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[TrashCan]

Originally Posted by LI LT Owner

I swear, the asphalt they use on those roads simply chews up tires!

The same tire the folks out west say they get 12,000 out of , we average 35 to 4500 miles...
Grip Baby.

[TrashCan]

Originally Posted by scooteraug02

Come on down and try it. 285 miles from EWR to Skyline Drive at I81 I66. Take Skyline Drive/Blueridge Parkway to Cherokee then to the GAP. Great riding and lodging all over the place.

Did the BRP and Skyline in 2009. 1400 miles in three and a half days on a 250cc.

Good time.

[Rakthi]

Originally Posted by SlipChip

Originally Posted by SUVslayer

Did this guy just get mugged for his clothes?
This is just wrong all around

Nah, he's just trying out some of those theories talked about in the Are you safer without a helmet and riding gear? thread

[dwoodward]

Originally Posted by Beto

bumblebee...

The yellow tires are Tomahawks- retreads, in sportbike compounds, available in your choice of colors... and patterns.


I'm actually more concerned at the helmet. 1991 called, and they want to know if it's coming home for a 21st birthday bash.

[100mpg]

Originally Posted by dwoodward

The yellow tires are Tomahawks- retreads, in sportbike compounds, available in your choice of colors... and patterns..

Retreads on a motorcycle is insane.

[dwoodward]

Originally Posted by 100mpg

Retreads on a motorcycle is insane.

Don't fly commercial airlines much then, right? Nearly all aircraft tires are retreads. These come out of the same plant.

MY concern is that different brand moto tires have different shaped carcasses... I'd think some combinations make for funky handling.

[Benesesso]

Originally Posted by FatherX

attatrashcan!! bravery dually noted

I'll second that.

[Sumo64c]

[QUOTE=dwoodward;17898713]Don't fly commercial airlines much then, right? Nearly all aircraft tires are retreads. These come out of the same plant.


Holy I never knew that batman!

[GoGo Gadget]

Originally Posted by SlipChip

He can still save it.

[GoGo Gadget]

Originally Posted by lethe

When I go there, I do a dawn run (the dew makes the first few corners interesting ) and then a late afternoon one on that road. The rest of the vacation is spent on other roads as there are almost no bad roads down there.

My only crash there was from the dew. The apex of a right hander was still in the shadows and the dew had not burned off yet. Was not even going fast, maybe 30mph, and tucked the front.

[DC2wheels]

Actually it is a new advertising gimmick.


They imprint the tire and anyone following gets these microsecond messages over and over.

Diabolical, eh?

[Jim Moore]

Originally Posted by TrashCan

Today 2-2-2012
No photographers or other bikes....
I was scared, but I got through.

Diferent perspective in the wintertime, I'll bet. I don't like the closed-in feeling from the trees. It's probably gone somewhat in the winter.

[Beto]

Originally Posted by dwoodward

Don't fly commercial airlines much then, right? Nearly all aircraft tires are retreads. These come out of the same plant.


Holy I never knew that batman!

[Beto]

Originally Posted by SUVslayer

Did this guy just get mugged for his clothes?
This is just wrong all around

Originally Posted by Rakthi

Nah, he's just trying out some of those theories talked about in the Are you safer without a helmet and riding gear? thread

[klaviator]

Originally Posted by Jim Moore

Diferent perspective in the wintertime, I'll bet. I don't like the closed-in feeling from the trees. It's probably gone somewhat in the winter.

You can often see way ahead making it much easier to pass than when there are leaves on the trees.



I took a trip there last march. On a road nearby which I had ridden many times I saw something I never saw on previous rides.



BTW, the road I shot this last pic on is just as twisty as Deal's Gap but has about 1% as much traffic.

Another road, maybe 10miles from Deal's Gap. I've never seen another bike on it: