You'd know better than I would. I'm just guessing, though. It just seemed like a hard part scraping would've been less consistent. Also, it didn't seem that the lean angel was enough for scraping hard parts. Unless it was another GW, of course.I'd have to listen again to be sure, but sounded like pegs.
I got intimately acquainted with the sound of my right peg/kickstand scraping at the bash... So I have some idea what it's like.
Depends on the rider, whether the sound will be consistent or not.
Damn man, now you got me wantin' ta' meet some of these people.Not to take anything away from the tremedous skillz exhibited here by the GW riders but...14 minute Dragon runs on a wing are awesome but not real great compared to full on sportbikes...and to put it in perspective?...14 minute 11 mile dragon runs means carrying an average speed of just a touch over 45mph...which is about average for a slightly "above average" rider on a sportbike or motard...and the "Who's Who" shortlist of what I would term as "pro level dragon riders" is covering that same 11 miles in 9 minutes and mid-high change...maintaining average speeds of well over 60mph...which would place them not walking or even jogging by these GW riders but "Whisking" by them....a sportbike rider with SOLID above average skills should be able to traverse the dragon in well under the 14 minutes shown here...ironically and conversely?...the vast majority of the sportbike masses that frequent the dragon exhibit far less than average sportbike riding skillz...and they are "Prey" for great riders like Yellow Wolf...who's favorite past time is what the local mountain riders refer to as "SNIPING"...which is basically spanking the hearts out of tourist wannabee sportbikers and doing so while piloting far less powerful/capable bikes...he11...one of the most notorious of'em is an old dude named Bob Harrington...AKA "Big Nose Bob"...AKA "CD" (short for "Canyon Dancer")....who is well over 60 years of age and will smoke 99.99999% of Dragon Tourist riders on his 800cc 48rwhp '91 Honda Pacific Coast..which is sort of an overgrown scooter! LOL!....but the mans smooth as he11....pancakes it through the twisties annnnnd...hardly ever touchs the brakes....back in '02 I seen him snipe and fly by liter classers by the dirty dozens.So will an older dude named KDSV (Kerry who rides a highly heated up SV650) and Susan Galpin...who also rides a yellow SV650 witha license plate that reads "TWOTOY"...she spent her life as a female racer for BMW and smacks Gixxer1000 riders on the back of the helmet as she smokes'em through the curves...and I've met'em all at one time or another. LOL!
L8R, Bill.
That's "Yellow Wolf" you're talking about. I was just there in the 1st week of June and he was drumming up business.... $100.00 for a 3 camera view vid of up to 3 bikes. He's got a front cam,helmet cam, and rear cam... Pretty stable looking vid. He records on a DVD camera and can play music on his CD player so you don't just hear exhaust notes. When the ride is over, "Click"... He pops out the DVD and you're off!!! Really nice guy too...There is a guy up there that you can pay to follow you through the gap and tape you in action. He rides an old goldwing and claims that he can keep up with anyone. From some of the guys that know him, he is right.
+1 on this (no wonder, it was you...all the logical talkin...I didn't see your ID...)Being outridden on a particular piece of road or Track by a local Expert is hardly embarrassing. It should be expected. A visitor riding their bike at the Gap on a similar machine at a similar pace would be incredibly stupid.
I had Canyon roads in Colorado that were "my" roads. Just 30-50 mile stretches of twisties that I had mapped well in my brain. Home Track/road makes a huge difference.
So while these geezers on Goldwings are huge fun to watch, and are riding the heck outta their machines, put em' on an unfamiliar road and you'll see a completely differen't pace.
