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the chi 05-26-2010 02:18 PM

I'd like to say Im a 1%'er, but I know better. :lol: I can stand only so much when theres good riding, and stuck behind gramma in her miata doesnt cut it.

Trip 05-26-2010 02:22 PM

There are plenty of places a motorcycle can overtake without much care up there. I don't really mind the people who have to take the race line through nonblind corners like that guy did there (I do it on the fiddy up there at night because you can see cars/bikes coming due to headlights), it's the people who attempt shit like the guy that was in the other lane in a blind corner that shit gets ugly.

pauldun170 05-26-2010 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Trip (Post 376561)
Oh I am sure you would get extremely bored with some of the speeds cagers do through there. 10 mph in summer heat isn't fun.

Perhaps.

When and where I ride there is little risk of being trapped behind anyone for any length of time.

Trip 05-26-2010 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by pauldun170 (Post 376570)
When and where I ride there is little risk of being trapped behind anyone for any length of time.

Well in this case the where is set, it's not dependent on your location of choosing. It's deals gap and pretty much the only time you will find that you won't get held up is in the cover of darkness. Even then you can get a little old grandma coming back from maryville going home.

Most people don't travel here to ride to go for a nice slow easy pace.

pauldun170 05-26-2010 02:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trip (Post 376571)
Well in this case the where is set, it's not dependent on your location of choosing. It's deals gap and pretty much the only time you will find that you won't get held up is in the cover of darkness. Even then you can get a little old grandma coming back from maryville going home.

Most people don't travel here to ride to go for a nice slow easy pace.

I normally ride in the morning, around sunrise. How is the traffic then?

anthonyk 05-26-2010 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Trip (Post 376536)
I am sure 99% of the people on this board would cross the double yellow at the gap. Mainly to pass slow cagers and harleys.

Yeah, but that's not why they were crossing the double yellow earlier. I totally get the difference between what they were doing, and what the moron passing the van was doing. But I still think gratuitous double-yellow-crossing is jackassery.

Trip 05-26-2010 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by pauldun170 (Post 376573)
I normally ride in the morning, around sunrise. How is the traffic then?

You will have a lot of local commuters, people who go into TN for work. Some of them will be fast and some will be slow.

pauldun170 05-26-2010 02:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Trip (Post 376578)
You will have a lot of local commuters, people who go into TN for work. Some of them will be fast and some will be slow.

Forgot to add...
I do just about all my riding over the weekend, leaving the house right before sunrise (so I don't have the sun in my eyes as I ride out to my "spots".)

Particle Man 05-26-2010 02:54 PM

Honestly Trip that's one of the main reasons I've stayed away from the Gap: everybody else. :(

pauldun170 05-26-2010 02:59 PM

I've stayed away from the gap because its a long ass ride and I don't have the time to spare to spend a few days down there.

If I were single I would.


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