JC

I prefer "The Lower Intestine" myself.
tommymac
11-06-2012, 01:42 PM
I prefer "The Lower Intestine" myself.

how about sigmoid colon, that has a nice ring to it LOL
Amber Lamps
11-06-2012, 08:02 PM
and radar detectors are illegal.... count me out...:panic:
Krypt Keeper
11-07-2012, 10:01 AM
Over 15mph of the posted limit or anything over 80mph is reckless in VA..

So yes those 45mph stretches of roads do sneak up on you and they don't care you didn't see the sign.

Buddy got tagged for 83 in a 55 a couple yrs ago. They were talking about a $1,500 and a month in jail. When his lawyer told him that he thought he was joking, and told him its a speeding ticket, I didn't rob anyone.