Dusty Run - 10/04/11
TDOT turns Dragon into gravel road. Calamity ensues...
Well if you ever wanted to know what it's like to drive up Pike's Peak, come on out to the Dragon. It's a dusty, gravely mess for the next couple of days at least...here is a video I shot today doing what I could to clear the road off some. ;) DOT is cleaning the ditches on the northbound side of the road, so that lane has a lot of debris...southbound is pretty clear. They've got signs up while they work warning of stopped traffic and all, but they're gone when they leave. Not sure why they didn't bring a street sweeper...maybe waiting until finished? In the mean time, be careful on that first run through and scout it out. (Like you always should anyway.)
-Killboy.com
Had two guys go down in front of me at Sunset, one was airlifted out. The other was taken to Blount via private party. I am taking these guy's bikes back home to them on Monday in Cincinnati. As I was headed down 129 with their bikes a Yamaha crusier directly in front of me highsided at the sharp right hander where the road travels away from the lake if you are headed towards Maryville on 129. Since I was headed to the hospital to meet up with the earlier injured parties I offered him a ride after I took his bike up to the Harley T-shirt shop for safe keeping. Hey I was fresh outta room for wrecked bikes on my trailer. Two separate events 3 crashes, I'm absolutely exhausted. Oh yeah they did sweep the road, just gotta wonder if it had something to do with 3 crashes occurring within a short time (there was a cruiser down in 2 Sqaure when I went to make the call) and one of those riders having to be airlifted?
-ETR
Tennessee, in a bold display of compassion and bravery, terminated their ditch cleaning contract with the Harley Owners Group. TDOT commissioner John Schroer said, "The HOGs just weren't getting the job done. We wanted more from our ditch cleaners. That's why we signed Jerry's Kids. Sure, they're retarded, but hey....the ditches are clean and a clean ditch for a Harley to ride in is what the Dragon is all about." Spokesperson for the HOG, Richard Dumass, expressed disappointment in the decision stating, "Hey, we cleaned those ditches all the time. The only thing we didn't do that Jerry's Kids are doing is bring the ditch out of the ditch and put it in the road. We wish we thought of that! It takes a very special person to think of such brilliant things. If we'd have thought of putting the ditch in the road, it would have kept the Slayers out of the ditch. Ditch in road means Harley in road. Dammit that's genius, man!!!" Dumass added, "We won't stop cleaning the ditches, though. We can't stop cleaning the ditches. It's what we do."
-Slayerhater
Mud Corner renamed Gravel Pit at Deals Gap
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